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So, I've been trying to start this tradition of "Political Geek Game Night." That can be read as "Political geeks having a game night" or "Political types playing geeky games" or "Geeky games that can be considered political." You know.


Anyhow, I was hoping for a game of Machiavelli or possibly Road to the White House. Instead, I let my brother cajole me into having folks play Illuminatti. The rule should be "My House, My Game," but no, I had to be a push over.


As I have done for the more than two decades of playing the game, I played the Servants of Cthulhu. This owes to my affection for the works of H. P. Lovecraft, and, I have finally concluded, little to do with an appreciation for the strategies of the game.

You see, the Servants of Cthulhu have a "special" victory condition that involves them destroying groups. This is probably the showiest of the victory conditions. The Discordian Society controls another "Weird" group that no one wants anyway, who notices? The Servants of Cthulhu try to destroy California? Everyone notices and goes after you.

I was out to destroy a second group (I needed to destroy eight) and sure enough, everyone wants to stop me. Bear in mind: they all were closer to winning than I was.


Next time, I'm playing The Network. Enough of this BS.


Those of you that have played Illuminatti before know that every game there is some sort of action that makes you giggle for it's conspiratorial beauty. For this game that attack was the CIA with the backing of Big Media attacking to destroy Christmas. Bill O'Reilly would be having a conniption, but how would you tell?

It would have worked too, but the Bavarian Illuminatti ruined it.


Hasta la proxima. Do zobaczenia.