eminence.](https://preview.redd.it/cac2nkmyuieh1.png?width=2073&format=png&auto=webp&s=c396c2729e6bf4be18208807ce986c0946ee0f14)
# 1968 Presidents
1964 seems like such a short time ago, but a new election, as always, must appear on the horizon. With either President Nixon stepping back after serving his full two terms, the incumbent having to fight their way to reelection, or some other freak accident throwing this all off course, 1968 may see each party take a radical new direction across 5 fresh faces.
On the Republican front, the ideological feud that has rested below the surface finally boils over with the face-off between the party's two most dominant governors—Nelson Rockefeller of New York and Ronald Reagan of California.
Frayed as ever, the Democratic identity crisis continues with a field consisting of no men of great stature. The Senate backbencher establishment pick, Philip Hart of Michigan, is the loyalist favorite, though his care for decorum leaves him easily upstaged by his opponents—the bomb-throwing Mayor of Los Angeles, Sam Yorty, and California's congressional grizzly bear, Phillip Burton.
**Nelson Rockefeller**
Governor Nelson Rockefeller is a complex man. Whatever friends he lacks, he more than makes up for in wealth and in connections. While hardly considered a Republican by the more vocal forces in his party, Rockefeller nevertheless is the man who took back New York and rebuilt Republican strength after Dewey decimated it for generations. What Rockefeller suffers from is an image of appearing too serious, too polite. He is always studiously waiting for the presidency—hoping others will appreciate that he has the manners to not buy it all out or tear his party up yet again for a shot.
Of course, winning the White House doesn't solve any of this. Rockefeller is a man still all too obsessed with image. While he surrounds himself with the type of Republican men who don't bear their fangs like the Goldwater types, they are working towards much the same thing: giving way for the private sector to once again dominate the country's commerce. Refusing to buckle to the growing conservative forces on social policy, Rockefeller is perhaps building his empire on a rickety foundation.
[The larger than life Governor.](https://preview.redd.it/p8vfgpluuieh1.png?width=2314&format=png&auto=webp&s=1475c661c309577b3bbabf9e05b147962697fb63)
**Ronald Reagan**
On the opposite coast, another state governor, California's Governor Ronald Reagan, leads a different force in the Republican Party. The former actor turned conservative spokesman found his way into the limelight on television and the speakers' circuit, where Reagan's charismatic and folksy rhetoric made his a handsome face for the Republican Party and him a figure in demand. Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Kefauver, and all Democrats elected since Cleveland, are responsible for bastardizing the promise of the American republic and turning constitutional federalism into a money-stealing, business-watching, freedom-hating instrument of neo-fascist tyranny in a world dominated by authoritarianism. All this, punctuated with pithy jokes and a winning smile.
Election day proves he is popular not just with Republicans, but also with conservative Democrats, particularly in the south and the midwest. Of course, once elected it is not so easy to dismantle the bureautocracy in one fell swoop. Instead, the Reagan administration must try different approaches; perhaps he could govern successfully as a bipartisan like he did in California, or pivot to the right, bringing Chicago to Washington and police to our streets.
Fears of nuclear annihilation terrify Reagan, and he believes only a strong, just nation can save the world from fascism. The United States will achieve global military paramountcy, protecting the Western Hemisphere from fascism and giving Washington its just leverage against the revolutionary despotisms of Europe and Asia. Whatever it takes, Americans will someday be safe from a hostile world and the repressive systems of government that come with
# 1968 Presidents
1964 seems like such a short time ago, but a new election, as always, must appear on the horizon. With either President Nixon stepping back after serving his full two terms, the incumbent having to fight their way to reelection, or some other freak accident throwing this all off course, 1968 may see each party take a radical new direction across 5 fresh faces.
On the Republican front, the ideological feud that has rested below the surface finally boils over with the face-off between the party's two most dominant governors—Nelson Rockefeller of New York and Ronald Reagan of California.
