Red Plenty Games
@red_plenty
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Anti-capitalist political strategy games. Tools for transformation. https://t.co/JO7jWi7b73
Joined January 2022
We had an excellent play test of our new game 'Cooperation Nelson' yesterday.
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‘Exploitation is rife throughout the entire games supply chain, beginning with the horrific conditions of people compelled to extract the raw materials that go into the (quickly obsolescent) digital devices.’ A real banger this from @maxhaiven
https://t.co/OkdUAcjto4
tribunemag.co.uk
A new left-wing board game puts players in the role of maniacal plutocrats trying to take over the world. Its creator explains how it responds to the wider phenomenon of ‘gamified capitalism’.
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"We live in a gamified world run by oligarchs, who fix the games we play so they always win. But with Billionaires & Guillotines we finally get a chance to take our revenge.” My endorsement of @maxhaiven's excellent new game.
Alright, comrades, shuffle up and seize the means of play! Billionaires & Guillotines—forget Monopoly—instead of going to jail, the rich get what's coming to them:
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Red Plenty Games gets a mention in this excellent @jacobin article about games. https://t.co/I51SjWOHU3
jacobin.com
Board games aren’t just escapist — they play a unique role in helping us imagine new worlds and different ways of working together. Recent games like Pandemic and Daybreak put the crises of our time...
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We're trialing a new game at the Nelson People's Assembly in Pendle Rise shopping centre tomorrow (Saturday Feb 1st) at 4pm. Come along and try it out.
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We live in a world saturated by games and gamified activity. Games are the form of cultural activity native to Platform Capitalism. This means counter games are a necessary part of escaping from it. My article for @RedPeppermag explains how. https://t.co/RAbsHCrpBP
redpepper.org.uk
Games and play are everywhere under neoliberal capitalism. But they can also show us the way to a better future, argues Keir Milburn
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Video games have material and ideological links to militarism, imperialism and Islamophobia... ...but players are primed to collectively and creatively resist, argues @unethicalcoffee 🎮✊ https://t.co/O4WHDc9Y7X
redpepper.org.uk
Games are not neutral. Its time for gamers to raise the alarm – and creatively resist the military-entertainment complex
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Check out this article on gamification from above and gamification from below by @red_plenty member @KeirMilburn. It helps explain why we do what we do. https://t.co/wKqaRRnJcx
redpepper.org.uk
Games and play are everywhere under neoliberal capitalism. But they can also show us the way to a better future, argues Keir Milburn
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I was honored to be part of this panel about demilitarizing video games with these brilliant folks. Make sure to check out @GameAssistYT for insightful video essays on gaming.
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Come to this great event tomorrow where we'll be running our game Threats Foreign and Domestic, an anti-war reskinning of our social strike game.
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One of our members discusses gamification from above and below in the latest issue of @RedPeppermag
I’ve got an essay in the latest issue of @RedPeppermag on how life has become gamified under platform capitalism and why games that we design and control will play a part in our escape.
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@KeirMilburn, Red Plenty Games and I will be steering multiple teams working to produce different storylines with decision trees and plotlines using Twine. On the Sunday, the teams will showcase their creations, allowing attendees to play through them.. https://t.co/lB70ILtMgC
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Going to be running some stuff at this with @jemgilbert and @red_plenty. It’s all shaping up very nicely.
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We’re running a session of ourclimate emergency game at @WarOnWant’s political festival tomorrow. 2.30pm to 4pm. Come and join us. https://t.co/OLUuc7yR40
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Strategikonferensen är över för denna gång och vi tackar alla som kom och deltog i diskussioner och föreläsningar. Särskilt stort tack till @Rafilm_swe för en fantastisk arbetarfilmfestival!
We at Red Plenty Games were in Malmo this weekend to run our Next Five Years scenario planning and strategy game at the annual strategy conference if the Swedish group. Allt at Alla.
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Stort tack också till @IL_Berlin, @ClimaximoPT, @red_plenty, EAC, Solidariska byggare, @dontpayuk, Ta tillbaka framtiden, @bcnencomu för att ni hjälpte oss i våra strategidiskussioner. Vi hoppas få möjlighet att fortsätta de diskussioner vi påbörjade med er snart!
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