Votes for Women is a board game based on the women's suffrage movement in late 19th and early 20th century America. Both a card-based strategy game and an educational tool to teach players about the fight to ratify the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, the game was so popular that the first edition sold out. Fort Circle, the publisher of the history board game, is currently crowdfunding the second edition on Kickstarter and trying to promote it on Facebook." The word "tried" is important.

BoardGameWire reports that Facebook has tried to buy ads promoting Fort Circle's Kickstarter that "mention politicians, influence public opinion or the way people vote, and could affect election results or legislation under consideration The ad was rejected with an automated response explaining that "because the ad is about a sensitive social issue that could mention politicians, influence public opinion or the way people vote, or affect the outcome of an election or a bill under consideration. The form response included an option to request a review of the decision, which was also denied.

Perhaps someone should have told Meta's Facebook owner that the 19th Amendment guaranteeing American women the right to vote was ratified in 1920, and that unless one of the stretch goals included a time machine, Votes for Women could "influence election results or pending legislation. . should explain that there is no possibility of "influencing the outcome of the election or pending legislation.

While video game players have cooled off to Kickstarter, board game players remain enthusiastic about it. In addition to its ability to raise funds, Kickstarter is also a valuable tool for promoting board games. Kevin Betram, founder of Fort Circle, said, "The campaign is successful there - it should end up around $120,000 - but we are missing a potentially large audience, which could cost us $60,000 in raised funds. Most Kickstarter creators would say that Facebook ads are an important piece of the crowdfunding puzzle.

Tory Brown, designer of Votes for Women, says, "If you are concerned that giant corporations like Meta are playing an overreaching role in whose opinion is heard, the American Economic Freedom Project, Public Citizen, Open Markets Institute," he added, "consider joining or supporting organizations like the Open Markets Institute. [The value of board games as educational tools is old, and even Monopoly began as an attempt to teach players about the singles tax movement. More recently, Brenda Romero's "The Mechanic is the Message" series, "Train," and Academy Games' "Freedom: The Underground Railroad," among others. The Kickstarter for the "Votes for Women" reprint has already raised 130,000 with 11 days remaining. More than $135,000 has been raised.