Frayed as ever, the Democratic identity crisis continues with a field consisting of no men of great stature. The Senate backbencher establishment pick, Philip Hart of Michigan, is the loyalist favorite, though his care for decorum leaves him easily upstaged by his opponents—the bomb-throwing Mayor of Los Angeles, Sam Yorty, and California's congressional grizzly bear, Phillip Burton.
**Nelson Rockefeller**
Governor Nelson Rockefeller is a complex man. Whatever friends he lacks, he more than makes up for in wealth and in connections. While hardly considered a Republican by the more vocal forces in his party, Rockefeller nevertheless is the man who took back New York and rebuilt Republican strength after Dewey decimated it for generations. What Rockefeller suffers from is an image of appearing too serious, too polite. He is always studiously waiting for the presidency—hoping others will appreciate that he has the manners to not buy it all out or tear his party up yet again for a shot.
Of course, winning the White House doesn't solve any of this. Rockefeller is a man still all too obsessed with image. While he surrounds himself with the type of Republican men who don't bear their fangs like the Goldwater types, they are working towards much the same thing: giving way for the private sector to once again dominate the country's commerce. Refusing to buckle to the growing conservative forces on social policy, Rockefeller is perhaps building his empire on a rickety foundation.
[The larger than life Governor.](https://preview.redd.it/p8vfgpluuieh1.png?width=2314&format=png&auto=webp&s=1475c661c309577b3bbabf9e05b147962697fb63)
**Ronald Reagan**
On the opposite coast, another state governor, California's Governor Ronald Reagan, leads a different force in the Republican Party. The former actor turned conservative spokesman found his way into the limelight on television and the speakers' circuit, where Reagan's charismatic and folksy rhetoric made his a handsome face for the Republican Party and him a figure in demand. Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Kefauver, and all Democrats elected since Cleveland, are responsible for bastardizing the promise of the American republic and turning constitutional federalism into a money-stealing, business-watching, freedom-hating instrument of neo-fascist tyranny in a world dominated by authoritarianism. All this, punctuated with pithy jokes and a winning smile.
Election day proves he is popular not just with Republicans, but also with conservative Democrats, particularly in the south and the midwest. Of course, once elected it is not so easy to dismantle the bureautocracy in one fell swoop. Instead, the Reagan administration must try different approaches; perhaps he could govern successfully as a bipartisan like he did in California, or pivot to the right, bringing Chicago to Washington and police to our streets.
Fears of nuclear annihilation terrify Reagan, and he believes only a strong, just nation can save the world from fascism. The United States will achieve global military paramountcy, protecting the Western Hemisphere from fascism and giving Washington its just leverage against the revolutionary despotisms of Europe and Asia. Whatever it takes, Americans will someday be safe from a hostile world and the repressive systems of government that come with
it.
[The Governor of the silver screen.](https://preview.redd.it/v0mc3mfvuieh1.png?width=2420&format=png&auto=webp&s=c514e712d14cd526d3f24466fd15e3b62408901b)
**Philip Hart**
Senator Philip Hart of Michigan has long been a leading liberal in the Senate. While reserved from the circus of pop-politics that dominates the airwaves and papers, he is a man who values government as a guarantor of societal well-being. It's for these reasons that, in 1968, when Lyndon Johnson comes shopping for a candidate within his own caucus, Hart stood out as a simple, no-drama figure that the rank and file could come to admire.
His presidency seeks to address entrenched inequities through safe and slow reform. It is bringing in the experts to help revive America’s cities, restore America’s confidence in foreign policy, and restore national confidence.
Philip Hart, as you know, has been in the game for years now. A familiarity with his existing content will do you well in navigating his path, but *Yippie!* gives us the opportunity to refine his presidency and further explore his approach to power (and that of those around him). Part of that includes, of course, is a cabinet of faces new and old. It also involves a refurbished tree more in line with the level of polish we've given all Presidents in this update.
