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Game: The Weimar Republic



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Publisher: GMT Games
Game Type: Board
Designer(s): Gunnar Holmbäck
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The Weimar Republic is a Card Driven Game of political struggle in interwar Germany. Four factions compete for dominance: the democratic Coalition, the Soviet-backed Communist Party, Hitler’s National Socialists, and the far-right Radical Conservatives.


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Date: 6/14/2024
Poster: Doug Holt
Factions of The Weimar Republic: Democratic Coalition

For the Democratic Coalition, "...the challenge is not spreading their influence, but maintaining it." Designer Gunnar Holmback discusses the difficulties for the Democratic coalition player in the Weimar political struggle. See why he emphasizes, however, that "...since The Weimar Republic is a sandbox of 'what ifs', [failure] is just one of the potential outcomes...".
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Date: 8/30/2021
Poster: Doug Holt
The Struggle is Real: Reworked Mechanics and a New Solo System for The Weimar Republic

"Development of The Weimar Republic was struck hard by the Covid19 situation, mainly because live, face-to-face playtesting suffered so much." Designer Gunnar Holmback gives us a development update on his GMT Games' The Weimar Republic, a card driven approach to the political struggles in interwar Germany. Check out how Gunnar has taken advantage of the circumstances to make some valuable revisions: "...the game is now fast-paced and dynamic, but it retains the sense of historical weight that has been a key part of the design from the get-go."
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Date: 7/22/2020
Poster: Doug Holt
Interview with Gunnar Holmbäck Designer of The Weimar Republic from GMT Games

"This situation sets itself up perfectly for a game to explore the various parties involved." Grant Kleinhenz interviews designer Gunnar Holmbäck about his GMT Games' The Weimar Republic, a CDG which covers the interwar political struggle in Germany. Gunnar brings us a challenge based on an historical conundrum: "…an interesting thing about the Weimar Republic – it’s easy to say that it was an experiment in democracy that was bound to fail, but then you haven’t taken into account how resilient it actually was to both right-wing and left-wing attacks."
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