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LOL, Alfred discovered a niche market: political, topical board games. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1700980409/california-water-crisis/description http

• kmonsen 11y ago
  And another one: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1700980409/high-speed-rail-board-game https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1700980409/high-speed-r...
• sdenton4 11y ago
  I have a copy of California Water Crisis; it's actually quite well-designed and a fantastic discussion piece.
• walshemj 11y ago
  Boardgames have always had that side to them the genesis of monopoly is one well known example.
  • wlesieutre 11y ago
    For reference, the game Monopoly was copied/adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Landlord's_Game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Landlord's_Game > The game was created to be a "practical demonstration of the present system of land grabbing with all its usual outcomes and consequences". She based the game on the economic principles of Georgism, a system proposed by Henry George, with the object of demonstrating how rents enrich property owners and impoverish tenants.
    • azundo 11y ago
      There is a fantastic 99% Invisible podcast on The Landlord's Game/Monopoly: http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-landlords-game/ http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-landlords-game/. Highly recommended.
  • DonHopkins 11y ago
    https://web.archive.org/web/20020604131145/http://micropoly.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20020604131145/http://micropoly....
• malchow 11y ago
  Hometown friend of Alfred here. He's been producing astounding mélanges of art and logic since the age of 13. This is another great one.