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**Update from April 5 2024:**

Within less than 2024 hours, "Friedrich Ebert - The Road to Democracy" has been crowdfunded successfully via [Spieleschmiede](https://www.spiele-offensive.de/Spieleschmiede/Friedrich-Ebert). For the next 28 days, backers can now reach additional stretch goals like new cards and additional rulesets for short gaming rounds. 

**Original Article from April 3 2024:**

On Thursday, 4 April 2024, the crowdfunding campaign for "Friedrich Ebert - The Road to Democracy" will be launched on the Spieleschmiede platform. The analogue card game has a serious game angle and looks into the Weimar Republic’s democratisation process.
The game is developed by [Playing History](/company/playing-history), video and analogue game developer from Berlin with a focus in serious and impact games. Publisher of the game will be Ostia-Spiele from Wolfsburg.

"Friedrich Ebert - The Road to Democracy" is based on the serious game of the same name published in 2023 by the Reichspräsident-Friedrich-Ebert-Gedenkstätte Foundation, which is [currently nominated](https://www.gamesmarkt.de/business/awards-all-nominees-for-the-german-computer-game-awards-2024-93e5b8fa24346a9b3963768fc72c9635) for the German Computer Game Award as "Best Serious Game". For their work, the studio Playing History itself is currently also nominated as Studio of the Year at the [German Computer Game Awards 2024](https://www.gamesmarkt.de/business/awards-all-nominees-for-the-german-computer-game-awards-2024-93e5b8fa24346a9b3963768fc72c9635). 

Dr Martin Thiele-Schwez, one of the game designers and Managing Director at Playing History, emphasises the importance of this project: "Understanding the history of democracy is crucial to grasping the importance of democracy in today's world. For us at Playing History, 'Friedrich Ebert' is not just a game, but a project close to our hearts that helps to deepen this understanding and protect our democratic values."

Heike Risthaus, from the publisher Ostia-Spiele, adds: "After experiencing the enthusiastic response to the digital Ebert game and seeing how effectively it is possible to impart knowledge through play, it was clear to us as a publisher that we also had to make this experience accessible to players of analogue games."

"Friedrich Ebert - The Road to Democracy" has a minimum funding target of €5,000 on the Spieleschmiede crowdfunding platform for analogue games. 



Update: Playing History Crowdfunds "Friedrich Ebert" Successfully