illuminati rules.pdf

THE GAME OF CONSPIRACY

Game Design by STEVE JACKSON

Basic Rules ..............2

Object of the Game ....................... 2

Beginning the Game ..................... 2

Sequence of Play........................... 2

The Groups.................................... 3

Alignment .................................. 3

Power ......................................... 3

Resistance .................................. 4

Income ....................................... 4

Special Abilities......................... 4

Actions .......................................... 4

Attacks .......................................... 4

Attack to Control ....................... 4

Attack to Neutralize .................. 6

Attack to Destroy ...................... 6

Interference ................................... 7

Calling Off an Attack .................... 7

Transferring Money ...................... 7

Moving a Group............................ 7

Free Actions .................................. 7

Gifts and Trades ............................ 7

Transferring Groups .................. 7

Throwing the Game................... 8

When is a Deal Binding? .......... 8

Threats and Negotiations .............. 8

Special Cards ................................ 8

Eliminating a Player...................... 8

Leaving the Game ..................... 8

Winning the Game ........................ 8

Advanced Rules ........9

Adjusting Game Length .................9

Hidden Goals..................................9

Hidden Illuminati ...........................9

Larger Games .................................9

Cheating .........................................9

Strategy ..................10

The Power Structure ....................10

Negotiations .................................10

Capturing Several Groups

at Once......................................10

About the Illuminati .....................11

Bibliography.................................15

Illuminati Rules Summary ..........16

With development by J. DAVID GEORGE | Cover DAVID MARTIN

Card illustrators JOHN GRIGNI, SHEA RYAN, DAN SMITH and

CLIFFORD VANMETER | With additional coloring by BYRON TAYLOR

Art director ALAIN H. DAWSON | Design and production by JACK ELMY

Print buyer MELISSA BRUNSON | Chief operations officer GENE SEABOLT

Acknowledgements

Special thanks go to David Martin (who first suggested doing a game about the Illuminati), Elisabeth Zakes

(for playtesting above and beyond the call of duty), and Draper and Susan Kauffman (for the play-by-mail ver-

sion that illuminated the Post Office). Others who playtested or commented include Mike Arms, Norman Banduch,

Lynn Bell, Brad Bentz, Kenneth R. Brown, Eric Carver, Martin de Castongrene, David and Kris Cobb,

James Crouchet, Pat Cuney, Kathleen Donelson, David Dunham, Jim Gould, Kelly Grimes, Beverly Hale,

Scott Haring, Tracy Harms, Tim Kask, Rob Kirk, David Ladyman, Creede and Sharleen Lambard, Mara Lee,

Robert Lovelace, William Christopher Seth Affleck Asch Lowe, Billy Moore, Ray Morgan, Robert Niles,

Jim Norman, Will Norris, Clay Phennicie, Jay Rudin, Dave Seagraves, Jerry and Vicki Self, Chris Smith,

Monica Stephens, Kirk Tate, Jim Tomlinson, Allen Varney and Chris Zakes.

Thanks also to Chaosium, Inc., which holds the gaming rights to H.P. Lovecraft’s “Cthulhu mythos” stories,

for permitting us to mention Cthulhu in this game.

Components

This game includes 8 Illuminati cards; 83 cards representing other Groups; 15

Special cards; 4 blank cards; 160 money tokens, representing megabucks (MB); two dice;

and this rulebook.

Number of Players

Illuminati is best for four to six players. You can play with three or even two, but this

limits the possibilities for diplomacy and negotiation. With seven or eight, some rule

changes will be needed to keep the game moving quickly (see p. 9).

Contents

This book has three sections: Basic Rules, Advanced Rules, and Strategy. You may

start by reading only the Basic Rules, leaving the rest until later. The Rules Summary on

the back page contains everything necessary to play.

BASIC RULES

Object of the Game

The object of Illuminati is to take control of the world.

You start with a single Illuminati card, representing your

own secret conspiracy. During the game, you take over other

Groups (represented by cards). These Groups are added to

your Power Structure and do your bidding – unless a foe

takes them from you. You may win either by controlling

enough Groups, or by fulfilling the special goal of your own

Illuminati. See p. 8.

