2040 An American Insurgency (previously owned)

April 2040. The President, now in her third term, announces a major government effort to crack down “trouble in the countryside.” The newly formed Federal Security Agency sends a convoy of agents into the Kentucky backcountry to seize a cache of stockpiled of assault rifles. 
But when the convoy approaches Lexington, it encounters a roadblock. Pickup trucks filled with armed civilians sit astride the roadway. Determined to push through, the agent in command orders his convoy to stop and deploy. Agents take cover behind the SUVs. Angry shouts are exchanged. Tensions rise. Then someone—nobody knows who—fires a shot. Both sides open up. People fall. The Second American Civil War has begun.

2040: An American Insurgency simulates a civil war in the United States in the mid-21st century. The game uses mechanics that will be familiar to players of COIN-style games. However, it adds new mechanics to deal with the internet and social media. Driven by these new communications technologies, the conflict provides interesting challenges for both sides.

This is not a game about American politics. It does not take sides in any argument. The game’s only goal is to provide mechanics wherein a Rebel faction may fight a Federal faction in 21st Century America. Following standard wargaming practice, the government is blue and the rebels are red. No connection to current politics is intended. However, the game does provide two scenarios. One involves revolution of rural areas against urban areas; the other involves cities rebelling against the countryside. Players may make of this what they will.

Condition: Like New opened but unpunched/unplayed