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Published on: 04/01/2025 | 00:00:00
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Mizo Games has launched a crowdfunding campaign raising more than 4 million New Taiwan dollars ($121,707 USD) the board game simulates a Chinese invasion of Taiwan 20 years in the future and players role-play characters over the 10 days leading up to an attack. The game, named “2045”, will be released in Taiwan this month. Players in 2045 can participate in different aspects of modern warfare, including cyberwarfare, economic meltdown and civil upheaval. The game’s controversial subject prevents its manufacture in China, a departure from the usual production practices of Taiwanese board game companies. Mizo Games launched its first warfare-themed game, Raid on Taihoku, in 2017. “The Landlord’s Game”, created in 1902 by Elizabeth Magie, was crafted to teach players the negative effects of land consolidation under private monopolistic control and land seizure. In 1935, the game was adapted and commercialised by Charles Darrow and Parker Brothers, who modified its rules and themes to emphasise competition and wealth accumulation. It’s not just board games that are capturing the imagination of Taiwanese media companies when it comes to the idea of a Chinese invasion. China is opposed to any kind of “reunification” and regards increasingly frequent Chinese military drills in the Taiwan Strait as “provocative” In August 2022, China launched missiles over Taiwan in response to a visit by then-US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan. Under its “one China policy”, the US does not recognise Taiwan’s independence from China. The military exercises around Taiwan involved 111 aircraft, 46 naval vessels and operations including sea assaults, land strikes, air defence drills and anti-submarine activities. In October 2024, China said the Eastern Theatre Command of the PLA launched new military drills off the coast of Taiwan as 'punishment'
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