Reversed Front: Dear Revolutionaries () is a board game created by ESC Taiwan () in 2020. The game involves roleplaying as different underground factions in East Asia opposed to the rise of the People's Liberation Army.
A mobile version of the game, Reversed Front: Bonfire () was launched in April 2025. On 5 June of the same year, it was banned in Hong Kong for violating the territory's national security law.
More than NT$20 million was raised during the board gameâÂÂs initial crowdfunding stage, sparking interest from the gaming community.
In the game, players can roleplay different factions in the East Asia region.
Players roleplaying as Taiwan can decide on multiple routes for global diplomatic development:
Chinese state media outlet Global Times ran an article criticizing the game for supporting the Taiwanese and Hong Kong independence movements, citing this as a potential threat to the healthy development of teenagers as well as China's one country, two systems principle. ESC Taiwan published a Facebook post in response, sarcastically congratulating their supporters for having successfully forced Chinese state media to rebuke the game. Commenters replied with remarks such as "a nation of 1.4 billion threatened by a board game" and "thankful to the free advertisements of Global Times". It was later reported that the game had been sold for some 1000 RMB a piece in the Chinese black market.
On 5 June 2025, Hong Kong invoked its national security law against Reversed Front: Bonfire, making it the first mobile game to be banned by the law. Authorities told residents who had downloaded the app to uninstall it immediately, but when asked refused to provide more detail. The ban led to international media coverage and boosted the popularity of the game due to the Streisand effect, as shortly after the ban, the game became the most searched term on Google among Hong Kong inhabitants.