A new board game is being released this weekend to commemorate the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
“Storm the Capitol — TrueAnon Edition” will be available for purchase beginning Saturday, which marks the third anniversary of the attack on the Capitol. The limited edition game, which is designed for 4 to 7 adult players and is being sold for $64.99, is based on the events that unfolded on January 6 and allows players to “Relive one of the funniest days in American history!”
“Take control of one of 6 Patriots as you battle through the Capitol, collecting ballots, taking hostages, and fighting the police. Or play as the Capitol Police and use every means at your disposal to prevent the Patriots from getting to the roof with enough ballots to Stop the Steal,” the game’s website states.
The board game was created by the TrueAnon, a political podcast hosted by Brace Belden and Liz Franczak and produced by Yung Chomsky. As of Tuesday, it is the ninth-ranked podcast on Patreon.
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On Tuesday’s episode of the podcast, titled “MAGA-log,” the hosts promoted the new game and recalled the Capitol riot, with Belden describing it as “the best day of watching things on TV” and Franczak calling it “a slice of life.”
“This game is for every single person in America, on every single side of every single political issue,” Belden said.
They explained that if you play as one of the six patriot characters, you go from room to room, where you’re dealt either an “event” card, ballots—the game’s equivalent of points—or nothing.
The goal is to get 100 ballots and make it to the final room, where former President Donald Trump waits for players so that he can take them on his helicopter and change the results of the 2020 election to his favor “or ratify the real results of the 2020 election,” which amounts to winning the game.
One player will take the role of the Capitol police, whose goal is to prevent any of the patriot characters from getting 100 ballots before the 10th turn of the game, at which point the police character would win and certify Joe Biden’s victory.
“January 6th was about having fun with your friends—and this January 6th, that amazing feeling is coming back,” the TrueAnon account wrote Tuesday in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
Users reacted fairly positive to the game’s announcement online, with many expressing their enthusiasm for its release and others joking that it should have been available before the Christmas holiday.
“it’s not too late to get me a Christmas present,” one user wrote.
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