Playing Politics Seven games that bring out the politician in all of us. From the back cover: "This is a book of games and a book about politics. It is for anyone interested in politics, or who likes playing games - or who thinks the two are synonymous anyway. It is intended also as a useful adjunct for both teachers and students of politics, adding a...
Based on the video game Papers Please, players take on the role of government workers for the M.O.A. in the totalitarian state of Arstotzka. They will draft cards allowing immigrants, tourists, and citizens to pass through the border, always careful to keep a watchful eye out for members of the EZIC who are trying to bribe others and sow the seeds of...
Ever thought of becoming president? Now you can! Give interviews, bribe, foment protests, play good and evil to become the most popular politician ever. Plebiscitum is a card game, based on a contemporary international politics theme. It is played in teams called parties, fighting to win the elections. In order to win the elections the player must fulfill...
Plutocracy is a game with elements of business and politics. You are a serial investor starting and building companies. You can also collect political favors in various ways, and use those to gain an advantage to your own companies, or to slow down your competitors. Plutocracy is a card game. The opportunities available to you in a given round is...
Space is Time is Money is Power: In Plutocracy, 2 to 4 players lead each one of the big trading corporations and will travel from planet to planet to buy and sell resources. By selling at a higher price than buying, players will earn money (Space Euros S€). They need S€ to buy seats in the planetary parliaments. In each of the 3 elections during the game...
Space is Time is Money is Power again. Plutocracy: Passengers expands Plutocracy by introducing a captivating solo mode as well as the addition of passenger transport to multiplayer gameplay. In the multiplayer expansion, new actions allow players to pick up passengers and fly them to their destination. When dropping them off, players can choose among a...
Pocket Whoozit? - History & Politics is a trivia game in which players answer questions about individuals pictured on cards. There are 9 pictures on each card and the player must answer two questions about one of the individuals pictured. Two correct answers give control of the card to the player. One correct answer gives control of the card to the player...
A wild Hold'em variation played with a richly illustrated deck of comic cards containing humorous images of the personalities and issues that contested the 2004 presidential election. Each card contains a unique "Swing Vote" that introduces a new rule to the current poker hand and cleverly relates to the funny illustration, nickname, and political caption...
In "Pol-A-Tics", each player is assigned a platform of seven different issues that shows which position their candidate has taken on each issue. As with many election games, players choose a game duration prior to the start of game play. When that time has expired, players determine the popular vote winner in each state to allocate the electoral votes....
We are currently observing the largest construction boom in Poland since the reconstruction after World War II. These days not storks but steel cranes are characteristic Features of Polish landscape. The players are directors of large construction companies. The companies succeeded in winning numerous tenders and divided Poland into several areas of...