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In March of 1917, Tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate the throne of Russia. In his place, a conservative Provisional Government formed, representing the official authority of the state. Opposed to the newly formed government stood the Petrograd Soviet, an elected council of workers organized by socialist activists.
Over the following months, an internal struggle for power and influence would dominate the country and spark a social revolution. In this state of dual power, or dvoevlastie, charismatic and powerful leaders would rise with the tide of public dissatisfaction and change the course of Russian politics forever.
In Dual Powers, 1-2 players direct the forces on one side of this struggle through political action, social maneuvering, and military conflict. The player with greater support at the end of the game will shape Russia’s future and either launch or suppress the impending Civil War.
—description from the publisher
- Amazing representation of the Bolshevik Revolution.
- Lizzie has not stopped talking about it since playing.
- Fantastic game.
- Bolshevik Revolution
- Petrograd, Soviet Russia
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — Players place units on the board, which is a core mechanic of area control.
- calendar progression — The calendar progresses as actions are taken, indicating a time-based element to gameplay.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- Dual Powers is my number one it was dual powers like we live stream that back in 2008 we were in South Carolina and it released in February of 2019 to retail it delivered in 2018 to backers at the back end of 2018 but I checked with Keith and it's a 2019 release and Lizzie has never she's not stopped talking about this game like since we live straight dick
- School Kahlo is my number one for the year and it's I love the meatballs in school Kahlo and like the different guardians
- Blitzkrieg from PSC games Blitzkrieg is a two-player tug of war world war two in 20 minutes really great game honestly
- Cloud spire there's another one that I just we didn't get to the table and I really think it would have been potentially on the list had we been able to get at the table because it's a gorgeous game
- Oh eternal which is a deck building game from renegade and direwolf which is an app but that's a good building game technically plays for but it's perfect a to wouldn't play it with anymore personally
- Dual Powers is just the area of history I love areas in history that don't get enough attention that's for sure good enough love and the Bolshevik Revolution is one of those
- I love history more than Derek I'm gonna go on and say it's true