Race to Ratify explores the core ideas of the ratification debate. The game drops the player into 1787 America, with the Constitution freshly inked and a heated debate raging about the new plan for American Government. Players align themselves with the Federalists or Anti-Federalists and take on the role of a pamphleteer, traveling across 13 states to hear from opinionated characters who inform the player’s arguments about ratification. Using those arguments to craft pamphlets, players influence the states' answers to one simple question: to ratify, or not to ratify.