Tabletop Game Summary

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An article titled “Obama Sinks Family Savings Into Developing Presidential Tabletop Game” was published on The Onion about former United States President Barack Obama. In “Obama Sinks Family Savings Into Developing Presidential Tabletop Game,” an unknown source of an author describes former U.S. President’s actions for developing a new board game. The fake news article was posted on popular website The Onion. The author discusses how and why he created the board game. "Obama Sinks Family Savings Into Developing Presidential Tabletop Game" partially achieves its purpose as a piece of fake news/satire because it does use many rhetorical devices and provides supporting information and details.
The article explained Obama’s plans and details of how he was creating the tabletop game. The article claimed that Barack Obama invented a game which caused financial problems for his family (par. 1). The author includes that “WASHINGTON—Saying the financial risks and hours of hard work would pay off in the long term, former president Barack Obama revealed Thursday that he has sunk his entire life’s savings into the development of a tabletop game based on the American presidency” (par. 1). The
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The article states, “Once Commander In Chief hits the market, it’s gonna blow up just like Terra Mystica did, but right now funding is the biggest issue,” said Obama, sitting at his dining room table and showing off a prototype that included a 4-by-4 foot game board, stacks of handwritten index cards labeled “event” and “item,” and a set of polyhedral dice" (par. 3. The author used the descriptive details in order create the imagery. The author also used a photoshopped picture of Obama that depicts him creating the game. It supports the author's point by presenting valuable