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2010 Ranked #1,937

Founding Fathers

Political strategy game where early American statesmen compete for renown while shaping a new nation. Debates, influence, and historic decisions create competing priorities, so every action must serve both public ideals and personal legacy.

Strategy Games Political Area Majority / Influence Campaign / Battle Card Driven Holidays: 4th of July

Players

3-5

Play time

Not listed

Age

13+

Complexity

2.75/5

Rating

6.95

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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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?

A game from designers who made 1960: The Making of the President. The goal here is to be the founding father with the most renown at the end of the game, which consists of the making of the US constitution.

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A game from designers who made 1960: The Making of the President. The goal here is to be the founding father with the most renown at the end of the game, which consists of the making of the US constitution. Each round, an article of the constitution is put up for consideration, which is either a Federalist, Anti-Federalist, Big State, or Small State issue. Players have a hand of three delegate cards that represent their respective states and also have a special ability. Players may use these cards' special abilities, use the cards to vote for or against the issue under consideration, or to try and claim tokens in each of the four types of issues. When a round ends, the issue either passes, or is flipped to its opposite side (Federalist/Anti or Big/Small). Players score points for having voted with the majority, and also for having tokens matching the issue types that are voted into the constitution.

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Play and group

Players
3–5
Best with
3–5
Play time
90 min
Age
13+
Complexity
2.8/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Christian Leonhard Jason Matthews

Artists

1
Josh Cappel

Publishers

1
Jolly Roger Games

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