Impeachment in the Cards for Newly Devised Parlor Game

An entrepreneur has weighed in on the sex-and-perjury scandal engulfing President Clinton by designing a card game called “Impeachment.”

The cards are illustrated with a cartoon caricature of a grinning Clinton behind bars in a jail cell. Game designer Paul Niemann of St. Louis, Mo., says the other side of each card contains references to noteworthy quotations and pivotal moments during the long investigation of Clinton.

“It’s based on the impeachment process, taking a lighthearted, humorous approach, and it does not include the details of the Monica Lewinsky relationship,” Niemann said.

The game has 13 different impeachment-related categories of cards, with four cards in each category. All the cards are valued at two points except for the key wild card, called the impeachment card, which is worth 10 points.

The winner of the game, which is played like rummy, is the first person to gather 67 points, which reflects the number of votes that would be required to impeach the president in any U.S. Senate trial.