Class Struggle deck

Class Struggle
Designer	James Hutchings
Date	20th March 2004
Players	2+
This is an untested deck. Its cards are complete, but it hasn't yet been tested.
To play Dvorak: Draw five cards each and leave the rest as a draw pile. On your turn, draw a card from the draw pile and play one Thing and/or one Action. (See the full rules.)
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Players attempt to achieve their favoured social system. Based loosely on the board game of the same name.

Where Cards Go

Class cards are placed in the middle of the table and effect every player. Goal cards are placed in front of players and effect only that player.

Alliances are likewise common to all players.

Winning

A player wins when they fulfill all the following conditions:

• they have at least three goals in play.
• the conditions on all of their goal cards are met.
• they do not have both capitalist and anarchist goals. You may win with either of these types of goal, but not both.

Goal Cards

When a player plays a goal card, they may discard up to two goal cards that they previously had in play (but they don't have to).

Alliances

There are four 'intermediate classes': Students, Peasants, Self-Employed and Professionals. Each class must be one of the following: neutral, allied with capitalists, or allied with workers. At the start of the game, all four are neutral.

Class Cards

Class cards represent different social groups. They do not represent the numbers of people in the different social groups, rather they represent the political power of different classes at different times.

Card List

Actions

Racism

Action

Discard 1 Worker in play.

Sexism

Action

Discard 1 Worker in play.

Homophobia

Action

Discard 1 Worker in play.

Strike

Event

Discard 1 Capitalist in play.

Community Control

Action

Discard 1 Capitalist in play.

Summit Siege

Action

Discard 1 Capitalist in play.

Pollution

Action

Discard 1 Peasant in play.

No Room At the Top (Or In the Middle)

Action

Place this card on any Student, Self-Employed or Professional in play. This card is now a Worker.

No Room At the Top (Or In the Middle)

Action

Place this card on any Student, Self-Employed or Professional in play. This card is now a Worker.

Land Seizure

Action

Place this card on any Peasant in play. This Peasant is now a Worker.

Free Clinic

Action

You may only play this card when Students are allied with Workers. Put this card in play. It counts as a Worker. This card must be discarded if Students ever ally with Capitalists (it does not discard if Students are neutral).

Legal Advice

Action

You may not play this card if Professionals are neutral. If Professionals are allied with Capitalists, discard 1 Worker or Peasant in play. If Professionals are allied with Workers, discard 1 Capitalist.

General Strike

Action

Only playable if there is at least one Worker and at least one Capitalist. If there are more Capitalists than Workers, discard 1 Worker in play. If there are more Workers than Capitalists, discard 1 Capitalist. If there are equal numbers of Workers and Capitalists, discard 1 of each.

Land Occupation

Action

Only playable if there is at least one Peasant, at least one Capitalist, and Peasants are not allied with Capitalists. If there are more Capitalists than Peasant, discard 1 Peasant in play. If there are more Peasants than Capitalists, discard 1 Capitalist. If there are equal numbers of Peasants and Capitalists, discard 1 of each.

Workers Compromise With Students

Alliance

Only playable if there is at least 1 Worker. You may only play this card when Students are allied with Workers. Choose another player. They choose to either discard 1 Worker, or make Students neutral.

Compromise With Professionals

Action

Only playable if there is at least 1 Capitalist. You may only play this card when Professionals are allied with Capitalists. Choose another player. They choose to either discard 1 Capitalist, or make Professionals neutral.

Crisis

Action

Professionals are allied with Capitalists. Peasants and Students are allied with Workers. Self-Employed are neutral.

neutrality

Action

Professionals, Peasants, Students and Self-Employed are all neutral.

Countintelpro

Action

Only usable if there is at least 1 Student in play. Discard 1 Student. Students are allied with Workers.

May 68

Action

Students are allied with Workers.

Exams

Action

Students are neutral.

Graduation

Action

Students are allied with Capitalists.

Foreclosure

Action

Self-Employed are alllied with Workers.

Mortgage

Action

Self-Employed are neutral.

Pyramid Scheme

Action

Self-Employed are allied with Capitalists.

MA In Icelandic Literature

Action

Professionals are allied with Workers.

Above Mere Politics

Action

Professionals are neutral.

Consultancy

Action

Professionals are allied with Capitalists.

Unity

Action

Peasants are allied with Workers

Insularity

Action

Peasants are neutral.

Feudalism

Action

Peasants are allied with Capitalists.

Things

Workers

Thing

Workers

Thing

Workers

Thing

Workers

Thing

Workers

Thing

Workers

Thing

Workers

Thing

Workers

Thing

Workers

Thing

Workers

Thing

Workers

Thing

Workers

Thing

Capitalists

Thing

Capitalists

Thing

Capitalists

Thing

Capitalists

Thing

Capitalists

Thing

Capitalists

Thing

Capitalists

Thing

Capitalists

Thing

Capitalists

Thing

Capitalists

Thing

Capitalists

Thing

Capitalists

Thing

Peasants

Thing

Peasants

Thing

Peasants

Thing

Peasants

Thing

Peasants

Thing

Peasants

Thing

Peasants

Thing

Self-Employed

Thing

Self-Employed

Thing

Self-Employed

Thing

Self-Employed

Thing

Students

Thing

Students

Thing

Students

Thing

Students

Thing

Professionals

Thing

Professionals

Thing

Professionals

Thing

Professionals

Thing

Maoism

Goal - Communist

You may not win if both Students and Professionals are allied with Capitalists. You may not win if Peasants are allied with Capitalists. You must have 3 out of the following 5 conditions: i) Peasants allied with Workers. ii) You have at least 1 Professional. iii) You have at least 1 Students iv) You have at least 4 Peasants v) You have more Peasants than Capitalists.

