Abstract:
A board game apparatus and method for entertaining people by supporting unlimited numbers of participation. Players chose a political party then proceed by rolling dice to navigate the quadruple arch-shaped, color-coded, time-stamped, spaces on the game board. The spaces direct players to a plurality of cards explaining presidential decisions to be made after which players refer to one or more of three devices. Device one is reference material provided to aid players in developing confidence, leadership and public speaking skills. Device two calculates the impact on the Federal Budget and determines how many of player&#39;s proposed bills are passed through congress. Device three assist in a majority-minority voting technique to achieve impact on Approval Rating scores which feeds into players goal of acquiring the highest score. Players showcase their personal knowledge of politics and people skills to sway voter opinions.

Description:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     An Educational Entertaining board game that uses Political issues to develop critical thinking, public speaking and humanitarian awareness. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention is composed of an entertainment apparatus and method entertaining a group of people and for developing useful human skills including but not limited to leadership, negotiating, critical thinking, public speaking abilities political knowledge. Most games have a platform based on vote accumulation. Voting is not actually done by the players. Vote results are predetermined in a plurality of cards thus the players are not required to make strategic decisions from engaging critical thinking skills. These games are void of subjectivity. 
     Typical political games have been developed with a platform based on vote accumulation, However players are not actually voting but merely following a process which predetermines vote results. For example U.S. Pat. No. 5,624,120 (issued on 29 Apr. 1997 to Frank-Opigo) involves only two players each seeking the majority electoral college votes. However neither of the two players actually vote. Another example of players failing to vote but voting is insinuated throughout game is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,288,076 (issued 22 Feb. 1994 to Jackson, et al). Other examples where votes are predetermined through the players rolling dice having faces marked with differing percentages of the popular vote to determine a win is in U.S. Pat. No. 5,374,066 (issued 20 Dec. 1994 to Ali) and Race for the White House. Likewise Hail to the Chief, achieves predetermined voting outcome by players drawing from a plurality of cards containing voting results. Until now prior political game art have only explored pre-election presidential campaigns which is omitting the entire four years of presidency. For Instance, U.S. Pat. D494635 (issued 7 Aug. 2004 to Wright although unique in nature in that the game captures the major real life personalities of the Florida 2000 presidential pre-election still it stopped short of exploring the intriguing four year term that followed. 
     Similarly U.S. patent (1960 Making of the President) extracted John F. Kennedy&#39;s real life Pre-election experience. 
     Murphy et al&#39;s political game art disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,137,279 issued 11 Aug. 1992 also captured only pre-election activity which included an array of raw politics public opinion, press scrutiny and mudslinging. 
     Other politically based games which focus on the pre-election process of a US Presidential Campaign is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,660,390 (issued on 26 Aug. 1997 to Ginzburg et al) through its use of trivia to simulate presidential election facts. Also, U.S. Pat. No. 5,624,120 (issued 29 Apr. 1997 to Frank-Opigo), only features the pre-election period of a Presidency. Likewise both U.S. Pat. No. 5,288,076 (issued 22 Feb. 1994 to Jackson, et al.) which claims a realistic approach to Presidential election and U.S. Pat. No. 5,374,066 (issued 20 Dec. 1994 to Ali) emulates the steps leading to the Presidency but play stops once player achieves Presidency status. 
     A factor known in many political games is accessibility to current affair information. U.S. Pat. No. 7,007,952 (issued 7 Mar. 2006 to Plato) extracts Government, history and culture but no current affair events. 
     Another example of lack of current affair events is US patent “Hail to the Chief” focusing solely on US History, geography and constitutional law. Other examples whereby current affair events are lacking include U.S. Pat. No. 5,067,721 (issued 26 Nov. 1991 to Hart) which discloses trivia questions of only 40 terms of presidents. 
     Games were reactions to questions are predetermined voids any subjective in response are also prominent. Such games limit opportunities for critical thinking one example of loosed subjectivity and critical thinking skills is U.S. Pat. No. 6,139,016 (issued 31 Oct. 2000 to Plato) which discloses a scenario board game whereby players choose from a plurality of cards spelling out a brief situation design to evoke a reaction. However points are only gained by opposing players selecting one of four predetermined reactions. Subjectivity is limited to only one of four predetermined responses which in essence is neither sincere, spontaneous and more importantly has only limited subjectivity. 
     Player participation must be close by balanced U.S. Pat. No. 5,657,992 (issued August 1997 to Bellizzi) discloses a role playing game whereby only one player acts as the dominate role of director, instead if a shared or alternating responsibility this style of play reveals lulls of activities experienced by the other players. 
     Also (Bellizzi, 992) offer little substantive value to the roles which the players are playing instead of acting out non existent characters in mediocre situations. Players are not engaging their critical thinking skills and ideas which lead to actions that could benefit the human race. 
     Also none of the prior art games has developed pays attention and detail to an array or multiple aspects simultaneously. Up until now prior art has only developed one aspect of political process it election, history, civil government a specific events etc. For instance, U.S. Pat. No. 5,443,268 (issued 22 Aug. 1995 to Ali) discloses US strategies and support through a multiple level board complete with surface missiles, submarines destroyers tanks cannons, bombers, fighter planes, aircraft carriers, a patriot, soldiers, generals, president, and congress. US Defense is its only focus. Another such instance is a Nuke awareness game under U.S. Pat. No. 4,560,170 (issued 24 Dec. 1985 to Enyi) whereby Enyi narrows the scope of president administration to just nuclear awareness. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     In view of the foregoing background, it is the aim of the present invention to go beyond the traditional voting simulation concepts, historical events, pre-election season, forced response reactions inconsistent player involvement, role playing of shallow characters, and limited scopes settings of reality all of which are the common place of the prior political game art. The present invention conquers this aim through its highly developed apparatus and method that offers authentic voting processing, frequent periodic current affair updating, strategic decisions generated by critical and subjective thinking, consistent high levels of all-players participation, enlightening leadership role playing and an array of presidential perspectives. 
     The preferred embodiment of the present invention creatively extracts the decision making element from the presidency, and balances that process with entertainment, which allows players to explore an array of current Presidential experiences. These experiences include but are not limited to Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, National Defense and War Policies, Policy Making and Federal Spending, Natural Disaster Policy, Press Conferences, Supreme Court Justice Selection, State of the Union Address and Congressional Hearings. Although there are other significant aspects that surround and supports the Presidency such as the Cabinet members, the White House Executive Staff, Members of Congress, and the Supreme Court, however it is the belief that the very essence of the role of the Presidency is captured in the decision making component. The preferred embodiment of the present invention enables players to become President of their own United States of America thus both players&#39; political knowledge and understanding of important information about the current state of America and other world economies is challenged and strengthened. 
     Another very important aspect that the present invention offers is the ability to accommodate unlimited numbers of participants in addition to the recommended four to eight core players. This feature adds a far more realistic approach than any of the foregoing prior art because core players are constantly concerned about the opinion of the public, the Approval Rating, one tool by which the players&#39; performance is measured. The preferred embodiment of the apparatus and method enables unlimited numbers of non-core players also known as outside bystanders to participate and contribute on a very rewarding level of play. Players must utilize their public speaking skills, quick response skills, negotiation skills, critical thinking skills, and collaborating skills to sway and win the opinion the ruling majority voters. 
     The preferred embodiment of the present invention also enables players performance to be measured empirically through player&#39;s strategic decision making and critical thinking on policy making. Players compete for government programs that has the most profound effect on the country&#39;s economy which ultimately has a positive net affect to the federal budget. Yet another tool by which the players performance is measured. Through the use of frequent updating current affair measures players are developing life skills that benefits both the players and others. Critical thinking skills and strategic decision making skills are being engaged to solve actual real world problems in collaboration with others who are also engaging their critical thinking and strategic decision making skills. 
     In one preferred embodiment of the present invention a method of playing a game comprises a first player rolling two dice and advancing a player placeholder along a movement track based on total number rolled on dice. The movement track comprises of four consecutive, connecting color coded arches, each arch corresponding to one year of a president&#39;s four-year term. Each arch of the track comprises of 36 spaces bearing indicia reflecting political topics some of which corresponding to a plurality of decks of a plurality of cards or other political scenario options. 
     The preferred embodiment apparatus and method comprises the first player landing on either a plurality of current affair situation spaces which corresponds to a specific deck of plurality of current affair situation cards containing a politically charged problem or landing on a plurality of space each featuring a unique aspect to the Presidency that may or may not increase or decrease the Federal Budget and is broken down individually at the end of the Detailed Description of the Invention in the section A of the Preferred Embodiment. 
     If the first player lands on a current affair situation space then the method further comprises the first player proffering a critically thought out strategic decision to the selected situation card. 
     The method further comprises assigning a number of points to the first player which is a subjective evaluation of the first players performance from all other players and participants. 
    
