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Reply to This is an aesthetic thing but it still bugs me. About the "Red" and "Blue" states. in Political Machine JoeUser Forums

No, please, keep the Democratic Party blue and the Republicans red. My selfish reason is, of course, that this matches my favorite color and party. A better reason is that because the blue state-red state thing has become part of U.S. culture since 2000, the game might as well reflect or at least accept that. I know that in Canada the Liberal Party uses red and the old Progressive Conservatives blue, and that at least some Western European coun

Reply to Third Party in Political Machine JoeUser Forums

I'd like to offer some ideas on how to include third-party and independent candidates in the 1.2 or later version of the game. Obviously such candidates need extra obstacles to overcome, but for game purposes they should have a legitimate, if longshot, chance to win. They could start with fewer points to allocate than Democratic and Republican candidates, perhaps two-thirds as many. A third-party or independent candidate also could be

Questions about qualities in Political Machine JoeUser Forums

Greetings, Brad. I'm looking forward to this game, and wanted to ask a few questions regarding the point system for candidate qualities. Under home state, I assume you allocate the most points to be from California, New York, or Texas vs. spending no points to be from Delaware or North Dakota, right? The descriptions for integrity and credibility seem nearly identical. Does integrity in the game also mean voters are more likely to accept a cand