Summary
Secret Hitler is the sinister hidden role game of political duplicity
Three roles: liberty-loving Liberals, totalitarian Fascists, & Hitler
Hidden teams forces Liberals to figure outwhom to trust
New powers, including assassination, unlock as rounds progress
Acts as a demonstration of how democratic institutions fail
Secret Hitler Board Game DescriptionThe future belongs to whoever wins Secret Hitler, the hidden role board game that blends trust, acting and political calculation to give players the chance to rewrite history! The Secret Hitler game takes as its inspiration the tumultuous end of the Weimar Republic, the fledgling democracy that was overthrown by the Nazi Party with the 1934 Enabling Act that gave Hitler dictatorial power.
Secret Hitler is a hidden role game: rather than pick which team to play on, every player is randomly assigned one of three roles at the beginning of the game, depending on how many people are playing. Liberals must preserve the democratic state, while the Fascists work to overthrow it. There's one last role you can play. One player in every game is the titular secret Hitler who must figure out who's a Liberal enemy and who are their Fascist friends and seize control.
Like the best board games, the rules are simple to play but allow for limitless strategic play: At the start of every turn all players select a Chancellor, who proposes three laws to pass, and the other players vote on whether to pass or oppose the law. There are two types of laws, Liberal and Fascist. The Liberals win if five Liberal laws are passed, and the Fascists win if six Fascist policies are passed.
Passing laws might sound boring, but Secret Hitler is anything but. The stakes of each law are high, as with every new Fascist policy that is passed new gameplay elements come into effect, representing the crumbling democratic state. For example, after three Fascist policies have been passed, the Chancellor can nominate another player to be executed. If that player is Hitler, the Liberals win the game! But the Fascists can work these new laws to their own advantage. If the Secret Hitler is elected after the same number of Fascist policies are passed, they seize control of the government, and the Fascists claim victory.
With its focus on duplicity, shifting loyalties and the gradual erosion of democratic norms and institutions, the Secret Hitler game is as much a warning from history as it is a fun and challenging game for friends. With its lack of direct violent content, this board game would be suitable as an educational game for students studying the rise of the Third Riech.
Specification:
Dimensions: W38 x L15.24 x H6.35cm
Weight: 850g
Recommended age: 17+
Average game time: 45 minutes
Players: 5-10
Material: Cardboard
Colour: Multicoloured
Contents:
3 x Foil boards
2 x Wooden placards
10 x Secret identity cards
1 x Election tracker
1 x Deck of policy cards
1 x Rule booklet and strategy guide
Secret Hitler is a dramatic game of political intrigue and betrayal set in 1930's Germany. Players are secretly divided into two teams - liberals and fascists. Known only to each other, the fascists coordinate to sow distrust and install their cold-blooded leader.The liberals must find and stop the Secret Hitler before it's too late.
Each round, players elect a President and a Chancellor who will work together to enact a law from a random deck.If the government passes a fascist law, players must try to figure out if they were betrayed or simply unlucky. Secret Hitler also features government powers that come into play as fascism advances. The fascists will use those powers to create chaos unless liberals can pull the nation back from the brink of war.
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