    
     
       DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The details of the present invention are best understood by reference to the following detailed description when read in conjunction with the drawings, wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a plan view of the preferred embodiment of a board for playing a game in accordance with this invention. 
         FIG. 2A  illustrates the plan view of the complete device referred to as the Oval Office  200  including details of the Bills Passed to Law Ratio table  250 . The writing on the drawing is strictly for visual impact only and is in no way descriptive. 
         FIG. 2B  illustrates the plan view of the bottom panel  230  of the Oval Office  200 . The top panel  210  has been removed thus exposing pie shapes. Each pie shape is divided into four subsections of data referred to and labeled as a 1 , c 1 , a 2 , c 2 . The data a 1 , c 1 , a 2 , c 2  is viewed through top panel  210  windows  211   a  and  212   c  as shown in  FIG. 2C . The writing on the drawing is strictly for visual impact only and is in no way descriptive. 
         FIG. 2C  illustrates how both components, top panel  210  and bottom panel  230 , connect at its vertex  225  and function as one unit. The context of the inner circle of the bottom panel is hidden. The writing on the drawing is strictly for visual impact only and is in no way descriptive. 
         FIGS. 3A and 3B  illustrates the plan view of the Political Party buttons  710 , the Leader Token  720 , and the War Chips  76 . 
         FIG. 4  illustrates the shapes of the eight place markers referred to as pawns  741 - 748 . 
         FIG. 5.1  are the detailed plan view of the front side  300 . a  of the scenario cards. 
         FIGS. 5.2   a ,  5 . 2   b ,  5 . 2   c , and  5 . 2   d  illustrates plan view of four unique reverse sides  300 . b  of the scenario cards. 
         FIGS. 6.1  and  6 . 2  are the detailed plan view of both the front side  310 . a  and reverse side  310 . b  of the Voting Paddle  310 . 
         FIG. 7A  illustrates the President&#39;s Personal Log. The writing on the drawing is strictly for visual impact only and is in no way descriptive. 
         FIG. 7B  illustrates the War Sheet. The writing on the drawing is strictly for visual impact only and is in no way descriptive. 
         FIG. 7C  illustrates the FARP. The writing on the drawing is strictly for visual impact only and is in no way descriptive. 
         FIG. 7D  illustrates The President&#39;s Pork List. The writing on the drawing is strictly for visual impact only and is in no way descriptive. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention description can be best understood herein after in conjunction with reference to the accompanying drawings and appendix in which a preferred embodiment of the invention is shown This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiment set forth herein. Rather this embodiment is provided so that this application will be thorough and complete and willfully convey the true scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. 
     I. Preferred Embodiment 
     A. Apparatus 
     A preferred embodiment can be illustrated by  FIG. 1  and is generally referenced as number  1 . 0 . As embodied herein and referring to  FIG. 1 , a game board  100  includes a playing surface 100 . a . Imprinted on the playing surface  100 . a , is a movement track  102 , comprised of four consecutive, connecting symmetrical time-stamped color coded arches 102 ( a - d ), Each arch corresponds to one year of a United States president&#39;s four year term. Each arch 102 ( a - d ), of the movement track 102 , comprises of 36 spaces. The 36 spaces of the movement track comprises of thirteen unique indicia bearing spaces. All the spaces with an exception of one, the Inaugural Address  102 . 1   a , reoccur repeatedly throughout each of the four arches of the movement track. Unique indicia bearing on four of the spaces “Foreign Affairs” 102 . 1   e , “Domestic Affairs”  102 . 1   g , “Media Frenzy” 102 . 1   h , and “War”  102 . 1   i , of the movement track  102 , of the preferred embodiment of the present invention are matched to four sets of a plurality of decks of cards  300   e ,  300   g ,  300   h , and  300   i , bearing initials of the four spaces  102 . 1   e ,  102 . 1   g ,  102 . 1   h ,  102 . 1   i . The front side  300 . a , of these plurality of decks of cards  300   e ,  300   g ,  300   h , and  300   i , comprises a proposed game trademark  300 . a   1 ; title  300 . a   2  and a border 300 . a   3 . The cards reverse side  300 . b , bears a unique scenario numeric identifier 300 . b   2 ; a game edition 300 . b   3 ; the verbiage explaining a specific politically based scenario  300 . b   1 ; and subjective questions  300 . b   4 . More specifically the four sets of plurality of cards FA 300   e , DA 300   g , MF 300   h , and War 300   i  are defined as follows: 
     [Note: For convenience hereafter, on any turn of a game, a player whose turn it is will be referred to as the current president, and the other players will assume multiple roles of either constituents or members of the White House press corps or congress, according to space of the pawn of the current president.] 
     “Foreign Affairs” symbolized by FA 300   e.a   2 , and is illustrated with foreign nation flags 300   e.a   1 . Subjective questions and situations 300   e.b   1 , derived from recent political activities that takes place on foreign soil or overseas, including interactions with leaders of other countries. Players may refer to the FARP  600 , which is further detailed in the present inventions preferred embodiments accompanying literature section of the detailed description. 
     “Domestic Affairs” is symbolized by DA 300   g.a   2 , and is illustrated with the hippo speaking from behind a podium 300   g.a   1 . Subjective questions 300   g.b   4 , and situations 300   g.b   1 , derived from recent political activities that takes place within the boundaries the United States of America. More specifically but not limited to questions with topics including Economy, Healthcare, Homeland Security, Alternative Energy, Military, Education, Employment, Legislative Branch, Pork Elimination and Natural Disasters. 
     “Media Frenzy” symbolized by MF  300   h.a   2 , and is illustrated by a giraffe speaking from behind a podium 300   h.a   1 , expresses subjective questions 300   h.b   4 , and scenarios 300   h.b   1 , derived from both planned and unplanned political incidents that attracts flurries of media attention. Such attention includes but are not limited to scandals, press releases, press conferences, and appearances. 
     The set of plurality of cards bearing the indicia War  300   i.a   2 , and is illustrated with an army tank  300   i.a   1 , comprises of components to real life war conflicts or simulated potential war conflicts between the United States and either foreign nations or hostile groups 300   i.b   1 . 
     The same unique indicia bearing on the four spaces 102 . 1   e ,  102 . 1   g ,  102 . 1   h ,  102 . 1   i , of the preferred embodiment of the present invention also represents and is bearing on four place settings  103   e , 103   g , 103   h , 103   i  on the playing surface 100 . a , of the game board  100 . 
     The two spaces  102 . 1   b  and War  102 . 11  have been strategically placed on the movement track  102  at the time markings  106  and correlates with time in quarters of years on the Cards  300   b ,  300   i  and the Oval Office 200 . 
     The preferred embodiment defines the themes expressed in unique indicia bearing on selected spaces of the movement track  102 , the plurality of sets of cards  300 ( e,g,h,i ), and the place setting  103 ( e,g,h,i ), for the plurality of sets of cards  300 ( e,g,h,i ), are presented for illustration only and are not intended to limit either the scope or variety of the potential themes for the current game. 
     Another set of plurality of cards is platform programs  300   b , is introduced by a fifth unique space of the thirteen unique spaces  102 . 10  imprinted on the movement track 102  of the preferred embodiment is “Policy Making”  102 . 1   b , which connects a player to a plurality cards bearing unique indicia defined as “Platform Programs,”  300 . a   2 . “Platform Programs” cards 300   b , are time sensitive cards which line up with time markers 106 , on the playing surface 100 . a , of the game board 100 . The space “Policy Making”  102 . 1   b , is strategically placed at the time markers  106  on the movement track  102  and gives the current president a chance to strategize how they will shape the current president&#39;s administration, through their selection of one card out of the set of plurality of cards entitled Platform Programs 300   b . The Platform Program cards 300   b , comprises of components of simulated real life strategies that policy makers may implement to eliminate or reduce chronic issues which plague the country. More specifically the components of a platform card 300   b  are  300   b.b ( 1 - 9 ). 
