Facebook has banned ads for a Kickstarter from small historical board game publisher Fort Circle Games for the second time this year - this time claiming its game about the history of the US Supreme Court is a "sensitive social issue".
Crafting a game system so compelling that other designers want to create their own games using it is a rare beast in board gaming. Veteran wargame designer Volko Ruhnke has managed it twice - first with the COIN series, which saw its asymmetric counterinsurgency design influence games including Root, and his Levy and Campaign series, which currently runs to nine volumes of designs by various creators. The former CIA intelligence analyst spoke to BoardGameWire about his continuing drive towards accessibility with new design Hunt for Blackbeard, which is on Kickstarter now, how he's solving the hidden movement mechanics conundrum, and which games have been influencing his own design processes in recent years.
Votes for Women, the critically acclaimed card-driven wargame about the fight for women’s suffrage in the US, has raised almost $200,000 for its second edition Kickstarter campaign as backers turned up in droves after the game's adverts were banned by Facebook.
Votes for Women, the critically acclaimed card-driven wargame about the fight for women's suffrage in the US, stands to miss out on up to $60,000 of backing for its second print run after Facebook repeatedly banned ads for the game due to it featuring a "sensitive social issue".
Votes for Women, the critically acclaimed card-driven wargame from designer Tory Brown, has scooped this year's Summit Award celebrating the historical board game which best succeeded in broadened the hobby.
Fort Circle Games has followed up its critically acclaimed card-driven wargame Votes for Women by passing the funding goal for its latest offering on Kickstarter - The Halls of Montezuma.
