About President for a Day

President for a Day is a computer game which enables the players to take the role of President of an African country. Discover the problems such countries face. Decide whether to provide health care or invest in industry. Consider whether to borrow money to buy arms when the neighbouring country threatens to attack. Understand why so many such countries found themselves heavily in debt.

Using leading edge technology, players interact with real-life video characters as they take their country from independence to the present day - and try to cope with the same problems that face real life African countries.

As the players enjoy the game they learn a lot about geography, history, politics, economics and ethics.

Provocative discussion questions built into the game enable the players to explore a range of moral and spiritual issues. When the game is played by groups of people (such as families, friends or even lads returning from the pub!) they soon find themselves engaged in animated discussion about values and consequences.

The Times Educational Supplement said of it 'the only downside is that it will be difficult to drag students away from it'

Suitable for anyone from 12 yrs upwards

This game will run on PC (not Mac) with the following minimum requirements: Pentium 166MHz processor; 16Mb of RAM; VGA display with 256 colours; DirectX; Sound Card; 4 x CD-ROM; Windows 95 or higher or NT

To obtain your copy do one of the following:

1. Buy direct from Ethos Games/Damaris Trust, paying by credit card. To do this click here and select the items you want, at the checkout you will be able to pay by credit card on a secure server

2. Buy direct from Ethos Games/Damaris Trust, paying by cheque. To do this also click here and select the items you want, at the checkout you will be able to print out your order and select "pay by cheque" - then send it to the address given together with your cheque. NB If you are buying it for a UK school you needn't send a cheque, you can send in the printed order together with your official school order and we will send you the game together with an invoice.

3. Buy from our retail distributors. Ask your local store if they are stocking it - and if not, suggest they do! Invite them to contact us on 023 80315319 or via office@ethosgames.com

4. If all else fails contact us at Ethos Games, PO Box 200, Southampton, UK SO17 2DL (Tel: 023 80315319) or via office@ethosgames.com. NB We don't normally take individual orders over the phone - we are geared for selling via the internet and via our retail distributors. However, if you are stuck we will certainly do all we can to help you.

Technical support

For technical support on this game click here