#Illuminate cards how to#

#Illuminate cards how to#

These give pretty straightforward advantages to the player who draws them, but follow the instructions for how to use them correctly. Special cards (like the Time Warp card on the previous page) are also in the general pool. Special abilities: Some Group cards have these, which might mean certain perks for certain actions.Place the income on each Group card every turn. Income: Each Group gets income, just as your Illuminati card does.If the number is lower, you can more easily grab it. Resistance: This number lets you know how easy it will be to take over.

It might also have two numbers separated by a slash the second is the transferable power used to assist another Group in an attack.

Power: The power number on the card lets you know how easy it will be to control (the higher the number, the more power it has).

(Again, there's a chart in the directions to help you keep track.)

Alignments: These are political alignments ( Communist, Liberal, Violent, Weird, etc.) It's easier to control similar groups or destroy opposite ones, as you'll get points added to or subtracted from your roll.

You also must say when you're attacking (so no saying you're going to attack someone and sneakily taking it back). A player must announce who they're attacking that is, you can't hide your intentions of what action you're taking. That means that you're not attacking Illuminati cards themselves (those black ones that you start the game with). Put any destroyed groups in a 'dead pile,' where you can cheerfully ignore them for the remainder of the game.ДЇirst off, you're only attacking groups.

Attack to Destroy: Same as the first two, except subtract power number instead of resistance number from the defending group.

Attack to Neutralize: Same thing, except the attacker gets 6 points added to increase their chances.

A roll of 11 or 12 is an automatic failure. Roll the dice, and if you get this number or less, you take control. Check the chart provided in the game for modification of numbers.

Attack to Control: Subtract the defending group's resistance number from the attacking group's power.

Later, we'll explore those strange occurrences where the game has seemed to predict future global events, but first, let's get some background on the game itself. That's why quite a few conspiracies have sprung up around the Illuminati game itself. Using the conspiratorial nature of the Order, the Illuminati game borrows the idea of a vast, worldwide network that players are attempting to corral. It was said that it was designed to overthrow governments, take control of financial institutions and generally promote world control. Because of its anti-establishment and discordian ideals, conspiracies surrounded the group. Weishaupt was a committed atheist who founded the Order of the Illuminati, a group that started off as an Enlightenment salon-type club. But if you're looking for something more sinister, consider that it's actually a master plan formed by a man named Adam Weishaupt in the 1760s. Unfortunately, that same description might seem a bit familiar to anyone living on planet Earth right now.

Secret societies are plotting to take over the globe, and you can see the results: The world financial system is collapsing, theologies and political beliefs have become radicalized, and the health of the environment is imploding. In the world of Illuminati, a vast, world-wide conspiracy is afoot. Best of all, Illuminati acknowledges its own cheekiness with satiric groups ('The Boy Sprouts,' 'Congressional Wives') - even the directions poke fun at the game you're learning. Fortunately, if you stick to it, you'll be rewarded with a rollicking good time, using your cunning and wiles to plot alliances, destroy enemies and achieve world domination. It's an advanced game for those who crave a real challenge. Illuminati is decidedly NOT one of the so-called 'gateway' games, intended to draw rookies in with simple rules and easy strategy.