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  Encyclopedia: Illuminati (game)
The game uses a multitude of conspiracy theory in-jokes, with cards such as the Boy Sprouts (where sinister youth leaders influence the world leaders of tomorrow), the Orbital Mind Control Lasers, the Mafia, two headed Anti-Nuclear Activists, or Trekkies and, in later expansions, the Church of The SubGenius.
Some Illuminati might seem unbalanced, such as the extremely high-income Gnomes and the low-level Discordians, but sometimes their true value is not visible at first or valuable only in certain circumstances.
Illuminati Y2K brought two new Illuminati groups to the deck: Shangri-La and The Church of the SubGenius and a whole slew of new groups (although typeset not so precisely as the original set).
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Illuminati-(game)   (1750 words)

  
 Illuminati - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The designation illuminati was also in use from the 15th century, assumed by enthusiasts of another type, who claimed that the illuminating light came, not by being communicated from an authoritative but secret source, but from within, the result of exalted consciousness, or "enlightenment".
Later, the title Illuminati was applied to the French Martinists which had been founded in 1754 by Martinez Pasqualis, and to their imitators the Russian Martinists, headed about 1790 by Professor Schwartz of Moscow; both were occultist cabalists and allegorists, absorbing eclectic ideas from Jakob Boehme and Emanuel Swedenborg.
Robert Gillete has claimed that these Illuminati ultimately intend to establish a world government through assassination, bribery, flmail, the control of banks and other financial powers, the infiltration of governments, and by causing wars and revolution to move their own people into higher positions in the political hierarchy.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /illuminati.htm   (2014 words)

  
 RPGnet: The Inside Scoop on Gaming   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Steve Jackson's Illuminati, considered by many to be the progenitor of the entire conspiracy genre in gaming, is one of the precious few games that have remained popular for decades without changing their character a bit.
Illuminati is based on the premise of some of the grandest, most paranoid conspiracy theories being true.
The game is won by the first player to gain control of a fixed number of groups, dependent on the number of players.
www.rpg.net /news+reviews/reviews/rev_3494.html   (1343 words)

  
 Illuminati (game) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Illuminati is a complicated (A game played with playing cards) card game (not a (Click link for more info and facts about CCG) CCG) made by (Click link for more info and facts about Steve Jackson Games) Steve Jackson Games.
The game is played with a deck of special cards, money chips (representing millions of dollars in low-nominal unmarked banknotes) and two (Click link for more info and facts about D6) D6 dice.
Illuminati Y2K brought two new Illuminati groups to the deck: (Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace) Shangri-La and The Church of the (Click link for more info and facts about SubGenius) SubGenius and a whole slew of new groups (although typeset not so precisely as the original set).
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/i/il/illuminati_(game).htm   (875 words)

  
 The Illuminati
The Order of the Illuminati was established with some unspecified ties to the Masonic lodges of Germany; as a secret society within a secret society, the Illuminati have produced at least as many myths as verifiable facts.
By the end of the eighteenth century, however, the Illuminati had effectively disbanded, although legends of their continued existence (and influence) persist into the twentieth century (among, for instance, members of the John Birch Society).
The games of humanity will always persist - the opposites doing battle - the duality of it all - yet in the end that which separates the poles - the north/south of the magnetics - merge - like looking at a tube with north and south ends.
www.crystalinks.com /illuminati.html   (1318 words)

  
 Illuminati
A different class were the so-called Illuminati, better known as Rosicrucians, who claimed to originate in 1422, but rose into notice in 1537; a secret society, that claimed to combine with the mysteries of alchemy the possession of esoteric principles of religion.
The structure of the Illuminati soon collapsed, but while it was in existence many influential intellectuals and progressive politicians were members.
Robert Gillete has claimed that these Illuminati ultimately intend to rule the world through assassination, bribery, flmail, the control of banks and other financial powers, the infiltration of governments, and by causing wars and revolution to move their own people into higher positions in the political hierarchy.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/i/il/illuminati.html   (1719 words)

