Unfinished presidencies

[Chuckstar]

How will the game handle presidencies cut short? Kennedy, Lincoln, McKinley, Nixon, etc.

Let’s say I fire up a game start in 1865? Is Lincoln dead or will I have the option to play through to see if he can accomplish reconstruction? 

[Willthescout7]

1 minute ago, Chuckstar said:

How will the game handle presidencies cut short? Kennedy, Lincoln, McKinley, Nixon, etc.

Let’s say I fire up a game start in 1865? Is Lincoln dead or will I have the option to play through to see if he can accomplish reconstruction? 

The game will start in predetermined eras. If Kennedy or Lincoln is President in one of those, then yes, you will have an opportunity to see what they would have done. Of course, they can also die and history just repeat itself.

[jnewt]

21 minutes ago, Willthescout7 said:

The game will start in predetermined eras. If Kennedy or Lincoln is President in one of those, then yes, you will have an opportunity to see what they would have done. Of course, they can also die and history just repeat itself.

This is also brings up a question I've been wondering: are assassinations possible? If so, are they only possible for Presidents (Huey Long comes to mind for non-Presidents who were assassinated)?

[Willthescout7]

3 minutes ago, jnewt said:

This is also brings up a question I've been wondering: are assassinations possible? If so, are they only possible for Presidents (Huey Long comes to mind for non-Presidents who were assassinated)?

If they are, it'll be an event, either scripted or general

[ebrk85]

8 minutes ago, jnewt said:

This is also brings up a question I've been wondering: are assassinations possible? If so, are they only possible for Presidents (Huey Long comes to mind for non-Presidents who were assassinated)?

Its a general event that can fire

Assassination Attempt-  Random politician that is holding an office has a 50% chance of death, 25% chance of wounding (-1 of all abilities), 25% chance of no serious injuries

[Bushwa777]

23 minutes ago, ebrk85 said:

Its a general event that can fire

Assassination Attempt-  Random politician that is holding an office has a 50% chance of death, 25% chance of wounding (-1 of all abilities), 25% chance of no serious injuries

Let's not try that with Taft please 

[Cal]

2 hours ago, ebrk85 said:

Its a general event that can fire

Assassination Attempt-  Random politician that is holding an office has a 50% chance of death, 25% chance of wounding (-1 of all abilities), 25% chance of no serious injuries

Since the event is so rare, it might be a good idea to set the event to target non-obscure politicians first so that it hits people like Lincoln, JFK, Long, Roosevelt, Reagan, Bush, etc rather than the far more abundant random schmucks. 

[Murrman104]

"Oh god, they just shot Harley Orrin Staggers and Juanita Krep, the nation will never recover"

Edited January 21, 2023 by Murrman104

[Euri]

They killed Hiester!

[OrangeP47]

1 hour ago, Cal said:

Since the event is so rare, it might be a good idea to set the event to target non-obscure politicians first so that it hits people like Lincoln, JFK, Long, Roosevelt, Reagan, Bush, etc rather than the far more abundant random schmucks. 

There's actually a few other events that specifically target the big w(h)igs 😉 But going into an exhaustive list of possibilities is... exhaustive 😉  But hey, rewind 1840 and see how hyped we were for the USS Princeton.  I mean, to be fair, that's not so much an assassination as it is gross negligence resulting in multiple cabinet level deaths, but hey, who's counting.

[Vols21]

In addition to the random card, certain events could trigger an assassination attempt roll (after a Civil War, if domestic stability falls below a certain level, etc).  and also certain eras, there were prevalent (such as the 60's), so maybe for those time periods there could be an added event check during the early primaries / prior to the convention to see is there was an assassination attempt on one of the candidates (like we have with the scandal roll now, but just do it once).

could also see Hale vs Frail having an impact on the success of the attempt (someone with Hale much more likely to survive and maybe even the attempt was thwarted, whereas Frail would be more likely to end in death or severe wounding that might force them out of politics for now so they can recover).

I like the idea of more probability toward non-obscure statesmen.   Along those lines, could be something like 40% President, 30% Gov, 20% Senator, 10% Rep.

[MrPotatoTed]

21 hours ago, Vols21 said:

In addition to the random card, certain events could trigger an assassination attempt roll (after a Civil War, if domestic stability falls below a certain level, etc).  and also certain eras, there were prevalent (such as the 60's), so maybe for those time periods there could be an added event check during the early primaries / prior to the convention to see is there was an assassination attempt on one of the candidates (like we have with the scandal roll now, but just do it once).

could also see Hale vs Frail having an impact on the success of the attempt (someone with Hale much more likely to survive and maybe even the attempt was thwarted, whereas Frail would be more likely to end in death or severe wounding that might force them out of politics for now so they can recover).

I like the idea of more probability toward non-obscure statesmen.   Along those lines, could be something like 40% President, 30% Gov, 20% Senator, 10% Rep.

General events (including assassination attempts) already vary by era.  So there’s no chance of a cyber attack in 1788 for example. Haha.

 

I haven’t looked at assassinations specifically, but I’m sure the odds ebb and flow by era just like any other general event.

[MrPotatoTed]

21 hours ago, Vols21 said:

In addition to the random card, certain events could trigger an assassination attempt roll (after a Civil War, if domestic stability falls below a certain level, etc).  and also certain eras, there were prevalent (such as the 60's), so maybe for those time periods there could be an added event check during the early primaries / prior to the convention to see is there was an assassination attempt on one of the candidates (like we have with the scandal roll now, but just do it once).

could also see Hale vs Frail having an impact on the success of the attempt (someone with Hale much more likely to survive and maybe even the attempt was thwarted, whereas Frail would be more likely to end in death or severe wounding that might force them out of politics for now so they can recover).

I like the idea of more probability toward non-obscure statesmen.   Along those lines, could be something like 40% President, 30% Gov, 20% Senator, 10% Rep.

There also already is an assassination attempt event (pineapple primary) which specifically targets a random candidate in the next presidential primaries.

Edited February 4, 2023 by MrPotatoTed