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| ] reviewed ''Campaign Trail'' for '']'' magazine and stated, "I find this game a little boring and long to keep my interest."<ref name="gi3">{{cite journal | last = Moon |first = Alan R. | authorlink = Alan R. Moon | title =Up the Poll | journal = ] | issue = 3| pages =14 |date=March 1989}}</ref> | ] reviewed ''Campaign Trail'' for '']'' magazine and stated, "I find this game a little boring and long to keep my interest."<ref name="gi3">{{cite journal | last = Moon |first = Alan R. | authorlink = Alan R. Moon | title =Up the Poll | journal = ] | issue = 3| pages =14 |date=March 1989}}</ref> Sid Sackson, writing in '']'', thought it "one of the most successful in capturing the competitive fervour of the real" election season.<ref name="Schmittberger1984">{{cite magazine | url=https://archive.org/details/games511984may/page/n57/mode/2up |magazine=] | title=Games & Books | date=May 1984 |page=52 |editor-last=Schmittberger |editor-first=R. Wayne |last=Sackson |first=Sid}}</ref> | ||
| ==Reviews== | ==Reviews== | ||
| *'']'' #51<ref name=":0">{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/games511984may/page/n57/mode/2up | title=GAMES Magazine #51 | date=May 1984 }}</ref> | |||
| *1984 Games 100<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/games-57-1984-november/page/n31/mode/2up | title=GAMES Magazine #57 | date=November 1984 }}</ref> | *1984 Games 100<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/games-57-1984-november/page/n31/mode/2up | title=GAMES Magazine #57 | date=November 1984 }}</ref> | ||
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| Genres | Strategy, Board game |
| Players | 2–6 |
| Playing time | 60 minuites |
Campaign Trail: The Game of Presidential Elections is a board game published in 1983 by Game Designers' Workshop.
Contents
Campaign Trail is a game in which players run the campaigns for their candidates by collecting votes as they move their tokens around the board.
Reception and Legacy
Alan R. Moon reviewed Campaign Trail for Games International magazine and stated, "I find this game a little boring and long to keep my interest." Sid Sackson, writing in Games, thought it "one of the most successful in capturing the competitive fervour of the real" election season.
Reviews
- 1984 Games 100
Other recognition
A copy of this game is held in the collection of the Strong National Museum of Play (object 117.765).
References
- ^ Moon, Alan R. (March 1989). "Up the Poll". Games International (3): 14.
- Sackson, Sid (May 1984). Schmittberger, R. Wayne (ed.). "Games & Books". Games. p. 52.
- "GAMES Magazine #57". November 1984.
- "Game:Campaign Trail The Game of Presidential Elections". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2023-02-21.