Have you ever wanted to run for President, well Doonesbury Election Game - Campaign 96 allows you to do so. Throw your hand into the heated 1996 presidential Campaign, take control of a candidate and run a slick campaign to take that candidate to the white house. Don't think your limited to only major candidates, for you can select the candidate you want from a list of historical presidents, or current ones. If that is not enough to convince you, well if you don't like any of the candidates, then you can create your own.
Have you ever wanted to run for President, well Doonesbury Election Game - Campaign 96 allows you to do so. Throw your hand into the heated 1996 presidential Campaign, take control of a candidate and run a slick campaign to take that candidate to the white house. Don't think your limited to only major candidates, for you can select the candidate you want from a list of historical presidents, or current ones. If that is not enough to convince you, well if you don't like any of the candidates, then you can create your own.
After you create a Candidate, you can decide what attributes that candidate will have, and what their stances are on the issues. Picking a Candidate is only the beginning of the Game, you then must
select your campaign staff, Strategy Adviser, Spin Doctor, Financial Adviser, and Communications Director. Then you can begin the Campaign, look at electoral maps to see how you are doing in the polls, and even see how each state feels on a specific issue. You then can schedule events, fundraisers, speeches, press conferences, photo opportunity, and several other things to help build up your support among voters. Once you decide what you and your candidate are going to do, you then move to the next day of the campaign.
Each day you will recieve news from other campaign camps about what the other candidates are doing, you also get notes from your advisers about how your candidate is doing. You also get day to day updates about polls, so everyday you can look at your electoral map and see how you’re doing. The game even takes party affiliation into account, if you run as a major party, you'll find things easier than if you choose to be an independent. You think that once you win you’re done with the game, wrong, you can play again, the thing about this game, there is a slightly different result each time, or a big difference in result each time, depending on how you play it.
Ultimately, if you ever found an interest in politics, wanted to be president, or just wanted to have some fun, this game is it. It may sound a bit complex, but it isn't. It is the same routine every game turn, in fact if you play over and over again, you might find it tedious. So, if you want to run for President, Here you go.
