political-game-ideas

# Political game:

You play a (crooked?) politician.

# Gameplay:

The goal is to have a successful political career ( = ultimately become president and stay there as long as possible)

Have to manage many aspects:
* Policies
* Funding
* Diplomacy
* Media

Have a team of counselors in:
* economy
* social affairs
* foreign affairs
* public relations
* … ?

Can spy on other candidates and attack them (smear, sabotage campaign, leak sensitive documents, etc.) should be hard to do, fun and have a big impact. not repetitive and part of the macro-game

"Random events" with choices (like SIMS, Crusader Kings, …) with medium to large impact

Character has different personality points (which makes him more or less likeable by different categories of people), impacted by random events, counselors, portrayal by the media, etc.

Game should probably have radically different phases:
* start as a small player in your party, work your way up the ladder
* run for mayor / run for president