Patent ID: 8313102
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A current affair political apparatus for entertaining comprising: (a) a game board which includes a movement track divided into four colors wherein each color represents one year of a four year presidential term and each year is subdivided into a plurality of spaces bearing indicia to reflect a plurality of categories of political subjects; (b) a plurality of decks of a plurality of scenario cards with the front side bearing indicia to match the indicia of at least one of the said spaces on the said game board; (c) a deck of a plurality of cards with the front side bearing indicia to match the indicia bearing at least one place setting on the said game board; (d) a deck of a plurality of Voting Paddles comprising the front side representing affirmation and the back side representing rejection; (e) Political Party Pin-back Buttons bearing indicia of one of either two political parties; (f) a simulation of an official source wherein players retrieve talking points, referred to as Foreign Affairs Reference Manual, comprising statistics and notes on a plurality of countries, and a plurality of Alternative Energy Sources; (g) one of a plurality of score sheets referred to as the President's Personal Log comprising any combination of the following: Approval Rating log, Federal Budget log, Unemployment statistics, War Involvement, Party Makeup in Congress, a bills submitted to Congress chart, and a Voting Key; (h) a leader coin bearing indicia on both sides representing the Hippo and the Giraffe political party; (i) a plurality of place markers also referred to as pawns comprising at least one or any of the combinations Air Force One Jet, Limousine, Helicopter, Hummer, Tank, Submarine, Cruise Liner, Eagle, and Donkey; (j) a plurality of War chips; (k) a sixty-second and a thirty second sand timer; (l) and two dice; (m) an oval office device comprises: (n) the assumption that each player is the President of their very own country of The United States of America; (o) the said President's Personal Log allows said player to track the progress of their administration during their term.