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Election Train

A turn-based strategy card game where up to 4 players compete for votes across real-world maps. Play cards, control cities, dominate regions, and outsmart your rivals to win the election. 7 maps, 4 unique parties, and dynamic disaster events.

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Martes Game Studio
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Martes Game Studio
Release
June 22, 2026
41 days ago
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About the Game

Election Train is a multiplayer turn-based strategy card game where you lead a political party to victory across real-world maps.

Compete for Every Vote

Play cards to gain votes in cities, steal from opponents, and build your resource engine. Each card costs energy and resources — plan your moves wisely. Every city you control brings you closer to winning the election.

7 Real-Country Maps

Campaign across Turkey (81 cities), Europe (37 countries), USA (48 states), France, Spain, United Kingdom, and Germany. Each map offers a unique strategic challenge with different city connections and regional dynamics.

4 Unique Parties

Choose your political party, each with a distinct passive ability:

  • Faith Front — Loyal Voters: Each turn, adds +1 vote to one city in a close race (within 5 votes) — including cities you're behind in, helping you catch up.

  • Prosperity Party — Rich Economy: Each turn, adds +1 to one of your material types that has dropped to zero (prevents shortages).

  • Iron Guard — Iron Bulwark: Vote attacks from cards are 10% weaker against you (5% while you're the overall leader; disasters are not reduced). In Population mode it shores up to 3 cities each turn; in City-count mode it instead seizes the closest contested city you don't yet lead, pushing it to a small lead.

  • Reform Alliance — Populist Surge: Each turn, spreads votes to up to 4 cities you don't lead (favoring low-population and close races), then secures your contested city closest to a locked lead by up to +1.5 votes.

Dynamic Events

Random disaster events shake up every match — economic crises, public uprisings, scandals, and more. Adapt your strategy or get left behind.

Mini-Games

Every few rounds, the leading player faces a challenger in a 1v1 mini-game. Win to steal votes, lose and fall behind. Four different mini-game types keep things fresh.

Multiple Ways to Win

  • Population Mode — Win by total weighted vote count

  • City Count Mode — Control more than half the cities to claim victory

Features

  • Up to 4 players online via Steam

  • Bot AI opponents for solo or mixed play

  • 150+ unique cards with strategic depth

  • Region dominance bonuses

  • Interactive tutorial

  • English and Turkish language support

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