[The refurbished Hart tree coming in Yippie!.](https://preview.redd.it/1spo4bvpuieh1.png?width=3033&format=png&auto=webp&s=4fa276e9a99cc55955b964f0c37650689d9aca26)
**Sam Yorty**
The name Sam Yorty has been impossible to avoid in recent years—almost as if some nefarious influence were artificially boosting his presence. As America’s urban cores were plagued by riots, the nominally Democratic mayor of Los Angeles pleaded with the country not to give in to this anarchy. Such a disruption was from outside agitators or some internal subversion. The Nebraska-born, former progressive was using the playbook deployed by Southern officials to decry federal mismanagement and defend their segregated practices. This shameless carnival barker routine is what gives a mayor a shot at the Presidency in the year 1968.
While his overall appeal bears much in common with Wallace, Yorty’s innovation is in sanitizing it. Instead of trying to defend overt segregation, Sam concerns himself with “social disruption” and threats to the suburban dream. He believes in tidy streets, flower boxes, and well-armed police officers. He comes to Washington with a promise to “stop the madness” of social movements run amok.
The challenge for Yorty may prove to be his own disinterest in the daily job of governance, a job he farms out to others while he pursues fame and celebrity—a passion that he seems willing to pursue to embarrassing lengths.
[Smiling Sam Yorty.](https://preview.redd.it/hk3yk19muieh1.png?width=2109&format=png&auto=webp&s=8dbd6f10653dfecea9da106aca996bfaadea0bfb)
**Philip Burton**
On the other side of the coin is a man unfamiliar to most—though more as a parasite for the various liberal causes across the country than a true activist. While an advocate for environmentalism, civil rights, and a massive expansion of welfare, the Congressman from California, Phillip Burton, has been a quiet operator in his four short years in Washington. This hasn’t deterred him from demanding a greater perch to speak from. Having cynically tied himself to the various social movements springing across the country, Burton is determined to call in as many favors as possible to become the nation’s big shot.
While he has a crude and noxious personality, Phillip Burton at the least is a man who understands politics. He knows it's a game you can play at any age and a brutal blood sport. That’s why a man like him isn't going to wait to build seniority. He’s not going to hesitate before cutting people shitty deals and trading favors. If decorum didn't stop him from picking people up by the collar or throwing wads of cash at them to vote alongside him in Congress, it sure as hell won't stop a President Burton.
In short, Burton’s is a game of give and take. Now, given
[The Governor of the silver screen.](https://preview.redd.it/v0mc3mfvuieh1.png?width=2420&format=png&auto=webp&s=c514e712d14cd526d3f24466fd15e3b62408901b)
**Philip Hart**
Senator Philip Hart of Michigan has long been a leading liberal in the Senate. While reserved from the circus of pop-politics that dominates the airwaves and papers, he is a man who values government as a guarantor of societal well-being. It's for these reasons that, in 1968, when Lyndon Johnson comes shopping for a candidate within his own caucus, Hart stood out as a simple, no-drama figure that the rank and file could come to admire.
His presidency seeks to address entrenched inequities through safe and slow reform. It is bringing in the experts to help revive America’s cities, restore America’s confidence in foreign policy, and restore national confidence.
Philip Hart, as you know, has been in the game for years now. A familiarity with his existing content will do you well in navigating his path, but *Yippie!* gives us the opportunity to refine his presidency and further explore his approach to power (and that of those around him). Part of that includes, of course, is a cabinet of faces new and old. It also involves a refurbished tree more in line with the level of polish we've given all Presidents in this update.
[The refurbished Hart tree coming in Yippie!.](https://preview.redd.it/1spo4bvpuieh1.png?width=3033&format=png&auto=webp&s=4fa276e9a99cc55955b964f0c37650689d9aca26)
**Sam Yorty**
The name Sam Yorty has been impossible to avoid in recent years—almost as if some nefarious influence were artificially boosting his presence. As America’s urban cores were plagued by riots, the nominally Democratic mayor of Los Angeles pleaded with the country not to give in to this anarchy. Such a disruption was from outside agitators or some internal subversion. The Nebraska-born, former progressive was using the playbook deployed by Southern officials to decry federal mismanagement and defend their segregated practices. This shameless carnival barker routine is what gives a mayor a shot at the Presidency in the year 1968.
