Hello all,
Today we have a brand new update for the playtest which features 2 new decks, a bunch of new cards, rebalances and more all detailed below:

Core 

• Added new cards and 2 new decks – Outsider Republican and Outsider Democrat 

• Adjusted card decks to include new cards and less duplicates 

• Gameplay adjustments and Quality of Life improvements 

New Political Action Cards 

• Call Out Hypocrisy – cost: 4 

  • Target Player loses 15% Enthusiasm in the State they are currently in. 

• Bodyguard – cost: 2 

  • Hire a Bodyguard that will protect you from the next 1 Card that targets you directly. 

• Petition Team – cost: 4 

  • Increase Enthusiasm in target state by 3% and decreases Opponent's Enthusiasm in the state by 3% at the start of every turn. 

• Protester – cost: 6 

  • Decrease Speech Effectiveness of Opponents by 50% in Target State. 

• Party Radical – cost: 5 

  • Lose 0.2 Political Capital and Increase Enthusiasm in target state and adjacent states by 3% at the start of every turn. 

• Social Network Showdown – cost: 7 

  • At the start of the next turn, Increase the Importance of Social Network Censorship and Reduce your Stance. Then spread to all Adjacent States (this occurs only once). 

• Integrity Audit – cost: 3 

  • Target Player starts next turn with 3 Less Stamina. 

• Republican Hardliner – cost: 2 

  • Increase Issue Score from Republicans by 25% in Target State 

• Dedicated Supporters – cost: 2 

  • Start the next two turns with 1 Extra Stamina. 

• Democrat Extremist – cost: 2 

  • Increase Issue Score from Democrats by 25% in Target State 

• Radicalize Media Followers – cost: 3  

  • Target Opponent starts the next three turns with 1 Less Stamina. 

• Expose Corporate Ties – cost: 7 

  • At the start of the next turn, Increase the Importance of Corporate Tax Cuts and Reduce your Stance. Then spread to all Adjacent States (this occurs only once). 

• Party Dissident – cost: 7 

  • Lose 0.2 Political Capital and Decrease Opponent Enthusiasm in target state and adjacent states by 3% at the start of every turn. 

• Energetic Supporters – cost: 3 

  • Gain 2 Stamina  

• Devon Reynolds – cost: 3 

  • Gain support from Devon Reynolds, respected and widely-enjoyed comedian. Increases Enthusiasm in all States by 2%. 

• Kathy Folds – cost: 3 

  • Gain support from Kathy Folds, a self-help guru. Increases Enthusiasm in all States by 2%. 

Political Action Card Balance Changes and Bug Fixes 

• Party Figurehead 

  • Decreased per turn cost from 1 to 0.5 political capital 

  • Increased per turn fund gain from 50k to 150k 

• Grassroot Donations 

  • Before – gain 10k funds 

  • Now – gain 50k funds from state where it’s played and for every adjacent state 

• Donation Drive 

  • Increased fund gain from 100k to 750k 

• Big Donor 

  • Increased fund gain from 1000k to 1500k 

• Unsavory Donor 

  • Increased fund gain from 1000k to 2000k 

• Enthusiastic Builders, Experienced Builders, Tax-Exempt Builders, Builders Union 

  • Revised description to reflect reduction in cost in funds only 

• Partisan Station 

  • Fixed bug where it increases ad cost for yourself 

Deck Updates 

• NEW - Added Outsider Republican Deck. 

  • Assigned to Vivek Ramaswamy, Ron DeSantis, Ted Cruz. 

• NEW - Added Outsider Democrat Deck. 

  • Assigned to Andrew Yang and Marianne Williamson. 

• Deck updates – we wanted to add more variety to already existing decks with less duplicate cards while introducing some of the new cards this update. 

  • Basic Deck 

    • - x1 Expert Rebuke

    • - x1 Whistleblower

    • + x2 Bodyguard 

  • Biden Liberalism 

    • - x1 Orientation and Identity Campaign

    • - x1 Fixer

    • - x1 Whistleblower

    • + x2 Bodyguard

    • + x1 Industrial Workers' Alliance 

  • Trump Populism 

    • - x1 Cheerleader 

    • - x1 Maverick Reformer 

    • + x2 Bodyguard 

  • Democratic Socialism 

    • - x1 Cheerleader 

    • - x2 Ethics Review 

    • - x2 Expert Rebuke 

    • - x2 Fact Check 

    • + x1 Bodyguard 

    • + x1 Builders Union 

    • + x2 Call Out Hypocrisy 

    • + x1 Petition Team 

    • + x1 Expert Spin Doctor 

    • + x1 Virtual Townhall Moderator 

  • Establishment Democrat 

    • - x1 Donation Drive 

    • - x1 Orientation and Identity Campaign 

    • - x1 Expert Smear Merchant 

    • + x1 Big Donor 

    • + x1 Environmental Protection Mutual 

    • + x1 Spin Doctor 

  • Establishment Republican 

    • - x1 Expert Smear Merchant 

    • - x1 Intimidator 

    • + x1 Cheerleader 

    • + x1 Spin Doctor 

  • Evangelical Conservative 

    • - x1 Faith Educator 

    • - x1 Speechwriter 

    • - x1 Stump Speech Expert 

    • - x1 Dissident 

    • - x1 Whistleblower 

    • + x1 Bodyguard 

    • + x1 Call Out Hypocrisy 

    • + x2 Protester 

    • + x1 Tax-Exempt Builders 

Gameplay adjustments and Quality of Life improvements 

• Added functionality to see the deck and the cards in it during candidate select and in gameplay. 

• Presidential Mode - polling percent in states add up to 100% on hover and in post-election results 

• Reworked Ad Functionality. 

  • Before: Ads add raw issue stance to a candidate per turn. 

  • After: Ads provide candidate issue stance +/- percent multiplier per turn within the state to a max of +/- 50% (stacks but only up to max). 

• Headquarters screens now close once hitting “Build / Upgrade” every time. 

• Added undecided percent on hover of state info.