Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
Putsch is set in a politically unstable area. Eight states participate in the game and players must try to get as many political groups from each state over to their side as possible.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
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Putsch is set in a politically unstable area. Eight states participate in the game and players must try to get as many political groups from each state over to their side as possible. Each of the states consists of 5 political groups: Government, the Opposition, Industry, the Military and the Guerrilla. At the beginning of the game, the governments of the states are distributed among the players. In addition, each player randomly receives two other groups from any of the states.