Kolejka ([kɔˈlɛi̯ka]; Polish for "queue" or "line (of people)") is a board game designed by Karol Madaj[1] and launched in February 2011 by Poland's Institute of National Remembrance.
[1] It was designed to teach young generations about the hardships under Poland's communist regime (1945–1989), particularly the difficulty of acquiring consumer goods in the shortage economy.
[1] Karol Madaj, the game's creator, said the goal was to "show young people and remind the older ones what hard times these were and what mechanisms were at play".
[1][3][dead link] An international version of the board game, which includes manuals and translation stickers in Polish, English, German, Spanish, Japanese and Russian, was released in 2012.
[16] In 2016, some rumours appeared that Rospotrebnadzor declared Kolejka "anti-Russian" and excessively critical of the Soviet system; it said the game would be banned in Russia unless direct historical references were removed, which IPN refused to do.