Corteo and political play in late 1970s Italy

Abstract

This abstract presents a historical analysis of Corteo, a tabletop wargame produced in Italy by a group of far-left militants as a political statement. The abstracts employs a twofold methodology – oral history and a design analysis based on Švelch’s notion of “speech act” as applied to game studies – in order to demonstrate the relevance of studying locally produced analog games as parts of a more comprehensive cultural and political heritage.