Play as a courtier in a realm on a knifeโs edge, loyal knight, or hidden conspirator? Pass royal decrees, accuse, and vote, while a secret cabal schemes to crown their Usurper before the Loyalists unmask them. (Inspired by Secret Hitler.)
๐ง Work in progress: this game hasn't been play-tested as much as Plantation
and may be buggy. Play with caution, and bug reports are very welcome
(๐ button on the home page).
๐ ๏ธ Create a lobby
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๐ชง Available lobbies
Joining a ๐ lobby asks for its password; ๐ lobbies are open.
๐ช Lobby
Waiting for playersโฆ
The game begins automatically once every slot has a player.
๐ฌ Table chat
๐ Secret Usurper Handbook
๐ฏ Goal
๐ก๏ธ Loyalists (the majority) must protect the realm. ๐ก๏ธ Conspirators
and their secret ๐ Usurper want the throne. You see your own card; the cabal
see each other (the Usurper too, in 5โ6 player games, blind in larger ones).
โ๏ธ The council
Each round the Steward nominates a Chancellor; the whole realm votes Aye or Nay.
Three failed votes and the people enact the top decree themselves, chaos.
๐ Decrees
A seated government enacts a decree: the Steward draws three and discards one; the Chancellor
enacts one of the remaining two. ๐ก๏ธ 5 Loyal decrees save the realm;
๐ก๏ธ 6 Usurper decrees seize it.
๐ช Dark powers
Usurper decrees grant the Steward powers: ๐ Inquisition (learn an allegiance),
๐ฎ Scrying (peek the top three), ๐ Appointment (pick the next Steward),
๐ช Beheading (execute a subject). Which powers appear depends on the player count.
๐ Other ways to win
Behead the Usurper and the Loyalists win instantly. But elect the Usurper as
Chancellor once 3 Usurper decrees are down, and the coup succeeds. After 5 Usurper
decrees, the Chancellor may veto, with the Steward's blessing.
๐ก Findings and peeks are PRIVATE. The realm only has your word, and liars prosper.