Game Introduction
Propaganda Wars is a board game where two players take the role of opposing sides in a repressive regime: The Dictator and The Resistance. The Dictator hopes to influence his citizens by sowing fear and mistrust of the resistance movement. Painting them as terrorists, traitors, and criminals. With the people on his side, the dictator will be able to use his army to crush the rebellion unopposed. The rebellion wants nothing more than to trigger the revolution that will topple the totalitarian regime once and for all. In order to do that, they must bring the message of a better world to the people, so they can see past the dictator’s lies. Both sides employ propaganda campaigns to accomplish their goal.
- Genre
- Board Game
- GamePlay
- Players take turns moving pawns to their side of the board
- Target audience & platforms
- Buy at local retail store for ages 12+
- Look and Feel
- A reverse of chess with play card movement style
How to Play
At the beginning of play, each side draws 5 propaganda cards. These cards represent the various techniques your side uses to sway the citizens towards your ideology and against your opponent’s.
The Resistance starts with 1 resource. The dictator goes first. At the start of your turn, draw a card from your deck and gain 1 resource. You may play 1 propaganda card per turn, discarding it afterwards. The propaganda campaign represented by a card only affects citizens in one zone of your choice. If the zone is on your opponent’s side, it must be unlocked before you can move citizens from it. Propaganda cards have 3 stats: The COST indicates how many resources must be spent to play the card, the TARGET indicates how many citizens your propaganda will affect within the zone, the MOVE indicates how many zones you can move those citizens. You may choose to move 1 citizen 1 space instead of playing a propaganda card. If you run out of cards in your deck, shuffle your discard pile and continue.
Development
Our team started this project in Oct 2017 and for two months worked on the design and gameplay of this project. Our original design was a three way competitive card game that utilized land tiles for placing units. After many playtests we arrived at the current version of our game. Our Team Note Board gives a timeline of our work flow and process.
Marketing
Our target market is for players ages 12+
Price starting low as $9.99