Watergate Game

Suggested Age: 12 Years and Up
Type of Game: Mystery Games
Playing Time: 30-60 Minutes
Includes: Instructions, Game Board, Game Pieces, Cards
CPSC Choking Hazard Warnings: Choking_hazard_small_parts
Number of Players: 2 Players
Package type: Full Game
Material: Paperboard, Paper, Wood
Battery: No Battery Used
•2-player card-driven game about the notorious political scandal
•History of Watergate included with the game
•Play as the Journalist and gather evidence to link informants to the President
•Play as Nixon and gain momentum to make it to the end of the presidential term
•Tense, political tug of war
In June 1972, five men are arrested in Washington's Watergate building. What looks like a third-rate burglary attempt on the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee induces journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein of the Washington Post to start a thorough investigation. Over the following two years, they discover that the five men were directed from within the White House to spy on political opponents. As a consequence, in 1974 President Richard Nixon resigns from office to avoid impeachment. In Watergate, one player assumes the role of a Journalist, while the other embodies the Nixon Administration-each with a unique set of cards. To win, the Nixon Administration must build up enough momentum to make it to the end of the presidential term, whereas the Journalist must gather enough evidence to connect two informants directly to the President. Of course, the administration will do all in its power to smother any evidence.