Poles Apart: Today's Kids Line Up To Learn About Communist Past. (cover story)

BOARD games; COMMUNISM; EDUCATIONAL games; BASALYGA, Jaroslaw; SCARCITY; SUPPLY & demand; SHOPPING; MADAJ, Karol; HISTORY; TWENTIETH century

The article discusses the Polish board game called Kolejka, or Queue, which was introduced in 2011 by the games publisher Jaroslaw Basalyga and creator Karol Madaj. Topics include the game's aim to educate Polish children about the country's communist era, the game's imitation of what shopping was like in communist Poland during shortages and rationing lines during the 1980s, and the social aspects of shopping during times of scarcity.