STRIKE! The Game of Worker Rebellion

Name: STRIKE! The Game of Worker Rebellion
Brand: The TESA Collective
SKU: STRIKEGAME
Price: 40.0 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.53 (34 reviews)

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STRIKE! is a strategic, cooperative, and beautifully-illustrated board game for 2 - 4 players about building a city-wide rebellion to stop a mega-corporation's takeover.

STRIKE! was created in a collaboration between The TESA Collective, a publisher of games about changing the world, and Jobs with Justice, a leading labor rights organization. It is a game by, for, and about the labor movement.

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STRIKE! - Overview Video

Reviews

Geekdad

"STRIKE! works well both as a cooperative game with a hint of a sci-fi theme, and as a conversation starter about the labor movement. It feels like there are plenty of games in which players are the corporations, maximizing profits and exploiting resources and labor, but not many that take the worker’s perspective into account. Strike! is a rare exception to that rule, and is worth checking out, especially if you like the theme."

Bert's Tabletop Games

"STRIKE! is a great intro to labor organizing. The game presents mechanics that really put the theme forward and give you the feeling of urgency that the labor movement has. I loved the difficulty levels that can be added to make the game harder for those who want to punch it up a notch. The game plays smoothly and has no obvious flaws in the mechanic. I would recommend this to everyone for great play and for great theme."

Uproxx

"Cooperative games can always slip into familiar problems of an 'alpha' gamer making decisions for everyone, but Strike seems designed to unlearn that and genuinely have players work together. There are a lot of ways to win using a variety of abilities to move around the board, but no one can truly finish the job alone. It’s a game that advocates for action to its core, and that includes encouraging more reluctant players to take part in the strategy and use their unique skills each turn."

Cardboard Republic

"Games about the labor rights movement of the last century are not particularly voluminous, and even fewer tackle the topic from a modern perspective. In an era of unprecedented wealth and social inequality the likes of which we haven’t seen in a century, STRIKE! aims to step into that void with an approachable game that’s one part social awareness, one part classic co-op, and one part dystopian warning."

Grow Ranks, Lead Strikes

Players take on the role of the Strike Council to lead a city-wide rebellion against HappyCorp’s takeover in this cyberpunk setting.

Players will grow their ranks, mobilize their followers, and lead strikes around their City. As the Strike Council scores victories, they will gain the support of more allies and build new bases of support from the manufacturing district to the university.

How The Strike Council Wins

Players collectively win by completing enough STRIKE! cards to score 15 victory points, and thereby kicking HappyCorp out of their city!

How HappyCorp Wins

HappyCorp, like any nefarious corporation, can win in multiple ways: by scoring 15 victory points of its own, or by deploying all six of its MegaDrones across the city.

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Accessible & Strategic

STRIKE! has a short rulebook. However, the combination of cooperative gameplay, as well as a tough opponent in HappyCorp, makes this a strategic game!

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High Replay Value

There are eight different characters to play as, and each character has unique powers and stats, giving them different ways to strategize.

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Gain Allies & Build Power

And although each player takes on a unique character, players will also have to recruit more workers from other industries across the city - from the teachers to the steelworkers - to grow their rebellion and take powerful actions.

01

Accessible & Strategic

STRIKE! has a short rulebook. However, the combination of cooperative gameplay, as well as a tough opponent in HappyCorp, makes this a strategic game!

02

High Replay Value

There are eight different characters to play as, and each character has unique powers and stats, giving them different ways to strategize.

03

Gain Allies & Build Power

And although each player takes on a unique character, players will also have to recruit more workers from other industries across the city - from the teachers to the steelworkers - to grow their rebellion and take powerful actions.

STRIKE! is fast-paced, it's tons of fun, and it raises awareness about the value of worker solidarity and collective action. What's not to love?

-Eli Kurtz, game designer

As soon as STRIKE! was done, I was ready to play again. The theme and mechanics blended together smoothly.

-Matt Milkowski, teacher

STRIKE! finds the perfect balance of strategic, cooperative gameplay and rich narrative. It has gorgeous artwork and thoughtful, humorous flavor.

-Vanessa Fernandez, labor organizer

Fast-playing and easy to learn. Replayable with different character options.

-A Pawn's Perspective

HappyCorp

At the end of each turn, HappyCorp will force players to draw a Commercial Break card. These will cause trouble for the Strike Council: such as remove workers from the board and deploy HappyCorp’s drones throughout the city.

But worst of all is HappyCorp’s dreaded MegaDrones. Whenever three regular drones are in a location together, they fuse into a MegaDrone! The creation of a MegaDrone causes HappyCorp to score points, and it blocks the players from completing strikes in that location.

So do you have what it takes to lead the rebellion to defeat HappyCorp? Or will you soon be a smiling employee of HappyCity?

2 - 4 Players | 45 - 60 Minutes

5 stars: 24 (71%)
4 stars: 6 (18%)
3 stars: 2 (6%)
2 stars: 2 (6%)
1 star: 0 (0%)

Great game! Highly recommend

Strike makes me want to go on strike

When the game is exciting and fun to play, plus about labor power, we are in

I enjoyed the art, theme, and gameplay.

A bit too vague futuristic dystopian, but a cool game about going on strike that makes the sort of generic art work well!

Good game

Smooth, engaging, easy to learn, both futuristic and realistic. We had fun.

A co-op game where you all have to win together to beat Happycorp. Watch out for the mega drones!

Glad to have this in my collection.

This game is a mix of cooperative gameplay, area control, and action selection. It has some similar gameplay mechanics to some other TESA games but I don't mind because it does it differently and also really well.

The drones can be a bit overwhelming, but if you talk through the game as a team you can definitely find a way to win.

The corporate-run city of Strike hits pretty close to home!

Very fun and cooperative, I got this as a gift for my brother and we all enjoyed it.

Way to go, TESA!

Strike is a blast.

Fun

A worker placement game where the workers work together to STRIKE!

It's standard for characters to have special powers in co-op games, but I thought it was really unique for each character to have *two* special powers in Strike!, and then for them to each to have different stats as well as really cool. That gives the game a LOT of replayability because you can try different combos and try to master strategies with different characters.

Fairly surface level with the theme, not crunchy enough for my taste

I'm a high school teacher, and the kids love this game!

Hell yeah, I love this pro-labor game! Too many games are about exploiting labor. What about when labor fights back?! Nothing is more satisfying than crushing Happycorp!

We were so pumped to play the first time, but we lost! It was a crushing blow from Happycorp. However, we tried again and worked together and got it the second time! Great game about worker power.

We really enjoyed this game. We played it twice - we were crushed the first game but we managed to barely win the second time after we figured out what we were doing.

Having to collaborate to complete strike cards and take down megadrones is awesome.

This game could have used more time in the oven. Some cool ideas but I don't think the game delivered on them.

great game

The gameplay is simple enough for experienced players, but not too hard to explain to a group of people who don't play a lot of board games. Love the gameplay, though I wish the drones weren't small cubes. (The megadrone meeples are really cool tho.)

I'm a labor organizer and I LOVE this game

Oh my god, the Commercial Break cards had us laughing (and groaning) at the end of every tun.

This game EXEMPLIFIES teamwork. Just like building a union and fighting for workers rights, you have to work together if you want to win the game. I love how there's different levels so you can adjust the difficulty as well if you're new or experienced with the game.