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Parties get VPs by winning seats in state elections, coincidence between their Party Platform and National
having influence over the National Media, having Opinion. Game ends after the 7th round.
strong Party Membership, and having a strong
Party Setup – Each party gets the following:
18 Meeting Markers
5 Party Policy Cards face up redeal any contradictory card
5 Media Markers
Preliminary Phase (Beginning of game only – then continue to the Election Round Sequence)
The score sheet has 2 columns, each
with 3 or 4 boxes of options. Each
party secretly chooses for free ONE
box of options from each column by
checking its circle, and for each option
in the box, write down the state for
which they want the selected option
(Increase Party Membership does not
correspond to a state). The same state
may be chosen multiple times.
Column 1 Options
Increase Party Popularity +1
Gain Party Meeting Markers
Column 1 Example: This party moves their Party Marker +1 on Bayern’s
Gain Votes Party Popularity scale, places 6 Party Meeting Markers in Hessen, and
moves their Party Marker to 6 on the Bayern board vote track
Column 2 Options Column 2 Example: Party puts 2 of their Media Markers on Berlin board
Gain Media Markers and moves their Party Marker from 5 to 9 on the Party Membership track.
This is the only time in the game when more than 5 Media Markers may be
Increase Party Membership
put into a state.
Coalition Icon: A telephone symbol in the top Designate 1 issue in the state as a key issue –
right of a card enables a party to join a coalition put a Key Issue tile on 1 of the state’s face up
in the state – place a coalition tile for that party there. Public Opinion cards.
OR
Shadow Cabinet Card Actions Remove a Key Issue tile in the state, reducing a Public
Move your Party Marker up the Vote Track in the Opinion card back to a normal issue.
state by the indicated amount. Key Issue: Double the importance of this issue when
converting Meeting Markers to votes. Only 1
Return another party’s Media Marker from the Key Issue Tile may be in effect in a state at any
state to that party and replace it with one of your time. An issue with a Key Issue Tile on it can't
own. Pay that party €4,000 and pay the bank €4,000. be removed until it is reduced to a normal issue.
4. Form Coalitions
Overview: Coalition partners add their votes together Procedure: Beginning with the starting party then
this election. Coalitions may only be formed in the continuing clockwise, each party decides if they wish to
current state, only involving 2 parties – though there request a voluntary coalition or force a coalition on
may be multiple coalitions. Only parties with a Coalition another. Stack the Coalition Tiles of the 2 coalition
Tile on the current state board may join a coalition. partners together.
Voluntary: 2 parties may form a voluntary coalition if A party already in a coalition may not enter into a 2nd,
at least 2 of their Party Policy cards are identical. Both whether voluntary or forced.
parties must agree to form the coalition.
Cleanup: Parties not in a coalition take back their
Forced: If at least 3 of their Party Policy cards are Coalition Tiles; parties in a coalition leave their tiles
identical then a party may force a coalition on another. stacked on the Board.
5. Buy Media Markers (Party with plurality in a state may exchange 1 Public Opinion card)
Procedure: In turn, each party may buy a Media Opinion card in the state with 1 in the Organization
Marker for €4,000 and place it in any state. A party Board’s Exchange Pool that is neither identical nor
may pass – this does not prevent them buying a Media contradictory to any face up cards already in the state.
Marker later this phase. Continue until all parties A card with a Key Issue tile may not be exchanged.
successively pass. 1 party may continue to buy Media
Exchange: Take a Public Opinion card from the State
Markers even if all others have passed.
Board, place it in the Exchange Pool, then take a card
Max: Each state has 5 Media Marker spaces – once from the Exchange Pool and place it in the empty
full no further Media Markers may be placed there. space on the State Board. Place duplicates within the
Exchange Pool on top of each other but slightly offset.
Media Control: Once all have passed, see if any party
There will be 6 cards in the Exchange Pool at any time.
has a plurality of markers in each state (more Media
Markers than any other). Starting with the last state in Protection Against Opinion Polls: A party who
line for elections then counterclockwise, a party with controls the media in a state is protected against the
control of the media may exchange 1 face up Public negative effects of published opinion polls.
The Makers
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6. Organize Party Meetings
Procedure: In turn, each party may buy up to 4 party – once full a party may not buy any more in that
Meeting Markers per state, for €1,000 each. state. Existing Meeting Markers can be converted into
Max: Each state has 10 Meeting Marker spaces per votes during phase 8.
