<s>
Poleconomy	B-Application
is	O
a	O
board	O
game	O
invented	O
by	O
New	O
Zealander	O
Bruce	O
E	O
.	O
Hatherley	O
and	O
first	O
published	O
in	O
1980	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
Poleconomy	B-Application
is	O
a	O
portmanteau	O
of	O
"	O
politics	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
economy	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Poleconomy	B-Application
was	O
invented	O
by	O
Bruce	O
Hatherley	O
,	O
a	O
New	O
Zealander	O
from	O
Christchurch	O
who	O
was	O
living	O
in	O
Sydney	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
than	O
a	O
million	O
dollars	O
was	O
raised	O
by	O
the	O
Institute	O
and	O
Poleconomy	B-Application
was	O
credited	O
with	O
helping	O
the	O
Institute	O
survive	O
the	O
recession	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
than	O
1.5	O
million	O
copies	O
of	O
Poleconomy	B-Application
have	O
been	O
sold	O
internationally	O
,	O
incorporating	O
the	O
participation	O
of	O
260	O
major	O
corporate	O
sponsors	O
who	O
leased	O
advertising	O
space	O
in	O
the	O
separate	O
national	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
players	O
take	O
turns	O
moving	O
around	O
the	O
board	O
via	O
the	O
roll	O
of	O
the	O
dice	B-Language
,	O
landing	O
on	O
the	O
gameboard	O
squares	O
and	O
carrying	O
out	O
instruction	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
square	O
's	O
contents	O
or	O
player	O
decision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paul	O
Cockburn	O
reviewed	O
Poleconomy	B-Application
for	O
Imagine	O
magazine	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Indeed	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
game	O
where	O
players	O
are	O
being	O
cautious	O
and	O
keeping	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
cash	O
in	O
front	O
of	O
them	O
at	O
a	O
minimum	O
(	O
which	O
limits	O
the	O
government	O
's	O
ability	O
to	O
tax	O
)	O
it	O
's	O
very	O
hard	O
not	O
to	O
bankrupt	O
the	O
country.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
found	O
the	O
voting	O
system	O
in	O
the	O
basic	O
game	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
simply	O
based	O
on	O
rolls	O
of	O
dice	B-Language
,	O
"	O
disappointing	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
recommended	O
that	O
players	O
move	O
to	O
the	O
advanced	O
game	O
as	O
quickly	O
as	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Harrington	O
concluded	O
by	O
giving	O
the	O
game	O
an	O
average	O
rating	O
of	O
3	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
,	O
saying	O
,	O
"	O
I	O
can	O
give	O
the	O
advanced	O
version	O
of	O
Poleconomy	B-Application
a	O
recommendation	O
,	O
if	O
only	O
on	O
the	O
grounds	O
that	O
trying	O
to	O
stop	O
the	O
country	O
going	O
down	O
the	O
toilet	O
is	O
an	O
illuminating	O
experience.	O
"	O
</s>
