{"id":1387,"date":"2013-01-22T21:09:13","date_gmt":"2013-01-22T21:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classwargames.net\/?p=1387"},"modified":"2015-10-28T04:18:40","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T04:18:40","slug":"class-wargames-trains-for-the-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.classwargames.net\/?p=1387","title":{"rendered":"Class Wargames Trains for the Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Return of the Ludic Science Club<\/h1>\n

“Legislators don’t appreciate that if players introduce novelties into their games, they’ll become different people. Being different, they’ll demand a different kind of life; and that will make them want new institutions and laws. In fact, it’s no exaggeration to say that the game inventor is biggest menace that can ever afflict a state.” – Plato<\/em><\/p>\n

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Class Wargames is hosting the collective playing of classic political simulations on Sunday afternoons at London’s radical coffee house. <\/p>\n

Firebox<\/a>
\n106-108 Cromer Street
\nLondon WC1H 8BZ <\/p>\n

Sundays
\n1.00pm-6.00pm<\/p>\n

3rd February: Bertell Ollman, Class Struggle<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

3rd March: Martin Wallace, Libert\u00e9<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Photos of the game<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

7th April: Jim Dunnigan, Chicago!, Chicago!<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Photos of the game<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

5th May: Drakes, Jarvis, Walsh and Gluck, Election<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Photos of the game<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

2nd June: Francis Tresham and Mick Uhl, Civilization<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Photos of the game<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

7th July: Francis Tresham and Mick Uhl, Civilization<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Our playing of Rob Jones, Steven Mortimore and Simon Douglas, A Very British Civil War<\/em><\/a> has been postponed until the autumn.<\/p>\n

Free Entry.<\/p>\n

Richard Barbrook, Playing With Politics<\/a>, Left Unity<\/strong><\/em>, 19th March 2013, on the March session at Firebox.<\/p>\n

Class Wargames Plays the Battle for Bedourete<\/h2>\n

Participatory Performance of 1791 Haitian Revolution version of Richard Borg’s Command & Colors: Napoleonics<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday 13th April
\n2.00pm-5.00pm<\/p>\n

The Life and Legacy of CLR James conference<\/a>
\nWEA London Region
\n96-100 Clifton Street
\nLondon EC2A 4TP<\/p>\n

Free Entry<\/p>\n

Read Communiqu\u00e9 10<\/a> on the inspiring legacy of C.L.R. James.<\/p>\n

Photos of the performance<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Class Wargames Seaside Excursion<\/h2>\n

Participatory Performance of Guy Debord’s The Game of War<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday 24th March
\n2.00pm-6.00pm<\/p>\n

Cowley Club<\/a>
\n12 London Road
\nBrighton BN1 4JA<\/p>\n

Free Entry.<\/p>\n

Check out the Cowley Club flyer<\/a> and Paul Holman’s review<\/a> of this event.<\/p>\n

Photos of the performance<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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