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2016 Ranked #15,036

Ameritocracy

Players run campaigns by recruiting staff, deploying teams and actions, and competing for shared headlines to gain votes. Securing enough backing on a headline turns political positioning into progress toward ten votes.

Card Game Political Deck, Bag, and Pool Building Open Drafting

Players

2-4

Play time

20-60 min

Age

12+

Complexity

2.8/5

Rating

7.70

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Ameritocracy is a strategic card game where players are campaigning to be the next President of the United States. Each player has their own campaign deck, which can be dealt randomly, drafted, or constructed beforehand.

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Ameritocracy is a strategic card game where players are campaigning to be the next President of the United States. Each player has their own campaign deck, which can be dealt randomly, drafted, or constructed beforehand. Players also compete over a shared deck of headline cards. Players take turns recruiting staff, spending cards to play teams and actions, and assigning their staff to their teams or headlines. Get enough staff backing you on a headline, and you win the headline and gain votes. Get 10 votes and you win the game.

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2
Play time
20–60 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.8/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Jim McCollum Shane Russell

Artists

1
Kristen Pauline

Publishers

1
(Unknown)

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