Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory

Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory

Economic, Educational, Negotiation

by Vangelis Bagiartakis, Varnavas Timotheou

Score

7.8

Ratings

12,347

Published

2023

Players

2–4 players

BGG community rating

Ranked #41 on BoardGameGeek

Complexity

4.3

Heavy

Best with

4

players

Play time

90–180 min

Age

14+

Information

Players

2–4 players

Best with

4 players

Play time

90–180 min

Age

14+

Complexity

4.3 / 5 · Heavy

BGG Rank

#41

Published

2023

Designers

Vangelis Bagiartakis, Varnavas Timotheou

Artists

Dimitris Anastasiadis, Jakub Skop, Katerina Xerovasila

Publishers

Hegemonic Project Games, Board Game Rookie, CMON Global Limited

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About

Extended edition includes Crisis & Control expansion. 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? Hegemony is heavily based on actual academic principles such as Social-Democracy, Neoliberalism, Nationalism and Globalism, and allows players to see their real world applications through engaging gameplay. There are many ways to achieve hegemony- which one will you take? —description from the publisher

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Categories & mechanics

EconomicEducationalNegotiationPoliticalAction / EventHand ManagementSimulationVariable Player PowersVotingWorker Placement, Different Worker Types

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