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Los Insurgentes, a 19th-century board game, traces the routes taken by leaders of the Mexican War of Independence. Portraits of figures including Nicolás Bravo, Ignacio Allende, and Mariano Matamoros reveal the revolutionary leaders that players will encounter throughout the game with each roll of the dice. Space 1 on the board takes place in the pueblo of Dolores. On this day in 1810, a Catholic priest named Father Hidalgo ended a rousing speech in Dolores with a call to arms that began the war for independence. His exact words are lost to history, but "El Grito de Dolores" remains a celebrated battle cry that's reenacted each year on Mexico's Independence Day. A key indicates which color correlates to each leader and their respective military campaigns: the red path follows Father Hidalgo, the green path follows José María Morelos, the blue path with arrows follows Francisco Xavier Mina, the blue path without arrows follows Vicente Gue...