New Taiwanese Board Game Invites Players to Imagine Chinese Invasion

It helps to raise Taiwanese citizens’ awareness and vigilance against the looming invasion threat from communist China, analysts say.

Soldiers disembark from AAV7 amphibious assault vehicles during the Han Kuang military exercise, which simulates China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) invading the island, on July 28, 2022, in Pingtung, Taiwan. Taiwan military launches five days of live-fire drills involving all forces of the military to repel simulated attacks from China. Annabelle Chih/Getty Images

A new board game set against the backdrop of a hypothetical war between China and Taiwan will be released in January 2025 amid the Chinese communist regime’s looming invasion threats.

The game 2045, developed by Taiwanese board game maker Mizo Games, simulates potential scenarios of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan 20 years from now. Players are given different roles to participate in the imaginary war, including Taiwanese army officers, Chinese sleeper agents, pro-China politicians working to sabotage the island’s defense, and volunteer citizen fighters to defend their homeland.