  
 Illuminati Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The designation illuminati was also in use from the 14th century by the Brethren of the Free Spirit, and in the 15th century was assumed by other enthusiasts who claimed that the illuminating light came, not by being communicated from an authoritative but secret source, but from within, the result of exalted consciousness, or "enlightenment".
Robert Gillete has claimed that these Illuminati ultimately intend to establish a world government through assassination, bribery, flmail, the control of banks and other financial powers, the infiltration of governments, mind control, and by causing wars and revolution to move their own people into higher positions in the political hierarchy.
A small movement believes the Illuminati are a group of aliens that hold humanity on strings and control everything.
www.alienartifacts.com /encyclopedia/Illuminati   (2351 words)

  
 Illuminati: The Game of Conspiracy - s5000.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Illuminati is a tense but tongue-in-cheek game about world conquest - not by guns and missiles, but by stealth and guile.
The game comes with a 16 page instruction book that is the size of a normal sheet of paper.
Games run about 30 minutes with 2 people to a few hours with 6 people, but playing with 2 people is not recommended (the game is more fun when you can have allies to gang up on the current leader).
www.s5000.com /articles_editorial374.php   (991 words)

  
 ADVANCED RULES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
For a very long game, ignore both the Basic and the Special Victory Conditions and play until there are no cards left uncontrolled; compute the total Power of each player's groups, plus 1 for each group controlled.
An easy way to change the game is to vary the sequence in which players take their turns.
For a seven-player game, the income of each Illuminati group should be increased by 3 MB per turn.
www.frenzy.com /~jaebear/games/rules/illuminati/advanced.html   (665 words)

  
 Masonic references in games
While noting in the Introduction that it is merely a game, the writing style is such that the unwary reader may unwittingly accept the world view presented as being historically accurate.
The Illuminati made extensive use of signs, grips and passwords, in much the same way as Freemasonry.
The Bavarian Illuminati may use Freemasonry as a cover, and continue their practice of secretly testing candi- dates for membership.
freemasonry.bcy.ca /fiction/gurps_illuminati.html   (1118 words)

  
 The games of Rosicrucians, Illuminati, and other secret societies... - Above Top Secret Conspiracy Community
It is suggested that this game not be played until one is familiar with certain techniques of ceremonial banishings, preferably either the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram (given in Regardie's book) or the Star Ruby (given in Crowley's "Magick In Theory and Practice").
In the popular online pc game, ''world of warcraft'', there is an knight order called the argent dawn (golden dawn), there is also a item you can wear which is called the ''mason fraternity ring'' (masons).
I can only assume that this particular game was invented by an Adept of the Golden Dawn, perhaps Mathers, for the purpose of acquainting students with the Enochian system by playing a recreational game using the proper symbols.
www.abovetopsecret.com /forum/thread111474/pg1   (2400 words)

  
 Illuminati
ILLUMINATI starts with this simple fact: ALL of the really paranoid conspiracy theories you’ve ever heard are true.
ILLUMINATI is the official, licensed play by mail version of Steve Jackson Games popular ILLUMINATI card game.
Illuminati and the all-seeing pyramid are registered trademarks of Steve Jackson Games Incorporated and are used with permission.
www.flyingbuffalo.com /illumin.htm   (606 words)

  
 SMOKING GUN PROOF THAT THE ILLUMINATI PLAN TO ATTACK ON 9/11 AND BEYOND WAS WELL KNOWN AS FAR BACK AS 1995
Jackson was creating a game that would hit very, very close to home, very close to the actual plan of the Illuminati to propel the world into the New World Order -- also known as the Kingdom of Antichrist.
The ultimate goal of the Illuminati in the 1960's was to pay and encourage the counter-culture hippie movement in order to change attitudes and values of the youth so dramatically that, one day, the entire establishment structure would be overthrown.
The game depicts the events of 9/11 quite accurately and it depicts the planned events of bio-terror that are filling our daily news.
www.cuttingedge.org /news/n1753.cfm   (3738 words)

