A current affair political apparatus for entertaining comprising:
- (a) a game board which includes a movement track divided into four colors wherein each color represents one year of a four year presidential term and each year is subdivided into a plurality of spaces bearing indicia to reflect a plurality of categories of political subjects;
- (b) a plurality of decks of a plurality of scenario cards with the front side bearing indicia to match the indicia of at least one of the said spaces on the said game board;
- (c) a deck of a plurality of cards with the front side bearing indicia to match the indicia bearing at least one place setting on the said game board;
- (d) a deck of a plurality of Voting Paddles comprising the front side representing affirmation and the back side representing rejection;
- (e) Political Party Pin-back Buttons bearing indicia of one of either two political parties;
- (f) a simulation of an official source wherein players retrieve talking points, referred to as Foreign Affairs Reference Manual, comprising statistics and notes on a plurality of countries, and a plurality of Alternative Energy Sources;
- (g) one of a plurality of score sheets referred to as the President's Personal Log comprising any combination of the following:
- Approval Rating log, Federal Budget log, Unemployment statistics, War Involvement, Party Makeup in Congress, a bills submitted to Congress chart, and a Voting Key;
- (h) a leader coin bearing indicia on both sides representing the Hippo and the Giraffe political party;
- (i) a plurality of place markers also referred to as pawns comprising at least one or any of the combinations Air Force One Jet, Limousine, Helicopter, Hummer, Tank, Submarine, Cruise Liner, Eagle, and Donkey;
- (j) a plurality of War chips;
- (k) a sixty-second and a thirty second sand timer;
- (l) and two dice;
- (m) an oval office device comprises:
- 1) a base unit comprising:
- A) a firm oval shaped panel made from non flexible material, wherein said oval shaped panel bears the indicia of an overlapping inlayed inner circle and a larger outer circle wherein both said circles share common center with said oval panel,
- wherein said outer circle further comprises:
- i. a diameter equal to width of said oval panel and,
- ii. a circumference bearing indicia representing time corresponding to player's marker position on said movement track,
- wherein said inner circle further comprises:
- i. four pie shaped quarters, wherein each said quarters are divided into four smaller equal pie sections colored to match the colors on the said movement track and,
- ii. indicia on each said smaller pie section bearing frequency rates that payments are made and aggregate dollar amounts paid during players' administrative terms,
- B) indicia on either lengthwise end of said oval panel bearing a ten column by four row table wherein the said table is populated with numerical information representing quantities of players' legislation passed into law;
- 2) an upper radial piece comprising:
- A) two rectangular slots, through which information on underneath said oval panel may be seen;
- B) a diameter length the same as diameter of said inlayed inner circle of said oval panel;
- C) a center that overlaps and intersects the center of said oval panel wherein circumference area of said larger inlayed outer circle of said oval panel is exposed;
- D) attachment device positioned at point of intersection (both centers), of the said oval panel and said upper radial piece wherein said upper radial piece rotates;
- E) indicia bearing single payment amount information corresponding to a plurality of scenario cards and;
- F) indicia bearing emblems representing political theme of the game board;
- (n) the assumption that each player is the President of their very own country of The United States of America;
- (o) the said President's Personal Log allows said player to track the progress of their administration during their term.