About this game
Sabotage was designed and clandestinely distributed by a group of Danish resistance fighters during the German occupation of Denmark in WWII. It simulates an actual act of sabotage that took place against a transformer station at the Scandia Locomotive Factory in Randers. Erik Hagen, a doctor active in the resistance, is said to have sold the game to patients and used the money to support the cause. He was shot and killed on 6 June, 1944, while returning from a sabotage mission against the Globus Factory in Glostrup. The game board and pieces are printed on a single sheet of paper which players are instructed to mount on cardboard and cut out.
Mechanism
Roll and move
Rules
The game is presented as a training simulation, and there are no fixed rules for winning or losing. It pits 1 or 2 saboteurs against 1 or 2 guards. Movement and gunfights are decided by throws of a single die. Saboteurs try to blow up as many machines and buildings as possible before being caught, killed or escaping. They first must find needed equipment like crowbars, guns and explosives on the black market. If guards discover the saboteurs and raise the alarm, the saboteurs have only a few turns to complete their mission and escape.
More photos
Comments
No comments yet. Be the first to share your thoughts.
Leave a comment
Comments are reviewed before they appear. Please include your name and email so we can follow up if needed.