The situation in Syria has caught public attention because of the alleged use of chemical weapons (most likely Sarin) by someone. I don’t usually stray into current affairs quite so much as this, these sort of situations are too raw to even think about designing games about them. However the press coverage seems to be quite off base to me, seeing this as a repeat of Iraq/Afghanistan where it appears to me to be closer to the break up of Yugoslavia, or perhaps the Rwanda genocide. Also much of my experience in trying to understand conflict can be brought to bear on this situation. The Known Facts There aren’t a huge number here, propaganda is getting in the way, however as far as I can ascertain the following are facts: There is very messy civil war in progress in Syria […]