Physical Description
1 game (78 cards) : card stock, color illustrations ; in container 10 x 12 x 2 cm + 1 instruction booklet (11 pages : black and white illustrations ; 18 cm) + 1 instruction sheet (2 unnumbered pages : black and white illustrations ; 36 cm)
Notes
Title taken from container. Statement of responsibility taken from instruction booklet. Date of publication taken from publisher website. Copyright date taken from instruction sheet.
"[CIVIO]...is a strategy card game which plays like Gin Rummy. Match and issue...With a case...And a freedom...Add an amendment...and you're on your way to becoming the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court." -- taken from container.
2-4 players.
Originally published: San Mateo, CA : Reach and Teach, 2006.
Summary
"CIVIO is a strategy card game that explores the relationship of issues, freedoms, laws, and Supreme Court cases that have both strengthened and reduced civil rights and civil liberties. Using a handful of cards representing laws, Supreme Court decisions, constitutional amendments, key issues, and freedoms, you are in a race against other players to combine these cards into precedents. The more points you earn, the higher your ranking. In time, you could become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court! CIVIO comes with a deck of 78 cards, each beautifully and uniquely illustrated, four blank case cards for customizing the game, and instruction booklets for playing two versions of the game. The game is manufactured and assembled by a worker-owned (and union-labor) cooperative using recycled paper and soy-based ink." -- taken from publisher website.