Finally, the state must focus on the needs of all of the classes to keep its legitimacy high while also dealing with everyday crises. The game goes on for five rounds, each of them containing an action …

For this goal, the medium “board game” seemed very promising as it would enable the participants to learn about hegemony in a playful manner and, hence, it could reach more people.

What is required of you? It is simple… We need your ideas for the name of our country and our currency! As you maybe know by now, Hegemony is an asymmetric political board game for 2-4 …

He has worked with multiple board game companies around the world with some of his best-known games being Among the Stars, Dice City, Fields of Green and Freedom.

In the case of our board game, the players can take different actions or play cards in order to come closer to their ideological goals. Additionally, they can influence the elections which decide about the …

At the same time, however, there is no undisputed definition of a state as there is a vast range of state forms that differ in terms of governance, structure, and ideology. In Hegemony, the player takes …

While in control of it, you will have to think about your workers’ health and education first, but also take care of their other needs and use your political influence to move the state into a more socialist …

Recently, Heavy Cardboard´s one and only Edward Uhler provided a very nice review of Hegemony! Check it out here while getting ready for a full playthrough by Heavy Cardboard in a few days!

So, let us find out how the capitalist plays out on the board. In short, the main tasks of the capitalist on the board can be summed up in six words: Company creation, market acquisition, capital accumulation.

It is time to continue our introduction of the four distinct roles the players will take in hegemony! This time, we want to look into the middle class which can earn a lot of victory points but requires a …