Maoism

Goal - Communist

You may not win if both Students and Professionals are allied with Capitalists. You may not win if Peasants are allied with Capitalists. You must have 3 out of the following 5 conditions: i) Peasants allied with Workers. ii) You have at least 1 Professional. iii) You have at least 1 Students iv) You have at least 4 Peasants v) You have more Peasants than Capitalists.

Bolshevism

Goal - Communist

You may not win if both Students and Professionals are allied with Capitalists. You must have 3 out of the following 4 conditions: i) You have at least 1 Professional. ii) You have at least 1 Students iii) You have at least 4 Workers. iv) You have more Workers than Capitalists.

Bolshevism

Goal - Communist

You may not win if both Students and Professionals are allied with Capitalists. You must have 3 out of the following 4 conditions: i) You have at least 1 Professional. ii) You have at least 1 Students iii) You have at least 4 Workers. iv) You have more Workers than Capitalists.

Insurrection

Goal - Anarchist

You may not win if Peasants are allied with Capitalists. You must have 3 of the following 5 conditions: i) Peasants allied with Workers. ii) You have at least 1 Worker. iii) You have at least 1 Peasant. iv) You have at least 6 Peasants, Workers, or a combination of Peasants and Workers. v) You have Peasants, Workers, or a combination, which is more than the number of Capitalists you have.

Insurrection

Goal - Anarchist

You may not win if Peasants are allied with Capitalists. You must have 3 of the following 5 conditions: i) Peasants allied with Workers. ii) You have at least 1 Worker. iii) You have at least 1 Peasant. iv) You have at least 6 Peasants, Workers, or a combination of Peasants and Workers. v) You have Peasants, Workers, or a combination, which is more than the number of Capitalists you have.

Syndicalism

Goal - Anarchist

You must have at least 6 Workers, and your total of Workers must be more than your total of Capitalists plus any groups that are allied with them.

Syndicalism

Goal - Anarchist

You must have at least 6 Workers, and your total of Workers must be more than your total of Capitalists plus any groups that are allied with them.

Zapatistas

Goal - Anarchist

You may not win if Peasants are allied with Capitalists. You must have at least 3 Peasants, and your total of Peasants must be more than the total of Capitalists plus any groups that are allied with them.

Zapatistas

Goal - Anarchist

You may not win if Peasants are allied with Capitalists. You must have at least 3 Peasants, and your total of Peasants must be more than the total of Capitalists plus any groups that are allied with them.

Franco

Goal - Capitalist

You may not win without at least 1 Capitalist. You must have 4 out of the following 6 conditions: i) Peasants allied with Capitalists. ii) Self-Employed allied with Capitalists. iii) You have at least 1 Peasant, and the Peasants are not allied with the Workers. iv) You have at least 1 Self-Employed, and Self-Employed are not allied with the Workers. v) You have at least 4 Capitalists. vi) You have more Capitalists than Workers.

Franco

Goal - Capitalist

You may not win without at least 1 Capitalist. You must have 4 out of the following 6 conditions: i) Peasants allied with Capitalists. ii) Self-Employed allied with Capitalists. iii) You have at least 1 Peasant, and the Peasants are not allied with the Workers. iv) You have at least 1 Self-Employed, and Self-Employed are not allied with the Workers. v) You have at least 4 Capitalists. vi) You have more Capitalists than Workers.

Henry Ford

Goal - Capitalist

You may not win without at least 1 Capitalist. You must have 2 out of the following 3 conditions: i) Self-Employed are allied with Capitalists and you have at least 1 Self-Employed. ii) You have at least 4 Capitalists. iii) You have more Capitalists than Workers.

Henry Ford

Goal - Capitalist

You may not win without at least 1 Capitalist. You must have 2 out of the following 3 conditions: i) Self-Employed are allied with Capitalists and you have at least 1 Self-Employed. ii) You have at least 4 Capitalists. iii) You have more Capitalists than Workers.

Bill Gates

Goal - Capitalist

You may not win without at least 1 Capitalist. You must have 2 out of the following 3 conditions: i) Professionals are allied with Capitalists and you have at least 1 Professional. ii) You have at least 4 Capitalists. iii) You have more Capitalists than Workers.

Bill Gates

Goal - Capitalist

You may not win without at least 1 Capitalist. You must have 2 out of the following 3 conditions: i) Professionals are allied with Capitalists and you have at least 1 Professional. ii) You have at least 4 Capitalists. iii) You have more Capitalists than Workers.