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Monopoly was invented to teach about the dangers of hoarding wealth

Do you know about the secret history of Monopoly and it’s (real) inventor, Lizzie Magie? In the early 1900s, Lizzie Magie, who was an early feminist and established activist, invented a surprisingly popular game that she called The Landlord’s Game. The game turned into an underground sensation: anyone from college students to parents would make[…]

2022 holiday game and gift guide for activists!

Have an activist in your life? Maybe they are a lifelong organizer, or recent events have lit a new fire under them? Either way, our Holiday Gift Guide for Activists (below) can help you find something special for the people who mean the most to you: from board games to apparel and puzzles. Plus – almost everything is discounted!  Whether you’re[…]

Gifts for Social Activists

Social Justice Gift Ideas – Appreciate the Activists in Your Life This Holiday Season with Games and Books! This holiday season, buy gifts for activists that are not just thoughtful, but also support independent artists, makers, and movements. At the TESA Collective, a worker-owned cooperative and creators of Rise Up: The Game of People and[…]

RISE Update: The challenge of designing a board game that’s fun, accessible, and powerful

Our first game, Co-opoly: The Game of Cooperatives, has been distributed to over thirty countries and used in homes, classrooms, and movement building spaces. It’s success is largely due to the fact that it is a simple game to pick up while also managing to get across a powerful message. And, of course, it’s a[…]

Work With Us to Create RISE: Our Next Game for the 99%

Who said the revolution can’t be fun? The world’s changing: students, neighbors, workers, and everyday people are organizing and building movements to take on corrupt corporations and unjust systems. So we at the TESA Collective, the creators of Co-opoly: The Game of Cooperatives and Loud & Proud, are making RISE – a board game to[…]