resident Forever 2016 is now President Infinity.
President Forever 2016 has been released! Play the definitive 2016 political game from the series that “will keep political wonks glued to their PC screens.” – The Philadelphia Inquirer
What’s new?
It’s 2016. The fate of the nation is now in your hands with the most sophisticated political game yet! President Forever 2016.
Are you ready to become the most powerful political leader in the world? Prove it in this definitive political election game, which includes 2016, 2012, 2008, 1968, and 1912 campaigns.
ou can order President Forever 2016 and immediately download the game here. (Note: for Windows.)
President Forever 2016 is the most in-depth, intense political election game ever made. Using realistic electorate modeling techniques, an unprecedented number of options, and detailed candidates, this is big time!
Good campaigning, President-to-Be!
System requirements: President Forever 2016 runs on Windows xp, Vista, 7, or 8.
Mac info here.
Internet connection required to download and for one-time activation.
Features:
Completely new game engine.
Includes 2016, 2012, 2008, 1968, and 1912 – 2016 has 34 candidates to choose from, and the Republican, Democratic, Libertarian, and Green parties.
Fully featured Candidate Editor – modify the candidates, add new ones, or even insert yourself and run for President!
A Campaign Editor – modify or add endorsers, surrogates, parties, and more! The control is in your hands.
Surrogates, who barnstorm, fundraise, or spin for you – tell them where to go and what to do. Will Christie provide more muscle than Ryan? O’Malley more than Cuomo?
Candidate strengths – each candidate has different strengths in Leadership, Experience, Integrity, Charisma, and more.
New campaign strengths. All the new campaign strength attributes affect the capabilities of your campaign in different ways, and mimic the strengths of real life campaigns. Which new campaign strength should you upgrade next – Command Strength, Fundraising Strength, Spin Strength, or something else?
Build up state-by-state command-and-control, and synergize it with your Footsoldiers to swamp your opponents’ Get Out the Vote operations in swing states!
Barnstorming, give speeches, fundraise to boost your campaign finances, and much more – you decide. Or perhaps it’s time to hold massive rallies to accommodate the thronging crowds and boost your reach?
Work to get on primary ballots if you’re not. Stymied by primary ballot rules which keep your candidate off the ballot in Virginia? Now you can change that.
Which primaries are coming onto the radar, and which swing states look the most appealing to target? See political data at a glance and and arrange states at a click with the new strategy screen.
Control over debates. Call out specific opponents in debates to stop their momentum, or boast about your own achievements.
Craft ads to target specific regions, and gain extra bonuses when you run them.
A universe of endorsers, national and state-by-state. Will that last minute endorsement in Iowa launch a wave of momentum?
Turn endorsers into surrogates! They will then campaign for you after endorsing.
You have 270+ Electoral Votes in your column for now, great – but how deep is your support? Now you can see at a glance with new electoral vote display.
Secured your party’s nomination? Pivot to the general election, including choosing your Veep running mate at any point up until the convention.
and much more included in the latest release, and coming.
More Info …
About the Game
President Forever 2016 is a sophisticated strategy simulation that delivers both gameplay and realism. President Forever 2016 includes both the general election and primaries, and comes with 2016, 2012, 2008, 1968, and 1912. It is the sequel to President Forever 2008, featuring a completely rebuilt game engine from the 2008 version.
The goal is simple: win enough Electoral College votes to win the election. You are responsible for all aspects of your candidate’s election strategy: planning and buying advertising, conducting fundraising, giving speeches, recruiting high-profile and grassroots supporters and spinning news.
May I say how excellent this simulation seems to me to be. As a Brit, I have enjoyed playing it and learnt a great deal already about political processes in general and the American process in particular. I have also learnt where all the 50 states are, and something about the politics of each! And then there are glorious obscurities like the fact that those who live in the overseas areas like Puerto Rico can vote in the primaries but not in the general election (except as absentee voters). - R. Court, Derbyshire, England
Candidates
Players select their party, candidate, and whether to start in the general election or the primaries. Candidates have varying levels of experience, issue familiarity and other attributes, which affect how they perform and how voters perceive