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From cards used in the board game Vatican: Unlock the Secrets of How Men Become Pope, created by Stephen Haliczer, a professor at Northern Illinois University. The game, which purports to make “the electoral process clear,” retails for $39.95.

While rushing to board a train in order to substitute for the Pope at an important meeting, you lose your right hand in an accident. Your selfless devotion earns you great praise. Earn fifteen influence points.

Your auxiliary bishop is rumored to be having an affair with the wife of a wealthy industrialist. Lose five influence points.

After a sick…

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