  
 Illuminati : New World Order - Collectable Card games from Near-mint.com online auction for the collectables scene   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Illuminati: New World Order (INWO) is a collectible card game (CCG) that was released in 1995 by Steve Jackson Games, based on their original legendary boxed game Illuminati (game).
The premise is that you play one of the Illuminati groups (the Bavarian Illuminati, the UFOs, the Gnomes of Zurich, etc.) bent on world domination.
Packs of blank cards are also sold for those who wish to make up their own cards, an activity that has proven so popular that online collections of homebrew INWO cards now list thousands of cards.
near-mint.com /encyclopedia/ccg/illuminati.htm   (540 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Illuminati: The Game of Conspiracy at Epinions.com
The basic principle of the game is that each organization in the world has power and resistance to outside influence.
Illuminati uses this and throws in those ultra elite secret organizations who spend all of their energies in the effort to become the most powerful group in the world, thus controlling the way things go.
In this game, there are three different types of cards: Illuminati cards, the secret organizations or the players themselves, Group cards that represent the different organizations that have formed during the history of man, and Action cards, the various things that can be done to groups in order to make them do as you wish.
www.epinions.com /content_43923050116   (1138 words)

  
 Illuminati Home Page
Illuminati Brainwash adds a gameboard to Deluxe Illuminati, letting players track (and change) the alignments of the whole world.
Illuminati: Crime Lords is based on the Illuminati system.
Illuminati Pins and T-Shirts - show your membership in the classy conspiracy.
www.sjgames.com /illuminati   (349 words)

  
 ConsimWorld.COM - Illuminati Variants (10/7/02)
As you now know, Illuminati's great appeal is the absurdity of the power structures you create and the interplay between the players as they try to achieve wildly different victory conditions.
I don't advocate playing Illuminati this way all the time (I think the original game is just fine, thanks), but every once in a while a slice of variety can be a hoot.
At any point in the game, the player may pay 5MB to the bank, and pull the paper out of his or her pocket and announce the name of that group to the players.
www.consimworld.com /newsroom/story/1002/illuminati_variants.html   (1063 words)

  
 Game Review: Illuminati   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Illuminati is a card game of world domination through stealth and clandestine operations.
In the game there are many groups besides the Illuminati.
Illuminati has expansions sets (1 through 3) which increases the number of groups in play, as well as introduce additional Illuminati groups.
homer.pacific.net.sg /~grognard/games/review/illumina.htm   (213 words)

  
 GrazingSheep.com - Illuminati: What Do They Know?
The object of the game is to mobilize your resources to create wars, revolts, terrorist attacks, influence the public and overthrow governments, etc. It's uncanny to take a look at some of the cards from the perspective of the past few years...
You can dig up tons of references documenting the Illuminati bragging about what was to happen, what was planned for the future, and also using esotheric terms to admit (boast before each other, or anybody that can understand the language) to the things that were just played out, performed by their agents, the "useful idiots"*.
It could be that Steven Jackson is simply a keen observer of the geopolitical trends and global events, building the plot for his games upon his knowledge of recent and not-so-recent history.
www.grazingsheep.com /arte/2004/2004_09_illuminati.htm   (604 words)

  
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For all you know, I am part of an Illuminati, and if you take every fourth word backwards of this essay, you'll discover that I am trying to recruit you for my cause, which may be a rival cause of the Illuminati you may or may not belong to but your parents do.
Since you now know much about the Illuminati, They have let you discover the fact that the word "ford" was always spelled "fnord", and that you never noticed it until now...why they let me tell you that is beyond me, but you must be here for a purpose if you know of fnord...
The game "Illuminati" is the play, and the 8 illuminatus are the players (along with whoever represents them).
www.textfiles.com /groups/ZAN/illumina.zan   (2471 words)

