Secret Hitler

Secret Hitler sees players divided into two teams: the liberals and the fascists, the latter also including the Hitler role. There are always more liberals than there are fascists in each game, but the fascists have the advantage of knowing the identities of each other. The liberals, with only the information of their personal affiliation, must therefore deduce, using social and mechanical means, for themselves which players to trust. When playing with five or six players, there are only two fascists, one of whom is Hitler; as there are only two fascists, Hitler knows who the other fascist is and vice versa. In games of seven or more players, the identity of Hitler is known to all other fascists, but the identities of the other fascists are unknown to Hitler. At the start of each round, the player to the left of the previous President becomes the new President (the first President is chosen randomly). The President nominates another player to the Chancellorship, and every player, including the proposed government, votes either "Ja!" (yes) or "Nein" (no) to the proposal. The Chancellor candidate can neither be the current President nor the previously elected Government. If more than half the players vote for the Chancellor candidate, that player is granted the office and becomes the new Chancellor. After each successful election, the President blindly takes three policy cards from the draw pile, each of which could be "liberal" or "fascist". The President then discards one of these cards and passes the other two to the Chancellor, who in turn selects which of these will be passed and enacted, ending the round; all discarded cards are placed face down. There are 6 liberal policy cards and 11 fascist policy cards in the draw pile at the start of the game. After the end of each round, the Presidential role is passed on to the player to the left. If the election ends in a tie or more than half the players vote against the Chancellor candidate, the election is considered unsuccessful. Every time an election fails, the Election Tracker is counted up by one and the Presidential role is passed on, ending the round. Whenever three consecutive elections have failed, the policy from the top of the draw pile is enacted without oversight by the President or the Chancellor, after which the Election Tracker is reset. The Election Tracker is also reset when a new policy is enacted by the Chancellor. While enacting a liberal policy will have no direct effect on the game, passing a fascist policy may grant the President special executive actions referred to as "Presidential Powers", including the ability to privately check the three top cards of the draw pile; investigate a player's party membership; choose the next round's President via special election; or execute a player, removing that player from the game. These powers are activated by covering up a fascist policy tracker space that has an ability written in it, after which that power has to be resolved before ending the round. Passing five fascist policies unlocks the ability to exercise the veto power for the rest of the game, where the Chancellor can choose to not enact any new policy on the President's consent. Whenever the veto power is used, the Election Tracker is counted up by one before the end of the round. The game ends when either five liberal policies or six fascist policies have been enacted, resulting in victory for whichever team has achieved that policy count requirement. Additionally, after three fascist policies have been passed, the fascists can win by having Hitler elected Chancellor. Whenever the President is required to execute a player, the liberals can win by having Hitler executed. If the executed player is not Hitler, the game continues without the remaining players knowing whether that player was a liberal or a fascist. The game continues if Hitler is elected President, even after the three fascist policies have been enacted. == Development and release ==