TWENTY-FIVE ILLUMINATI THAT THE OTHER ILLUMINATI NEVER KNEW EXISTED          
(YOU never stood a CHANCE to find out!)                          
                          
                          /-------------------------------------------------\
The world is              ( Arcadia                                         )
totally controlled        )          /Illustration:   \  Entire power       (
by Elves.  It's a         (          |A stylized Elf's|  structure is       )
little-known fact.        ) Power:   |head in profile,|  immune to          (
These mythological        ( 8/8      |rendered in     |  Government and     )
figures only want         )          \silver filigree /  Corperate attacks. (
one thing: to drag        (                              +4 to control any  )
the world into the        )                              Magic group.       (
Ethereal Plane,           (                                                 )
in pieces if              ) Special Goal:                                   (
necessary.                ( Each Magic group in play that IS NOT owned by   )
                          ) Arcadia counts as one group towards Arcadia's   (
                          ( basic goals.  If a Magic group is brought into  )
                          ) play, meeting the Basic Goals of multiple       (
                          ( Arcadia players, they share the victory.        )
                          \-------------------------------------------------/
/-------------------------------------------------\  Can't live with 'em, 
( The Aristocracy                                 )  can't live without      
)                                                 (  'em, and can't get
(              /Illustration: \   +3 to control   )  rid of them.  It
) Power:       |Golden disk,  |   any Corperate   (  seems that the
( 8/8          |with pyramid. |   or Government   )  Aristocracy reforms  
)              |Where eye     |   Group.          (  no matter WHAT the   
(              |would normally|                   )  political and
)              |(normally?) be|   If your last    (  economic situation.  
(              |there is,     |   Group is        )    The Rich have
)              |instead, a    |   removed, you    (  always wielded con-  
(              \dollar sign.  /   remain in the   )  siderable power, and 
)                                 game.           (  are of course
(                                                 )  violently opposed to 
)                                                 (  Conspiracies, which
( Special Goals: None.  They just want money.     )  could ruin their     
\-------------------------------------------------/  profit margin.          
Held in a bath of         /-------------------------------------------------\
sodium silycate           ( The Brain                                       )
solution, the             )                          Groups at least two    (
disembodied human         (                          cards away from your   )
brain looked so...well,   ) Power:  /Illustration:\  Illuminati gain +3     (
harmless.                 ( 7/7     |A BIG brain, |  against any attack.    )
						  ) 		|in the center|  Groups at least 5		(
Then it ate Cleveland.    (         |of a silver  |  distant gain this      )
						  ) 		\spider web.  /  bonus AND 1 Global 	(
Then it destroyed three   ( 						 Power. 				(
small third-world         ) Special Goal:                                   (
countries.                ( Each Straight or Peaceful group under your      )
                          ) control counts as two groups in order to        (
Then it assumed the       ( meet your basic goal.  HOWEVER, this bonus      )
Presidency.               ) value is negated for a single group for each    (
						  ( Weird group in play.							)
                          \-------------------------------------------------/
/-------------------------------------------------\  They're EVERYWHERE.
( Circle "E" Enterprises                          ) 
)                                                 (  Only the Gnomes have
(          /Illustration: \   +5 to control       )  more money than 
) Power:   |A neon sign   |   Personalities or    (  (E) Enterprises.  
( 8/8      |of a capital  |   Places.             )  No other Illuminati
)          |`e', with a   |                       (  has quite as many
(          |circle and the|                       )  hot dogs, either.
)          |legend 'FOOD  |                       ( 
(          \AND GAS'.     /                       ) 
)                                                 ( 
( Special Goal:                                   ) 
) Corperate and Media groups with Power of at     ( 
( least 4 count as two groups towards your        ) 
) Basic Goals.                                    ( 
\-------------------------------------------------/                          
 Gods die.  Men die.      /-------------------------------------------------\
 Women die.  Plants       ( The Circle of Twelve                            )
 die. Stars die. The      )                           Your Power Structure  (
 few members of the       (         /Illustration: \  is immune to          )
 Circle do not die, and   ) Power:  |An "infinity" |  Resources and their   (
 have influenced this     ( 6/6     |sign, in gold,|  effects, although     )
 planet since Humanity's  )         |with a tiny   |  Resources may be used (
 first attempts at        (         |"2" written in|  in defences against   )
 rational thought,        )         \superscript.  /  your attacks.         (
 and perhaps before then. (                                                 )
 They are very, very old, ) Special Goal:                                   (
 have many contacts, and  ( As an action, you may                           )
 may even control many    ) declare your goal as                            (
 so-called "Illuminati."  ( that of any other                               )
                          ) Illuminati in play.                             (
 Do not even try to 	  ( You MAY NOT win during							)
 guess their age.		  ) a turn in which you have						(
                          ( redeclared your Goal.                           )
                          \-------------------------------------------------/
/-------------------------------------------------\ Certain groups of    
( Coincidence                                     ) pagans and mystics   
)                                Every time an    ( hold that all life   
(              /Illustration: \  opponent makes   ) is connected in      
) Power:       |The initials  |  a successful     ( a tangled web of     
( 8/8          |"JFK" in giant|  attack on your   ) energy, often called 
)              \block letters./  Power Structure  ( the Wyrd.  Modern    
(                                you may draw     ) man is quick to      
)                                a Group or       ( dismiss the idea of  
( Special Goal:                  Plot Card OR     ) Coincidence as idle  
) Coincidence wins if at any     completely       ( superstition...      
