Class War Games

January 27, 2010 19:00

Published: January 18, 2010 17:50 by Housmans Bookshop |

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Game of War

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Housmans – radical booksellers since 1945
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Class War Games present:
Guy Debord’s ‘Game of War’
Wednesday 27th January – 7pm
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Class War Games will show a short film introducing the Marxist theorist Guy Debord’s political board game ‘Game of War‘. Audience members will then be able to play the game for themselves.

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The ‘Game of War’ is a Napoleonic-era military strategy game where armies must maintain their communications structure to survive - and where victory is achieved by smashing your opponent's supply network rather than by taking their pieces. It was devised by the Marxist theorist Guy Debord and his partner, the poet and novelist Alice Becker-Ho, in 1987, as a guide to how people should live their lives in a consumer capitalist society. By playing, revolutionary activists could learn how to fight and win against their oppressors.

Class Wargames in London and the Radical Software Group in New York have launched a project to promote the game, are playing matches in public and developing their own versions of the game. The accompanying book has been translated into English for the first time.

Class Wargames say:

‘In our film of Debord's game, we have divided these teachings from the battlefield into five sections: terrain, combat, cavalry, arsenals and lines of communication. Analyse their insights with great care, fellow workers. As the crisis of neo-liberalism intensifies, you will need this military knowledge to thwart the wicked schemes of bankers and bureaucrats. Remember well the lessons of socialist history: clever tactics and smart strategy are our most powerful weapons…’

Join Richard Barbrook and Fabian Tompsett for an introduction to the ‘Game of War’, film-screening and game-playing session.
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Event information

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