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Reminds me of Czech game "Soudruhu, nezlob se!" (literally "Don't get angry, comrade", see http://www.deskove-hry.eu/soudruhu-nezlob-se http://www.deskove-hry.e

by js8 9y ago

Reminds me of Czech game "Soudruhu, nezlob se!" (literally "Don't get angry, comrade", see http://www.deskove-hry.eu/soudruhu-nezlob-se http://www.deskove-hry.eu/soudruhu-nezlob-se), which is a version of more popular children game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mensch_%C3%A4rgere_dich_nicht https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mensch_%C3%A4rgere_dich_nicht It was designed partly as a joke, but partly to demonstrate ridiculousness of communism. The goal of the game was to become a secretary general of the communist party and emigrate abroad.

ourmandave 9y ago
I would add rules so the other players had a small chance to make it so the winner emigrated to the wrong country.
tray5 9y ago
>It was designed partly as a joke, but partly to demonstrate ridiculousness of communism. The goal of the game was to become a secretary general of the communist party and emigrate abroad. I can't read the Czech link (do you know if there's a translated link or something in English?) but that seems more like from your one sentence description (and my reading of the wikipedia link) a game satirizing the ridiculousness of playing politics rather than communism?
- SyneRyder 9y ago
  Try this link: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.deskove-hry.eu%2Fsoudruhu-nezlob-se https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%... If you go to Google Translate, type in a URL and click translate, you can translate any webpage. (Chrome has the feature built-in.)
- js8 9y ago
  I didn't bother with translate link, because I thought it's actually quite hard to understand the jokes anyway, but someone else did, and I have to say, it turned out better than I expected. Just to explain the most unclear things, "mina" means mine (explosive device), and "veksl" means illegal money exchange (with western currency). Yes, it was more about ridiculousness of the real socialism, not the idea of communism.

by js8 9y ago

ourmandave 9y ago

I would add rules so the other players had a small chance to make it so the winner emigrated to the wrong country.

tray5 9y ago

>It was designed partly as a joke, but partly to demonstrate ridiculousness of communism. The goal of the game was to become a secretary general of the communist party and emigrate abroad. I can't read the Czech link (do you know if there's a translated link or something in English?) but that seems more like from your one sentence description (and my reading of the wikipedia link) a game satirizing the ridiculousness of playing politics rather than communism?

SyneRyder 9y ago
Try this link: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.deskove-hry.eu%2Fsoudruhu-nezlob-se https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%... If you go to Google Translate, type in a URL and click translate, you can translate any webpage. (Chrome has the feature built-in.)
js8 9y ago
I didn't bother with translate link, because I thought it's actually quite hard to understand the jokes anyway, but someone else did, and I have to say, it turned out better than I expected. Just to explain the most unclear things, "mina" means mine (explosive device), and "veksl" means illegal money exchange (with western currency). Yes, it was more about ridiculousness of the real socialism, not the idea of communism.