Mr.

President Official FAQ

Updated 7/12/23

Using this Document

This document is intended as a comprehensive list of all clarifications, questions, and errata
players have encountered while playing Mr. President. For ease of reference, any errata are
listed in their own section at the top of this document, while clarifications and questions are
listed below and organized by component type. A table of contents is included for easy
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Mr. President Official FAQ

Using this Document
Errata
Clarifications:
Cards
Booklets
Scenario
Flipbook
Governing Manual
World Charts
Military Master Actions Player Aid
Domestic Charts
Briefing Booklet
Counters
Boards/Displays

Errata
● In the Russia and China World Peer Booklets, Step C “Improve Strategic Capabilities”,
add one to the die rolls to attempt to improve strategic capabilities (not subtract).
Sanctions make these improvements harder for the World Peers, not easier. The
Governing Manual is correct.
● Diplomatic Master Action #6, “Summit with China or Russia” should have the following
sentence added to “When”: This action may only be used once per Activation Phase
(place Russia/China Summit Used marker on the Turn Sequence when complete).
 ● Once a Rogue State is at War, it may not be reduced to a Terror Group by any means
other than a War Progress result. All other effects that would reduce a Rogue State to a
Terror Group (e.g. Cyber Attacks) are ignored.
● The leftmost column of WCT1 should read “less than 1:1” not “1:1 or less”.
● WM5 Determine Strength: The bolded text in the left hand bar should read “If Rogue
State in Eurozone or Eastern Europe, US can initiate war against it using Military Master
Action #6 only if NATO relationship is “Very Close.” In such a war, NATO’s strength
from this chart is added to whatever US units are involved”
● Presidential Action #4, “UN Speech to Create Goodwill” should be limited to once per
Activation Phase not once per Segment.
● During the End of Turn Clean Up & Consequences, Consequences #6, bullet 2 should
say “or any region that has a Regional Crisis rating of 1 and no Unstable State counter,
and no Rogue States counters of any level”
● During the End of Turn Clean Up & Consequences, Consequences #6, bullet 3 should
say “or any region that has a Regional Crisis rating of 1 and one Unstable State counter,
and no Rogue States counters of any level”
● The Iran Action Table in the Ally and Rogue State Booklets lists “+3 If Iran is at War with
Israel” - this is incorrect and should be ignored. Iran will roll on the “If Iran is at War”
section next to the table instead.
● WM3 Incorrectly says that the US joins a Cyber Attack if their relationship with an Ally is
“Very Close” - the US joins all Ally Cyber Attacks (whether through explicit support, or
the use of US-originating technology and capabilities). In other words, to the target of the
Cyber Attack, it doesn’t matter who initiated it, they blame the US (but note the special
results and DRM for an Israeli Cyber Attack). All Ally Cyber Attacks, including those
caused by the outbreak of a war involving the US as defender, are considered a “joint”
attack.
● Card #92 “Coup in Egypt” - the middle result should be 3-8, not 3-6.
● WM3 Cyber Attacks: When targeting “N. Korea Critical Military and Government
Infrastructure”, a “3 or less” result should also include the effect “ If N. Korea is at War,
immediately remove two strength from their side.”
● The Carrier which begins the game in the Asia-Pacific Holding Box is permanently
stationed there and may not be moved.
● In WM5 Strength Table - The Blue note next to South Korea (Naval or Air) should read
“+ US Troops/Air/Carriers in ROK box or in Asia/Pacific and any Carriers in Eastern
Pacific. (Marines have to be in ROK box in order to count.)”

Clarifications:

