15 Dec Politicking
One of the runaway bestsellers over the past few months has been unusual: the ingenious card game which is a tongue-in-cheek reflection of the Malaysian political climate called Politiko – the game of Malaysian politics. Devised by the professional troublemakers at LoyarBurok, the game is about wacky scheming, cynical realpolitik – in other words, it is a game about winning big in the honeypot of Malaysian politics.
- Janji ditepati! Woo voters with cash handouts, hudud law or petrol subsidies.
- Pencapaian diutamakan! Hire phantom voters. Control the media. Cook up a sex scandal to alienate your enemy’s supporters or betray your own allies!
- Lawan tetap lawan! Choose from nine distinct (and familiar) political parties to lead to victory.
- 1Malaysia! Play with up to 6 friends, of any race. But are they really your friends? Remember: it’s not about the people. It’s about Putrajaya.
- And now they’ve added a Sabah and Sarawak extension set, so you can woo East Malaysian voters with clean water and electricity; alienate them with excessive logging. Force your political rivals to splinter and grant citizenship to immigrants. If nothing works, play up invasions by a foreign sultanate!
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