Police in Kent, UK arrested some climate protestors and confiscated their “criminal” equipment, including a satirical boardgame about the war on terror. The police claim that the ski mask that came with the game could be used in a criminal act.
“Surely no member of the public is going to believe that a board game could be used as a weapon?”
War on Terror, similar to games like Risk, revolves around creating empires that compete and wage war.
But there is a twist – players can poke fun at the rhetoric of world leaders like George Bush and Tony Blair…
In their cardboard version of realpolitik George Bush’s “Axis of Evil” is reduced to a spinner in the middle of the board, which determines which player is designated a terrorist state.
That person then has to wear a balaclava (included in the box set) with the word “Evil” stitched on to it.
War On Terror board game seized by police
(via Schneier)