  
 Crystal Keep - Illuminati: New World Order
Illuminati: New World Order is the newest incarnation of the card game Illuminati by Steve Jackson Games.
Previous versions of the game came in one box, but this release is done as a collectible card game.
This game turned out to be extremely unbalanced as a CCG, so it did not stay in print for very long.
www.crystalkeep.com /tcg/inwo   (128 words)

  
 Game Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The basic premise of the game is that all conspiracy theories are true and that the world is stranger than you can imagine.
Illuminati can spend their money freely, as can the group that is making the attack and the group that is defending (the defending group's money counts double!)
The early edition of the game use paper chits that blow around at the drop of a hat.
www.pyro.net /~bankler/rev_illuminati.html   (1336 words)

  
 Game Worlds: Steve_Jackson_Games: Steve Jackson Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
This game was written by Steve Jackson as a satirical comment on the Secret Service raid and the hacker community.
The Hellboy Roleplaying Game and Sourcebook is a complete RPG and guide to the world of Hellboy...
In this game, the way to win is to have the most kids, and do whatever you have to do to make sure they survive.
www.war-zone.com /games/Steve_Jackson_Games   (1072 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The game itself is fairly good, but the inherent cheapness of the design was enough to assure that I would not be buying any more SJ products any time soon.
By the way, all references to names, descriptions, and other games related materials mentioned are probably copyrighted by Steve Jackson games, so any Net Police out there knows that it's just a game.....
Hacker is more of a beer and pretzels game, but you don't leave it swearing vengance on your best friend.
grognard.com /reviews/hacker.txt   (977 words)

  
 Illuminati   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Often the symbol of the all-seeing pyramid in the Great Seal of the United States is cited as an example of the Illuminati ever-present watchful eye over us.
Angels and Demons (German title: Illuminati, Dutch het Berlini Mysterie), by Dan Brown, is about an Illuminati order plot against the Catholic Church.
The Illuminati and the Council on Foreign Relations by Myron C. Fagan
www.yotor.com /wiki/en/il/Illuminati.htm   (1706 words)

  
 Funagain Games: Illuminati Y2K
Deluxe Illuminati enters the new millenium with 110 more cards bringing the global conspiracies in synch with (or slightly ahead of) the times.
Note that you need the Deluxe Illuminati game to take advantage of all the keen stuff in Illuminati Y2K, otherwise you're just whistling in the Fnords...
This is an expansion pack for the Deluxe Illuminati game, and it blends in with the game flawlessly!
www.funagain.com /cgi-bin/funagain/06670?;;TNES   (429 words)

  
 Masonic references in games: Illuminati, New World Order
A convulated, confusing, and often quite humourous card game, the official card list of April 18, 1995 includes 413 cards with an additional 125 cards in an Assassins set.
Through the ages, the all-seeing eye has been a pagan, Christian or new age symbol for God while the triangle represents the triune nature of God.
Illuminati was first released at the gamers' convention, Origins, in September 1982, promptly spawning two expansion sets, with an Expansion Set 3, published in January 1985, adding a board.
freemasonry.bcy.ca /fiction/illuminati.html   (249 words)

  
 illuminati   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Those who were baptized were called "illuminati" or "illuminated ones" by the Ante-Nicene...
The Illuminati who were on the faculty of colleges and universities were to cultivate students...
In the literature that concerns the Illuminati relentless speculation abounds...
www.goinginto.com /find?keywords=illuminati   (390 words)

  
 LMT Tech Resource Store: Books : Deluxe Illuminati   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
It is a very well designed and thought out game with endless outcomes from all the deceit, power struggles, and politics that transpired.
I recently finished up a 5 hour game with three buddies, and the satirical humor was the only thing keeping us up other than the sheer manipulation, deceit, and crazy power struggles it evolved into.
Once playing begins the game can be easily picked up (unless your 60+ because then you probabally cant understand any new game).
www.elise.com /lmtstore/1556343841/Deluxe_Illuminati.html   (304 words)

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