( time it has 28 Control		 reorganize your  ) 					 
) Arrows--arrows pointing        Structure.       ( While not a true     
( outwards--in play, including                    ) "Illuminated" group, 
) their Illuminati's, whether                     ( Coincidence holds    
( or not they are being used.                     ) much of the world in 
\-------------------------------------------------/ its tangles. Fnord.      
Forever hiding in         /-------------------------------------------------\
the sewers, in the        ( The Doppelgangers                               )
deepest forest, and       )                            Your Illuminati      (
in the White House,       (          /Illustration: \  may declare itself   )
the Doppelgangers         ) Power:   |small mirror  |  to be of any single  (
are a group of shape-     ( 7/7      |held by a     |  Alignment or         )
changers who seek to      )          |green, scaley |  Attribute. Changing  (
control the world         (          \hand.         /  your Alignment       )
through delusion and      )                            is a Free Action.    (
misdirection.             (                            Plot Cards which     )
                          ) Special Goal: Secret       alter the power of   (
How does one recognize    ( groups with a Power of     or grant specific    )
a Doppelganger?  They     ) at least 3 count as two    abilities to groups  (
invariably have two       ( groups towards meeting     of a specific        )
nostrils and two ears.    ) your Basic Goals in        alignment may affect (
Good luck, and happy      ( order to win.              your Illuminati.     )
searching!                \-------------------------------------------------/
/-------------------------------------------------\ The first generation
( The Fifth Generation       Power:               ) was the Vacuum Tube.
)                            May participate      ( 
(         /Illustration:  \  in two attacks per   ) The second was the
)         |a computer with|  round, as long as    ( Transister.
( Power:  |a map of the   |  at least one attack  ) 
) 7/7     |world on its   |  is made against a    ( The third generation
(         |moniter, with  |  Computer, Science or ) of computers was made
)         |missile courses|  Space group.         ( possible through the
(         |plotted on the |  All groups in your   ) Microchip.
)         |screen.  It is |  Power Structure gain ( 
(         |clearly not    |  +3 Power or          ) The Bavarians have      
)         \plugged in...../  Resistance when      ( known about the fourth
(                            defending against    ) generation, mono-
) Special Goal:              these groups.        ( molecular circuits, for
( The Fifth Generation wins if at any time it has ) some time.
) destroyed 6 Magic groups.                       ( 
\-------------------------------------------------/                          
A group of Psychics       /-------------------------------------------------\
bent on world             ( Friends of Delirium                             )
conquest.  The            )                                                 (
Friends have an           (          /Illustration: \  All groups in your   )
old grudge against        )          |Eye-in-Pyramid|  Power Structure      (
the Illuminated           ( Power:   |worked in     |  gain +5 against      )
Seers, who long ago       ) 7/7      |dark grey on  |  attacks to control.  (
learned that money        (          |black.        |                       )
controls far more         )          |Concentric    |                       (
efficiently than          (          |circles of    |                       )
psionics.                 )          |magenta swirl |                       (
                          (          |out from the  |                       )
                          )          \eye.          /                       (
                          ( Special Goal:                                   )
                          ) If at any time you control 30 Power of Magic    (
                          ( Groups, you win!                                )
                          \-------------------------------------------------/
/-------------------------------------------------\ The Earth looks so   
( Gaia                                            ) peaceful from space. 
)                                                 ( Graceful blue        
(          /Illustration:\   Any Disaster card    ) bastion of life that 
) Power:   |The Earth,   |   you play requires    ( it is, you'd hardly  
(  8/8     |spinning.    |   no Action tokens,    ) expect it to seek    
)          |A woman's    |   even if this         ( revenge...           
