From: kristian@ocf.berkeley.edu (Kristian Williams)
Newsgroups: rec.games.board
Subject: political satire game - free!
Date: 10 Sep 1992 10:10:51 GMT
Organization: U. C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
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.     Hi, we have a new board game that you might be interested in.  Its name is:
:Mud, Lies, and Money(tm)"(The game of realistic modern presidential politics)
It is for 2-6 players and does NOT require any knowledge of politics.  
Basically, the idea of the game is to go around to different (fictional) special 
interest groups, make lofty promises, collect contributions, and get 
endorsements.  Sometimes players debate each other or sling mud.  
.    The game is pretty simple, people have fun the first time they play it, it 
takes about 80 minutes.  The game can have a lot of creativity and humor, but 
there is enough of a strategic element to interest serious gamers.
.
What's the deal?
.    This game was intended to be in stores by April, but due to an unforeseen 
car wreck most of the election season has been missed.  We are trying to make up 
for lost time.  We think this game is really good, and that a lot of people 
would want it if they knew about it.  So we will give you a copy because we are 
pretty sure you will like it and you might show it to your friends. (or ask them 
to play it with you)
.    Now this game is not published yet.  We are still handcutting the cards 
while last minute revisions are done.  It takes a while to make each game so 
there is a limited number available.  Also, about 15 min. of hame assembly is 
required after you receive the game.  (this is a very rough version, and you 
have to tape the board components onto a pizza box or something.
.    We could just send a game to everyone who says they will try it out, but 
since we have a limited number of this "pre-promotional" edition it is better to 
find the people who are REALLY interested.
.    If you have a strong enough interest to assemble the game and promise to 
find some friends to try it out with, then we want to give you a free copy.  
However, we are asking you to pay postage in order to weed out people who are 
only slightly interested and to defray costs in case we get 2,000 requests.  
Postage is $2.70 per game.(first class)  Again - physically the game does not have 
nearly the quality of a factory printed nationallly distributed game.  But it 
sems much more fun than the poiltical board games that are currently nationally 
distributed.
.
If you want to get one of the free copies of this game there are two steps.
.
Reply to this post through email (Kristian@OCF.berkeley.edu)
Include your address (left justified, exactly as we should print it on a label.
Also, if you work in any aspect of the game industry, please tell us. (even game 
room stock boy)
Tell us when we will receive the postage expense.
(we would prefer you send $2.70 in stamps, 
but you may send a check payable to "Greg Bonn"
(if you send $2,90 you'll get a blank postcard for change!)
Send the potage expense to:
.
Bob Bejnarowicz
P.O. Box 284
Berkeley, CA, 94701
.
You should respond immediately If you want to show "Mud, Lies, & Money" to 
others, because we will keep records of everyone who helped with this initial 
publicity effort.  When the game is distributed nationally everyone will share 
in the success to some extent
 
 - kristian@OCF.berkeley.edu