Political Games Forever

Hi everyone,

The new blog is here.

[Note: this post is now here.]

Here’s the list of Republican candidates for the initial President Forever 2012 Beta release. (Note: we don’t have an estimated release date at this point.)

If there are any you think should be here that aren’t, let us know in the comments.

Republicans:

Gov. Haley Barbour

Gov. Chris Christie

Gov. Mitch Daniels

Speaker Newt Gingrich

Gov. Mike Huckabee

Gov. Bobby Jindal

Gov. Sarah Palin

Gov. Gary Johnson

Gov. Tim Pawlenty

Gen. David Petraeus

Gov. Mitt Romney

Sen. John Thune

Possible:

Gov. Jeb Bush

Herman Cain

Sen. Jim DeMint

Mayor Rudy Giuliani

Gov. George Pataki

Rep. Ron Paul

Rep. Mike Pence

Gov. Rick Perry

Gov. Buddy Roehmer

Sen. Marco Rubio

Sen. Rick Santorum

Sen. Olympia Snowe

Donald Trump

Veeps

Possible

Sen. Kelly Ayotte

Sen. John Cornyn

Gov. John Kasich

Sec. of State Condoleezza Rice

Gov. Rick Scott

Democrats:

Sec. Hillary Clinton

Pres. Barack Obama

Possible:

Sen. Evan Bayh

Gov. Howard Dean

Sen. Russ Feingold

Gov. Mark Warner

Veeps

VP Joseph Biden

Possible

Sen. Joe Manchin

Independent:

Possible:

Mayor Michael Bloomberg

Lou Dobbs

Ralph Nader

Note: a person listed as a Presidential possibility will also probably be a Veep possibility – so if they’re listed under the President category, they aren’t listed again under the Veep category.

Once the 2010 mid-terms are finished, attention will swing to the 2012 Presidential election cycle. In particular, it will switch to the Republican primaries. (We’ve announced President Forever 2012 here.) So, who does the Democratic National Committee think are the top suspects? Here is a clue (from ABC News via Race42008.com):

The Democratic National Committee formally has asked the Pentagon for reams of correspondence between military agencies and nine potential Republican presidential candidates

[...]

The nine Republicans that Democrats are seeking information on are former Gov. Sarah Palin, R-Alaska; former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass.; Gov. Haley Barbour, R-Miss.; Gov. Tim Pawlenty, R-Minn.; former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark.; former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga.; Sen. John Thune, R-S.D.; Gov. Mitch Daniels, R-Ind.; Gov. Bobby Jindal, R-La.

One interesting thing is that the field is crowded with Governors. The only Senator is John Thune. (Gingrich was previously a Congressman.)

PoliticsUnder30.org has a detailed review of our Congress game, Congress Forever 2010, here.

Some key quotes:

“C4E is more than just a well-crafted strategy game; it is also a powerful tool for understanding the 2010 midterm elections. [...]”

“I would highly recommend the game [...] to anyone interested in learning about election politics and becoming more politically active and aware.”

“C4E makes following the congressional elections a lot of fun and translates campaign politics’ dreary details into a relevant format I can easily understand. Moreover, the whole PU30 crew are quite delighted with C4E, and it’s doubtless only our unfailing professionalism that prevents us from playing C4E at all hours of the day. [...]“

Review is here.

Congress Forever 2010 is here.

The Senate game, Congress Forever 2010, is now available!

Contest all the 37 Senate elections in 2010, playing as the Chair of the DSCC (Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee) or NRSC (National Republican Senatorial Committee).

Target swing seats and clash on the margins, build Ground Ops, craft attack ads, dig up scandals on your opponents, and spin the national media.

Click here to download now!

Will the Democrats keep a majority, or perhaps even win a Super Majority? Or will the Republicans take back control of the Senate? It’s up to you!

Today:

- Started Move, Barnstorm, Policy Speech, Issue Knowledge, and Debate Prep. functionality.

Today:

- Changed crusader flags

- Added Leader Activities button to Main Screen

- Added Endorsers button to Main Screen

- Started to implement functionality for Leader Activities buttons

I’m experimenting with doing daily designer updates, so will probably be posting these for at least a bit.

PM4E Australia 2010 is now close to playable. The internal version has the Australia 2007 scenario ported from PM4E Australia 2007 and running.

Today:

- Energy Points now displayed on Main Screen and Player Info Screen

- Leader name and location now displayed on Main Screen

- Leader flags displayed on Main Map

- Draft of how Leader activities interface works and functionality

We are now working on Prime Minister Forever – Australia 2010, to be released late summer or early fall of 2010. We will be releasing details in the weeks to come.

The Australian election will probably occur in 2010, but it depends on the politics in Australia, and in particular on Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s calculations as to when would be best (for the Labor party) to have an election.

To sign up for notification of news on the game, go here.

Note: you can now pre-order Prime Minister Forever – Australia 2010 here.

For the current Prime Minister Forever – Australia 2007, go here.

The Senate 2010 scenario is now in Congress Forever 2010, our election game. Congress Forever is now a simulation for both the U.S. House and the Senate.

Congress Forever contains all 435 seats for the 2010 House, and now all 36 seats for the 2010 Senate, including Charlie Crist’s independent bid in Florida.

Will Rand Paul win in Kentucky? Will Harry Reid be deposed in Nevada? Will the Republicans gain a majority, or the Democrats gain a super-majority? You can experiment with all the possibilities in the game.

Check if out here.