1. Propaganda!

2. Propaganda
• A board game based on the 2011 Irish
presidential campaign.
• 2-6 players can play, each player playing as
one of the 6 candidates.
• Micheal D Higgins, Sean Gallagher, Martin Mc
Guinness, Gay Mitchell, David Norris, Dana.
• Requirements- board, dice, propaganda cards,
player avatars, players.

3. Rules
• The game is an amalgamation of monopoly,
snakes and ladders as well as a general
knowledge quiz.
• 100 squares on the board. Every square has a
question with a difficulty of 1-3 stars.
• 1- easy 2-medium 3-hard
• A vote is awarded for every star earned.
• The winner is the first person to reach the
100th square, Aras an Uachtarain with the
most votes.

4. Brief explanation
• Most squares offer a question.
• Some offer ‘propaganda’ cards. These cards
are based on real life types of propaganda.
• Some are press squares. Depending on either
getting good or bad press you can go further
or behind your current place.

5. Propaganda cards
• 1-Ad Hominem- choose a player to lose votes, roll to decide
the number of votes lost.
• 2-Ad Nauseum-the card picker chooses a category, e.g
“American states” all layers except the card picker must name
an american state going clockwise in the game circle. The first
to not be able to choose one loses 3 votes.
• 3-Bandwagon-choose yourself and one other person to
recieve 2 points each
• 4-Black and White fallacy-“ all or nothing” pick another player
to roll the dice against. Whoever gets the lower roll must
forfeit all his/her votes to the winner of the roll.

6. Propaganda Cards
• 6-Scapegoat- the holde keeps the scapegoat card ( a
la a get out of jail free card) and chooses to defer a
loss of votes to another player at a given time.
• 7-Transfer- pick any two players to swap points.
• 8-Straw Man- others players are told either a lie or
truth about the number of votes the card picker has
from the card picker. If the card picker lies
successfully he wins 5 votes.
• 9-Quotes out of context- a card has a quote with
blanks, if the player can fill in the correct words he
wins 5 votes.

7. 1 star questions
• Where in Ireland is Dublin city? a) On the South Coast. B ) On the East Coast. c) On the
West Coast . d) On the North Coast.
• 2) The main street in Dublin city is called ; a) Connolly Street. B) O'Connell Street.C) Spire
Street.
• 3) The Dublin Millennium Spire was built in ...a) 2000b) 2001 c) 2002d) 2003
• 4) The Daniel O'Connell monument has four of these.a) Lamps.b) Lions.c) Angels.
• 5) Nelson's Pillar monument - which the Dublin Spire replaced, was blown up in what
year?a) 1916 b) 1922c) 1960d) 1966
• 6) Which beer is Dublin famous for?a) Heinekenb) Murphysc) Guinness

8. 3 star questions
• 7) Three of these people were born in Dublin, Which is the odd one out?a) U2's Bonob) The
Duke of Wellington c) Bram Stoker d) Patrick Kavenagh
• 8) The author of Gullivers Travels, Jonathan Swift, was Dean of this Dublin Cathedral.a)
Christchurch Cathedralb) Saint Patrick's Cathedral.
• 9) The memorial bust of Michael Collins, the Irish politician & War of Independence leader,
is in which Dublin park?a) The Garden of Rememberance.b) MerrionSquare.c) National
War Memorial Gardens.
• 10) The motto on Dublin City's antique coat of arms says; Happy is the City ...a) Where
Taxes are Paid!b) Where Citizens Obey!c) Where Industry Thrives!
• 11) A new bridge over the River liffey was opened in December 2009, named after a
famous Irish author is it the a) James Joyce Bridge. b) Samuel Beckett bridge. c) William B.
Yates bridge.d) Patrick Kavenagh Bridge .