Hegemony is CRAZY Asymmetric (and why its good) @Shelfside

Hegemony is CRAZY Asymmetric (and why its good) @Shelfside

Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

We take a dive into Hegemony, a highly asymmetric euro-styled negotiation board game! This simulates real life situations (IRL) with the working class, capitalist, state, and middle class. You go to work and pay taxes. There's cards to manage in your hand, then you play them for different faction specific actions. Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory has been a rising game on BGG ever since its kickstarter, with high economic complexity with voting at the end of every round. Will you get the most money by exporting ot the foreign market? Can you move the fiscal policy/labor market to what you like? Will you get the most VP in 4 hours?

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Table of Contents:
Overview - (0:00)
Ascension.gg - (1:02)
How to Play - (1:58)
Cool Stuff - (4:56)
Concerns - (15:02)
Recommendations - (18:50)
Ashton's Personal Score - (23:58)

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Hegemony is CRAZY Asymmetric (and why its good)

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Hegemony is CRAZY Asymmetric (and why it's good)