Sub-lethal tactical game: The N17 anti-globalization protests of Ottawa, 2001. Police, peaceful protestors, the Black Block, tear gas, pepper spray, etc. Intended to be a reasonably accurate simulation, with input from interviews with people who were present, while still being a fun game; the hope would be that the rule set would be applicable to other similar events (real and imagined) in the late 20th/early 21st Centuries, by swapping out the map and the initial units.
![[Screen shot of Ottawa 2001]](ottawa-shot.jpg)
Current status
Barely started, as the fragmentary map above implies. Much research still needs to be done, and the rest of the map needs to be designed. Last time I worked on this, scorekeepers were a concern, but they've since been greatly improved. Recent improvements to "detonation" and "wrecking" will probably be useful for sub-lethal weapon effects, too. Not a high-priority game, though, because I'm spending most of my time on SRE and engine development.
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