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Battle For German Political Control In Weimar: The Fight For Democracy
December 14, 2018 by cassn
On the 9th of November, 1918, the cold autumn air in Berlin is full of tension. The workers are planning to strike and since the city is full of troops, they do not know if they will survive that day. Three hours later, the German monarchy does not exist anymore, and the first German democracy is born.
Weimar: The Fight For Democracy attempts to recreate the political and economic tension within the Weimar Republic of 1920-1933. In this tense card-driven game, players take on the roles of various political parties trying to win elections and enact laws through their government.
On each turn, the parties play one agenda which will define their strategy on their turn. Party goals are asymmetrical and contradictory. While democratic parties earn points for stability and equality, non-democratic parties score for political unrest and coups.
There are various political parties which are playable, and players must balance public opinion alongside control on the ground to become the head of Germany's political sphere!
The player who fulfills the goals of their political party, wins! The game should play in 5-6 hours, and Compass Games have stated that Weimar: The Fight For Democracy will be "80% political and 20% military". There's no further information as of yet, but you can keep up to date through the Compass Games website.
How do you feel about board games with long play times?
"Players must balance public opinion alongside control on the ground to become the head of Germany's political sphere!"
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Sound interesting but i would need to see more before buying in to it – A heavy subject to play with if it is not done well it will fall apart
Agreed. If there’s a “get the Nazis into power” angle, this will be in very poor taste.
It’s less of an issue but “plays in 5-6 hours” is another potential sticking point.
I think it is interesting. But like said a bad idea, if you could play for the NSDAP to win, which sadly happened.
These years were very hard for the german people and goverment. A big disunity in the population. A struggling economy. Many hardlined political parties on both ends of the range. We just have to learn from this time, or we are damned to repeat this lesson.
Maybe others can learn from this game. But this game will be sure a No-Go in germany.
remember kids the first to burn down the Reichstag and blame it on the communists wins!
Sheesh! My mother was born 1922 Germany. Brought up by her aunt and father when her mother had an abortion using mercury and died. It seems they couldn’t afford to feed another child. She remembered her Dad using a wheel barrow to handle their almost worthless money. At one time I saw a Weimar million mark note. People used to be paid daily so they could spend it the same day before it devalued. Only reason the communists didn’t take over was they were less organized then the Nazi’s.