Hegemony - Board Game Review - Help! Help I'm Being Repressed!

Hegemony - Board Game Review - Help! Help I'm Being Repressed!

The Nation is in disarray and a war is waging between the classes. The working class faces a dismantled welfare system, the capitalists are losing their hard-earned profits, the middle class is gradually fading and the state is sinking into a deep deficit. Amidst all this chaos, the only person who can provide guidance is... you. Will you take the side of the working class and fight for social reforms? Or will you stand with the corporations and the free market? Will you help the government try to keep it all together, or will you try to enforce your agenda no matter the cost to the country?

Hegemony is an asymmetric politico-economic card-driven board game for 2-4 players that puts you in the role of one of the socio-economic groups in a fictional state: The Working Class, the Middle Class, the Capitalist Class and the State itself.

The Working class controls the workers. The Capitalist class controls the companies. The Middle class combines elements from both the Working class and the Capitalist. It has workers who can work in the Capitalist's companies but it can also build companies of its own, yet smaller. Finally the State is trying to keep everyone happy, providing benefits and subsidies when needed but trying also to maintain a steady income through taxes to avoid going into debt.

While players have their own separate goals, they are all limited by a series of policies that affect most of their actions, like Taxation, Labor Market, Foreign Trade etc. Voting on those policies and using their influence to change them is also very important. Through careful planning, strategic actions and political maneuvering, you will do your best to increase the power of your class and carry out your agenda. Will you be the one to lead your class to victory?

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction
00:30 - Background
02:30 - Game Overview
03:45 - Other Similar Games
04:44 - Pros (A Heavy Game But It's Accessible)
08:00 - Pros (Crisp and Clean Graphic Design)
09:50 - Pros (Kickstarter Worthy Components)
11:28 - Pros (Perfect Player Interaction and Dripping Theme)
13:46 - Pros (Meaty Gameplay and Tight Scoring)
16:01 - Cons (This is LONG! Do Your Research!)
17:50 - Cons (Some Luck Aspects To Be Aware Of)
20:02 - Cons (Practicalities of Getting It To The Table)
22:06 - The Solo Mode
24:42 - Summary, Two Verdicts & Player Scaling
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