(          |hand with    |   contradicts a card's ) 
)          |sharp nails  |   wording.  You may    ( 
(          floats palm   |   add or subtract 5    ) 
)          |down over    |   from Disaster rolls  ( 
(          \the globe.   /   made by any player.  ) 
)                                                 ( 
( Special Goal:                                   ) 
) If 30 total Power of Green Groups are in play,  ( 
( All players of Gaia win, sharing the victory.   ) 
\-------------------------------------------------/    
Members of the            /-------------------------------------------------\
Global Association        ( GAMLAY                                          )
for Multi-Level           )                                +3 on ANY        (
Assimilation              (         /Illustration:   \     attempt to       )
practice strange          )         |A glowing eye.  |     control Person-  (
persuasive                ( Power:  |Beneath, two    |     alities.         )
techniques in their       ) 6/6     |"branch" lines  |     Every Person-    (
quest for World           (         |connect to two  |     ality in your    )
Domination.               )         |stick figures,  |     Power Structure  (
                          (         |each with an    |     gains +1 Power,  )
They also sell            )         |additional pair |     Global Power and (
perfume.                  (         |of branches. The|     Resistance for   )
                          )         |old "Pyramid"   |     each Personality (
                          (         \marketing setup./     under its        )
                          )                                control.         (
                          ( Special Goal:                                   )
                          ) Each Personality you control with a Power of    (
                          ( at least 3 counts as 2 groups towards your      )
                          ) Basic Goal.                                     (
                          \-------------------------------------------------/
/-------------------------------------------------\ Secretly undermining
( Giant Ants                                      ) the governments of the
)                                                 ( world.  Literally.
(          /Illustration:  \  At the cost of two  ) 
)          |An ant head,   |  Action tokens from  ( Giant Ants were rumored
( Power:   |looking forward|  any group or        ) to have been created
) 7/7      |and dangling a |  resource, you may   ( during a Scientific
(          |miniature globe|  give any group      ) Experiment gone Wrong.
)          |from its mouth,|  an additional token ( 
(          |or whatever an |  which must be spent ) The dark truth is, they
)          |ant has for a  |  or removed by the   ( controlled the          
(          \mouth.         /  beginning of your   ) scientists like          
)                             next turn.          ( puppets...
(                                                 ) 
) Special Goal:  For any sucessful attack to      ( 
( control an opponent's group, subtract one from  ) 
) the total number of groups needed to meet       ( 
( the Basic Goal.                                 ) 
\-------------------------------------------------/                          
Existing in a state       /-------------------------------------------------\
of anarchy second only    ( Global Scientist Community                      )
to the Discordians,       )                                                 (
the Global Scientist      (         /Illustration: \   You may choose       )
Community holds vast      )         |A miniature   |   and put into play    (
world power without any   ( Power:  |planet at the |   one Group and three  )
sort of centralized       ) 7/7     |bottom of a   |   Resources, instead   (
authority.				  ( 		\test tube.    /   of merely one group, )
                          )                            at the beginning of  (
Many of the greater       (                            the game.            )
technological triumphs    )                                                 (
of our day were spawned   ( Special Goal:                                   )
by the GSC, and ALL       ) The Global Scientist Community wins if at any   (
of their creators are     ( time it meets both of the following goals:      )
GSC members. Those that   ) 1) Control of Science groups with 15 total      (
aren't are no longer      ( power                                           )
found on this plane of    ) 2) Control of ALL Science groups in play.       (
existence.                \-------------------------------------------------/
/-------------------------------------------------\ "When the full moon  
( Guild of Lycanthropes                           ) shines, and the      
)                            All groups under     ( yellow wolvesbane    
(         /Illustration:\    your control gain    ) blooms..."           
) Power:  |A crescent   |    the Violent          (
(  7/7    |moon, looking|    alignment.  Groups   ) Now a powerful       
)         |like it was  |    that were originally ( political force,     
(         |recently used|    Violent may not be   ) the Guild of         
)         |as an edged  |    attacked without the ( Lycanthropes, once   
(         \weapon.      /    aid of a Magic group ) hunted close to      
)                            or resource.  Groups ( extinction, has      
(                            gain all benifits of ) embraced the         
)                            sharing alignments.  ( philosopy "If you    
(                            Your special power   ) can't beat 'em,      
)                            does not count       ( infect 'em."         
