The Gandhi Chronicles

The Gandhi Chronicles #6: Playing the Muslim League in Gandhi — Operations and Special Activities

The Muslim League is one of two Nonviolent Factions in Gandhi, alongside Congress. Though they share the same Operations and two of the same Special Activities with Congress, the Muslim League has different victory goals that will eventually pull them away from their Congress allies, perhaps even leading them to work with the British to […]

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The Gandhi Chronicles Issue #5: Playing the Congress in Gandhi — Operations and Special Activities

In a lot of ways, the Congress Faction represents the heart of the game. Gandhi himself was a major player in the movement and many of the founding principles of the game developed out of building a system around nonviolent resistance. Playing Congress will feel unlike any other COIN faction you’ve played before, for their

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The Gandhi Chronicles Issue #4: Playing the British Raj in Gandhi — Operations and Special Activities

The Raj Faction in Gandhi will feel familiar for those who have played any of the 20th century COIN games. Like many Government Factions, its forces are represented by two types of cubes; it has a limited budget to spend on its Operations; and it seeks Control over the populace as one of its victory

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The Gandhi Chronicles Issue #3: Raj Control

One of the innovations which Gandhi brings to the COIN series is a subtle change in the mechanics of Control. In previous games, Control has been determined by whichever Faction had more pieces in the space than any other – a plurality is insufficient, a strict majority is required for Control. While some games have

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The Gandhi Chronicles Issue #2: An Overview of Nonviolent Operations in Gandhi

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The Gandhi Chronicles: Issue #1 — The Myths of Nonviolence

Many people around the world live in countries that have been directly affected by nonviolent struggles. Nonviolence has a long and successful track record of creating political change around the world; recent studies have shown it to be twice as effective at achieving its goals than violent resistance. In the 20th century, nonviolent campaigns have

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