On this day in 1969, a police raid in Greenwich Village sparked three days of intense rioting by members of the gay community. This was the turning point in the fight for LGBT+ rights in the United States. Today we’re joined by Taylor Shuss, designer of Stonewall Uprising, to discuss how his game charts the beginnings of the Pride movement, wading into the muddy waters of gamifying the AIDS epidemic, and how playing as history’s baddies can give players a deeper perspective on civil rights.

Listen here or download here. Timestamps can be found after the jump.

TIMESTAMPS

2:00 — remembering June 28th, 1969
9:00 — Shuss’s personal interest in the Stonewall Riots
14:46 — merging deck-building with a tug-of-war
18:10 — expanding the scope from one decade to three
22:20 — seesaw politics and folding
33:40 — what asymmetry reveals about Pride versus The Man
39:52 — people’s reluctance to play as The Man
45:40 — including the AIDS epidemic in a board game
1:08:00 — the response to Stonewall Uprising
1:11:25 — Sacred Band

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