Suffragetto
Sign in to savethumb|Suffragetto box Suffragetto was a board game published in the United Kingdom around 1908 by the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) and manufactured by Sargeant Bros. Ltd. In modern terms, it was developed to "enact feminist ideology in a hybrid fantasy-real world environment" to support the activist strategies of the suffragettes.
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- Instance of
- board game
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Publisher
- Women's Social and Political Union
- Main subject
- suffragette
- Official website
- playsuffragetto.org
- Image
- Suffragetto box.jpg
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- publication date
- 1908-00-00
- Commons category
- Suffragetto
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- Art+Feminism
- copyright status
- public domain
- minimum number of players
- 2
- maximum number of players
- 2
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thumb|Suffragetto box Suffragetto was a board game published in the United Kingdom around 1908 by the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) and manufactured by Sargeant Bros. Ltd. In modern terms, it was developed to "enact feminist ideology in a hybrid fantasy-real world environment" to support the activist strategies of the suffragettes.
== Game play == thumb|right|Suffragetto board layout The game is a contest of occupation featuring two players around a grid board representing the streets of Edwardian London. One player plays 21 green markers as the radical suffragettes, the other player plays 21 dark blue markers as the police constables. The objective of the suffragettes is to break through police lines and enter the House of Commons, while at the same time preventing the police from entering Albert Hall. The objective of the police is to disrupt the meeting of the suffragettes by entering Albert Hall, while at the same time preventing them from entering the House of Commons.
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