     Another feature for the unique space “Policy Making” 102 . 1   b  on the movement track  102 , of the preferred embodiment is the option to exit a war or multiple wars. 
     Another set of plurality of cards included in the preferred embodiment bears the unique indicia” “Party Ratio” 300   f.a   2 . The Party Ratio cards 300   f  reveal the Party makeup percentages for both the House of Representatives 300   f.b   3 , and the Senate 300   f.b   2  of the US Congress. The first current president selects one Party Ratio card  300   f  to determine party ratios for all players in game. 
     As mentioned earlier in the detailed description of the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes the first space of the movement track 102 , and is labeled and defined as “Inaugural Address” 102 . 1   a , which prompts the First President only to give a brief address on what he or she intends to do as President. The First President should address the nation as “My Fellow Americans . . . ” Because it is the first space, it is statistically impossible for any other players to land here using two dice. 
     “Vacation” 102 . 1   c  which allows the current president to rest and reflect on the presidency. 
     “Deduct Pork” 102 . 1   d  instructs the current president to take the Federal Budget Impact  915 , and AR value  914 , of the next available line item from the President&#39;s Pork List  900 , and enter into the column labeled Change in Federal Budget  452  as an addition to the Federal Budget Log  450 , section, and the column labeled AR Change  481  as an addition to the AR  480  section of the President&#39;s Personal Log  400 . 
     Likewise, “Add Pork  102 . 1   j , instructs the current president to take the Federal Budget Impact  915 , and AR value  914 , of the next available line item from the President&#39;s Pork List  900 , and enter into the column labeled Change in Federal Budget  452  as an deduction to the Federal Budget Log  450 , section, and the column labeled AR Change  481  as a deduction to the AR  480  section of the President&#39;s Personal Log  400 . 
     “Submit 10/20/30 Bills to Congress” 102 . 1   f  guides the current president to the Oval Office Party Ratio Table  250 . To determine the number of bills passed in Congress which transforms into an Approval Rating Value entry  481 , for the President&#39;s Personal Log&#39;s  400 , Approval Rating Section  481 . 
     “Press Conference”,  102 . 1   k , prompts the current president to select two other players, now role playing as “White House Press reporters, to ask current president a question. The current president answers two questions, in a specified time period. The White House Press Reporters then vote on the performance of the current president. The vote is tallied according to the Voting Key  490 , of the PPL  400 , and then the resulting AR value is doubled to become the Press Score and entered into the AR Change column  481  of the AR section  480  of the President&#39;s Personal Log  400 . 
     “Appoint Judge to the Supreme Court”  102 . 1   l , prompts a player to take 30 seconds to explain why he appointed a specific judge to the Supreme Court, after which the other players become the Senate. The Senate must attempt to confirm the appointment with a majority vote. The vote accomplishes two task: 1) It either confirms or rejects the current president&#39;s appointment. 2) The vote translates into an AR score value to be entered into AR Change column  481 , of section  480  of the President&#39;s Personal Log  400 . 
     The last of the unique repeating thirteen spaces in the preferred embodiment of the present invention&#39;s playing surface,  100 . a  is “State Of The Union Address” 102 . 1   m , in which the current president lands on this space must take 30 to 90 seconds according to a pre-chosen time piece  751 ,  752 , or  753 , to briefly address to the constituents. The current president uses information from the Personal Presidents Log  400 , as a resource of material on which to speak. The constituents must then vote. The vote is tallied according to the Voting Key  490 , of the PPL  400 , and then the resulting AR value is doubled to become the Press Score and entered into the AR Change column  481  of the AR section  480  of the President&#39;s Personal Log  400 . 
     Additionally the preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises the Oval Office  200 , and is illustrated in  FIGS. 2A ,  2 B and  2 C. The current president refers to the “Oval Office”  200 , to calculate the impact selected platform programs 300   b , have on the federal budget  450 . As shown in  FIGS. 2A-2C , the Oval Office comprises of a circular top panel and a bottom oval shaped panel  230 , with a circle shape inlayed at its center slightly larger than the circular shape top panel  210 . The top panel  210  overlaps directly on top of the bottom panel  230  meeting and attached at the vertex  225  of both panels. The top panel  210  rotates over the bottom panel. The top panel  210  bears indicia of a presidential seal as well as comprises of two windows  211   a  and  212   c . The First window  211 , is the smaller of the two and through it can be seen specific Payment Frequency information  211   a  from the underlying bottom panel  230 . 
     The 2 nd  window  212   c  is longer than the first window  211   a . Along side the 2 nd  window  212   c , and on the face of this top circular panel  210  of the Oval Office 200 , is the consecutive payment scale  213  comprising of numbers from 10 to 100. The Consecutive Payment scale  213  signifies the amount of each individual payment that a potential platform program could make back to the Federal Government. The Consecutive Payment Window  212   c  when properly aligned to bottom panel  230  reveals the total amount c 1  and c 2  any given platform program  300   b , will pay into the Federal Government for the remainder of the player&#39;s presidential term. The bottom panel  230 , as shown in  FIG. 2B , comprises of four sections distinguished by time in months representing quarters of a year as follows; 3 months 01, 6 months 02, 9 months 03, and 12 months 04. Each quarter year has four subsequent sections distinguishable by years of a four year presidential term. The four years are color coded and quartered as follows; Year1Red is R1,R2,R3,R4 or R[1-4]; Year2White is W[1-4]; Year3Navy is N[1-4]; and Year4Black is B[1-4]. Each year has two subsequent sections a 1  or a 2 , representing two possible Payment Frequencies (either 3 months, a 1 , or 6 months a 2 ) with which a platform program  300   b , may make periodic payments to the Federal Government. Corresponding to the two possible frequencies a 1  and a 2  are two sets of numbers c 1  and c 2  which also line up with the payment scale  213  on  FIG. 2A  and represent the exact amount of total revenues that have been paid into the federal budget for the remainder of the duration of the current president&#39;s presidential term. Items c 1  and c 2  are viewed through window  212   c.    
     Also illustrated in  FIG. 2A . the preferred embodiment of the present invention Oval Office  200  also comprises a Party Ratio Table  250 . The Party Ratio Table when properly applied, determines how many bills submitted to congress becomes law  253 . 
     The preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises eight game board place markers hereinafter referred to as pawns. The pawns  740 , bear a plurality of unique shapes but they all are of one single color. The Pawns represents presidential themes including a multitude of ways in which a president travels and are shaped in the following likenesses: Air Force One Jet Plane  741 , Cadillac limousine  742 , Helicopter  746 , Submarine  748 , US Cruise Liner  747 , Hummer  745 , Mule  744  and Eagle  743 . 
     The preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises a method for voting which includes but not limited to a voting paddle  310 , A voting paddle  310 , is an apparatus used to rate the performance of the current president. Constituents must vote on the current president in one of two ways, either fist bump for approval  310   a , or duck 310   b , which expresses disapproval. Only one opinion is expressed at a time. Constituents express their individual opinions by holding up the apparatus with the desired opinion side facing the other players. Thus the non desired side is hidden from plain sight. 
