I know The Landlord’s Game/Monopoly and Class Struggle, are there any others?
I looked it up on reddit, and there were some interesting games, but the usual cringe.
Although it’s kind of designed to play it only once.
Spirit Island is a cooperative game of settler-destruction.
Each player plays a different spirit who lives on an island being invaded by European settlers and works together and with the indigenous people to kill all the settlers or at least enough that they fuck off forever.
Fair warning, it is a heavy co-op Ameritrash style game, which isn’t everyone’s cup of tea.
I really enjoy Spirit Island (you can play it solo fairly well if you don’t mind playing two-handed). It’s one of the few board games that I feel the theme is something that actually aligns with my beliefs fairly well.
It’s…probably not something I would recommend to a newer board gamer though, because it is very heavy in execution.
Red Outpost is a cool concept but not the best gameplay.
Not sure if I’d call it based as such but the cooperative aspect of Pandemic and the Legacy versions is really refreshing. Most games these days are competitive and based on some liberal economic aspect.
I just remembered, there’s a cointelpro related game mentioned on Programmed to Chill, but idk what its called.
Edit: no luck. my best bet would be asking him on twitter, but i dont have an account.
Looking at my board game shelf right now, a few that have some class implications:
- Twilight struggle - Play through the cold war. Incredibly fun but complicated.
- Carcassone - a battle between feudal lords trying to capture as much of the commons as possible.
- Jaipur - Ruthless trading about buying as cheaply as possible, and selling for as much as possible.
- Ticket to ride - Railroad monopoly titans fighting over limited terrain.
- Risk - Napoleonic warfare, but IMO the capturing of countries and continents gaining you more soldiers each round, implies industrialization and colonialism. Axis and allies kinda the same deal.
- Pass the pigs - Do I need to elaborate on this one.
Jaipur is also a city in Rajasthan, India.
(If you are a potential tourist do not consider visiting Rajasthan/Jaipur. It is 0% fun.)
