Mr. President

Maybe I'm just not skilled enough but the game feels unfairly punishing. I don't feel rewarded for good plays because combined with the lack of RNG control and there being overwhelmingingly more negative cards than positive cards, you will be losing. While I try an fix one area I well inevitably neglect another which will lead to an auto loss (have yet to complete a term). Dice rolls don't feel deserverd and even sometimes rigged (4x a 10 roll into an autoloss does not feel faire). If I had more control over my dice rolls or more positive share of cards and maybe and index on mechanics, I would really enjoy this game. However, looking back I can only think of moments of frustration and disbelief. The roadmap seems like it is simply adding more mechanics to punish you, and given how punishing the game already is I don't see myself returning once it is complete.

Although the early access version is still a work in progress, this is shaping up to be a great adaptation of a wonderful (although very complex and challenging) board game. I've played the cardboard, and I've played on Tabletop Simulator, but I think this will be my favorite way to play the game, once the implementation is complete. But let me stress: this is a [b]complex game![/b]! Players who are not already familiar with it should probably read through the rule books, available from inside the game. Note that the board game comes with 8 separate manuals of rules and tables, 4 2-sided master action guides, and a 28-page guide to the steps in a turn. At a minimum, I think new players should read through the presidential briefing and at least skim the governing manual as well as the turn sequence to understand what's going on. After a couple full turns (in-game years) it internalizes quite nicely. Alternatively, there are a number of Guides for the game here in Steam; I haven't read them but they are probably worth a look. One feature that I think would help new players especially is a browsable log of past actions; possibly better would be a way to browse backwards and forwards through past changes in game state, with the changes highlighted. I'm making a suggestion t for it; the developers have been responsive to feature requests and bug reports on the game Discord, so I'm hopeful. Finally, I'll note for new players that (I think) the game only supports normal difficulty at the moment; I really appreciated the easier game (cardboard) my first 2-3 plays. If you find the game confusing or overwhelming now, I'll suggest giving it another try once the easier mode is available.

Very interesting game. As an old board and PC gamer, I highly recommend the game to others like me.

Great game, one of the best games ever made for my taste. You are faced with a huge range of issues, all of which are random, you have no idea what will happen next, it is so unpredictable it is great, the game flows so quickly, half/more than half of it is just the game playing itself but you have to make the exact right decisions to hold up and even improve the state of things. It is in parts somewhat realistic but ultimately really really fun. The only "difficulty" that it has comes from the fact that you really have to think and plan long term and in the early game you don't have that build up to make things easier, but likewise your problems haven't pilled up yet neither, by the later game you are either absolutely doomed, or it is a cake walk. The only thing bad is that it is a game based 60% on your actions and 40% on dice rolls, but again if you make the right decisions you can ensure that at least 70%-90% of the time you get the dice rolls you need, and that might/does make it more fun than if you succeeded 100% of the time. Not that challenging, not boring, not slow. It is not challenging if you know what you're doing. It is not boring because random stuff keeps happening. It is now slow, just make your 3 or more moves then click next and quickly go to the next stage. First step is to protect against China or Russia's move. Essentially there are 3 "players" in the game, you (USA), Russia, and China. The first move is always made by one of those two countries. Then you. Then minor countries. Then you but internally in the legislative stage, and it goes on like that in bite size chunks, it never gets boring because each stage is different, you do it all twice, and 1 year is gone. Next year's end introduces mid term elections. There is always something new. But I cannot recommend this game at the moment, it is too buggy, the game is great because it is all about cause and effect, and the bugs make that impossible. You either are not told what the cause will be. The effect does not play out as promised. Something random always happens. Something it is to your detriment, which is unfair, and sometimes to your benefit, which removes the challenge, but it completely messes up the game. The bugs ruin the game. The only other issue I have with it is that it is almost entirely based on dice rolls, but like I said, you can more or less control those dice to a large extent. That's why AP's and modifiers are so extremely important. When the bugs get fixed I would rate this game really high. If you love strategy games. Single player games. Problem solving games. This is the game for you. I would also like to add that some very basic actions are currently not in the game, such as moving the combat advantage in favour of your allies, which means the "peers" (Russia and China) have an advantage that you cannot reverse. It is such a well balanced game that a single element being omitted results in the whole game falling apart. So at present it is nigh on unplayable. Great devs, they will fix it. Play it then, highly recommend. Will of course change my official recommendation then.

The concept is great but its just so punishing that I am struggling to enjoy it. Feels like 1 step forward and 10 backwards. Maybe its just me but it feel like some sense of how can you can even survive the first turn would help

Great way to learn the boardgame, but using an AI Gavin Newsome or Joe Biden in your graphics is not too smart. Love the game ..

It's like playing 2 tables of Whac-A-Mole arcade game. Really a great/awesome game and only going to get better as they work on it and bring it up to par with the board game. I have the first Edition and the upgrade pack of the board game, so yes I am a fan and saying you are going to need to do some reading to get the most out of it, which is not going to sit well with the run and gun sort of folks. I recommend you go to GMT Games website and download some of the game manuals and look them over. - You truly get out of it what you put into it, which is a deep game that really has nothing close to compare to it.

Faithful reproduction of the board game. And it is NOT by any means an easy game. Yes, your fate can be decided by one bad dice-roll. I had a few successful playthroughs so far, but then again i am familiar with the board game.

I bought the hard copy and love it. It takes up a lot of space and I spend. Lot time going through the various charts. I really love the Steam version. It does all that checking for you. It allows you to just focus on the game. The interface and graphics are top notch.

Bereits jetzt schon sehr gute Umsetzung des Original Brettspiels von GMT Games. Momentan liegt der Schwierigkeitsgrad noch etwas höher, da noch nicht alle Funktionen implementiert sind. Es macht jedoch bereits jetzt Spaß sich mit dem Spiel zu beschäftigen. Hier gilt das Motto des Schöpfers "Es gibt viele Wege zu verlieren und nur einen zu gewinnen". Meine ersten Durchlauf habe ich bereits nach 2 Jahren (Runden) verloren. Die Herausforderungen die einem das Spiel vor die Füße schmeißt machen jedoch Spaß und jeder Durchlauf spielt sich anders.