     If a voting paddle  310  is not assessable, the preferred embodiment of the present invention accommodates an alternative voting technique through the use of hand gestures. The constituent may do a “fist bump” with the current president or a “thumbs up” to express approval. To express disapproval the constituent can do a “thumbs down” hand gesture. 
     The present invention preferred embodiment applies a technique that focuses on the make of the total vote count and not the total number of counts itself. More specifically the present invention implements a Majority/Minority/Unanimous system titled Voting Key  490 . This preferred embodiment enables unlimited numbers of voters also known as constituents to participate. More specifically a current president receives the highest score of four points if constituents unanimously approve  491 , the current president&#39;s performance. Likewise the current president receives the lowest possible score minus four points if voters unanimously disapprove  495 , the current president&#39; performance. Similarly the current president receives the second highest score of 3 points if the majority of constituent approve  492 . Likewise the current president receives the second lowest score of one point if the majority of the constituents disapprove  494 , and two points if the constituents are tied  493 . 
     Another defined unique indicia theme of a selected space of the movement track  102  of the preferred embodiment which also has a matching set of a plurality of cards 300   i , and place setting  103   i , on the board&#39;s surface  100 . a , is War. 
     Each War card  300   i.b  details components to a specific war and includes a time element called the “duration of the War” 300   i.b   5 . War Chips 76  are used to mark the end of the War duration period  300   i.b   5 . The current president logs all details of war cards  300   i.b on the War Sheet  500  and PPL  400  which includes adjusting AR  481 , FB  452 , and Troop count  503 . The War Chip  76  signifies the time at which the current president is eligible to exit the war. However, the current president&#39;s pawn  740  must land on Policy Making  102 . 1   b  to actually exit the war. 
     The preferred embodiment includes 100 War Chips  76 , evenly divided into four colors representing each arch of the movement track 102 ( a - d ). More specifically there are 25 red War Chips 76 R, 25 white War Chips 76 W, 25 navy War Chips  76 N and 25 Black War Chips  76 B. Each color represents one year of a four year presidential term. More specifically, red is year one white is year two, blue is year three, and black is year four. More specifically, each year is divided into four quarters and are reflected on the chips as 3 month red War Chips  76 R 1 , 6 month red War Chips  76 R 2 , 9 month red War Chips 76 R 3 , and 12 month red War Chips 76 R 4 ; 3 month white War Chips 76 W 1 , 6 month white War Chips 76 W 2 , 9 month white War Chips 76 W 3 , 12 month white War Chips 76 W 4 ; 3 month navy War Chips 76 N 1 , 6 month navy War Chips 76 N 2 , 9 month navy War Chips 76 N 3 , 12 month navy War Chips 76 N 4 ; 3 month black War Chips 76 B 1 , 6 month black War Chips 76 B 2 , 9 month black War Chips 76 B 3 , and 12 month black War Chips 76 B 4 . Collectively illustrated in  FIG. 7 . Player logs details of War Card 300 I.b, onto War Sheet  500 . The War Sheet  500  is described in the accompanying literature section of the detailed description of the preferred embodiment. 
     If a player possess one or more war chips  76  at the end of the game, then player is penalized a 15-point War deduction  483   a  from the Approval Rating  483  for each war chip  76  in that player&#39;s possession. 
     War Chips  76 , also serves as a visual aid to alerts players when someone is actively involved in war. The visual aid is further helpful to players when a player in possession of war chip  76 , referred to as “Player WC”, lands on the Press Conference space  102 . 1   k  When Player WC land on Press Conference space  102 . 1   k , Player WC must randomly select another player, Player2, to ask Player WC a question. Player2 may or may not choose to ask Player WC a question involving the details of the war in which Player WC is involved. Player WC must attempt to respond to the question which Player WC must respond in a specified time period 30 seconds  751 /60 seconds  752 /or 90 seconds 753 . 
     B. Accompanying Literature 
     The preferred embodiment includes the following literal devices which are essential to the flow of the apparatus. Such material includes the Foreign Affairs Reference Pack, FARP  600 ; The Presidential Pork List tablet  900 , the President&#39;s Personal Log  400  and the War Sheet  500 . 
     The FARP  600  corresponds with both the Foreign Affair space 102 . 1   e , of the movement tract  102 , on the board&#39;s surface  100 . a , as well as the FA Cards  300   e , that are located on the FA place setting  103   e  on the board surface 102 . The FARP  600 , is may be used to aid the current presidents and constituents with helpful recent and historical factual information about various countries  601  including but not limited to the name and title of a foreign country&#39;s leader  602 , the Capital  611 , the Geographical Location  603 , the population  605 , the language  610 , religion  606 , Gross Domestic Product  604 , Currency  607  and Exchange Rate  608 , Export/Import goods and partnerships  609 , Military branches and known Nuclear abilities  620 . More specifically, current presidents may need information when they are about to engage in negotiations with leaders of foreign countries, who is another player, in the game who also may need to draw from the FARP. The FARP  600 , also houses brief factual information on Alternative Energy  650  options for those looking for questions to prepare for Press Conferences  102 . 1   k  and still others may be looking for material substance on which they can prepare a State of the Union Address  102 . 1   m.    
     Additionally the FARP  600 , comprises of brief details of Nuclear Weapon  640  information for those who find themselves addressing conflicts between countries who have nuclear capabilities to consider. 
     The President&#39;s Pork List tablet  900 , comprises a randomly sorted items of real US Federal Government Pork barrel and ear marks  912 , which the United State senators and House Representatives have introduced through Congress. The items on the list are the same on each page of the tablet, however the items have been randomly sorted. Fields included on the tablet are the current president&#39;s initials  910  which allows tracking of player ownership of the pork,  912 . The present invention comprises the AR  914 , value and the Federal Budget Impact  915  which represents the dollar value of each pork item listed. The dollar values have been augmented to better reflect game relevancy. 
     The President&#39;s Personal Log,[PPL],  400 , comprises of all the necessary empirical data the player needs to track progress of the player&#39;s efforts. There are several PPL options each option representing a unique presidential Inheritance scenario and thus are pre-filled to reflect a specific United States President&#39;s Inheritance  430 .[1-5] scenario. More specifically there is a pre-filled President Obama Inheritance PPL 430 . 1 , a pre-filled President Bush Inheritance PPL  430 . 2 , a pre-filled President Clinton PPL  430 . 3 , a pre-filled President Reagan Inheritance PPL  430 . 4  and a pre-filled President Carter PPL  430 . 5 . During play, all players are restricted to the same President&#39;s Inheritance scenario in order that fairness is achieved through a homogeneous start. 
     The PPL  400 , measures the progress and final outcomes in competition with other players. The PPL comprises Platform Subjects  410  of which each player chooses three on which their presidential campaign was run during the pre-election period. The PPL  400  also comprises Political Party Affiliation information  440  as will as the Percentage Makeup of the parties in Congress  445 . Which will be used to determine how many bills will pass through Congress under each player&#39;s presidential administration. The PPL  400 , also comprises of Federal Budget Log Information  450 , Jobs and Unemployment  460 , and Approval Rating Scores, AR  480 . Lastly the PPL  400 , simplifies the Final Score  499  at the bottom of the Log by merging the Federal Budget  450  with the War  483   a  and AR  480 . 
