[lbo-talk] Avalon Hill's "Class Struggle" boardgame

C. G. Estabrook galliher at uiuc.edu
Mon Dec 15 06:51:50 PST 2008


I also have a complete but quite used copy. I once long ago had a small undergraduate class play it. It went OK, but I don't think it added much as a teaching technique, and I didn't repeat the experiment. --CGE

WD wrote:
> I have an unpristine copy of the 1978 version that I ordered off ebay several
> years ago for about 20 bucks. It's amusing to have around -- the cover is
> pretty good, the chance cards are kinda funny and it can be entertaining to
> try to crack it out at family gatherings -- but it is definitely not worth
> $40 in my opinion. The game is overly didactic, and it really only works
> well when you have five or six players.
>
> A sampling of some of the chance cards:
>
> "You have just been laid off from work. If you blame yourself, or foreign
> competition, or the Blacks, or Jews, move two spaces back. If you blame the
> Capitalists, move two spaces ahead."
>
> "Your daughter has just eloped with the garbage collector. Skip a turn at
> the dice while you're thinking of something to tell the neighbors."
>
> "If all wealth is produced by the Workers, then what right do Capitalists
> have to any part of it, let alone the largest part? This 'dangerous'
> question sends shivers up the spines of Capitalists everywhere. Grab 2 extra
> turns of the dice while the Capitalists are still shivering."
>
> ...and so on. I hear Anti-Monopoly is a lot better. -WD
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 8:51 AM, B. <docile_body at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/1510
>>
>> Does anyone have this vintage boardgame? (Pic/info at URL above.)
>>
>> I tracked a supposedly pristine copy of the game on eBay, but bidding went
>> above $40 and I bowed out. (It sold for something like $45, with something
>> like $10 shipping added on.)
>>
>> -B. ___________________________________
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