I was alerted to A Force More Powerful by an NPR webcast from last month (listen here). The game, designed by the leader of the non-violent protests which helped to defeat Slobodan Milosevic, challenges players to resolve conflict without violence. From the release:
Game play involves the player's side (the movement) and an opponent (the regime). The regime is created by the designer of each scenario, and controlled by the game's artificial intelligence (AI). The player takes charge of the movement's material and human resources, assesses the strengths and vulnerabilities of the adversary as well as those of the movement, then chooses goals, strategies and tactics.
As the producer of the film of the same namy says in the NPR coverage, the crux of the game that makes it so effective in comparison with the film is that the player is in charge of the decisions and ultimately how the conflict plays out.
