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Secret Cthulhu is a dramatic game of intrigue and betrayal. Each player is randomly and secretly assigned to be a investigator or a cultist, and one player is Secret Cthulhu. The cultist coordinate to sow distrust and install their cold-blooded leader; the investigators must find and stop the Secret Cthulhu before it's too late. The investigator team always has a majority.

At the beginning of the game, players close their eyes, and the cultist reveal themselves to one another. Secret Cthulhu keeps his eyes closed, but puts his thumb up so the cultist can see who he is. The cultists learn who Cthulu is, but Cthulu doesn't know who his fellow cultists are, and the investigators don't know who anyone is.

Each round, players elect a President and a Chancellor who will work together to enact a law from a random deck. If the government passes a fascist law, players must try to figure out if they were betrayed or simply unlucky. Secret Cthulhu also features government powers that come into play as cultist advances. The cultists will use those powers to create chaos unless the investigators can pull the nation back from the brink of war.
The objective of the investigators team is to pass five liberal policies or assassinate Secret Cthulhu. The objective of the cultist team is to pass six fascist policies or elect Secret Cthulhu chancellor after three cultists policies have passed.

This is just a rethemed version of the original Secret Hitler game:
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/188834/secret-hitler

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