( Special Goal:              towards any Goal.    )
) Each New World Order in play reduces the number (
( of groups required for your Basic Goals by 1.   )
\-------------------------------------------------/
The antithesis of         /-------------------------------------------------\
all the Discordians       ( House Aneris                                    )
hold dear, House          )                                                 (
Aneris exists to          (           /Illustration: \  In addition to      )
inflict order on an       )           |A brown       |  regular attacks,    (
otherwise chaotic         ( Power:    |pentagon      |  House Aneris may    )
world.  They are          ) 7/7       |circumscribed |  make an Attack to   (
known by many names,      (           \by a chain    /  Conform. Roll Power )
including the Grey-       )                             vs. Resistance. If  (
Faces, Thuddites,         (                             successful, the     )
and the Squares,          )                             target becomes a    (
none of which truly       (                             Straight Power 2    )
captures this             )                             Resistance 2 group, (
group's essence.          (                             immune to attempts  )
                          )                             to control.  The    (
Known by their            (                             group MUST belong   )
battle cry,               )                             to an opponent.     (
"Let me help you          ( Special Goal: Straight      It may regain its   )
organize that,"           ) groups with a power of      statistics, powers  (
House Aneris              ( 4 or better count as        and alignment if    )
is truly a force          ) two groups towards          4 actions are spent (
to be feared.             ( fulfilling House Aneris's   at the same time by )
                          ) Basic Goals.                Weird or Magic      (
                          (                             groups.             )
                          \-------------------------------------------------/
/-------------------------------------------------\ Even the Ancient    
( The Infernal Realms                             ) Illuminated
)                                                 ( Brotherhood of Bavaria
( Power:  /Illustration:\    You may play any     ) finds that its          
)  9/9    |Two crossed  |    Disaster or          ( ends at the far reaches
(         |pitchforks   |    Assasination         ) of this dimension.
)         |before an    |    that an opponent has ( At that point, a lesser
(         |iron gate,   |    just used, even if   ) evil must take that
)         \with fire.   /    it is not your turn, ( Brotherhood's place.
(                            Unless the Plot is   ) 
) Special Goal               not discarded.       ( The Infernal Realms
( Each Violent or Church     Multiple Infernal    ) seek to dominate the
) group you control with     Realms players may   ( world not for Power,
( a Power greater than       play the disaster    ) not for Money, but
) 5 counts as two groups     once, clockwise from ( solely for the real
( in order to meet basic     the Disaster's       ) estate.
) goals.                     original player.     ( 
\-------------------------------------------------/                          
                          /-------------------------------------------------\
Universally hating        ( League of Malcontents                           )
the Natural Order of      )                                                 (
Things, the League        (           /Illustration: \     You may, during  )
fights to destroy         )           |A large hand  |     your Draw phase, (
Tradition and other       ( Power:    |in the classic|     freely exchange  )
such dull things...       ) 8/8       |"Thumbs Down" |     any New World    (
                          (           \stance.       /     Order card in    )
                          )                                your hand with   (
                          (                                those in play,   )
                          )                                or discard any   (
                          (                                NWO you put into )
                          )                                play.            (
                          (                                                 )
                          ) Special Goal:  For every group you destroy FROM (
                          ( YOUR POWER STRUCTURE, reduce by one the number  )
                          ) of groups you need to control in order to win.  (
                          ( If at any time you have destroyed 6 of your     )
                          ) own groups, you win!                            (
                          \-------------------------------------------------/
/-------------------------------------------------\ Yes, she IS always   
( Mother                                          ) trying to control    
)        /Illustration:    \  You may reorganize  ( your life.           
( Power: |In heraldic style|  any player's Power  )                      
) 6/6    |as follows: an   |  Structure. At the   ( Yes, she IS always   
(        |apron, its       |  beginning of each   ) meddling and         
)        |strings tied     |  player's turn, you  ( matchmaking.         
(        |around nothing.  |  may move any one    )                      
)        |Sword and Broom  |  of that player's    ( Yes, she DOES have   
(        |cross in front,  |  groups and place it ) eyes in the back of  
)        |Beneath a scroll |  under any other     ( her head.            
