into the fiery Representative's Electoral column. But everywhere else, Hillary dominated. She only needed to get 94 Electoral votes from the Swing States to win, and she got 173, a sweeping victory, proving for once and for all the power of the Clintons as America's dominate political dynasty.

It was quite a taffy-pull coming up with the personages who would populate the two sides of the 10 Candidate cards.

Having designed it, I took the first pass, splitting the cards 7 Republican and 3 Democrats because, hey, it's that kind of election year with the incumbent standing for a second term. How many other viable Democrats are in the wings for this year, really? For the Republicans, I had WAY more than 7 to choose from...

On the back of eachPresident card are two Vice President "half-cards", so that's 6 Democrat and 14 Republican VP candidates in the game.

In the end, the playtesters ran with the ball, did a bunch of homework, and greatly refined the list of those included in the game. Then, at the end, one of the designers, Ben Madison, changed four of them "by fiat" to better represent his own ideas of who should be a character in a 2012 "fantasy" presidential election game.

In the end, there's a very good mix of personages and players will have a lot to experiment with, particularly as you must select both candidates FOR BOTH SIDES when playing the "Candidate game."

Okay, so this is based on a whopping 2 plays, so make of it what you will.

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