     The War Sheet,  500  is an extension of the PPL 400  and comprises of the unique indicia bearing a table of fields of the components of war. More specifically the fields include but are not limited to the War cards unique identification number  501 , Number of Troops Deployed for War  502 , The Remaining Troops Available for Service  503 , The Opposing Country or Group  504  and The Duration of the War  505 . The War Sheet  500  is also pre-filled to reflect the Inherited Wars of Previous Presidents  430 .[1-5] of the United States. 
     Appendix A is a five-page cataloged list of all the ingredients and referenced numbers for the present invention. 
     II. Preferred Method 
     The object of the present invention is to entertain groups of people while teaching political concepts, promoting good citizenship, enhancing critical thinking abilities, developing public speaking skills. To achieve this goal players engage the following method of play. 
     The preferred method of the present invention commences with four to eight players sitting around a game board  100  from hence forth the game board  100  is referred to as the board. The board&#39;s playing surface  100 . a , is set up by placing a plurality of sets of cards  300   e ,  300   g ,  300   h , and  300   i , on their corresponding place settings  103   e ,  103   g ,  103   h ,  103   i , on the board&#39;s playing surface  100 . a . Each player chooses from one of two political parties  441 , or  442 , by visibly attaching to their body a political party button  711 ,  712  bearing the corresponding political party indicia. Next players select a pawn  740  and places it on the start here area  102 . 11  of the movement track  102 . Subsequently, each player takes one voting paddle  310  lies it flat down within reach. Additionally three players volunteer to be individually responsible for the following three different roles; Role One—the Chief of Staff which holds and administers the President&#39;s Pork List  900 ,; Role Two—the Secretary of Defense which holds and administers the War Chips  76 ,; and Role Three—the Secretary of State who holds and administers the FARP  600 . 
     And Lastly a fourth Role is that of the “The First President” which is chosen by the highest roll of the two die  730  of all players. The First President has multiple initial duties including selecting an Inheritance  430  which is reflected on a pre-filled Presidents Personal Log  400  and War Sheet  500  and distributed to each player; selecting one Party Ratio card  300   f  from the pre-shuffled deck of a plurality of cards bearing Party Ratio indicia and reading the party ratio information  300   f.b  aloud for all players to record in the corresponding Party Ratio Section  440  of their President&#39;s Personal Logs  400 ; awarding the Leadership Token  720 , to the person on the left of the First President; Placing the First President&#39;s pawn  740  on the first space  102 . 1   a  of the board which is labeled Inaugural Address and promptly giving a 60 second  752 , Inaugural Speech to the other players who are now assuming the role of the “constituents”. All other spectators watching the game played and participating in voting are called “honorary constituents”. For convenience hereafter, on any turn of a game, a player whose turn it is will be referred to as the current president, and the other players will be referred to as the constituents. The First President who at this time is now defined as the current president, now waits for each of the constituents and honorary constituents to use their paddles  310  to vote either yea  310 . a , or duck 310 . b . The votes are tallied as described in the afore mentioned Voting Key Section  490  of the President&#39;s Personal Log  400  detailed description of the preferred embodiment of accompanying literature and also logged as an approval Rating Score, AR  481 , on the current president President&#39;s Personal Log  400 . The President Personal Log  400  hereafter is referred to as the PPL. Logging scores in the PPL  400 , concludes the current president&#39;s turn. 
     From hereafter, the current president then in turn with the other players take turns rolling the two dice  730  in a clockwise rotation according to their seating around the game board  100 , and moving the number of spaces reflected on the total of the two dice  730 . Next the current president reads the indicia on the space which will either instruct the current president directly or may refer the current president to pick from a plurality of decks of a plurality of cards  300  with the same matching indicia as the space 102 , to receive further instructions. In either case, the current president must proffer a response to the card  300  or the space  102  which may or may not 1) prompts the constituents and honorary constituents to vote thus producing an AR value  481  to be recorded in the current president&#39;s PPL  400 ; 2) cause a change in the Federal Budget  450  and or Number of people Unemployed  460 , information of which to be logged in to the PPL  400  3) or add or deduct or alter a War entry [ 501 - 507 ] on the War Sheet  500 . In the case when a Card  300   e  instructs a player to have the player in possession of the leader token  720  to assist by role playing the leader of a foreign country, then after the role play is complete the leader token  720  is passed to the person on the left and remains until assisted role play is again necessary. In conclusion to a player&#39;s turn, all cards except the “Platform Program” cards  300   b  must be returned to the bottom of the deck from which it came. The Platform Program card  300   b  remains in the possession with the player that pulled it for the duration of the game. 
     The movement track  102 , comprises of a total of 144 spaces. Each space bears one of thirteen unique indicia  102 . 1 [ a - m ], Twelve of which either randomly repeat or methodically repeat throughout the movement track  102 . Thus as noted above, the indicia labeled Inaugural Address  102 . 1   a  is the first space and only appears once on the board&#39;s playing surface  100 . a.    
     The preferred method for the remaining twelve unique indicia on the spaces are as follows; Policy Making  102 . 1   b  when a current president lands on Policy Making 102 . 1   b  the current president chooses one of two options. Option one, the current president may choose to exit a war if they are currently in war and if current president is eligible to exit war. A current president exits war by turning in one or more War Chips  76  that have expired and adding troops back into the Number Available for War  503  on War Sheet  500 . Option two, the current president may decide to choose a Platform Program  300   b  from the Platform Program Box  772 , that matches one of the current president&#39;s three chosen platform subjects [ 411 - 416 ], from the current president PPL  400 . Upon current presidents choosing a Platform Program  300   b , the current president logs the jobs  461  and Approval Rating  481  directly on the players PPL  400 , and then the player refers to the Oval Office  200  after the time, needed to develop program has been factored by adding it to the current time according to the position of the current president&#39;s pawn  740 . Additionally the current president aligns the windows  211  and  212  of the Oval Office  200  which corresponds to the Consecutive Payments Scale  213 , the Payment Frequency  211   a , and the exact quarter of the year which is color coded to match the movement track  102 , in order to retrieve the amount the gross yields  212   c  of the Platform Program  300   b . Lastly the current president deduct the cost of the program from the gross yield  212   c  of the Platform Program  300   b  amount and log this amount into the Federal Budget Section  452  of the PPL  400 . The current president keeps his Platform Program card  300   b  for the duration of the game. 
     2 of 12 Vacation  102 . 1   c : The current president does nothing but reflect and rest in that spot until the current president&#39;s next turn. 
