Mapmaker: The Gerrymandering Game

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I know jack about politics.  I couldn’t tell you the difference between a liberal and a conservative or why one US party uses an elephant to represent them while another uses a donkey.  Why not dragons?  It worked for Emilia Clarke right?  Anywho, I’m not here to convey my limited views on how the US government is run…rather, I’m here to talk about a game that doesn’t care if you don’t know anything about politics.  “Mapmaker” is fully accessible and playable for just about anyone, making it a Kickstarter project that one should seriously consider backing.  Special thanks to Game Designer Josh Lafair for reaching out and providing me with a prototype for preview purposes.  It’s important to stress that prototypes are often not reflective of the final product, making everything you see here (including the rules) subject to change.

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