Organiser: Portland Megagames
Designer: Ciaran O’Sullivan

The Generalissimo is Dead is a megagame set in the chaos that follows the death of a strong, autocratic leader without any clear plan for succession. Heavily inspired by the hilarious film The Death of Stalin!

The game is set in the late 1990s, early 2000s. The modern era is firmly underway, the internet is here to stay and there has only been one superpower for quite some time.

Yugenya has gone from being a forgotten backwater to the frontline of an economic cold war between China and the West due to the discovery of large rare earth metal mines. In the latter years of the Generalissimo’s life, he used the wealth from these mines to expand the revolutionary guard, build a navy and establish an air force.

Critics would also say he channeled much of the wealth into paranoia-fueled schemes against imagined foes. Regardless, Yugenya has never been so important.

The loss of the guiding hand at this time is a crisis for all Party Members!