JP2009201954A - Simulation game played using simplified election campaign system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a simulation game played using a simplified election campaign system allowing many persons to learn a political election process of the democracy as a party concerned while enjoying the game by simplifying a complicated election process of democracy and converting it into a game. <P>SOLUTION: This simulation game using the simplified election system is a board game or a computer software type game, each player selects a political group or a policy belonged of a character used by the player, gets points indicating the public opinion and political blocks indicating various types of political power such as prefectures, states, factions and the like according to the relationship between various types of political events occurring on the game and the policy selected by oneself, and in the final stage of the game, only a player satisfying predetermined conditions such as having the largest number of political blocks is selected as a political leader and wins the game. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a simulation game that is played using a simplified electoral warfare system in which the election warfare system in a simplified democratic world can be learned while having fun.

Conventionally, there has been no simulation game that simplifies the election campaign between the democratic nations as a theme for the simulation of the real world using board games and computer software.
In addition, for some board games and computer software, we have dealt with the stock, finance and life processes themselves. Examples of these inventions include the following: “Basic matters for personal finance, investment and balance calculation Board game "(see Patent Document 1).
Patent Publication 2001-504368

Until now, among the games that simplify and simulate the social system created by board games and computer software, many related to finance, real estate, and stock trading have appeared. All the winning conditions are determined by the amount of individual assets owned by each player (money, stock certificates, real estate, etc.) due to various events occurring in the game, and the amount of those owned at the end of the game. There was no game simulating the game by the election system.
At the same time, it has been pointed out that the general public, especially the younger generations, is moving away from the election, and news and election information, especially the personal information of each candidate, has been emphasized. The correlation between public opinion and the policies and social events set out by each political party is difficult to understand simply by watching or listening to the news.
On the other hand, when actually simulating an actual campaign, there are too many items / elements to be handled, and these miscellaneous elements are intricately intertwined, and all of them must be managed. The problem arises that ordinary people without deep political knowledge cannot enjoy this process as a game.
The present invention has been made to solve these problems.

This is done in the form of a board game or computer software. First, the character's affiliated political group (party, faction, etc.) and policy are selected. Of the political, economic, cultural, and social events that occur frequently in the game or in the history, use content that is easy to understand for the general public, and each player advocates when these events occur Earn points that represent public opinion when the policy policy matches the positive outcome, and lose points that represent public opinion if it does not match or the opposite, or the occurrence of other special events These points representing public opinion increase and decrease, and using this point representing public opinion, each political block (the power to acquire as a result of political activities, the actual district block such as each prefecture / state, and the political power such as a faction) Present democracy, and as a result, the one with the most political blocks at the end of the game will win By simulating a simplified process that extracts the essence of the process (presidential system or parliamentary cabinet system, prefectural governor's election, etc.) in a game, it is easy even for those who do not understand election campaigns and politics well The game can be played according to the explanation, and it is possible to learn the outline of the process of the election war in democracy as the game progresses.
It is a simulation game played using a simplified campaign system characterized by the above.

  Even if the general public has no knowledge of politics or elections, or is indifferent, as a party, not as a bystander, a simple game of rules gives the election the process of election campaigns and daily social problems ( You can learn the impact (that affects game players), the importance of individual human participation in the election, and the dynamism of the election process. Also, by participating, you can not only learn more, but also evoke deeper interest in the election campaign system and the various elections that are taking place.

Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described.
It operates on a board game board, a personal computer, a portable game machine, or a mobile phone or an arcade game machine capable of executing application software.
Use the game version prepared on the above media. The game version is a part of the campaign period divided by some unit (month, election campaign break, etc.), a part representing the political block to be acquired (map or faction relations figure, etc.), various types of election candidates (players) It may have a part that shows policy information, a part that puts information such as events that occur, and a part that shows election candidate information for each player.
In addition to the game version, information on special abilities of each election candidate, points representing public opinion, cards representing each occurrence event, and the like are also prepared.
As a preparatory process (1) before the game starts, each player decides various information (names, etc.) of the candidate for the election, and then his / her political party and his / her policy policy (eg tax rate, welfare, diplomacy, Military, social morals, etc.).
Next, the points representing the initial public opinion are distributed to each election candidate, and the game is started.
After the game starts, as a process (2) in the game, there is a mechanism in which various events occur as each candidate advances the game. The following patterns can be considered as these mechanisms. First of all, the first pattern is a game where each player rolls a dice in turn, or a mechanism that generates numbers with random numbers, such as roulette, etc. Move and follow the event content according to the stopped frame. Or, a method of drawing a card from a specific bundle of cards and following the event content written on the card can be considered.
The contents of the event that occurs are those that describe politics, society, culture, economy, etc. or individual problems of the candidate, and the contents of the event and the status of each candidate (cards, how to proceed with past games, etc. ) In addition, each candidate player has a relationship with various policy policies initially set or changed in the middle, and points indicating the public opinion of each candidate player by the correlation between the policy policies set by each candidate and the event card Increases or decreases. For example, the following may be considered: If a candidate player has announced a policy against the tax increase, and an event occurs that informs that the economic stagnation due to heavy taxes has occurred, the candidate player's As a result of the affirmative determination of the policy policy in public opinion, a process such as an increase in points representing the public opinion of the candidate player is performed in the game.
In addition, there are political fraud events as other events, these events may be revealed at some stage in the progress of the game, so that the player who generated the event represents public opinion Players may learn that political fraud is risky and bad, such as reducing points or losing some of the political blocks that they currently have, and this process Is possible.
Next, the candidate player is allowed to acquire various political blocks (prefectures, states, various faction groups, etc.) using points representing public opinion at a certain stage of the game. For example, suppose a candidate player fighting the US presidential election has 10 points representing public opinion. If that player wants to get a representative for each state in the US, if the player needs 5 points of public opinion to win a certain US state, this player will use 5 of his 10 points. Then, this state is acquired, and various political blocks can be acquired through a process of 5 points for the remaining public opinion.
Event occurrence / policy change as described above ⇒ Increase / decrease in points representing public opinion ⇒ Repeat the acquisition of political blocks by using points representing public opinion in the game.
The process (3) at the end of the game includes election candidates with more political blocks or other conditions (such as having earned a certain card or generating an event) The game form ends when the player becomes the final winner and becomes the Prime Minister, Prime Minister, local political chief or president.
Also, when running on a personal computer, portable game machine, mobile phone capable of running application software, or arcade game machines, you can play the game with other players using the Internet or other communication methods, Or it shall have a function to save and view other people's play history.

  An image representing the flow of game play by a series of users is shown in FIG.

  Flow chart showing the process of this game

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(1) Preparation process before game start (2) Process during game (3) Process at game end

Claims (1)

  Board game or computer software game player decides the political, economic, cultural and social events that occur during game play after the game player chooses the political party to which he belongs and various policy items Earning or losing points equivalent to public opinion due to the policy policy relationship or other factors, and using the points representing public opinion to earn or lose political blocks representing states, provinces, organizations, or factions The player who fulfills certain conditions, such as acquiring various domestic political blocks at the points owned by the player, acquiring the most political blocks at the end of the game, etc. wins the president, prime minister etc. or local politics Enjoy the simplified system of elections in a democratic world Simulation game play using the simplified election system to learn while playing.

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