Politics as Usual is a cool, family card game we published in 2004. Three to six players play (mostly) real Presidential candidates in a mad scramble to take the White House.

In the last two weeks in particular, social media has become a frenzy of political posts. I thought it might be fun to see if the game is a good predictor of the actual election a few months from now. Let’s run the numbers and see.

Before I get to the numbers, note that I will try to hosts a Facebook Live! event tomorrow, Sunday 16 August at 15:00 EST/12:00 PST. The topic will be game design and campaign decisions for our imminent re-release of Politics as Usual. If you ever wanted to see how the sausage is made in a real-live game design and development session, we encourage you to join us.