Hot Mic
The summit is over. The mic is still on.
- Strategy
- 1 player
- 3-6 min
- Keyboard
- Mouse
- Touch
- Gamepad
Pick a leader and play one Talking Point a round against a rival. Cards that match the headline type score double, and the round winner pulls the Room meter. Keep your Composure, pick the moment for your once-a-match Hot Mic, and own the room before seven headlines run out. Satire: every leader is a caricature.
Caricatures, not candidates
Five leaders, each with a readable tell, a signature gesture and a voiced line bank.
Seven headlines
Money, Muscle, Culture, Tech and Chaos. Match the type and your Talking Point scores double.
Composure
Three pips. Lose big or interrupt too often and the table watches a Meltdown.
The Hot Mic
Once a match, +3 power. Win it and the moment is saved as a broadcast still you can share.
A live broadcast
A real-time 3D grand hall: seated leaders with photographic faces on 3D heads, a hologram globe, crystal chandeliers, and a director that cuts, cranes and crash-zooms like a live network crew.
How to play
Keyboard and gamepad
- ←→1-5
- Choose a Talking Point
- SpaceEnter
- Play it
- HShift
- Arm the Hot Mic (once a match)
- ↑↓
- Read a card's rule
Touch
- Tap a card
- Select it, tap again to play
- Tap the mic
- Arm the Hot Mic for +3
- Hold a card
- Read its rule
Modes
- DebateOne rival, seven headlines
- Round TableFive leaders, eight headlines
- World TourSix venues, three debates and a table each
Difficulty
- Soft RoomA rival who wings it
- Prime TimeReadable tells, real pressure
- Live BroadcastCounts your deck, times the mic
Your records
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Play a round and your best approval and stats will show up here. They are saved in this browser.
Play Hot MicAchievements0/14
- On the RecordWin your first Debate.Locked
- Standing OvationPull the Room meter all the way to your side.Locked
- Hot Mic MomentWin the round you armed your Hot Mic on.Locked
- Caught on MicLose the round you armed your Hot Mic on. It happens.Locked
- UnflappableWin a Debate without losing a single pip of Composure.Locked
- The River FlowsWin a round with a Long Game card at its full +3.Locked
- Actually, This Is AboutWin a round after a Pivot changed the headline type.Locked
- Second WindWin a Debate after trailing by four or more.Locked
- Glass of WaterWin a Debate in which you had a Meltdown.Locked
- Nobody LeavesWin a Debate in sudden death.Locked
- Chair of the TableTake the most Spotlight at a Round Table.Locked
- Frequent FlyerClear a whole venue on the World Tour.Locked
- Everything Is on the Record, EverywhereFinish the World Tour.Locked
- Everything Is on the RecordShare a Hot Mic clip.Locked
