Founding Fathers Forum Game: A republic, if you can keep it.

Hamilton’s second inaugural was one of the great speeches in American history, one that every schoolboy learns to this day. He spoke at length about the new states that had recently been added and the potential of new lands and new technologies to build a continent-spanning empire.

Hamilton plays Make an Influential Speech and gains one Influence

Zachary Taylor, a Kentuckian and officer in the Indian Wars, joins Madison’s faction. (@Brooski plays Z. Taylor, a Liberal form Kentucky with 2M/0 and 0 votes.)

@Cuthbert is up again in the Round, where he may spend influence to make a speech, whip up support, and/or found/improve a newspaper.

Order for the Round is:
@Cuthbert
@Panzeh
@Ironsight
@Navaronegun
@Brooski

Once that is complete, we will bid for the last initiative, this time starting with Panzeh and ending with Cuthbert.

Pass

@Panzeh

@Cuthbert @Panzeh, hold up for a minute, I need to distribute influence. 1 to each faction. 1 to Hamilton and Madison as party leaders. 1 to Hamilton and Burr for special abilities. @Cuthbert, do you still pass?

Influence updated. You all can proceed.

Yes, I still pass, don’t want to risk some of the big issues appearing.

@Panzeh is up.

Spend 1 IP for Polk to give a speech.

God damn it why is Polk the most able statesman in American history

You done @Panzeh?

That’s it. @Ironsight

Pass @Navaronegun

Pass., @Brooski

Polk is true to his nickname, the Napoleon of the Stump. He gives a rousing speech in his native Tennessee that gets reprinted in all the largest papers. (Polk rolls a 6, nailing it on the first attempt.)

Pass

Influence point bidding for the last card and impulse begins. Order is:

@Panzeh
@Ironsight
@Navaronegun
@Brooski
@Cuthbert

Bid 1 IP

Pass @Navaronegun

Pass, @Brooski

Bid 2 IP

@Cuthbert