Bookshelf Games is a series of games published by from 1962 to 1974. The name for the series was in reference to the slipcase boxes the games came in, which were designed to look like leather-bound books when closed. When 3M closed its game division, the line was sold to who continued publishing a number of them.

Shop for 3m bookshelf game on Etsy, the place to express your creativity through the buying and selling of handmade and vintage goods. The 3M bookshelf game series was a set of classic and proprietary strategy and economic games published in the 1960s and early 1970s by 3M corporation. Vintage 1967 Mr. President Game of Campaign Politics Bookshelf Game In great condition! Has wear due to age and storage so please look over the pictures carefully to make a confident purchase.

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Part of the 3M Bookshelf Series. President is a highly realistic reenactment of the campaign events which lead to the election of the President and Vice-President of the United States. The two major political parties choose their candidates from a slate of possible nominees, each of whom possesses varying strengths and weaknesses. In their quest for victory, players feel the same frustrations and make the same decisions that confront actual candidates. Strategies which were intended to sweep a party into office may suddenly require a drastic change of tactics.

President includes Advanced Play rules covering Nominations, Advertising, Fund-Raising, Debates, and Incumbent Candidates. Dxtreme Dx-300 User Manual. In the 2-player game, one player controls the President and Vice President of a party. In the 4-player game, two teams of candidates for President and Vice-President compete. The 1967 or later copyright date differentiates this version from the earlier 1965/1966 release by 3M, which is an entirely different game.

NOTE: There are significant differences between the 1967 version and the 1971 version. • Designer: Jack Carmichael • Artist: (Uncredited) • Publisher: 3M • Year Published: 1967 • Number of Players: 2 - 4 • Suggested Number of Players: 2 • Manufacturer Suggested Ages: 12 • Playing Time: 60 • Suggested Ages: 12 • Language Dependence: Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet • Subdomain: Strategy Games • Category: Card Game, Political • Mechanic: Hand Management • Family: 3M Bookshelf Series • Alternate Names: Mr. President Reviews. Perhaps the advanced rules make this game a little better, but there not much to get excited about in the basic game. Players have a handful of cards that will get them votes in various states, which are broken into 4 regions.

On your turn, you pick a region to campaign in and roll a couple dice. The dice roll determines which states in that region you are actually allowed to campaign in on that turn, so you may play cards which contain the states that the dice roll allowed. Once someone is out of cards, there is an end game phase where each party gets more vote cards to secretly distribute as they see fit, and then the results of each state are tallied. There's a little more to it than that, such as some event cards that come into play, and some decisions whether to go hard at focusing some major states or to get a wider breadth of states covered, but the basic game flow is pick a region, roll dice, play cards. Overall, I could be talked into playing it once in a great while, but it's nothing to get too enthused about. A nice mix of luck and skill, with excitement and tension as the campaign develops.

Fund raising, advertising, whistle-stop campaigning, debates and even the occasional gaffe make this a very interesting and entertaining game. Aldi Web Stick Software. For me, the retro appearance of the game is a plus. Tracking the campaign with tally boards and grease pencils adds atmosphere, and I just love to put the vote cards in the ballot box! - playing time is about 2 hours in my experience, not 60 minutes as indicated in the game information here on BGG. Excellent historical politically themed game combining strategic and tactical ballot (cards) placement decisions with some interesting random elements - much like in an actual presidential campaign!