Paris, Les Jeux stratégiques et historiques, 1977. White cardboard box with black printed title, 37 x 29 x 3.5 cm. First commercial edition (in unknown, yet small number) produced by Debord and the French movie producer Gérard Lebovici, after a metal version was made in an edition of 3 or 4 copies.
The box contains a game board consisting of a sheet of thin white felt printed with a map of black and white squares, letters and numbers, folding out to 49.5 x 55.5 cm; 34 round-shaped wooden game pieces printed with letters and a booklet with game rules, 21.5 x 26 cm, 23 pp. Aim of the game is to completely destroy the enemy and his arsenal, based on strategic war theories of Clausewitz. The box has moderate age toning, two corners are torn, else in good condition. Very rare. In 1987, Alice Becker-Ho and Guy Debord released the book Le Jeu de la Guerre that illustrates Debord's game, published by Editions Gerard Lebovici. Several versions including computer games have appeared since.
Paris, Les Jeux stratégiques et historiques, 1977. White cardboard box with black printed title, 37 x 29 x 3.5 cm. First commercial edition (in unknown, yet small number) produced by Debord and the French movie producer Gérard Lebovici, after a metal version was made in an edition of 3 or 4 copies.
The box contains a game board consisting of a sheet of thin white felt printed with a map of black and white squares, letters and numbers, folding out to 49.5 x 55.5 cm; 34 round-shaped wooden game pieces printed with letters and a booklet with game rules, 21.5 x 26 cm, 23 pp. Aim of the game is to completely destroy the enemy and his arsenal, based on strategic war theories of Clausewitz. The box has moderate age toning, two corners are torn, else in good condition. Very rare. In 1987, Alice Becker-Ho and Guy Debord released the book Le Jeu de la Guerre that illustrates Debord's game, published by Editions Gerard Lebovici. Several versions including computer games have appeared since.
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