If it is a Special card, the player keeps it. He may place it

face-down or face-up (whichever he chooses) in front of

him. However, he must display the card; he can’t hide it in a

pocket. The other players do not have the right to know what

the card says, but they do have the right to know how many

Specials each player has.

3. Take two “actions,” as explained below.

4. Take any “free actions.” Free actions (also explained

below) do not count against the two actions a player is

allowed during each turn. Free actions may be taken before,

between, or after a player’s regular two actions.

5. Transfer money. Part or all of the contents of two trea-

suries may be moved to the treasuries of adjacent Groups.

See p. 7.

6. Take special-power actions. If the player is the

Gnomes of Zurich, this is the time when he may redistribute

his money between treasuries. If he is the Bermuda Triangle,

this is the time when he may reorganize his Power Structure.

Play continues counter-clockwise until a player (or

coalition of players) wins by achieving their Goals – see p.

16. As play develops, a game might look something like this:

Beginning the Game

Remove the eight Illuminati cards from the deck; they

have dark backs to make them easy to find. Place them face-

down on the table. Each player draws an Illuminati card,

places it face-up before him, and draws its indicated Income

from the bank, placing it on the card. Leftover Illuminati

cards are not used for the remainder of the game.

Shuffle the remaining cards (including Specials) and

place them face-down in the center of the table.

Turn four cards face-up and place them in the center of

the table. (If any Special cards are turned over, bury them in

the deck and turn over new Group cards to replace

them.) These four Groups are the original “uncon-

trolled Groups.”

Each player rolls two dice; the player with the

highest roll plays first. He follows the Sequence of

Play, below: he starts by collecting more income for

his Illuminati Group, turning over one card, and then

(probably) trying to take over an uncontrolled Group

with his Illuminati. And the race for world control is

on!

Sequence of Play

Play proceeds in turns. On his turn, a player does

the following:

1. Collect Income. For each Group that has an

Income, draw that income from the bank. Put the

money directly on that card (the Group treasury).

Hint: The game will go faster if players count up

their Income before their turn starts, and have it

ready beside each Group card. Money should not be

placed on the card until that player’s turn actually

begins.

A player may stack his money so only the top

one can be seen, or spread them out to flaunt his

wealth.

2. Draw a card. If the card is a Group, it is placed

face-up in the center of the table, with the other

uncontrolled Groups.

Figure 1. The game table. A – The deck of face-down

cards; B – Uncontrolled Groups; C –Pile of destroyed

Groups; D – Power Structures of the four players in the

game, each built around an Illuminati card; E – The bank.

Figure 2. A typical Power Structure. The center of

any Power Structure is the Illuminati card. Each play-

er starts with one of the eight Illuminati cards; each is

different and has its own special abilities. In this

example, the Illuminati control three Groups directly:

the Democrats, the Congressional Wives, and the

South American Nazis. The South American Nazis

control two Groups: the KGB and the Cycle Gangs.

The Democrats control one Group: the Antiwar

Activists.

Alignment

There are ten possible political alignments. It is easier

for a Group to control or neutralize Groups with similar

alignments, and to destroy those of opposite alignments.

Some cards have one alignment, some have several, and a

few have none. Meanings of the alignments, for the purpos-

es of this game, are:

Government – An arm of the U.S. government; its opposite

is Communist.

Communist – Inspired by the Soviets or Chinese or

Albanians or somebody; its opposite is Government.

Liberal – Politically “left,” whatever that means; its opposite

is Conservative.

Conservative – Usually mad at the Liberals; its opposite is

Liberal.

Peaceful – Philosophically opposed to the use of force; its

opposite is Violent.

Violent – Armed and/or dangerous; not necessarily vicious;

its opposite is Peaceful.

Straight – Socially middle-of-the-road; Middle American;

its opposite is Weird.

Weird – Peculiar, offbeat, notably different from the neigh-

bors; its opposite is Straight.

Criminal – Extorting money from citizens through force or

threat, and/or breaking the law professionally; there is

no opposite.

Fanatic – Adhering to a limited system of beliefs in defiance

of all others; any two Fanatic Groups are considered

“opposite” to each other.

