80 Tabletop Games, Ranked - #80: Secret Hitler
80. Secret Hitler https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/188834/secret-hitler Genre/mechanics: Social deduction, hidden roles, team vs team Rules complexity: 5/10 Game length: 25-45 minutes Player count: 5-10 Experience: 10+ plays, from 6 to 10 players First played: 2015 In Secret Hitler, you play as a legislator, and each round of the game, you elect a President with his Chancellor. But while the majority of legislators are liberal, some of the legislators are secretly fascist, and one of those fascists is Hitler. The President and Chancellor then enact one "policy" - liberal or fascist - before another leadership team is chosen. The game ends when a certain number of liberal or fascist policies is enacted. Maybe in a vacuum I'd enjoy Secret Hitler - it has a lot of mechanics I really enjoy - but it's a knockoff of another game I absolutely love. Along with the retheming to the 'oh-so-edgy' Cards Against Humanity designers' sensibility, SH actual