I’ll be afk until about 8 PM my time tonight but don’t think you’ll need me again until time to draft my card.
This country is run by an oligarchy.
There are like, three terms left in this game. Shouldn’t one of you be trying to make sure you’re the one with the most points at the end?
Dr. Zinn?! I thought you were dead!?!
The people phase begins. I’ve distributed influence points to the players, Webster, Stevens, and Van Buren.
Next is the draft. Order is:
@Cuthbert
@Brooski
@Navaronegun
@Panzeh
@Ironsight
Cards to be distributed shortly.
Conservative Howell Cobb arrives from Georgia to join the Harrison-Gallatin faction
Conservative John Bell (TN) 1/1 with 3 votes joins the Space Rumsfeld faction.
John Bell evidently says that you go to war with the Army you have, not the one that may be more effective, if he had done his job.
William Rufus King arrives in Washington and makes the social rounds, introducing his new beard wife to the Washington social scene, the daughter of Senator Thomas Hart Benton, the former Miss Jessie Benton.
Senator and Mrs. King have planned a wonderful European Honeymoon, and Senator King has invited his boon companion from the Congress, James Buchanan (@Cuthbert), to accompany them on their tour of the Old World.
Play Jessie Benton, +1 Popularity.
Draft is complete. We now move to publish newspapers phase. @Panzeh, do you want to publish any of the Liberal papers (2 level 1, 1 level 3)? @Ironsight, do you want to publish the level 1 Conservative paper?
Once those decisions are made, the Round (speeches, whip support, fund newspapers) begins with @Ironsight.
Publish the Conservative newspaper. Pass in The Round. Night all.
Panzeh
1703
Publish no liberal papers.
@Navaronegun up for the round.
@Panzeh to close out the round.