Important FAQ/Clarifications:
● AP may only be spent to reroll dice that are specified to be rolled directly on the Master
Actions Player Aids, not for rolls that happen on other charts and tables.
● Your cabinet members only take actions (and use their +1 Action abilities) during the “1
ACTION for POTUS and EACH Cabinet Member” Segments. All other times, you (The
 President) are acting as specified in the current segment, and you apply cabinet
member’s DRM as listed for that action.
● You may not have more than one DARPA counter on each Strategic Capability Track.
DARPA counters are removed to the supply after a roll is made on the Strategic
Capabilities Track they are modifying. The three included DARPA counters are a hard
limit.
● The Special Activation segment is not an Activation Phase and actions which are
permitted once per Activation Phase cannot be performed during the Special Activation
segment.
● You may perform a free Cyber Attack during each War Progress Roll (WM3, #5), unless
you had previously Cyber Attacked the target during that same segment.
● When a card or other game effect causes a War, move the associated Conflict Track to
the “At War” space.
● If a Nuclear/Missile Track is at 5 and a card or chart instructs you to increase it, ignore
the track effects but apply whatever other results the card/chart indicates.
● If the supply of L1/L2 or L3/L4 Terror Groups runs out, ignore any instruction to place a
Terror Group of that level, and instead increase the level of the highest level Terror
Group in that Region by one Level.
● If instructed to draw and place a Congressional Friend, and you already have the
maximum number possible, ignore that placement.
● The following kinds of wars use the strength of the listed units:
○ Air or Air/Missile (these are the same type of war): USAF and Carriers
○ Naval: Carriers, Sea-Based Marines (only), +4 Subs Modifier in any region
except Eastern Europe and Central/South Asia.
○ Naval/Air: All units listed for Naval and Air Wars.
○ Combined Air/Ground: All US Units
● When Regional Stability increases and decreases the number of Civil Wars and Terror
Groups permitted in a region, any Civil Wars and Terror Groups in excess of the new
limit remain in place, but additional Civil Wars and Terror Groups cannot be added to the
region.
● The US may only declare war against a game-created Rogue State (however the US
may be the attacker in a war with Iran due to a card or the conflict track). The US may be
the defender in wars involving the ROK or NATO, per the Strength Tables in WM5.
● A Rogue State that is already at war with a World Peer may not be attacked by the US.
● You may not introduce a GSI as a result of the State of the Union.
● If instructed to merge two Terror Groups of a given level into one of a higher level, but
only one is present, remove it and place the higher level Terror Group. If none are
present and no other instruction is given, place the higher level Terror Group.
● When a Rogue State has a WMD, Cyber Attacks against the Rogue State do not trigger
the WMD die roll (pg 40 GM), however every War Progress roll does.
● Syria cannot end up at War. Russia Acts H5 refers to this but it is not possible
promise(currently).
● A target can only be cyber attacked one time per Activation Phase (whether by the US or
an Ally). WM3 #3 states that a target can only be attacked once per “round” but should
 say Activation Phase. Mark it with a “Cyber Attack Used” counter, which is removed at
the end of the Activation Phase.
● When the US is defending with an Ally in a War, all casualties are taken from US Forces.
● You may attempt to improve a given Strategic Capability more than once per Turn
(during the US Special Activations), but may only successfully advance it one time (plus
an additional time from DARPA/Rapid Capabilities and the “Military” Presidential
Attribute, plus any advances due to events).
● Card 03 - Superstars on the NSC Staff - the granted Intel Gathering or SOF Raid Action
is the same as performing a #2 or #4 Military Master Action.
● For Game-Created Rogue State Losses" row of the War Progress table WM5, if rolling
on the War Progress table for Russia or China, mark them as the attacker on a 7+ result.
● If re-elected, draw a new random campaign promise (after discarding the existing
promise, if unfulfilled).

Cards
● Card 03 - Effect #1 takes effect during the next FNI Segment.
● Card 14 - The first Intel Box is called “Gathering” and not “Gather Intel”. The free SOF
Raid may use only the -1 DRM mentioned.
● Card 44 - “China Threatens Taiwan Over Independence Talk” - Set up a Combined
Air/Ground War (Air/Land/Sea War does not exist). On a 1-8 result, move China’s
Relations with the US marker to 1 (it is not possible to move it two boxes).
● Card 45 - For the ‘3’ Event, does the US may use forces in both Eastern Europe or
Eurozone.
● Card 46 - In the ‘3’ Event, the China Influence from the ‘1-4’ result is placed in
Asia/Pacific.
● Cards 63, 84, 89 - All this event requires is that you have passed the indicated bill,
regardless of the quality. Even if the bill is already on the Pending Track, place the bill
where the card directs.
● Card 83 - The first sentence should read “If there is a UN Peacekeeper counter on the
map or on a War Track” (Peacekeepers cannot be on a Conflict Track). In this case, add
the regional crisis to the region with the Peacekeeper or the War.
● Card 97 - The “OR” on this card applies to a choice between deploying an Intel/Advisor
or making an Intel Gathering attempt.
● Card 109 - There should be a comma, not a period, after Iran in the first sentence.
● Card 158 - If a negative trait is drawn, replace it in the cup and draw a replacement chit
until a positive trait is drawn.
● Card 180: If this card is drawn a second time, pass the “Advance 2” version of the GSI,
gain +2 Legacy Points and a Friend in Congress.
Booklets

Scenario
○ Pg 7. When discussing Administration Legislative Priorities, note that these
cannot “support the Greater Society Initiatives that you want to pursue.” - this is
leftover from an old version of the rules.
○ Pg 11. Event cards are #65-180, not #63-180.

