How to start a revolution

Last week I went to Gamezone at deSingel and heard something facinating. Most of it was in Dutch, so I may have got it completely wrong...

I went to a talk by Ivan Marovic, one of the people behind a game called A Force More Powerful. Wow. Here's how they describe it...

Can a computer game teach how to fight real-world dictators, military occupiers and corrupt rulers, using methods that have succeeded in actual conflicts—not with laser rays or AK47s, but with non-military strategies and nonviolent weapons?

A Force More Powerful (AFMP), is now available. A unique collaboration of experts on nonviolent conflict working with veteran game designers has developed a simulation game that teaches the strategy of nonviolent conflict. A dozen scenarios, inspired by recent history, include conflicts against dictators, occupiers, colonizers and corrupt regimes, as well as struggles to secure the political and human rights of ethnic and racial minorities and women.

So, Ivan actually lived it - being involved in the real-life protests that brought Milosevic down.

Check out their site - and learn how to start a revolution from scratch. Revolutionising the revolution...