     3 of 12 Deduct Pork  102 . 1   d : The current president refers to Chief of Staff player to receive assigned pork item  912 . The first available pork item  912  on the Pork List  900 , of which the current president must subtract from the federal budget section  452  of the PPL  400  the amount representing that pork. Thus the Deduct Pork  102 . 1   d  scenario is considered good for the Federal Budget  450 . The Approval Rating value  481 , attached to the Pork line item  912  is therefore added to the AR section  480  of the PPL  400  which is also good because the AR score  482  is higher. 
     4 of 12 Foreign Affairs  102 . 1   e : the current president pulls a card from the plurality of cards  300   e  with the matching indicia from the place setting  103   e  on the board&#39;s playing surface  100 . a . The current President reads the card, and determines if the FARP  600  is needed briefly for information and then proceeds to respond to scenario explained in card. The constituents and honorary constituents then vote on the performance of the current president and the AR value  480  is tallied according described in the afore mentioned detailed description of Voting and repeated also in the Voting Key section  490  provided on the PPL  400 . The card  300   e  is returned back to the bottom of the its deck on the FA place setting  103   e  on the board&#39;s playing surface  100 . a.    
     5 of 12 Submit 10/20/30 Bills to Congress  102 . 1   f : The current president take the Party Information section  440  of the PPL  400  and plug it into the table  250  provided on the Oval Office  200  to determine the exact AR value  481  to add to the Approval Rating section  480  of the PPL  400 . 
     6 of 12 Domestic Affairs  102 . 1   g : The current president pulls a card from the plurality of cards  300   g , with the matching indicia from the place setting  103   g  of the same matching indicia  102 . 1   g , on the board&#39;s playing surface  100 . a . The current president reads the card, and proffers a response to the scenario explained in the card. The constituents and honorary constituents then vote on the performance of the current president. The AR value  481 , is tallied according to the Voting Key Section  490  on the PPL  400  which was also detailed in the afore mentioned detailed description of the preferred embodiment. The DA card  300   g , is returned to the bottom of its deck on the DA place setting  103   g , on the board&#39;s playing surface  100 . a.    
     7 of 12 Media Frenzy  102 . 1   h : The current president pulls a card from the deck of plurality of cards  300   h , with matching indicia from the place setting  103   h , on the board&#39;s playing surface  100 . a . The current president reads the card  300   h , and proffers a response to the scenario explained in the card  300   h.b   1 . The constituents and honorary constituents then vote on the performance of the current president. The AR value  481 , is tallied according to the Voting Key Section  490  of the PPL  400  which was also detailed in the afore mentioned detailed description of the preferred embodiment. The MF card  300   h , is returned to the bottom of its deck on the MF place setting  103   h , on the board&#39;s playing surface  100 . a.    
     8 of 12 WAR  102 . 11 : The current president pulls a card from the deck of plurality of cards  300   i , with matching indicia from the place setting  103   i , on the playing surface  100 . a . The current president then logs the information onto the War Sheet  500 . Specifically the current president logs the number of troops deployed for War  502 , The Remaining Troops Available for Service  507 , the opposing Country or group  504 , and the Duration of the War  505 . Then the current president refers to the player acting as Secretary of Defense to receive the War Chip  76  which corresponds to the time period matching the end of the Duration of the War  505 . The current president&#39;s turn is concluded by returning the War card  300   i , to the bottom of its deck, on the War place setting  103   i , of the board&#39;s playing surface  100 . a.    
     9 of 12 Add Pork  102 . 1   j : The current president refers to Chief of Staff player to receive assigned pork item  912 . The first available pork item on the Pork List  900 , of which the current president must added to the federal budget section  450  of the PPL  400  the amount representing that pork. Thus adding Pork is considered bad for the Federal Budget  453 . The Approval Rating value  481 , attached to the Pork line item  911  is therefore subtracted from the AR section  480  of the PPL  400 , which is also considered bad for the AR score  482  because the action taken makes the AR score  482  lower. 
     10 of 12 Press Conference  102 . 1   k : The constituents and honorary constituents become reporters assigned to the White House. The current president starts a time piece  752 , for 60 seconds and immediately and randomly select from the reporters to ask the current president a random “presidential question”. At this point he current president may choose to answer the question or decline to answer and as long as there is still time on the time piece  752  the current president can solicit another question to answer. At the end of the 60 seconds the reporters must use the voting paddles  310  to vote on the performance of the current president according to the details of voting in the afore mentioned detailed description of the preferred embodiment however the final outcomes of the voting  490  are doubled because reporters are members of the Press core which has a heavier influence on public opinion. Thus the final votes are more specifically defined as follows; a current president receives the highest score of eight points if reporters unanimously approve  491  the current president&#39;s performance. Likewise a current president receives the lowest possible score minus eight points if reporters unanimously disapprove  495  the current president&#39; performance. Similarly the current president receives the second highest score of 6 points if the majority of reporters approve  492 . Likewise the current president receives the second lowest score of two points if the majority of the reporters disapprove  494  and four points if the reporters are tied  493 . 
     11 of 12 Appoint Judge to Supreme Court  102 . 1   l : The current president responds by giving a brief 30 second  751  explanation of why the current president chose a particular judge. The constituents and honorary constituents then vote on the performance of the current president. The AR value  481 , is tallied according to the Voting Key Section  490  of the PPL  400  which was also detailed in the afore mentioned detailed description of the preferred embodiment. 
     12 of 12 The State of the Union Address  102 . 1   m : The current president takes 60 seconds  752  to give a speech addressing the American people with the option of drawing upon all the data collected on the PPL  400 , knowledge gained from other interactions during the game and the current president&#39;s personal political knowledge. The conclusion of the current president&#39;s response prompts a vote on the current president&#39;s performance from the constituents and honorary constituents using the voting paddles  310 . An AR value  481 , is tallied according to the Voting Key Section  490  of the PPL  400  which was also detailed in the afore mentioned detailed description of the preferred embodiment. 
     After all the players have reached and completed the final space, State Of The Union Address  102 . 1   m , of the 4 th  year of their presidency  102   d , players must calculate their Final Score  499 , which is mapped out at the bottom of the PPL  400 . First the player calculates and plugs in the Final Federal Budget, Final FB  454 , as spelled out on the PPL  400  into the Final FB  454  box. Then if the pre-filled Inherited FB  455 , is a surplus add the Inherited FB  455 , to your Final FB  454 , to produce your Net FB  456 . However if the pre-filled Inherited FB  455  is a deficit then deduct the Inherited FB  455 , from the Final FB  454 , to produce the Net FB  456 . 
     Likewise and first the Final AR is acquired by deducting  15  (fifteen) points for each active war otherwise known as the War Deduction  483   a  from the Sub-total AR  483  as described in the afore mentioned detailed description of the preferred embodiment. Then the Net AR  486  is achieved by deducting the Inherited AR  485  from the Final AR  484 . 
     Finally to obtain the Final Score  499 , the Net FB  456  is added to the Net AR  486 . The Winner of the present invention game is the player with the highest Final Score  499 . 
     Periodically, the interne is used by players as an updating tool to retrieve new scenario cards based of the latest current events. 
     