Flipbook
● Pg 10 “POTUS/Cabinet Focus” - In the “Tensions Counters” segment, Domestic
Action #8 allows you to remove Tensions Counters not Domestic Action #6.
● Pg 10 “Decrease Media Relations, Perform Two Domestic Actions, & Perform the
Legislative Segment” - the “NOTE” box incorrectly refers to this as a “Perform
any 3 Actions Segment” but it should refer to the “Perform Two Domestic
Actions” segment. The remainder of the note is correct.
● Pg 13 “Focused National Intelligence” - in the DRMs, the reference to Russia’s
Cyber Strategic Capability should be to Russia’s Cyber Warfare Strategic
Capability.
● Pg 16 “Terror Acts Procedure” - perform the first bullet for each region with a
Rogue State.
● Pg 16 “Terror Acts Table” - On a 1-3 result, both Terror Groups can be placed in
the same region.
● Pg 19 “Civil War Resolution/Broker Peace Chart” - The results with * grant a UN
Goodwill counter if
○ It was a US-initiated UN Action OR
○ The US spent 1 AP to gain a -1 DRM during a War Progress Activation
Segment.
● Pg 19 When using a UN Goodwill counter during a Civil War/Civil War Ceasefire
roll, always subtract the counter’s value from the roll.

Governing Manual
● ToC: Page Reference for War Progress Results is 66 instead of 47.
● Pg 6: Legacy points are awarded for having Public Approval of 42% or higher.
The board is correct.
● Pg 9: “Cascading Event 3” - the reference to “Recurring Event 2” should be
“Cascading Event 2”.
● Pg 11 “Trending Tracks” - A “worsening” counter can still be placed on a track
while at its minimum and an “improving” counter can still be placed on a track
while at its maximum. These counters would remain until the track is respectively
improved/worsened.
● Pg 14 “Presidential Attributes” - Teflon has a -2 DRM like stated on the counter,
the Governing Manual is incorrect.
● Pg 16 “Key Cabinet Members” - The illustration incorrectly placed some cabinet
members on their improved side.
 ● Pg 21 “Congressional Friends and Opponents” - This section incorrectly states
that it is possible for a Congressional Friend or Opponent to have a side on their
counter without “Moderate” or “Radical” - this is a holdover from a previous
version of this rule and should be ignored. Every Friend and Opponent will have
either Moderate or Radical on each side of the counter. The illustration of the
“Sally Myers” counter is missing it’s Moderate rating, which makes the example
appear incorrect.
● Pg 21 “Congressional Friends and Opponents”- : “Party control can change
during the game depending on the number of Friends or Opponents there are
in Congress”. This sentence is held over from a period version of the rules
and is incorrect. Party control can change during the Midterm Elections.
● Pg 22 “Legislation/Passing Bills, Step 1” - The numbers >3 or <3 should be >3 or
<-3.
● Pg 22 “Legislation/Passing Bills” - This section omits a few details that are in the
flipbook. The Flipbook is correct.
● Pg 23 The example says that the drawn Friend for a potential Landmark Bill can
be placed on either side. This is incorrect, it is placed on the side corresponding
to the selected difficulty.
● Pg 24 “Bills you pass benefit you; Opponents' bills do not.” - While you do still get
the benefit of a passed bill even if it is your Opponent’s, you only gain ½ of the
Legacy Points from passing Opponents’ bills.
● Pg 26 “SoE Impact” - The Domestic Impact of SoE being at 4 differs from what is
shown next to the Track; the Track is correct.
● Pg 27 “Lingering Domestic Issues” - Domestic Master Action #3 is used to
reduce the actual LDI track, not the Domestic Crisis Level track.
● Pg 32 “Posture” - The Note is incorrect; after a Peer Acts (2) chit is drawn, leave
it on the display until directed to return crisis chits to the draw cup, at which point
you check if it is returned to the cup (if that Peer’s Posture is 2) or set aside (if
that Peer’s posture is not 2).
● Pg 33 “Tensions” - Tensions counters that are removed are returned to the pool
and mixed together with any counters there.
● Pg 39 The note at the bottom right incorrectly states you need 3 or fewer Civil
Wars to be eligible for a Nobel Prize. It should say 2 or fewer.

World Charts
● Pg 15 When using a UN Goodwill counter during a Civil War/Civil War Ceasefire
roll, always subtract the counter’s value from the roll.

Domestic Charts
● P 9, chart D6: On an 8+ result, ignore the reference to a scandal involving a
Congressional Opponent; this is held over from an older version of the rules.
● P 14, on a ‘4’ result: If Bipartisan Cooperation is in one of the ‘1’ boxes, move it
to Contentious (the zero box) and then apply the -1 to Relations with Congress
and Media Relations.
 ● P 20, the final note is incorrect; you may use 1AP to reroll any die roll when
performing a Master Action, not any die roll in the game.

Russia Acts Booklet

● References to Syria being at War in Action 5b should be ignored.

China Acts Booklet

● The references to Public Opinion in Action 9 should be Public Approval.

Briefing Booklet
● Pg 12 “Congress/Legislation” - The illustration of the “Sally Myers” counter is
missing a moderate/radical rating on one side of the counter.

Counters

Boards/Displays
● “POTUS/Cabinet Focus” - In the “Tensions Counters” segment, Domestic Action #8
allows you to remove Tensions Counters not Domestic Action #6.