POLITRACES is a board game that give you the opportunity to feel like a participant in a real Political Races and prove to others that you deserve to get the Power and become the President! STANDARD RULES OF THE POLITRACES GAME business board game for 3-8 players, age 8+ The Goals of the Game 1. Become President - 1st place. It is necessary to pay a fee for participation in the Elections, go to the Small Circle and win the Elections by collecting the most Votes. 2. Become Prime Minister (or Secretary of State) - 2nd place. The President decides who will take this position. 3. Become Oligarch (1) - 3rd place. It is necessary to buy the Institution Oil Derrick. Oligarch has the right to give or exchange their Votes (but not to sell to the Treasury), however they can`t go to the Small Circle and become the President. If the President gives the Oligarch the 2nd place, then they share the 1st place. -1) Possible if more than 4 players are playing (see the Institution Oil Derrick). The remaining players take their places according to the number of collected Votes. It is useful for players to choose the strategy, for example: - collect resources and Votes to pay the Elections fee and try to become the President; - collect resources to transfer them to your Candidate for Presidency and increase their chances of winning; - collect resources to buy an Oil Derrick (if available) and become an Oligarch. Execution of agreements depends on the wishes of the players. Сoncept of the Game All people who strive for power are conventionally divided into four categories that have different, but equal resources, forming the Political Quadrant : - Businesspersons (entrepreneurs) - have money or other resources which can be quickly sold; - Activists (popular people) - know how to gather, motivate and encourage other people to act; - Public Officials (civil servants) - have connections and authority; - Experts (smart people) - have special knowledge and status. To get the Power (win the Game) players need to collect all the specified resources and get voters Votes. Gameplay 1. Game preparation The players, who sit in a circle (1), lay the Playing Field (2) (game board) in the center. The Chance and Debate cards are shuffled and laid out face down on the specially marked places. Players choose who of them will be the Treasurer, i.e. responsible for the Treasury (3) (game bank), which is placed at the bottom of the Game Box, which contains cards, chips and others). -1) Participants play clockwise in the order they originally sit down to play (until the end of the Game). 2) The Playing Field consists of 4 sectors and 2 circles which divided into cells. Sectors. The Game has 4 color sectors, which correspond to certain resources in the form of chips: Businessperson (green color, Money resource), Activist (purple color, People resource), Public Official (red color, Connections resource), Expert (blue color, Knowledge resource). Each sector consists of seven cells. In each of the sectors there is a START cell with which the Game begins. Having passed the sector cells, the player goes (down) to the Big Circle and plays there (the exception - Go to Another Sector cell). Players may get back to the sectors thanks to the Crisis cells or some of the Chance cards. The Big Circle is Political Races. It consists of 24 cells. There are also 2 freestanding cells: Jail and Resort. The Small Circle is Elections. Located in the center of the Playing Field and consists of 6 cells. 3) In the Treasury any 2 resources (same or different) may be exchanged for any other 1 resource or a Vote, but the Votes cannot be sold to the Treasury (except for special game situations). Exchange in the Treasury can be made only at the time of the player`s turn. The Treasury does not give loans, advances, does not accept Real Estate as collateral, etc. Stealing from the Treasury is prohibited. 2. Starting the Game, the first move, next moves At this stage, p

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