How To Play With Maps

The excellent Geographic Travels blog posted a link to an online game that lets you try your hand at redistricting. Yes, you read that right, I'm writing a blog entry about an online game in which you re-draw legislative districts according to various criteria. That is how I roll.



It was developed by the USC Annenberg Center, whose website includes Washington Post article that describes the game thusly:

"The Redistricting Game lets players bend the borders of congressional districts in a series of missions set in fictional states. Protect the incumbents, oust the opposition -- it's amazing what a few mouse-clicks can do. You read about gerrymandering in civics class, but it's much more involving to actually try your hand at it."

It really was entertaining -- give it a try if you have a spare five minutes, or in my case, and hour and a half:

http://www.redistrictinggame.org/