Landslide (board game)
Landslide is a board game about the U.S. presidential elections published by Parker Brothers in 1971. Description. "Landslide", a board game for 2–4 players published by Parker Brothers in 1971, uses the mechanics of the United States Electoral College to simulate an American presidential election. The objective of the game is to obtain as many electoral votes as possible by bidding with "currency" representing each player's share of the popular vote. Components. The game has the following components: Gameplay. The game follows the 1970 census, and correctly represents the electoral college apportionment for each state at  that time. For example: New York is apportioned 41 electoral votes, representing its 39 congressmen and two senators. The board features a circular track in which players move their tokens to land on spaces that have various rewards or triggered game action. The country and states are divided into 4 regions (East, South, Midwest, West) and the circular track is divided into these four sections as well. The player tokens and regions are color coordinated: East = red, South = yellow, Midwest = white, and West = blue. Each player starts on the space called "Home State" in their respective  color/region and starts with five vote cards, which range in value from 250,000 to 5,000,000 votes. Players roll a single die to continuously circumnavigate the board, triggering various actions until all 50 states and the District of Columbia (with its three electoral votes) are in the possession of the players. The various spaces on the board are as follows: Victory conditions. When ownership of the last state has been decided, the player with the most electoral votes is the winner. Reception. In the March 1989 edition of "Games International" (Issue #3), Alan R. Moon criticized the game's lack  of originality, saying, "Pretty basic stuff here. You could probably find other earlier (and later) games from Parker Brothers with exactly the same play mechanics." Other games called "Landslide". In 2004, Ezakly published a board game, also titled "Landslide", that was unrelated to the Parker Brothers game in either appearance or game mechanics, having a "Monopoly"-style track around the perimeter of the board.