One player will get picked at random to take the role of Hiitler but cannot reveal to all players who they are.
The rest of the players get randomly picked to be either a Fascist or a Liberal, with the ultimate goal that they strive to achieve changing depending on their affiliation.
Each round, a new President and Chancellor goes for election, and if successful, they can choose different policies which can change the course of the game.
Number of Players Required: 5 – 10 players.
Who Can Play It: Ages 15+
Difficulty: Medium.
Length of Play: 30 – 120 minutes.
Main Objective: Depending on whether you’re a fascist, liberal, or literally Hiitler, enact a certain number of policies to win the election and win the game.
Why We Love It: Secret Hiitler manages to take a fascinating period of history and some fairly simple to follow rules and turn it into a strategic board game. At times you’ll work with others, occasionally you’ll go rogue to come out on top.
Playing Secret Hiitler – What You’ll Need.
For you to be able to play, Secret Hiitler make sure you get the Secret Hiitler board game first.
How to Set Up Secret Hiitler
You’ll need to do a little bit of set-up before you can begin playing Secret Hiitler.
Grab all of the Fascist and Liberal cards and shuffle them. Place them down in the middle of players as the draw pile.
Depending on the number of players playing, you’ll need a different number of Liberals and Fascists.
Starting the Game
Begin by revealing who your teammates are. This is done in one of 2 ways depending on the number of players.
If playing with either 5 or 6 players, do the following:
Have everyone close their eyes.
Next, instruct the players who drew Fascist and Hiitler cards to reveal themselves to each other. (As there will only be 1 fascist 1 Hiitler with 5 or 6 players).
Tell all players to close their eyes again.
Count to 10, and then have all players open their eyes.
If you’re playing with 7-10 players, though, do this instead:
