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Political game design the exploration of the scope, limits, and possibilities of game design for a politically motivated position. Political games may aim to inform, motivate, or challenge people about politics and let them to engage with different levels of political sphere through gameplay.
Introduction
While earlier examples can be found in the form of games designed for the education of rulers in core principles of military and politics (Von Hilgers 2012); according to Lerner the history of political games and political play can be traced back to the nineteenth century, to the invention of Prussian tabletop wargames. By 1960s mostly cooperative political minded physical games were used by activists both in the USA and in Latin America to achieve political change (Lerner 2014). Political analog games are still used in many areas including urban design and peacebuilding as a tool and a...
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Sezen, D. (2018). Political Game Design. In: Lee, N. (eds) Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08234-9_136-1
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