Created by the “La Horde” site and published by Libertalia editions, the “simulation game” bringing “a local anti-fascist group to life” was attacked by RN deputies and the SCPN.
Fnac has announced the withdrawal from its shelves of a board game created by an anti-fascist site after criticism on Twitter from a police union and several elected officials from the National Rally. “We understand that the marketing of this game may have offended some of our audiences. We are doing what is necessary so that it will no longer be available in the next few hours.“Wrote Fnac on Sunday on its official Twitter account in response to the union of national police commissioners (SCPN).
In the Fnac online store, the game page was no longer accessible on Monday morning, even if the game was still displayed in the search results, AFP noted.
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The SCPN criticized the distributor, accusing it of “highlight the antifas, who break, set fire to and attack in the demonstrations“. Several elected RNs also challenged Fnac on Twitter and welcomed Monday the withdrawal of the game, created by the site “The horde» and published by Libertalia editions. Libertalia denounced “false allegations emanating from the far right and then from the forces of repression“which led to the withdrawal of a”training tool designed by La Horde and Libertalia“. “You will not silence us!“, added the publisher on Twitter.
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On its website, Libertalia presents “antifa the game” as “a simulation and management game in which you bring a local anti-fascist group to life“by putting in place “actions that will require you time, resources, and a little organization“. Several Internet users have since challenged Fnac on its marketing of “Mein Kampf» («My battle“) by Adolf Hitler and the book “The great replacementby far-right writer Renaud Camus.
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