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That's the question.  In the game, it is quite direct--if the Establishment get Humprey nominated and has the media influence marker on its side, victory.  If those don't both happen, victory for the Protesters.  In games, it's easy to determine... (Read More)

Well, we fibbed--we have a Thursday update also in addition to tomorrow's.  They posted this blog and we wanted to make sure to mention it on the campaign here! Chicago ’68 from The Dietz Foundation – Event Card Spoilers with Designer Yoni... (Read More)

One week left in the campaign...and woke up this morning and saw we've passed $40k--which is amazing.  It's exciting to see this much interest in Yoni's game. On our end, the big news today--we've got the artist already in communication with the... (Read More)

You aren't familiar with the name--or you're thinking "Hey, you have that wrong."  Nah--originally it was eight people charged with conspiracy and crossing state lines to commit federal crimes and incite riots (insurrection is the popular term now)... (Read More)

Its real title isn't normally used.  Instead, it's referred to as 'the Walker Report'.  Supervised by Dan Walker (future Illinois governor...and later still, federal convict), the report is one of the key documents used for research into the events... (Read More)

Since the '68 Convention, the American election system has changed.  After 1972, the Democratic Party changed its rules for selecting candidates and more generally, both parties changed so that the candidate is selected well before the convention... (Read More)

Dan Thurot has done a review of Chicago '68.  The link is below.  I always like reading Dan's material.  I disagree with him regularly on his views, but they are always thought-provoking, well-written, and well-reasoned.  When I disagree, I find... (Read More)

There's one other thing that's important with the Convention of 1968.  You hear about 'The Riots', but that's not a reference to the DNC, Yippies, and MOBE.  That's a reference to April 5-6 in the aftermath of King's assassination--125 fires, more... (Read More)

So the game's proven to be interesting enough, it's made a couple of Chicago's newspapers! (from the Sun Times article, credit to Erica Thompson)  Chicago Sun... (Read More)

Hi everyone--up to nearly 4x the goal...pretty stunning.  With the regular schedule here, it's possible this will be the last update this week due to a couple meetings and most importantly, a family birthday going on--yes, there will likely be... (Read More)

Good Monday!! ...off to Week #2 of the Chicago campaign.  Rather than history stuff--have a couple updates coming with directly game-related stuff.  There's a blog/video team called 'Players Aid' and they have done some posts on what the cards do... (Read More)

That's not a typo.  This isn't about the Chicago Mob, it's about the MOBE.  This is the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam.  While ending war is a noble goal in most circumstances, you need a better name than that for your... (Read More)

With the help of Frederic Serval, we've been able to create a time for a live play-through of Chicago '68.  Fred and Yoni will likely play a full day of the game (2 of the turns) to give an idea how things work. If you're not a rulebook fan, this is... (Read More)

In 1968, Richard Daley had been mayor of Chicago 13 years.  Since he was also head of the Cook County Democratic Party Central Committee (as an aside--doesn't that sound like a Soviet organization?), Daley was in complete control of Chicago's... (Read More)

Holy cow--everyone who has already backed--thank you for your trust in what we are doing with the game and its production--it means a ton.  From the 'business' side of things, your help seeing Chicago '68 thru production leaves the Foundation able... (Read More)

In the summer of 2020, filmmaker Yoni Goldstein looked out the window of his home to see a line of police officers advancing on demonstrators — neighbors of his who had taken to the streets to protest the killing of George Floyd. In that moment, his mind flashed to another image, one that was burned into the memories of many Chicagoans like a sunspot: the protests surrounding the 1968 Democratic National Convention, where a similar line of powder-blue helmets advanced on a similar line of demonstrators. (Read More)