Minimum Multiplier: A party always receives a on the Vote Track. The last party to reach the 50 space
minimum of 1 vote for every 2 Meeting Markers is the leader of the election.
regardless of how low their Coincidence + Popularity
Cleanup – Public Opinion Exchange: Immediately
actually is. Coincidence + Popularity can never go
following marker conversion in each state, a party with
below 0.5; round down any resulting vote fractions.
more votes there than all other parties combined may
Maximum Votes: Any votes above 50 are not exchange 1 face up Public Opinion card there with 1
counted. A party with 50 or more votes stays at 50 on in the Exchange Pool on the Organization Board that is
the Vote Track. A party who later also gets 50 or more neither identical nor contradictory to any face up cards
votes puts their marker on top of any previous markers already in the state.
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9. Score Current State (The Election!)
Determine Seats
Beginning with the starting party then clockwise,
convert remaining Meeting Markers (even if less than
5) in the current state into votes as described in phase
8 above.
Votes = Meetings x (Coincidence + Popularity)
Use the State card to convert the number of votes into
seats. Note the number of seats on the back of each
party’s score sheet.
Decide Election Winner in Current Election party or other coalition. A coalition is allowed a total of
Party with the most votes wins. If more than 1 party more than 50 votes. If a coalition ties with another
ties then the last party to get to that number of votes coalition then the coalition with the highest Party
wins by a nose. If 2 parties have formed a coalition Marker on the Vote Track wins; if 2 or more Party
then add together the votes for both parties. A coalition Markers tie for highest then the party or coalition
wins if it has more combined votes than any single whose Party Marker is on top wins by a nose.
Election Victory Results In either above case there can never be 2 identical or
Single Party Victory: A single party who won by contradictory opinions on the National Board.
a number of votes (not by a nose) may place 1 Media If all 5 National Opinion spaces are full, the party may
Marker on the National Board. The party must already replace any one of the cards (if not secured) with a
have at least 1 Media Marker on the current state Public Opinion card from the current state. A secured
board – place that marker on the top row of the card can only be replaced by its opposite.
National Board corresponding to the current round.
Single Party Victory – By a Nose: The party may
The party may also move 1 or 2 Public Opinion cards
place 1 Media Marker on the National Board as above.
from the state to the National Board’s National Opinion
They may also move 1 Public Opinion card from the
row, in the 1st free leftmost space(s). Either card may
current state to the National Opinion spaces as above.
be placed on an occupied space, even if open spaces
are available, to Secure or Replace a card, as below. The party that was beaten by a nose may also place 1
Media Marker on the National Board as above, but
1. Secure a card which is already a National Opinion,
may not place a National Opinion card.
making it more difficult to remove. Put a Public
Opinion card from the current state on top of an
Victory By Coalition: Each partner may place 1
identical existing card. A secured National Opinion
Media Marker on the National Board if they had 1 in
card can only be removed by a contradictory Public
the state, and may also move 1 Public Opinion card
Opinion card.
from the state to the National Board as above, starting
2. Replace an existing National Opinion. Put a Public with the party that gained the greater number of votes.
Opinion card from the current state on top of a If both parties had the same number of votes then the
contradictory existing card, even if it is secured. party whose Party Marker is on top places 1st.
Discard the previous National Opinion card(s).
The coalition/party that lost by a nose does nothing.
Outside Contributions (end of Round 1 – 5) Face Down: Each party in turn turns over their card
Each party in turn places 1 of their Contribution cards and rolls the amount of dice shown on the declined
in front of themselves – face up if intending to accept contribution amount – increase the Party Membership
the contribution; face down if intending to refuse it. Track Marker by the total amount on the dice. The
decliner of the largest contribution may roll 3 more dice
Face Up: Each party in turn takes the amount of
and increase their Party Membership by the total, in
money shown on the card from the bank. Roll the
addition to the increase already received. No one gets
amount of dice shown below the contribution amount –
this bonus if the highest declined contributions are tied.
reduce the Party Membership Track Marker by the
largest single number showing on the dice. Remove used Party Contribution cards from the game.
12. End Of Game – Final Score Sheet Scoring
Total Seats National Media Rating Party Membership
Enter the total Enter the sum of points for any Enter total Party Membership as shown on
number of seats National Board Media Markers, the National Board at the end of round 7.
won over 7 state given in the silver star. Later Bonus: Highest Party Membership gets
elections here. round Media Markers may score +10, party with 2nd highest gets +6. Any who
less than those placed earlier. tie get 16 points divided evenly among them
(rounded down), all others get nothing. Any
parties who tie for 2nd highest get nothing.
Total Score
Sum all points and enter the total in the last row.
The Party with the highest total wins the game!
Author: Karl-Heinz Schmiel
Publisher: Valley Games, 2006
Players: 3–5
Duration: 4+ hours
Transcriber: Chris Conboy (Liumas)