Margin Of Error - A Presidential Election Game

For 1 to 2 Players
Setup Time:  15-30 Minutes

It's nine weeks before Election Day in the United States and the race is too close to call!  Twenty states remain hotly contested.  Can you guide your candidate through the final weeks of the campaign to the White House?

Each week you will allocate each day of the week to one of several actions.  These actions include media appearances, scheduling fundraisers, going on the campaign trail and advertising in regions.  After each action, a roll of the dice simulates the percentage of voters persuaded by your cause.  After each week, your opponent campaigns increasingly in an effort to exploit weaknesses in your campaign strategy.  At the conclusion of the ninth week, the voters go to the polls and any final swings are resolved.  If you get 270 or more Electoral Votes, you have won the game!

This is a free game.  The items you need include:

• The rules and boards. The instructions are 10 pages long and have several illustrations.  The game board is printed on three letter sized sheets of paper. 
  
  Alternatively, you may also want to use the scorepad version of the game which compresses the entire 3-sheet game into 1-sheet.  You will need pencil and eraser for this version of the game.  It is strongly recommended you start with the board version first.
  
  You can also use VASSAL to play the game on your computer if you are low on ink or materials.  The module can be found here.
  
  
• Three regular dice (preferrably two different colors).
  
  
• Use either this token sheet or the following assortment of tokens (about 1 cm or less): 20 yellow tokens, 7 green tokens, 5 red tokens, 3 black tokens, 8 white tokens and 1 blue token. (12 more tokens are required for 2 players)

Check back for updates, expansions and fancier art!  A computer adaption is also in the works for those who would like to try the game out that way!

Early playtest image below: