Brits Also Made Propaganda Games

Cuffy Meigs at Perfunction recently had a piece on German WWII propaganda games.  Its a story that has been going around since an auction was set up to sell the old games.  This has sparked some interest in old WWII games, and not surprisingly the Brits had them too.  My personal favorite is Decorate Göring

Another, entitled Decorate Goering - A Party Game, was based on the classic childrens' game Pin the Tail On the Donkey. Like its more innocuous counterpart, players were blindfolded and had to pin medals on Goering's tunic.

That's too funny!  Göring loved to dress up in different garish outfits.

A lot of the games were basically dart games with different Axis leaders posted on boards.  The Brits apparently weren't as big on propaganda games as the Germans were, many of these games are extremely rare.   The article also has a piece on US comic books, and their very strong anti-Axis views. 

Its unsurprising that US comic book creators were so quick to go against the Nazis, as many early comic book creators were Jewish.  Superman is probably the most prominent, he was a creation of two Jewish artists, Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel. 

I'm such a sucker for this kind of stuff.  I've always found propaganda fascinating, its one of my favorite things to read about.  You know what, honestly, I would love if they would remake these games, the exact same way they were made originally(hopefully without lead paint if its made in China), toys too, like old fighter planes, tanks and ships.

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