       
         
               
             
               
               
               
             
           
               
                 APPENDIX A 
               
             
             
               
                   
               
               
                 President Game Ingredient and ID Log 840 
               
             
          
           
               
                 FIG. # 
                 Id number 
                 Item 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 1A 
                 100 
                 Game BOARD 
               
               
                 1A 
                 100.a 
                 Board playing surface 
               
               
                   
                 101 
                 titile 
               
               
                   
                 102 
                 track 
               
               
                   
                 102a 
                 Arch 1/Year One RED 
               
               
                   
                 102b 
                 Arch 2/Year Two WHITE 
               
               
                   
                 102c 
                 Arch 3/Year Three NAVY 
               
               
                   
                 102d 
                 Arch 4/Year Four BLACK 
               
               
                   
                 102.10 
                 Spaces 
               
               
                   
                 102.11 
                 Start Here 
               
               
                   
                 102.1a 
                 Inaugural address 
               
               
                   
                 102.1b 
                 Policy Making 
               
               
                   
                 102.1c 
                 Vacation 
               
               
                   
                 102.1d 
                 Deduct Pork 
               
               
                   
                 102.1e 
                 FA 
               
               
                   
                 102.1f 
                 Submit . . . Congress 
               
               
                   
                 102.1g 
                 DA 
               
               
                   
                 102.1h 
                 MF 
               
               
                   
                 102.1i 
                 War 
               
               
                   
                 102.1j 
                 Add Pork 
               
               
                   
                 102.1k 
                 Press Conference 
               
               
                   
                 102.1l 
                 Appoint Judge 
               
               
                   
                 102.1m 
                 State of the Union 
               
               
                   
                 102.1z 
                 Re-election or New administration 
               
               
                   
                 103 
                 Place Settings 
               
               
                   
                 103e 
                 FA 
               
               
                   
                 103g 
                 DA 
               
               
                   
                 103h 
                 MF 
               
               
                   
                 103i 
                 War 
               
               
                   
                 106 
                 Time Markings 
               
               
                   
                 106.01 
                  3 months or Quarter One 
               
               
                   
                 106.02 
                  6 months or Quarter Two 
               
               
                   
                 106.03 
                  9 months or Quarter Three 
               
               
                   
                 106.04 
                 12 months or Quarter Four 
               
               
                 2A 
                 200 
                 OVAL OFFICE 
               
               
                 2A, 2C 
                 210 
                 President seal top circular panel 
               
               
                 2A 
                 211 
                 window 1 for viewing payment frequency 
               
               
                   
                 211a 
                 empirical data a 1  or a 2  revealed through  
               
               
                   
                   
                 window 211 
               
               
                   
                 212 
                 window 2 for viewing total consecutive  
               
               
                   
                   
                 payments 
               
               
                   
                 212c 
                 empirical data c 1  or c 2  revealed through  
               
               
                   
                   
                 window 212 
               
               
                   
                 213 
                 Consecutive Payment Scale 
               
               
                 2B 
                 230 
                 Bottom Oval shaped panel with circular  
               
               
                   
                   
                 inlay 
               
               
                   
                 230R1 
                 RED year1-Qtr1 
               
               
                   
                 230R2 
                 RED year1-Qtr2 
               
               
                   
                 230R3 
                 RED year1-Qtr3 
               
               
                   
                 230R4 
                 RED year1-Qtr4 
               
               
                   
                 230W1 
                 WHITE year2-Qtr1 
               
               
                   
                 230W2 
                 WHITE year2-Qtr2 
               
               
                   
                 230W3 
                 WHITE year2-Qtr3 
               
               
                   
                 230W4 
                 WHITE year2-Qtr4 
               
               
                   
                 230N1 
                 NAVY year3-Qtr1 
               
               
                   
                 230N2 
                 NAVY year3-Qtr2 
               
               
                   
                 230N3 
                 NAVY year3-Qtr3 
               
               
                   
                 230N4 
                 NAVY year3-Qtr4 
               
               
                   
                 230B1 
                 BLACK year4-Qtr1 
               
               
                   
                 230B2 
                 BLACK year4-Qtr2 
               
               
                   
                 230B3 
                 BLACK year4-Qtr3 
               
               
                   
                 230B4 
                 BLACK year4-Qtr4 
               
               
                   
                 a 1   
                 payment frequency option 1 
               
               
                   
                 a 2   
                 payment frequency option 2 
               
               
                   
                 c 1   
                 total consecutive payments viewed through  
               
               
                   
                   
                 212 for a 1   
               
               
                   
                 c 2   
                 total consecutive payments viewed through  
               
               
                   
                   
                 212 for a 2   
               
               
                 2A 
                 225 
                 vertex (center) 
               
               
                 2A 
                 250 
                 Table 
               
               
                   
                 251 
                 Number of bills Submitted to Congress 
               
               
                   
                 252 
                 Percentage of Bills Passed to Law 
               
               
                   
                 253 
                 number of bills passed to law 
               
               
                 5.1 
                 300 
                 Cards 
               
               
                   
                 300.a or  
                 front side of card 
               
               
                   
                 300(b/e/f/g/h/l).a 
                   
               
               
                   
                 300.a1 or  
                 Trademark and Subject Indicia 
               
               
                   
                 300(b/e/f/g/h/l).a1 
                   
               
               
                   
                 300.a2 or  
                 card title 
               
               
                   
                 300(b/e/f/g/h/l).a2 
                   
               
               
                   
                 300.a3 or  
                 card border 
               
               
                   
                 300(b/e/f/g/h/l).a3 
                   
               
               
                   
                 300.a3 or 
                 card border 
               
               
                   
                 300(b/e/f/g/h/l).a4 
                   
               
               
                 5.2a 
                 300.b or  
                 reverse side of card 
               
               
                   
                 300(e/g/h).b 
                   
               
               
                   
                 300.b1 or  
                 political scenario 
               
               
                   
                 300(e/g/h).b1 
                   
               
               
                   
                 300.b2 or  
                 unique card identification number 
               
               
                   
                 300(e/g/h).b2 
                   
               
               
                   
                 300.b3 or  
                 game edition and series 
               
               
                   
                 300(e/g/h).b3 
                   
               
               
                   
                 300.b4 or  
                 subjective question 
               
               
                   
                 300(e/g/h).b4 
                   
               
               
                 5.2d 
                 300i.b 
                 War card reverse side 
               
               
                   
                 300i.b1 
                 US versus: 
               
               
                   
                 300i.b2 
                 Cause of War 
               
               
                   
                 300i.b3 
                 Projected Cost 
               
               
                   
                 300i.b4 
                 Number of Troops deployed 
               
               
                   
                 300i.b5 
                 Expected war duration 
               
               
                   
                 300i.b6 
                 Identification # 
               
               
                   
                 300i.b7 
                 Approval Rating Value (AR) 
               
               
                 5.2c 
                 300f.b 
                 Reverse side of Party Ratio card 
               
               
                   
                 300f.b1 
                 unique card identification number 
               
               
                   
                 300f.b2 
                 Senate Ratio 
               
               
                   
                 300f.b3 
                 House of Represenative Ratio 
               
               
                   
                 300f.b4 
                 Total Giraffe ratio in both Senate and  
               
               
                   
                   
                 House of Reps. 
               
               
                   
                 300f.b5 
                 Total Hippo ratio in both Senate and  
               
               
                   
                   
                 House of Reps. 
               
