Hail to the Chief Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Setting Up the Game
• Part 1: The Convention
  • Article 1: Required Delegate Votes
  • Article 2: Taking a Turn
  • Article 3: Bonus Moves
  • Article 4: Answering Questions
  • Article 5: The Corner Squares
  • Article 6: Campaign Cards
  • Article 7: Winning Sufficient Votes
• Part 2: The Campaign Trail
  • Article 1: Required States and Electoral Votes
  • Article 2: Landing on State Capitals
  • Article 3: Answering Questions
  • Article 4: Earning Votes
  • Article 5: Incorrect Answers
  • Article 6: Fly Free Between Capitals
  • Article 7: Winning the Game
• Bonus Question Answer List

Overview

Players: 2 to 4, ages 10 and up.

Game Materials: Game Board, 4 Playing Pieces, President Cards, State Cards, Campaign Event Cards, Score Pad, 2 Dice, Rule Booklet.

Object of the Game: In Part 1: The Convention, players move around the outside track of presidential photos and earn Delegate Votes by answering questions about the presidents and the presidency. As soon as they have acquired sufficient votes, they begin Part 2: The Campaign Trail, which takes place in the center of the Game Board. There, players land on state capitals and answer questions about U.S. history and geography to earn Electoral Votes. The first candidate to earn sufficient Electoral Votes and land on the Presidential Seal near the Capitol is the winner.

Levels of Play: The four questions on each card are listed in order of difficulty from the bottom: easy child, hard child, easy adult, and hard adult. Each player chooses a level according to his or her ability.

Setting Up the Game

1. Players shall place their Playing Pieces on the Capitol Space in the Corner of the Game Board.
2. The First Turn shall be determined by a Roll of Dice, with the Player making the highest Roll to proceed first. Play shall then continue to the player's left.

Part 1: The Convention

Players earn sufficient Delegate Votes to be The Party Candidate.

Article 1: Required Delegate Votes

• 2 Players: 100 Votes
• 3 Players: 80 Votes
• 4 Players: 60 Votes

Article 2: Taking a Turn

Players shall roll the Dice and move in a counter-clockwise manner around the edge of the Board. When in the course of human events a Player lands on a President, that Player shall respond to a President Card drawn by the Player on His or Her Left.

Article 3: Bonus Moves

Any Player drawing a Bonus Move Card shall move to the Space indicated, earn 10 Votes, and take another Turn. A Player may draw no more than 2 Bonus Moves during one Play Sequence. If a third Bonus Move is drawn, the Player's Turn shall end.

Bonus Moves duly increase the speed at which Young Players move about the Board and win Votes. Such Cards may be removed for those Players desiring a more difficult Challenge.

Article 4: Answering Questions

President Cards: Players who correctly answer a question on their chosen level of difficulty shall earn 10 Delegate Votes. The turn shall then pass to the next Player.

Bonus Question Cards: These questions refer to the President whose Picture appears on the Space occupied by a Player. Answers shall be found on the Bonus Answer List in the center of the Instruction Booklet.

Article 5: The Corner Squares

Players landing on the Capitol, Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial, and Lincoln Memorial shall win 10 Delegate Votes.

Article 6: Campaign Cards

A Player landing on a Select-a-Campaign-Card Space shall draw a Campaign Card and shall then follow the Instructions on the Card. Fly-Free-Between-Two-Capitals Cards shall be saved for Part II: The Campaign Trail.

Article 7: Winning Sufficient Votes

When a Player receives the required Number of Delegate Votes (Article 1), that Player shall become a CANDIDATE and may move in either direction toward any Corner Square. From a Corner Square, the Candidate may enter the center of the Board and begin Part II: The Campaign Trail. It is not deemed necessary to land on the Corner Square by an exact Roll. A Player may use the Square as one move on the way into the Campaign Trail.

Candidates on the Campaign Trail answer questions on the State Cards in lieu of the President Cards. They must still respond to the directives of Campaign Event Cards.

Part 2: The Campaign Trail

Players vie to win the required Number of States and Electoral Votes, reach the Presidential Seal near Washington, D.C. first, and be declared President of these United States.

Article 1: Required States and Electoral Votes

• 2 Players: 10 States, 100 Votes
• 3 Players: 8 States, 80 Votes
• 4 Players: 6 States, 60 Votes

Article 2: Landing on State Capitals

To win a State's Electoral Votes, a Player shall be required to land on the State Capital on an exact Roll of the Die. (It shall be left to the Player's Discretion whether to use the numbers rolled on either of the Dice or the sum of both Dice in the Campaign Trail portion of the Game.)

Article 3: Answering Questions

When a Player has landed on a State Capital, that Player shall answer a Question on the chosen level of difficulty from the State Card Deck. Said Card is to be drawn and read by the Player on the immediate Left. The Questions are arranged in order of Difficulty, from Top to Bottom.

Article 4: Earning Votes

When a Player has answered a State Question correctly, that Player shall record the State's Electoral Votes on a Score Sheet. No other Player may win that State for the duration of the Game.

Article 5: Incorrect Answers

If a Player shall answer a State Card Question incorrectly, the Player must vacate that Space on the next Turn. The Player may return to that State for another Try on a Future Turn, however providing No One Else has gained that State in the Interim.

Article 6: Fly Free Between Capitals

A Fly-Free-Between-Two-Capitals Card shall be used only once and returned to the Campaign Card Pile thereafter. For example, a player who lands on Albany, New York, with the roll of the dice, can jump to Sacramento, California by using the card to end his move.

Article 7: Winning the Game

Once a Player has the required Number of States and Electoral Votes (Article 1), that Player must then reach the Presidential Seal near Washington, D.C. on an exact Roll. The first Candidate to do so shall be declared the Winner of the Game and the next President of the United States. Other candidates may continue to vie for Vice President, if desired.

Bonus Question Answer List

The list is printed in the center of the Instruction Booklet. Bonus Question Cards refer to the President whose picture appears on the Space occupied by a Player; find that President's row here. An X marks a position held. Columns are as printed: Senator/Congressman, Vice President, War President, Governor, Army General, Currency, Political Party.

#	President	Occupation	Senator/Congressman	Vice President	War President	Governor	Army General	Currency	Political Party
1	George Washington	planter					X	$1, quarter	none
2	John Adams	lawyer		X					Federalist
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