Illuminati card

The Groups

The basic elements of Illuminati are the Group cards,

ranging from the Illuminati themselves to the Yuppies and

the Boy Sprouts. (Any resemblance to real organizations is

purely satirical in nature.) Each Group has certain charac-

teristics. See Figure 3 below.

Power

The Power number shown on the card is a measure of its

ability to dominate other Groups. The higher the number, the

greater the Power. If a Group has two numbers (for example:

7/4), the first number is its regular Power and the second

represents the portion of that Power which can be used to

assist another Group in an attack (Transferable Power).

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Figure 3. The Mafia card. Each card, except for Illuminati, has

an arrow pointing inward (1). When a card becomes part of a

Power Structure, this arrow is placed next to the Group which con-

trols it. There may also be one to three arrows pointing outward

(2). These arrows show the potential to control other Groups. The

Mafia, with three arrows pointing outward, is very powerful. If a

Group has no arrows pointing outward, it will have no Power at all.

The Group’s name (3) is at the top of the card. If it has any

special abilities, they will be listed just below (4). Its political

alignments will be shown at the lower right (5). Its characteristics

in terms of Power, Resistance, and Income are shown at the lower

left (6).

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A card with no Power cannot attack. A few Groups have

transferable power only (Power 0/1, for instance). This

means they cannot attack, but can help another Group

attack.

soon as you take over the Cycle Gangs, and is lost as soon

as you lose them. A Group may give a bonus on “any attempt

to control,” even if it has no outgoing arrows.

Other abilities apply only to the card itself. For instance,

the Mafia have a +3 to control any Criminal card. This

means you get a 3-point bonus when trying to take over a

Criminal Group with the Mafia. If you try to take over a

Criminal Group with another card, the fact that you hold the

Mafia makes no difference. Note, though, that a special

bonus like this is in addition to any regular bonus a Group

gets for alignment. The Mafia would also have a +4 bonus to

control other Criminal cards because its own alignment is

Criminal (see p. 5). Thus, it would have a total of +7 for con-

trol of other Criminal cards!

For oddball special abilities like that of the IRS, follow

the instructions on the card.

Resistance

This is a measure of a Group’s ability to resist domina-

tion. The lower its Resistance, the easier it is to take over . . .

and the harder it is to protect when you control it.

The Illuminati Groups have no Resistance number,

because they cannot be attacked directly.

Income

Money is measured in Megabucks (MB). At the begin-

ning of your turn, each Group you control collects the

amount listed on its card. This income is placed directly on

that card, becoming part of the Group’s treasury. If a card

has no Income, it gets no money. Uncontrolled Groups get

no Income.

Two cards have a special Income. The IRS gets its

Income by taxing each of the other players 2 MB on the

owning player’s turn. The Post Office costs 1 MB per turn to

control (paid by their master or their Illuminati).

Actions

There are three types of actions: an attack, a money

transfer, and moving a Group. Each action must be complet-

ed before beginning another. A player may elect to take no

actions (not even free actions, free money transfers or spe-

cial actions) and collect 5 MB for his Illuminati treasury

instead. Actions cannot be saved for later turns.

Attacks

The most important actions in Illuminati are attacks. In

an attack, a Group uses its Power, and probably its money,

in an attempt to either control , neutralize , or destroy another

Group.

Illuminati cards themselves can attack, but cannot be

attacked. No Group, except the UFOs, can attack more than

once per turn.

Special Abilities

All Illuminati, and some other Groups, have “special

abilities” shown on their cards. There are two kinds of spe-

cial abilities.

“Any attempt” abilities give an extra power to the hold-

er of the card. Any attempt by that player to do that thing,

regardless of which Group tries it, will receive the indicated

bonus. For instance, if you control the Cycle Gangs, any

attempt you make to destroy another Group with any of your

Groups will get a +2 bonus. This ability comes to you as

Attack to Control

This attack may be made against any other Group in

play except another Illuminati or a Group you already con-

trol. The attacking Group must have at least one outward-

pointing arrow free. If a Group has no open outward-point-

ing arrow (either because all are being used or some are

blocked), it cannot attempt to control another Group.

