In recent years the proud nation of Yugenya has gone from being a forgotten backwater to the frontline of an economic cold war between China and the West.
While some would claim that its importance was in part due to the late Generalissimo’s fearless leadership, most people agree that this positioning is mostly due to the discovery of large, rare earth metals deposits across the country.
In the latter years of the Generalissimo’s life, he used the wealth from mining these metals to expand the revolutionary guard, build a navy and establish an air force. Critics would also say he channelled much of the wealth into paranoia-fuelled schemes against imagined foes, while others would point to the undeniable expansion of Yugenya’s economy which his actions supported.
Regardless of which side of the Generalissimo’s reputation you believe, Yugenya has never been so important. The loss of the guiding hand at this time is a crisis for all party members!
The Generalissimo is Dead is a megagame seeing ~37 people come together for a full day event as they simulate the power-vacuum that is the dilemma of succession in a fictional, authoritarian country.
The Generalissimo is Dead was designed by Ciaran O'Sullivan of True North Megagames.
Sydney Megagamers always rely on players embracing our social contract which acknowledges that "while tensions and conflicts exist between factions in our fictional world, those more focused and personal anti-social behaviours (like racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and any other kind of discrimination) do not exist in this game."
With that understanding, prospective players should understand that The Generalissimo is Dead has a dark, yet sattirical theme, and much of the game's world and narrative is left for the players to invent and interpret. That said, the game does deal with, or could easily touch on through emergent gameplay, the following themes:
Betrayal
Totalitarian states
Corruption
Assassination and death