               
                   
                 300f.b6 
                 Card Title 
               
               
                 5.2b 
                 300b.b 
                 Reverse side of Platform Program card 
               
               
                   
                 300b.b1  
                 unique card identification number 
               
               
                   
                 300b.b2 
                 Platform Subject 
               
               
                   
                 300b.b3 
                 Specific Platform Program 
               
               
                   
                 300b.b4 
                 Cost of Program 
               
               
                   
                 300b.b5 
                 Number of Jobs created 
               
               
                   
                 300b.b6 
                 Time needed to develop 
               
               
                   
                 300b.b7 
                 Consecutive Payouts 
               
               
                   
                 300b.b8 
                 Payout Frequency 
               
               
                   
                 300b.b9 
                 Approval Rating Value (AR) 
               
               
                 6 
                 310 
                 Voting Paddle 
               
               
                 6.1 
                 310.a 
                 side a: Approval vote 
               
               
                   
                 310.a1  
                 proposed trademark fist bump  
               
               
                   
                   
                 illustration 
               
               
                   
                 310.a2 
                 illustration title 
               
               
                   
                 310.a3 
                 game title 
               
               
                 6.2 
                 310.b 
                 side b: disapproval vote 
               
               
                   
                 310.b1 
                 proposed trademark duck/shoe  
               
               
                   
                   
                 illustration 
               
               
                   
                 310.b2 
                 illustration title 
               
               
                   
                 310.b3 
                 game title 
               
               
                 3A 
                 710 
                 political party buttons 
               
               
                   
                 711 
                 giraffe 
               
               
                   
                 712 
                 hippo 
               
               
                 3B 
                 720.a 
                 leader token front side 
               
               
                   
                 720.b 
                 reverse side of leader token 
               
               
                   
                 730 
                 two dice 
               
               
                 4 
                 740 
                 pawn 
               
               
                   
                 741 
                 Airforce One 
               
               
                   
                 742 
                 limousine 
               
               
                   
                 743 
                 eagle 
               
               
                   
                 744 
                 donkey 
               
               
                   
                 745 
                 hummer 
               
               
                   
                 746 
                 helicopter 
               
               
                   
                 747 
                 liner 
               
               
                 4 
                 748 
                 submarine 
               
               
                   
                 750 
                 hour glass 
               
               
                   
                 751 
                 30 second 
               
               
                   
                 752 
                 60 second 
               
               
                   
                 753 
                 90 second 
               
               
                 3C 
                 76 
                 WAR CHIPS 
               
               
                   
                 76R1 
                 year1-Qtr1 
               
               
                   
                 76R2 
                 year1-Qtr2 
               
               
                   
                 76R3 
                 year1-Qtr3 
               
               
                   
                 76R4 
                 year1-Qtr4 
               
               
                   
                 76W1 
                 year2-Qtr1 
               
               
                   
                 76W2 
                 year2-Qtr2 
               
               
                   
                 76W3 
                 year2-Qtr3 
               
               
                   
                 76W4 
                 year2-Qtr4 
               
               
                   
                 76N1 
                 year3-Qtr1 
               
               
                   
                 76N2 
                 year3-Qtr2 
               
               
                   
                 76N3 
                 year3-Qtr3 
               
               
                   
                 76N4 
                 year3-Qtr4 
               
               
                   
                 76B1 
                 year4-Qtr1 
               
               
                   
                 76B2 
                 year4-Qtr2 
               
               
                   
                 76B3 
                 year4-Qtr3 
               
               
                 3C 
                 76B4 
                 year4-Qtr4 
               
               
                   
                 770  
                 Boxes 
               
               
                   
                 771.a 
                 Game box Top Cover 
               
               
                   
                 771.b 
                 Game box Bottom cover 
               
               
                   
                 772 
                 platform card interior box 
               
               
                 7 
                   
                 LITERATURE 
               
               
                 7A 
                 400  
                 President&#39;s Personal Log 
               
               
                   
                 410 
                 Platform Subjects 
               
               
                   
                 411 
                 Alternative Energy 
               
               
                   
                 412 
                 Education Reform 
               
               
                   
                 413 
                 Increase Employment 
               
               
                   
                 414 
                 Elimate Homelessness 
               
               
                   
                 415 
                 Health Care Reform 
               
               
                   
                 416 
                 Tax Reform 
               
               
                   
                 420 
                 Your Campaign Platforms 
               
               
                   
                 430 
                 President&#39;s Inheritance 
               
               
                   
                 430.1 
                 OBAMA 
               
               
                   
                 430.2 
                 BUSH 
               
               
                   
                 430.3 
                 CLINTON 
               
               
                   
                 430.4 
                 REAGAN 
               
               
                   
                 430.5 
                 CARTER 
               
               
                   
                 435 
                 Economy 
               
               
                   
                 440 
                 Party Information 
               
               
                   
                 441 
                 Giraffe OR Hippo 
               
               
                   
                 445 
                 Bills Passed to Law Ratio Percentages 
               
               
                   
                 446 
                 Giraffe 
               
               
                   
                 447 
                 Hippo 
               
               
                   
                 450  
                 Federal Budget Log 
               
               
                   
                 451 
                 Card # or Item # 
               
               
                   
                 452 
                 Change in Federal Budget 
               
               
                   
                 453 
                 New Balance 
               
               
                   
                 460  
                 Jobs 
               
               
                   
                 461 
                 Change in Jobs 
               
               
                   
                 462 
                 Unemployed 
               
               
                   
                 470  
                 Platform 
               
               
                   
                 471 
                 Platform Subject # 
               
               
                   
                 480  
                 Approval Rating 
               
               
                   
                 481 
                 AR Change 
               
               
                   
                 482 
                 New AR 
               
               
                   
                 490  
                 VOTING KEY 
               
               
                   
                 491 
                 Unanimous Yea 
               
               
                   
                 492 
                 Majority Yea 
               
               
                   
                 493 
                 Tie 
               
               
                   
                 494 
                 Majority Duck 
               
               
                   
                 495 
                 Unanimous Duck 
               
               
                   
                 496  
                 Calculations 
               
               
                   
                 454 
                 FINAL FB 
               
               
                   
                 455 
                 INHERITED FB 
               
               
                   
                 456 
                 NET FB 
               
               
                   
                 483 
                 SUBTOTAL AR 
               
               
                   
                 483a 
                 WAR DEDUCTION 
               
               
                   
                 484 
                 FINAL AR 
               
               
                   
                 485 
                 INHERITED AR 
               
               
                   
                 486 
                 NET AR 
               
               
                   
                 499 
                 FINAL SCORE 
               
               
                 7B 
                 500 
                 WAR SHEET 
               
               
                   
                 501 
                 unique card identification number 
               
               
                   
                 502 
                 number of Troops deployed 
               
               
                   
                 503 
                 remaining Troops available for service 
               
               
                   
                 504 
                 Opposing country or group 
               
               
                   
                 505 
                 Duration of War 
               
               
                   
                 506 
                 Check if eligible to exit war 
               
               
                   
                 507 
                 Total Number of Troops fit for service 
               
               
                 7C 
                 600  
                 FARP 
               
               
                   
                 601 
                 Country 
               
               
                   
                 602 
                 Leader 
               
               
                   
                 603 
                 Location 
               
               
                   
                 611 
                 Capital 
               
               
                   
                 612 
                 Languages 
               
               
                   
                 604 
                 GDP 
               
               
                   
                 605 
                 Population 
               
               
                   
                 606 
                 Religion 
               
               
                   
                 607 
                 Currency 
               
               
                   
                 608 
                 Exchange Rate 
               
               
                   
                 609 
                 Imports/Partnerships 
               
               
                   
                 610 
                 Exports/Partnerships 
               
               
                   
                 620 
                 Military 
               
               
                   
                 640 
                 Nuclear Defense Facts 
               
               
                   
                 650 
                 Alternative Energy Facts 
               
               
                 7D 
                 900  
                 The PRESIDENT&#39;S PORK LIST 
               
               
                   
                 910 
                 Player 
               
               
                   
                 911 
                 Pork # 
               
               
                   
                 912 
                 Pork Description 
               
               
                   
                 913 
                 AR Value 
               
               
                   
                 914 
                 Federal Budget Impact 
               
               
                 APPEN- 
                   
                 PRESIDENT game INGREDIENT  
               
               
                 DIX A 
                   
                 CATALOG