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**COMING SOON** The Political Machine 2020 v1.3!

Greetings fellow Armchair Politicians! Well...isn't this the craziest election year we've ever seen? I've been on every single version of TPM, and between Coronavirus, Protests, Economic uncertainty, and Biden's "turtle" strategy, I've never seen an  election cycle like this! But that just means it's time to get out an update for The Political Machine! Currently being tested by QA, the 1.3 update will be out soon. In the meantime, here are some of the goodies you'll get wh... [read more]

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NOW AVAILABLE: v1.2 for The Political Machine 2020 adds McCain and Obama, Infinite Points mode, and more!

John McCain and Barack Obama have entered the race! Greetings from The Political Machine Development Bunker.  While Shelter-In-Place rules have us working from home, that hasn't stopped the updates from flowing! Today we released v1.2, with two new highly-requested candidates - each with their own unique Ideology Tree - and several quality of life improvements that should make fans pretty happy. Read on to see what changes we've brought with the update! ... [read more]

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The Political Machine 2020 v1.2 Preview: Party Like it's 2008!

Hey Everyone! We've been hard at work on The Political Machine - some cool v1.2 stuff that I can show you now, but also some super secret stuff that I've sworn an oath to keep under wraps!    Our next update is v1.2, where we'll be updating the game with new issue tweaks, candidates, ideologies, and fixes.  Our two big additions are Barack Obama and John McCain, the stars of the 2008 Presidential Election, each with their own Ideology Trees. ... [read more]

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The Political Machine 2020: v1.1 Now Available

v1.1 is Now Available Featuring Steam Workshop Support and New Candidates Steam Workshop support and new candidates have been added in this major update for the Political Machine 2020. Bernie may be out of the race, but he is still available as a candidate in The Political Machine 2020 to play with or against. If you're looking to recapture the glory of former elections, grab Ronald Reagan or Al Gore and try to win in 2020. Top Updates Steam Workshop:  Upload ... [read more]

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The Political Machine 2020 #5: One for the Gipper

This week’s update to the Political Machine adds Ronald Reagan.  He’s the first candidate that includes a scoring handicap which means that your score is modified slightly because he’s a bit easier to win with than other candidates.  We’ll show you here. The update also includes AOC, Al Gore, and Barry Goldwater.  The Reagan Era Ronald Reagan was one of the last Presidents we had before the hyper politicization of American life really took... [read more]

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Political Machine 2020 #4

The next update to The Political Machine will be including mod support to Steam Workshop.  Specifically, we are going to let people make their own ideologies and share them with others.  We include quite a few in the game.    We will be uploading a few ideology mods to get things started and to help others learn how to make them. What is an ideology? An ideology is a set of issues your candidate wants to run on.   Unlike norm... [read more]

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Political Machine 2020 #3: A Walk-through

Today let's do a quick walk-through of The Political Machine 2020.  This will include what's new from previous editions as well as a discussion of the underlying simulation. Creating a candidate When creating a candidate you have a finite # of points to use to figure out what your candidate's strengths are. Stamina: How many moves you get per turn Intelligence: Enhances how well you do on interviews Charisma: Affects how well your speeches and ads do Media bias: Affec... [read more]

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The Political Machine 2020 is Now Available - Let the Campaign Begin!

The Political Machine 2020 is Here It's time to enter the race! Buy on Steam    |    Buy at Stardock Win the hearts and minds of America’s voters and take the 2020 presidential election by storm in Stardock’s popular political strategy game. Choose a candidate and run against a computer opponent or a candidate controlled by another person over the Internet. Candidates include current Democratic front-runners like Joe Biden,... [read more]

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Political Machine election roll-out schedule

For this election cycle we have a ton of updates in store between now and election day. Below is a tentative schedule: ## Spring 2020 ## Steam Workshop support for creating and sharing your own political ideologies. This year is a total, 100% rewrite of the game and while doing so we revisited everything about the game. The feature we like the most so far are the ideologies which will bring immense replayability to the game. Most of the candidates have their own ideology with ... [read more]