Party Slate

The Party Slate is a planning board where a party's chairs decide who should run in each state or regional race. A chair can put a player or a same-party NPP on a race, and the board shows how likely an NPP is to say yes and how the race itself is going. It does not enter anyone into an election for you: it is a coordination layer above the normal filing flow.

How it works#

1. Open the board. The national party page and each state or regional party page have a Slate tab. The national tab shows a country map for countries with map support. Click a state or region to list every race there that is open to the party. Presidential races are not on the board.
2. Assign a candidate. A chair picks a race and assigns either a player character or a same-party NPP. The assignment is tied to that race.
3. A player is told, not filed. An assigned player gets a notification naming who assigned them and in what role. The player still has to enter the race through the normal election flow. Slate never files a player for you.
4. An NPP answers at the turn. Before the turn, the card shows a prediction chip, Likely to Accept or Likely to Decline. When the turn runs, an NPP that enters the race shows Accepted and one that does not shows Declined.
5. The assignment stays. Assignments carry across turns, past election processing and into the next race cycle, until a chair changes or withdraws them, or the candidate files and the row becomes Filed.

Why it works this way: parties need to fill many races at once, but players choose their own campaigns and NPPs have personalities. Slate lets leaders express intent without overriding either.

Key numbers#

What counts toward the 3 slots#

A race that already holds more than 3 (for example from before the cap existed) is trimmed back by the next turn. The Slate card shows how many slots are used.

Worked example#

A state chair slates two NPPs in the same state race. NPP A has loyalty 38 and stubbornness 60. NPP B has loyalty 45 and stubbornness 72.

• For A, the baseline needs loyalty 40, so A would decline for a national chair. A state chair gets 5 points of leeway, so the need drops to 35 and A is Likely to Accept.
• For B, the baseline ceiling is 70, so B would decline for a national chair. The state chair's ceiling is 75, so B is Likely to Accept too.

Both fit within the 3 slots. If a third same-party candidate already stands in that race, the NPPs can still join and create a contested primary rather than pushing the existing entrant out.

What you can do#

• Chairs and vice chairs. The national chair and vice chair can assign for any race. A state or regional chair or vice chair can assign for races in their own state or region. Open the Slate tab on the national page or the state or regional party page. Both write to the same rows, so notes and assignments stay in sync.
• Move a candidate within a state. Assigning someone to a new race in the same state removes their older same-state rows. A compliant NPP is then withdrawn from the old race and filed into the new one at the next turn.
• Withdraw an assignment. This clears the row and frees the slot. The candidate can then be assigned to another race in that state.
• Everyone else. Other party members can view the board but cannot change it.
• Players who are assigned. Check the notification, then enter the race from the election screen if you want it.

Tips.

• Check the prediction chip before the turn. A Likely to Decline NPP will not file, so assign someone else or use Party Actions to raise its loyalty first.
• Let state leaders slate their own state. Their 5 points of leeway turn many borderline NPPs into acceptances.
• A declined row can show a reason, such as a cooldown, or that the race slate is already full.

Common questions.

• Does Slate file me automatically? No, not for players.
• Why did my NPP decline? It missed the loyalty or stubbornness test, was on cooldown, or the race already had 3 candidates from your party.
• Can I use Slate for the presidency? No.

Connections#

Driven by

• Party Leadership: only chairs and vice chairs can change the board.
• NPP Behavior: an NPP's loyalty and stubbornness decide whether it accepts.
• Party Actions: raising an NPP's loyalty or cutting its stubbornness changes the prediction.

Affects

• NPP Elections: accepted NPPs enter the race at the turn, even into a contested primary.
• Primaries: a slated NPP can create a contested primary against an existing entrant.
• Political Parties: the board is part of how a party fields candidates.

Status#

Live in every world with a party system, for races other than the presidency. Assignments, the 3 slot limit and the acceptance test work the same in every country and era.

Last checked: 2026-10-29, version 1.18.0

Technical detail#

Exact rules and edge cases are on the Party Slate design page.

See also: Party Organization, Glossary