Frequently asked questions

Yes, completely free, in your browser, with no signup, no ads, and no downloads. A full run takes about 45 minutes; the guided Intro Mode takes about 20.

A single-player strategy game. You manage one bill and four resources, Political Capital, Coalition Strength, Public Awareness, and Bill Integrity, through a 30-week legislative session. Think resource-management strategy, where the opponent is an institution.

Yes, automatically, in your browser's local storage. You can close the tab between stages and pick up where you left off on the same device. One caution: avoid hard-refreshing mid-stage.

Your first bill will probably die. That's the point. The game is honest about the odds real bills face. Intro Mode teaches the ropes gently, and the end-of-run debrief always tells you exactly what killed you.

It works in any modern mobile browser, and best on a tablet or laptop screen where the whip board and bill text have room to breathe.

The complete legislative process (drafting, sponsorship, committee hearings and markup, floor votes, bicameral passage, conference committees, and executive action), plus the informal politics (whip counts, log-rolling, holds, poison pills) that decide most outcomes. See the field guide for the full curriculum.

A fictional American state legislature. The procedure mirrors Congress closely: committees, two chambers, vetoes, overrides, and the in-game glossary flags the genuine differences, like the filibuster being largely a federal-Senate phenomenon.

Yes, deliberately so. Markup, germaneness challenges, fiscal notes, engrossment, conference reports, override math: every mechanic models its real counterpart, and the glossary cites real-world examples for each (real override failure rates, real poison-pill history).

The game takes no side on its issues. You choose what to fight for; the legislature responds with the politics those issues genuinely have. The game grades survival, not ideology.

Yes, it's free for any educational use, designed around class periods, and requires no student accounts. The teacher guide includes learning objectives, a 5-day lesson plan, and a standards note.

No. No accounts, no analytics tied to individuals, no ads. Game saves live in the player's own browser and never leave the device.

Roughly 12 and up. The issues are real policy areas (housing, healthcare, water safety, right to repair, cannabis reform) treated factually, the way a newspaper would.