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Politocracy The Game

Politocracy The Game

boardgame

Players:
2–4
Time:
60 min
Min. Age:
16
Hilarious Health care

Hilarious Health care

boardgame

The 1994 conservative board game "Hilarious Health care" satirizes Clinton's healthcare reform. Players navigate a bureaucratic system to outlive opponents and maximize financial gain. Filled with right-wing sarcasm and political tropes, it blends Monopoly-style mechanics with partisan bias, similar to games like "Public Assistance."

Players:
2–8
Time:
–
Min. Age:
0
PROPAGANDA

PROPAGANDA

boardgame

Players:
2–4
Time:
60–240 min
Min. Age:
8
San Marco

San Marco

boardgame

In this board game, players try to gain the most influence in the districts of Venice by deploying aristocrats. Using a special card distribution and action mechanic, players place aristocrats, build bridges, and score regions over three passages.

Players:
3–4
Time:
75 min
Min. Age:
10
Processing: A Game of Serving Humanity

Processing: A Game of Serving Humanity

boardgame

Players:
3–6
Time:
30 min
Min. Age:
13
Coalition: Councils of the Republic

Coalition: Councils of the Republic

boardgame

Players:
4–15
Time:
45–75 min
Min. Age:
13
Jean Paul Sartre's No Exit

Jean Paul Sartre's No Exit

boardgame

Players:
3
Time:
5–10 min
Min. Age:
8
Sherwood

Sherwood

boardgame

Players control Sherwood robber bands and jointly ambush travelers. By secretly committing robbers, they claim spoils. Using these rewards, they expand their villages and ultimately generate the crucial victory points to win the game.

Players:
2–4
Time:
60 min
Min. Age:
9
Ancient Greek City States 5thc BC

Ancient Greek City States 5thc BC

boardgame

Players:
2–4
Time:
120–240 min
Min. Age:
14
Vampire: The Eternal Struggle – Reign of Stanislava

Vampire: The Eternal Struggle – Reign of Stanislava

boardgameexpansion

Players:
2–5
Time:
120 min
Min. Age:
13
Police State

Police State

boardgame

Comrades is a 1969 strategy game simulating everyday life and hierarchies in the communist USSR. Players climb social ranks to acquire larger apartments and luxury perks like state cars, competing fiercely.

Players:
2–8
Time:
120 min
Min. Age:
10
Political Football

Political Football

boardgame

Political Football is an asymmetrical strategy game about the controversial 1981 South African rugby tour of New Zealand. Four factions – demonstrators, rugby groups, police, and government – use action cards and counters to pursue competing objectives.

Players:
4
Time:
120 min
Min. Age:
0
Spin Machine

Spin Machine

boardgame

Players:
3–10
Time:
10–120 min
Min. Age:
14
Dominare: Promo Cards

Dominare: Promo Cards

boardgameexpansion

Players:
2–6
Time:
120 min
Min. Age:
12
Ridiculous Vanity

Ridiculous Vanity

boardgame

Ridiculous Vanity is a miniatures rule set simulating European politics and warfare under Louis XIV. It combines a strategic map campaign with tactical rules for battles from 1660 to 1715. Both parts can be played independently and feature several historical starting scenarios and standardized unit sizes.

Players:
2–12
Time:
240 min
Min. Age:
0
Red Empire

Red Empire

boardgame

Players control Soviet leaders, cooperating to prevent the Union's collapse from various crises while simultaneously competing against each other to maneuver their own character into the role of the president.

Players:
3–6
Time:
90 min
Min. Age:
10
Lenin's Legacy

Lenin's Legacy

boardgame

Players:
1–2
Time:
20–40 min
Min. Age:
0
Iron Curtain

Iron Curtain

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
20–30 min
Min. Age:
10
Ordo Ab Chao

Ordo Ab Chao

boardgame

Players:
1–12
Time:
30–60 min
Min. Age:
10
Power Vacuum

Power Vacuum

boardgame

Players:
1–5
Time:
30–45 min
Min. Age:
8
Decision 2000

Decision 2000

boardgame

This extremely rare board game was released shortly after the 2000 US presidential election in an edition of just ten copies. It features real data on candidates, events, and vote tallies for humorous gameplay.

Players:
2–4
Time:
60 min
Min. Age:
12
Exodus Chronicles

Exodus Chronicles

boardgame

Players:
1–6
Time:
60–180 min
Min. Age:
14
Capitalism, USA

Capitalism, USA

boardgame

Players:
2–6
Time:
45–120 min
Min. Age:
12
Machiavelli

Machiavelli

boardgame

Machiavelli simulates the historical power struggle in Renaissance Italy. Five regional and three foreign powers compete individually or in alliances for dominance. Additional scenarios were published in Alea Magazine No. 22.

Players:
4–8
Time:
480 min
Min. Age:
12