======Politberg====== {{parent page=GamesCard}} ===Premise=== Political intrigue in a generic fantasy castle =====Number of Players===== 3+ =====Decks===== * Role deck, to determine what positions the players start in * Goal deck, for specific random goals * ====Roles==== - Monarch * **Advantage**: Absolute power * **Disadvantage**: Short lifespan - Spouse of Monarch * **Advantage**: Almost as much power as the Monarch * **Disadvantage**: Unable to inherit - Seneschal * **Advantage**: In charge of ceremonies * **Disadvantage**: - Chancellor * **Advantage**: In charge of money * **Disadvantage**: - Foreign Ambassador * **Advantage**: Resources external to the castle * **Disadvantage**: No internal resources in the castle - Constable * **Advantage**: Power of arrest * **Disadvantage**: - Butler * **Advantage**: In charge of servants * **Disadvantage**: As senior servant, ranks just above Peasant - Peasant * **Advantage**: Able to get information from multiple sources * **Disadvantage**: Lowest rank ====Goals==== * Pretender * Monarch or Spouse of Monarch * You have obtained your position under false pretences, choose one of the following options and write it down- ---False Identity, Regicide, Blackmail, Illegitimate, Opposite sex---__Goal__: Stay in power * Everyone else * You have a claim to the throne, choose one of the following options and write it down- ---Bastard, Cousin, False Identity, Heir of Related Monarchy---__Goal__: Become Monarch * Coup d'etat * Seneschal * __Goal__: * Everyone else * __Goal__: * Greed * Chancellor * __Goal__: Deny money to everyone else. The royal treasury must have the same or more money in it than at the start of the game. * Everyone else * __Goal__: Obtain the most money in your personal possession. * Power * Foreign Ambassador * __Goal__: Deny titles to everyone else. No role may have more titles than they have at the start of the game. * Everyone else * __Goal__: Obtain more titles than anyone else. * Justice * Constable * __Goal__: * Everyone else * __Goal__: Reveal the Pretender if Monarch or Spouse of Monarch, otherwise stop the Pretender. * Popularity * Butler and Peasant * __Goal__: * Everyone else * __Goal__: * Revenge * __Goal__: Foil the goal of another character. Choose that character now and write it down, you may not change. ===Pretending Goals=== * Monarch or Spouse of Monarch * False Identity---You have no noble ancestors but have assumed the identity of the real noble through being in the right place at the right time. * Regicide---The previous Monarch did not die of natural causes and you were involved in the plot. * Blackmail---You obtained your position through blackmail of every other contender. * Illegitimate---You were born outside of marriage. * Opposite sex---You are masquerading as the opposite sex. * Everyone else * Bastard---You are an offspring of the current or previous Monarch outside of marriage. * Cousin---You are closely, legally related to the current Monarch. * False Identity---You are the heir to the throne pretending to be something else. * Heir of Related Monarchy---Legally you have a right to the throne as you share ancestry with the Monarch =====The Board===== =====Setup===== =====Objective===== =====The Round===== =====The End of a Round===== =====Winning the Game===== {{gallery showalbum=Politberg"}}" {{files}} ---- CategoryPolitberg