"As a longstanding enthusiast of boardgames and a scholar of nonviolence, I have heavily anticipated the release of Gandhi, as a rare if not unique focus on nonviolence in this genre. As with the boardgame Bloc by Bloc reviewed in JRS (Volume 5 Number 1), such a treatment of resistance and all the risks it entails could easily convey commodification and reductivity. However, the development of Gandhi has clearly been undertaken with significant research and respect for its themes—both the Indian independence struggle and nonviolent resistance generally—and effectively reflects the spirit, strengths, and shortcomings of broader resistance in the specific context."
