Founding Fathers: Civil War & the Gilded Age

Major expansion for Founding Fathers (2007) by Rick Heli that enables play through the Civil War, Gilded Age and the First World War.

New Features:

• Variable Outcome cards that provide random results when fighting major wars, including the wars of the base game.
• A new player action that enables gaining and taking from others votes in Congress.
• The Election Table that provides a new mechanism for resolving elections based mostly on the way the previous President conducted affairs.
• The possibility of sudden death victory via Regime change.
• New Offices such as the Admiral.
• Initiative cards that offer Presidents more options.

Offers two new scenarios, one for the Civil War, one for the Gilded Age. Rules also permit continuing the base game so as to play from the administration of Washington to that of Wilson.

Adds 198 cards, including 75 Issues and 65 Statesmen.

Requires the base game cubes and some of its cards to play.

Compatible with the Offices & Statesmen and Ladies & Orators expansions.