Fascist Dentist Card Game Smashes Deserving Faces
Studio 2084 is sending its print-and-play tooth-collecting brawl to anyone who donates before the anti-capitalist festival
2084, a studio that makes "analog games about violence against the ruling class," has released Fascist Dentist, a print-and-play card game, as a thank-you for donations to Games Transformed, the community-funded festival of anti-capitalist game culture. Anyone who donates through the festival's Ko-fi page and references "2084" receives a download link, according to the studio's announcement.
Players smash the teeth of a local fascist, and whoever has collected the most teeth when the police arrive wins. An included expansion keeps the game going after the police show up, letting players fight the officers and collect their teeth too. The rulebook pages in the announcement include a "Police Phase" and an endgame summary, and the character cards show dice set into the target's mouth in place of teeth. Art is credited to an illustrator who goes by Nicolae and graphic design to Marjorie.
Games Transformed runs Oct. 30 to Nov. 1 across The Three Colts, Pelican House and Proposition Studios in Bethnal Green, East London. Weekend passes start at £45 plus a booking fee, and day passes at £20. The festival grew out of The World Transformed in 2023 and is organized with the IWGB Game Workers union, and this year's bill includes sessions on Guantánamo, union organizing and Rasheed Abueideh's Nakba game Dreams on a Pillow, as Killscreen reported earlier this month.
For more reading, see 2084's other games, the Games Transformed Ko-fi and Killscreen on Dreams on a Pillow entering full production.
The rulebook and cards for Fascist Dentist. Images: 2084.
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