Take Back Illinois

A political game commissioned by the Illinois state Republican Party for the 2004 election. Actually a sequence of four games, released one per week, about medical malpractice reform, education, participation, and economic development. All except for the participation game have resource-management gameplay, where the game's rhetoric is built into the simulation rules, giving a particular view of the effects of various policy choices. The participation game is a bit different, and has you going around in a simulated world to involve people in politics.

A few comments from designer Ian Bogost at the Persuasive Games page on the game and Water Cooler Games.


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