You can wait until Tuesday to see who wins the White House, or you can take matters into your own hands by playing a new board game that allows you to "buy" constituents as a candidate yourself.
Cynical? Maybe. But the creators of "Politocracy" promise a good time.
"We want it to be educational, provocative and fun," said Mark Strangio, the 62-year-old former high tech worker from Newton who developed the game with Frederick Zimonja, a Scituate attorney. "It's a great way for people to challenge themselves and talk about issues that seem to have polarized the electorate."
Each player takes on the political profile of a current or past presidential candidate but starts out as a moderate with a certain amount of campaign money that he or she uses to buy the support of constituents.
When candidates accrue enough popularity, they roll the dice to advance to the Money Trail, where they raise as much money as possible, all the while trying to stay on course, despite polls, debates, the media and the occasional scandal.
Ultimately, two candidates advance to the election and roll the dice to compete for electoral votes in 10 parts of the country. The candidate with 270 electoral votes wins.
A few weeks ago, Strangio and a group of friends got together for a game, and Mike Palin, a self-described "bleeding-heart liberal," played Sarah Palin.
"I'm always getting asked if I'm related to her," said Palin, a 61-year-old software company CEO from Sudbury. "I thought it would be great to play someone who was so antithetical to my views. And it was. I liked the mixture of competition and conversation the game triggered."
"Politocracy," which began selling for $39.95 last month on www.politocracythegame.com, is still in its infancy, with only about two dozen sold to date. But Strangio, who plans to vote for Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, hopes it will remain relevant long after the election.
"If you don't like the election's outcome," he said, "you can relive it vicariously through the game and play for a different result."
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