Fantasy sports for politics. Draft eleven real politicians and public figures into eleven position slots. When they drive the news cycle, you score points. The sharpest read on the room wins.
Three beats: assemble a real-world roster, enter timed Sweeps, and let headlines move your score.
Fill each role slot from a staff-curated pool so every lineup stays tied to real leaders and institutions.
Join weekly, timed competitions — your roster at lock-in is what scores for that event.
Watch points move as news breaks and see how your reads stack up against the room.
Draft
Pick 11 real figures across fixed roles.
Score
Points when they drive the news cycle.
Win
Top the leaderboard when the Sweep closes.
Figures in the arena
Distinct leaders and institutions players have put on squads — the live shape of the meta.
From first pick to final standings — squad, sweep, score.
Draft real figures into an 11-slot lineup — heads of state, legislators, opposition, world bodies, and wildcards — all from a curated catalog.
Enter timed Sweeps with your roster locked at join time. Compete through the news cycle while the room tracks every pick.
Points follow the headlines. Leaderboards show who read the cycle best — fantasy sports energy, grounded in real-world figures.
Politiplay is fantasy football for politics: you draft from a staff-curated catalog of real figures — not user-created characters — so the game stays tied to the real world.
Under the hood, draft picks and scores can feed a political attention layer — who the crowd is watching and what events move engagement — without changing the simple loop above.
Editors maintain who appears in the pool; players draft HoS, LEG, OPP, WBR, and WLD slots within the rules.
Scored events are logged manually per Sweep — points reflect the news cycle without relying on a third-party news API.
Timed rounds with leaderboards: join with a full squad, watch your score move as events roll in.
Join thousands of players drafting world leaders and scoring headlines every week. It's free.
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