Divide & Rule

A serious game inspired by the Divide & Rule policy of colonial powers in Middle East, Africa and South Asia. Winner of the Auswärtig gespielt Game & Mod Jam 2023.

Credits:

Design: Pragya & Housein

Programming: Farid & Housein

Art: Housein

How to Play:

• Welcome great leader! You have finally acquired the rich territory of Ausland!

• You must protect the regions around your mines, roads, canal and harbor to keep the wealth flowing into your coffers and pay your expenses!

• Use the filter icon to check the local populations' ideology or culture.

• Draw on the map to create new states.

• Separate similar traits as much as possible to sow division!

• Click next turn to advance time by 50 years!

• Green hexagons are consolidated regions! You weren't able to divide them successfully. Now they have local power and have cut off your access to any mine, road or harbor in their region.

• Redraw the state borders to push them apart and with others to neutralize their cooperation or create conflict zones.

• Red hexagons are conflict zones. They increase local violence and casualties but are no threat to your supply lines.

• Press the intervention button to change the identity of any district to one of your choice by force, bribery or propaganda! (Feature yet to be implemented)

• Can you keep the lands divided and reach 5000 Gold to win?