Campaign Trail: The Game of Presidential Elections

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Campaign Trail: The Game of Presidential Elections
Campaign Trail.jpg
1984 cover art
Designers
    • Peter Andersen
    • William Snavely
Genres Strategy, Board game
Players2–6
Playing time60 minutes

Campaign Trail: The Game of Presidential Elections is a board game published in 1984 by Game Designers' Workshop. [1]

Contents

Gameplay

Campaign Trail is a game in which players run the campaigns for their candidates by collecting votes as they move their tokens around the board. [2] The Electoral College and random political endorsements are also part of the game and must be factored in to strategy. [3]

Reception and legacy

Alan R. Moon reviewed Campaign Trail for Games International magazine and stated, "I find this game a little boring and long to keep my interest." [2] Sid Sackson, writing for the magazine Games , thought it was "one of the most successful [games] in capturing the competitive fervour of the real thing [election season]". [4] The same magazine named it 9th in their top 100 games of 1984. [3]

A copy of this game is held in the collection of the Strong National Museum of Play (object 117.765). [5] The 2012 browser game The Campaign Trail, by Dan Bryan, was inspired by the board game. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Scanner: News from the World of SF Gaming". Space Gamer . No. 67. February 1984. p. 41.
  2. 1 2 Moon, Alan R. (March 1989). "Up the Poll". Games International . No. 3. p. 14.
  3. 1 2 Schmittberger, R. Wayne, ed. (November 1984). "The Games 100". Games . Vol. 8, no. 11. p. 21.
  4. ↑ Sackson, Sid (May 1984). Schmittberger, R. Wayne (ed.). "Games & Books". Games . Vol. 8, no. 5. p. 52.
  5. ↑ "Game:Campaign Trail The Game of Presidential Elections". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  6. ↑ Sheehan, Jack (2024-09-29). "Election Day is in your control in the shocking Campaign Trail game". Polygon. Retrieved 2024-09-29.
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