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Road to the White House™ Your family and friends will love the chance to outshine this year's Presidential hopefuls and those of years to come. (Learn More...) |
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| Players: 3-6, Ages: 12+ Playing Time: 45-60 minutes |
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| Q: If a candidate has a modifier due to an issue (such as -1 for Civil Rights), does that apply to all states, or only the one he is in? Does it apply to surrogates as well? | |||
| A: When an issue is first raised (not revived), each player much check both the Issue Card and their candidate. Any “automatic” votes are applied to the listed area (only) immediately. Also, as long as the issue is active, you must check both the Issue Card and your candidate each time you move to see if there are other effects.
If an issue is revived, then you do not check for the automatic votes, but the modifiers to your movement votes are still counted. Normally, modifiers do not affect your surrogates (except for your “organization” modifier). However, if you have an “issue-based” surrogate, you may receive issue bonuses based on the position rating that earned you the surrogate. Let’s look at an example: Your candidate is Clarence T. Washington. He has Civil Rights +5. The Civil Rights issue has just been raised. He is not eligible for the Klan endorsement. Looking at the Civil Rights card, you discover: Reverse of Rating Automatic in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina. So, you subtract 5 votes from each of those states. Then you look at your candidate. It says -10 automatic in Alabama. So, you subtract an ADDITIONAL 10 votes from Alabama. It also says -10 automatic in Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina. So, you subtract 10 more votes from each of those. That takes care of all the automatics. Now let’s say you are in New York, and you make your way down to South Carolina. In New York, the Issue Card says that you get +Rating per stop. You also get an additional +12 per stop from your candidate. So, you get an extra 17 votes per stop in New York. In South Carolina, on the other hand, you get -2 votes per turn, just for being there. Now, if you were Billy Joe Saltine instead, you lose votes every turn that Civil Rights is active. So, wherever you are, you lose 1 vote per turn. If Billy Joe is in Arkansas, he loses 1 vote. If he is in New York, he loses 1 vote. |
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| Q: What is the difference between “contributions” and “endorsements?” | |||
A: A contribution usually refers only to money from somebody. So a wealthy billionaire might contribute funds to your campaign. An endorsement usually means that a group or important person says "Joe is the best man for President." Often this will include money too. In the game, contributions of money are often the result of event cards. Money from an endorsement is usually the result of an Issue. Endorsements also usually include getting a number of "free" votes in certain areas. |
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| Q: How do you tell the difference between “special interest contributions” and “business contributions?” | |||
| A: A certain amount of common sense is needed to figure this one out, because there really isn't any difference between the two types of contributions. In fact, you could say that "business" contributions are just a subtype of "special interest" contributions. Usually, these contributions come from event cards that endorse a candidate. For example, we have "Life Insurance Industry Backs Candidate." This is a special interest, but it is also a business. On the other hand, "Migrant Farm Workers Back Candidate" is a special interest that is not a business. So when an endorsement comes along, you just have to take a look at it and figure out if it is a business or not. | |||
| Q: When using the advanced rules for primaries and caucuses, do you still need to worry about tracking or collecting votes in states that have made their declarations, or does the voting there end? | |||
| A: The "advanced game" is modeled on our "primary" system. In the "primaries," each state has an election on a different date. Some states, like New Hampshire, have their primaries very early in the year, and other states wait until later. In the game, this is reflected by the different declaration dates for each state. Once a state has held its primary, there is no more voting in that state. It is done, and the delegates for that state have been chosen. So, you can't get any more votes in a state after it has declared. That state is done. Obviously, it is very important to campaign mostly in the states that are going to hold the next primary.
As a house rule, you may also shuffle and draw the cards under the table. |
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