To attack, the player announces which Group is attack-

ing, which one is being attacked, and the type of attack.

(Example: “The KKK, assisted by the CIA, will attempt to

control the Yuppies.”)

The success of the attack is determined by rolling two

dice. To find the roll required for a successful attack, sub-

tract the defending Group’s Resistance from the attacking

Group’s Power. Example: If a Power of 6 attacks a

Resistance of 2, it can succeed only on a roll of 4 or less. If

a Power of 10 attacked that same Resistance of 2, it would

succeed on an 8 or less, giving it a much better chance.

Automatic Failure. A roll of 11 or 12 results in automat-

ic failure of the attack, no matter how much Power was

involved.

Aiding Attacks. All Illuminati, and some other Groups,

have transferable power. If a Group has two Power numbers

separated by a slash (like 5/2), the second number is its

transferable power. If a Group does not attack during a turn,

it may use its transferable power to aid an attack made by

any other Group in its Power Structure.

Any number of Groups may aid one attack by adding

Transferable Power. However, any one Group may partici-

pate in only one attack per turn. (Exception: The Special

Ability of the UFOs lets them participate in two attacks per

turn.) Example: A Group with a power of 6, aided by anoth-

er Group with a transferable power of 4, is attacking a Group

with a resistance of 3. The attacker has a total power of 10

(6 plus 4), and will have to roll a 7 or less (10 minus 3) to

succeed.

When an attack is announced, all transferable power to

be used in that attack must be announced before any money

is spent (see below) to support the attack. No transferable

power may be added in the middle of the attack.

Alignment of the Group(s) transferring power does not

matter.

Power Structure Position. If a Group is already con-

trolled by an opponent, it may be harder to control. The clos-

er it is to the Illuminati who control it, the more of a bonus

it gets to Resistance (or to Power if someone tries to destroy

it). If it is adjacent, it gets a +10! If it is one Group away, it

gets a +5. If it is two Groups away, it gets a +2.

Special Powers. Some Groups’ special powers (shown

on the card) will help them attack or defend against certain

opponents.

Spending Money To Attack. The attacker may also

improve his chances by using some of his money in the

attack. Each MB spent (returned to the bank) adds one point

of Power to that attack. However, all Transferable Power to

be used must be added and announced before any money is

spent.

Attacking money may be spent from both the attacking

Group’s treasury and the Illuminati treasury. Other Groups

in the Power Structure cannot spend money to aid the attack.

Example: In the instance above, the attacker was afraid he

might not roll a 7 or less. So he spent 3 MB. Now he needs

to roll a 10 or less, which is much easier.

Once the roll needed to succeed has reached 10, addi-

tional spending will not improve the attacker’s odds; an 11

or 12 always fails. But additional money or power can still

be useful. For instance, if an attacker uses enough money

and power to exceed the target’s resistance by 20, the

defender would have to spend 20 MB to get the attacking

roll back down to zero again!

Spending Money To Defend. If the defending Group is

controlled by another player, the defender may counter an

attack by spending some of his own money. Resistance to

that attack will increase by two for each MB spent from the

defending Group’s treasury, and by one for each MB spent

from his Illuminati treasury. Other Groups cannot partici-

pate. All money spent goes immediately to the bank.

Example: In the instance above, the defender has 3 MB on

the defending Group. He spends it all. It counts double, so

instead of a 10, the attacker now needs to roll a 4. The

attacker may then commit more money to offset the defend-

er’s spending.

+10

+2 0

Figure 4. Resistance bonuses for loca-

tion in power structure. Note that Groups

more than 3 away from the Illuminati get

no bonus at all.

Alignments. The alignments of the attacking and defend-

ing Groups are also important. Identical alignments make

control easier; opposed alignments make it harder. If the

Groups have any identical alignments, add 4 to the attack-

er’s effective Power for each identical alignment. If they

have any opposite alignments, subtract 4 for each.

Example: A Weird, Communist Group is trying to control a

Straight, Government Group. Two sets of opposite align-

ments subtract 8 from the attacking power on this attack.

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