Gandhi ships soon and includes a brand new Solitaire system, called Arjuna, that replaces the flowcharts that have become a staple of the COIN Series. Players who play COIN Solitaire have asked many questions about how the system works – and don’t fear! – COIN Series Developer Jason Carr is here to walk through the […]
The Arjuna Chronicles #2: Setup and Overview Read Post »
Designer BlogsGandhi ships soon and includes a brand new Solitaire system, called Arjuna, that replaces the flowcharts that have become a staple of the COIN Series. Players who play COIN Solitaire have asked many questions about how the system works – and don’t fear! – COIN Series Developer Jason Carr is here to walk through the
The Arjuna Chronicles #1: An Intro to Gandhi’s Arjuna System Read Post »
Designer BlogsIn a lot of ways, the Congress Faction represents the heart of the game. Gandhi himself was a major player in the movement and many of the founding principles of the game developed out of building a system around nonviolent resistance. Playing Congress will feel unlike any other COIN faction you’ve played before, for their
The Raj Faction in Gandhi will feel familiar for those who have played any of the 20th century COIN games. Like many Government Factions, its forces are represented by two types of cubes; it has a limited budget to spend on its Operations; and it seeks Control over the populace as one of its victory
One of the innovations which Gandhi brings to the COIN series is a subtle change in the mechanics of Control. In previous games, Control has been determined by whichever Faction had more pieces in the space than any other – a plurality is insufficient, a strict majority is required for Control. While some games have
The Gandhi Chronicles Issue #3: Raj Control Read Post »
Designer BlogsThe article below is the second in a series of articles about Gandhi: The Decolonization of British India, 1917-1947. The first article in this series can be found here. Enjoy! -Rachel
The Gandhi Chronicles Issue #2: An Overview of Nonviolent Operations in Gandhi Read Post »
Designer BlogsMany people around the world live in countries that have been directly affected by nonviolent struggles. Nonviolence has a long and successful track record of creating political change around the world; recent studies have shown it to be twice as effective at achieving its goals than violent resistance. In the 20th century, nonviolent campaigns have
The Gandhi Chronicles: Issue #1 — The Myths of Nonviolence Read Post »
Designer BlogsThe newest offering in our COIN Series—Volume IX, Gandhi—takes on the world’s most famous nonviolent resistance movement, the 20th century struggle to free India from British colonial rule. In today’s article, designer Bruce Mansfield introduces us to the ways this COIN volume treats population, support for/opposition to the colonial government, and the role of Gandhi’s
Imperialism and Protest in Gandhi: How to Shift Support (or Build Opposition) Read Post »
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