While his overall appeal bears much in common with Wallace, Yorty’s innovation is in sanitizing it. Instead of trying to defend overt segregation, Sam concerns himself with “social disruption” and threats to the suburban dream. He believes in tidy streets, flower boxes, and well-armed police officers. He comes to Washington with a promise to “stop the madness” of social movements run amok.
The challenge for Yorty may prove to be his own disinterest in the daily job of governance, a job he farms out to others while he pursues fame and celebrity—a passion that he seems willing to pursue to embarrassing lengths.
[Smiling Sam Yorty.](https://preview.redd.it/hk3yk19muieh1.png?width=2109&format=png&auto=webp&s=8dbd6f10653dfecea9da106aca996bfaadea0bfb)
**Philip Burton**
On the other side of the coin is a man unfamiliar to most—though more as a parasite for the various liberal causes across the country than a true activist. While an advocate for environmentalism, civil rights, and a massive expansion of welfare, the Congressman from California, Phillip Burton, has been a quiet operator in his four short years in Washington. This hasn’t deterred him from demanding a greater perch to speak from. Having cynically tied himself to the various social movements springing across the country, Burton is determined to call in as many favors as possible to become the nation’s big shot.
While he has a crude and noxious personality, Phillip Burton at the least is a man who understands politics. He knows it's a game you can play at any age and a brutal blood sport. That’s why a man like him isn't going to wait to build seniority. He’s not going to hesitate before cutting people shitty deals and trading favors. If decorum didn't stop him from picking people up by the collar or throwing wads of cash at them to vote alongside him in Congress, it sure as hell won't stop a President Burton.
In short, Burton’s is a game of give and take. Now, given
the role of President, he seeks to take Washington from the entrenched. Having taken the power of the presidency, he now seeks to give the spoils to his benefactors who scored him such a swanky office.
[A new progressive boar.](https://preview.redd.it/sbl3r3i7rkeh1.png?width=2298&format=png&auto=webp&s=5dd710dd624e4e890a00654f4d7a908ce377a781)
From there, what happens next falls onto you, the player. Although we've dived into much of what *Yippie!* will have to offer in terms of new content for playable tags, plenty of new additions, both internally and globally, will keep your game lively until the end date of January '77.
[One of the loading screens for Yippie!.](https://preview.redd.it/khxwjx9duieh1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=c346bb750172fa08e16c640738376fd3de8938ac)
***Editor's note***: Thanks for reading the diary! You could take this month as a test run of how we're looking to tease and release updates now that *Yippie!* is officially our next slated update. Until release, you can expect deeper dives into what's been shown off here, from Presidents to Führers. I hope you'll enjoy it. More to come; stay tuned!
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[A new progressive boar.](https://preview.redd.it/sbl3r3i7rkeh1.png?width=2298&format=png&auto=webp&s=5dd710dd624e4e890a00654f4d7a908ce377a781)
From there, what happens next falls onto you, the player. Although we've dived into much of what *Yippie!* will have to offer in terms of new content for playable tags, plenty of new additions, both internally and globally, will keep your game lively until the end date of January '77.
[One of the loading screens for Yippie!.](https://preview.redd.it/khxwjx9duieh1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=c346bb750172fa08e16c640738376fd3de8938ac)
***Editor's note***: Thanks for reading the diary! You could take this month as a test run of how we're looking to tease and release updates now that *Yippie!* is officially our next slated update. Until release, you can expect deeper dives into what's been shown off here, from Presidents to Führers. I hope you'll enjoy it. More to come; stay tuned!
https://redd.it/1v2gbti
@tnomod
