Post #2218228
2026-05-04 21:44 UTC
Kurious UAW/MF addendum for game nrrrds & grognards:
“In 1969, Columbia University history major Jim Dunnigan, who would later found Simulation Publications, Inc., published a simulation game in the March 11, 1969 edition of the Columbia Spectator named ‘Up Against the Wall, Motherfucker!’ The game was based on recent disturbances at Columbia University and allowed the players to play either as protestors or administration with victory determined by winning over various stakeholder groups.”
I’d buy that for a dollar! With an SPI hex-grid map, to be sure.
Replies (4)
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@kworker@kolektiva.social 2026-05-04 21:56
@adamgreenfield@social.coop wow I wonder if the rulebook is in some archive somewhere, I'd love to read it
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@cptbutton@dice.camp 2026-05-05 00:04
@adamgreenfield@social.coop Some years later SPI would publish "The Creature That Ate Sheboygan", a silly game about giant movie monsters versus the police, army, etc. Then one of their magazines published an article on how to convert it into a serious game about rioting and civil disorder.
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@Slyphic@mastodon.wssmagazine.com 2026-05-05 01:15
@adamgreenfield@social.coop I've got that game's BGG entry on hand every single time someone has the ignorant audacity to say "let's keep politics out of wargames".
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@geocontrol@mastodon.social 2026-05-07 15:30
@adamgreenfield@social.coop I did get this recently ish so might do a compare and contrast play session