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Protest / repression / collective action

THE REPRESSION TRAP

Resistance has a strategy problem

Try to build a movement while managing public support, discipline, elite divisions, and state repression. Anger is available. Strategy takes a little more work.

What you need

No account required. Choose a name or alias. Short written explanations are part of the game, and you can keep a printable report.

How it works

Solo strategy game · written decisions. Solo play, no account. Print or save your decision report at the end.

A question to take with you

When did the response to repression help the movement, and when did it help its opponents?

Open game in its own tab

Your game responses stay in your browser. Use an alias if the game asks for a name. Print or save a report for yourself; nothing is submitted to me.