‘Media Mogul’ board game is launched
Want to pretend you’re Rupert Murdoch? Then Media Mogul is just the thing — the new board game that intends to put the likes of Trivial Pursuit and Scrabble in the shade. … Whether we work in the media or just take an interest in how it works, few of us have not dwelt occasionally on what it must feel like to stand in the shoes of a media mogul such as Rupert Murdoch, Richard Desmond or Marjorie Scardino. This Christmas it will be possible to experience the adrenalin surge of owning our own media empires and we won’t need a team of investors behind us. Being in charge of a media operation is often glibly referred to as “owning the train set”, but it is an old-fashioned board game that now offers all-comers the chance to make like Rupert.
[From BoardGameGeek review]:
A Machiavellian game of media rivalry, Media Mogul thrusts players into the role of international tycoons seeking to spread their own operations over the globe. Winning over audiences with your television, radio and newspaper media with quality content is a key element, but it won’t directly bring you victory. Lucrative advertising contracts are needed for you to profit from your media operations, but they bore and repel your audiences, requiring you to balance profit and sustainability at all times.
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