DIE MACHER:  The Original Game



Costs		Campaign			100
-----		Media Token			400
		Special Party Conference	500
		General Party Conference	700


At Start	15 votes
-- -----	 9 campaigns
		 1 media token
		 3 party bases

Sequence
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I.    Determine Start Player: vote share/Meetings/media/agreements
II.   Hold Party Conference
		Ordinary: change 2 Platforms and gain 3 Party Bases
		Special: change 1 Platform or gain 3 Party Bases
      Increase Party Bases (1 per agreement in election region)
III.  Deploy Shadow Cabinet:
	S - Increase vote share
	R - Raise importance of an Opinion
	M - Substitute media token (pay 800 to loser)
	P - Turn up Trend Disc
	H - Turn down Trend Disc
III.  Build Coalitions: 2 agreements for voluntary, 3 for forced
IV.   Buy and Place 1 Media Token
      For each region, Plurality can change 1 opinion
V.    Buy and Place Campaigns, up to 4 per region
VI.   For each region, auction and release Opinion Polls
VII.  Assess results in upcoming regions
      Absolute majority can change 1 opinion
VIII. Regional Election 	
	1. Hold Election:  Votes for Bonn = ( M + Ü) x S
	2. Winner:
		transfers media token to Bonn
		opinions to Bonn:  plurality=2; majority=3
	3. Receives 1 Party Base per party/Bonn opinion match
	4. Party Revenue: 10xVotes for Bonn + 100 per Party Base
		5. Donations
		6. Rearrange Boards

After all 7 regions are finished, conduct Federal Election:
	
	(10m + 10Ü + p) x s

Rick Heli
Sun Oct 25 14:01:30 PST 1998