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In 1837, Queen Victoria begins her long reign over the United Kingdom, a country split between Liberals and Conservatives. Liberals strive for social progress, including repeal of the Corn Laws to help feed the working classes, expansion of the electorate to create a real democracy, and Home Rule for Ireland. Conservatives want to slow the pace of change, while advancing their own agenda to maintain order, protect traditional values, and secure the Empire. Her Majesty occasionally interferes in politics, but it’s the Prime Minister who really governs the country and sets the political agenda. Ten different Prime Ministers served during Victoria’s reign, with varying degrees of success. Now it’s your turn to experience Victorian political life, taking on the role of a historical politician. Will you make your mark as a Backbencher? Stir up trouble as a wily Opposition Leader? Or successfully govern the world’s greatest empire as Prime Minister?
In Prime Minister, 1 to 4 players vie for political power and prestige by campaigning for public support, selecting and debating bills, pursuing official appointments, recruiting influential Victorians as supporters, garnering favor with the Queen, and, when the time is right, challenging other players for their leadership roles. Gameplay is partly cooperative with shifting alliances, but only one player can win by holding the Prime Minister’s seat at the game’s end.
In addition to the standard multiplayer game, Prime Minister includes a dozen scenarios of varying length and a “Clockwork" system featuring automated opponents for solitaire play.
-description from publisher
Ages | 12+ |
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Players | Solo, 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players |
Play Time | 60m – 180m |
Designer | Paul Hellyer |
Mechanics | Action Points, Semi-Cooperative Game, Solo / Solitaire Game, Simulation |
Theme | Card Game, Political, Post-Napoleonic |
Publisher | GMT Games |
wallnip
Wow! Prime Minister is such a great tug of war game with backstabbery weaved so well in it. The struggle as the prime minister/opposition leader having to work together with your backbencher is real. You'll never know when they will challenge and take over you which keeps you constantly on your toes trying to balance standing and vote numbers. Prime Minister is well designed and depicts the political scene pretty well. although having a good pairing of character cards is important, it does not lead to a runway leader or natural advantage against the other team. Game is best played at 4 players and i wont recommend using any other player count. for similar games, i'd recommend Hegemony.
catbirthday
Only played solo - but this is the best solitaire game I've ever played. Just phenomenal. Theme is beautifully integrated, meaty decisions. Replayability. LOVE it. EDIT: Just dropping the rating from 9.5 because I don't reach for it as often as others (pivoting away from higher weight games), but I still really think highly of this game. Potentially a victim of not having mates into this theme so only getting it to the table solo (great solo mode by the way)
Chester68
8.5 ....Intial solo score, after playing Clockwork system 1....very enjoyable, hope more content/ scenarios are created!