Board game to decide presidency?

I do think the next four years will boil down to one long game of tic-tac-toe...

 

The Resistance.

 

Twilight Struggle, clearly.

 

Civilization board game.

 

I thought of this too. I tried to read the rules before online but it didn’t click with me how it all worked. I’m familiar with Chris Crawford’s game Balance of Power, but that’s a computer game.

I suppose if I had an actual copy of the game, it would be a lot easier for me to understand.

 

Using a board game couldn't possibly be more stupid than the Electoral College tbf

I choose Fireball Island

 

My initial idea was to have them face off on Jeopardy! although the show typically has three contestants.

Would have been good for ‘92.

 

Yeah, it makes a lot more sense when you play it a few times.

 

A blank sheet of paper for a board and the rules of Mornington Crescent.

 

It is settled, we have them play Candyland.

 

I would favor a series of contests. Arm wrestling, obstacle course, a battle of wits with iocane.

 

So long as it's sportsmanlike.

 

The electoral college is a board game. We're the pawns.

A game of backgammon between those two would be an absolute laugh riot. Zero chance either would ever understand the rules. They could both be dead before the game ever reached a conclusion.

 

You need a deck of cards: take out the 8 of spades and the 3 of clubs. Shoot the rest into the air.

Pickup 50. The ability to smile while cleaning up a bully's mess might be the most important skill here.

 

I noticed that you didn’t take out the jokers. Is that because they’re the ones doing the work?

Yeah this joke is crap but whatever.

 

Twilight Struggle also exsists in a computer version.

Man, Balance of Power. That takes me back. Always used to end in some completely trivial conflict escalating into nuclear war.

 

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