A Tabletop Wargaming Event
January 6, 2025
A new mega-game performance installation by the american vicarious, Fight for America! is an artist-driven, large-scale tabletop wargaming event that seeks to shed light on the gamification of American politics, emphasizing a focus on winning at any cost—regardless of the toll it exacts.
In doing so, the project aims to underscore the unsettling reality that our American democracy has been reduced to a mere game of chance.
Developed and playtested throughout 2024, Fight for America! will commence gameplay on January 6, 2025!
Let the Battle for Democracy Begin!
12,000 28mm Miniatures
In Fight for America!, 20 players enter a room to discover a 1:50 scale model of the U.S. Capitol Building at its center.
10,000 painted 28mm miniature protestors cover the grounds, while 2,000 painted 28mm Capitol Police defend the building’s entrances.
Inside the Capitol model, 272 28mm miniature Blue Politicians battle 265 28mm miniature Red Politicians to certify the results of the 2020 Presidential election.
Players are divided into teams and briefed on the game's rules.
In the first round, the Red team chooses to advance some figures forward, while the Blue team announces that their closest figures will throw smoke grenades.
A roll of the dice determines the smoke's effect on the morale of the advancing group, with the game referee announcing the results.
Smoke fills the room. The battle for democracy has begun!
