Secret Hitler

Secret Hitler is a social deduction game set in pre-WWII Germany. Players are secretly divided into Liberals and Fascists, with one player assigned as Hitler. At the start of the game, a night phase occurs where the Fascists reveal themselves to one another so they can coordinate, but Hitler does not know who his fellow Fascists are, keeping the deception deep even among the evil team.

The Liberal faction's primary goal is to pass enough liberal policies to stabilize the government and prevent fascism from taking over, or to find and execute Hitler. Conversely, the Fascist faction seeks to infiltrate the government, pass fascist policies, or successfully install Secret Hitler as chancellor to seize absolute power.

Gameplay unfolds in rounds where players elect a president and a chancellor. The president draws three policy cards, discards one secretly, and passes the remaining two to the chancellor. The chancellor then discards one and enacts the final policy face up. Because policy cards are chosen in secret and discarded privately, players can never be entirely sure who sabotaged the government.

Progress is tracked on two separate policy tracks on the board. Liberals need five liberal policies to win, while Fascists need six fascist policies. As fascist policies are enacted, they unlock increasingly powerful executive actions for the president, such as investigating player identities, meddling in elections, or executing players.

The game concludes immediately under specific conditions: Liberals win by passing five liberal policies or by assassinating Hitler; Fascists win by passing six fascist policies or by electing Hitler as chancellor after three fascist policies have already been enacted.