(        |reads "Marry a   |  groups control, as  ) 
)        |nice girl. Make  |  long as the moved   ( 
(        \Mommy happy."    /  group has no Puppet ) 
)                             and the new Master  ( 
( Special Goal:  Each group   has a spare out-    ) 
) in your power structure     going arrow.  This  ( 
( whos Alignments perfectly   is NOT an action.   ) 
) match its puppets counts                        ( 
( as two groups towards Mother's basic goals.     )
\-------------------------------------------------/ 
 For 1,000 years the      /-------------------------------------------------\
 Order of Light has       ( Order of Light                                  )
 offered to aid in        )                           You may draw a Plot   (
 other people's wars      (          /Ilustration: \  or Group card each    )
 and conflicts.  Their    ) Power:   |Golden light |  time an opponent      (
 work for charities       ( 7/7      |streaming    |  attacks your Power    )
 has benefited the        )          |from a pair  |  Structure.            (
 poor and helpless        (          |of cupped    |                        )
 beyond measure.          )          \palms        /  Your power structure  (
                          (                           is immune to attacks  )
 They must be up          )                           from Violent groups.  (
 to something...          ( Special Goal:                                   )
                          ) You must ask permission to aid in attacks made  (
                          ( by or against another player, and must keep     )
                          ) promises to give a specific amount of aid.      (
                          ( Each time you are given permission, subtract    )
                          ) one from the total number of groups necessary   (
                          ( to meet Basic Goals in order to win.            )
                          \-------------------------------------------------/
/-------------------------------------------------\ The Catholic Church  
( Piethesthaicians                                ) has a profound       
)                              Your entire power  ( effect upon our      
(        /Illustration: \      structure recieves ) everyday lives.      
) Power: |A cross, a    |      a +5 bonus against (                      
( 7/7    |yin-yang, the |      any attack to      ) The Protestant       
)        |Star of David,|      destroy.           ( movement is one of   
(        |an Ankh and a |                         ) the prime causes of  
)        |sword forming |                         ( the colonization     
(        |the corners of|                         ) of America.          
)        \a pentagon.   /                         (                      
(                                                 ) Cults kidnap and     
) Special Goal:                                   ( brainwash hundreds   
( Church and Magic groups with a power of at      ) of people every year.
) least 4 count as two groups towards your        (                      
( Basic Goals in order to win.                    ) Guess who started    
\-------------------------------------------------/ them all?            
The Reanimators           /-------------------------------------------------\
alone can promise         ( Reanimators                                     )
eternal life. It's        )                                Each time a      (
their favorite            ( Power:                         Personality      )
persuasive tactic.        ) 6/6        /Illustration:\     is destroyed,    (
Sadly, all who            (            |A white death|     roll a die. If   )
undergo their             )            \lily.        /     the result is    (
treatment return          (                                1-3, you may     )
"changed," less           ) Special Goal:                  place that       (
friendly or               ( Science groups with            Personality in   )
creative.  For this       ) a power of at least            any legal space  (
reason, the               ( 4 count as two groups          of your Power    )
Reanimators try to        ) towards your Basic             Structure.       (
restrict their			  ( Goals.											)
practice to the 		  ) 												(
preservation of 		  ( 												)
accountants.              \-------------------------------------------------/
/-------------------------------------------------\ Ghosts, Wraiths and
( Society of Discarnate Intelligences             ) miscellaneous spirits
)                                                 ( form this, the ULTIMATE
(         /Illustration:\   As an Action, you may ) in decentralized
) Power:  |A Dali-esque |   designate any group   ( authority.  
( 7/7     |face in red, |   you control to be     ) 
)         |blue and grey|   your Illuminati. That ( As the formost experts
(         |dust, slowly |   group can no longer   ) on psychic domination,
)         |fading into  |   be destroyed and      ( the SDI doesn't just
(         \the night..../   produces Illuminati   ) know what you're doing,
) action tokens.  Its power is not increased,     ( they probably made you
( though its Master and Puppet groups will be     ) do it...
) augmented by their new proximity to the         ( 
( Illuminati group.  The "original" SDI card may  )    
) be destroyed (though not controlled) as any 7/7 ( 
( Group.  If this occurs, you may reorganize your ) 
) power structure to avoid loss of groups.        (
(                                                 )
) Special Goal: Control a total Resistance of 40  ( 
( or more.                                        ) 
\-------------------------------------------------/ 
How cute!  But where      /-------------------------------------------------\
do they go when you       ( Squirrels                                       )
give them a peanut?       )                              Power: As a Free   (
Where do they come        ( Power:     /Illustration: \  Action, you may    )
from, when they mob       ) 7/7        |A walnut in a |  conceal any number (
a little old lady?		  ( 		   \pyramid 	  /  of any player's    )
						  ) 							 exposed plot cards.(
Who would suspect that,   ( Special Goal:				 Once per turn you	)
with their acorns, the	  ) Any Green Group with a		 may bring any		(
squirrels hoard money,	  ( power of at least 3 		 group in your power)
secret documents,		  ) counts as two groups		 power structure	(
incriminating photos	  ( towards your Basic Goals	 back to your hand	)
and nuclear weapons?	  ) in order to win.			 as a Free Action.	(
                          \-------------------------------------------------/
/-------------------------------------------------\ Scientists from the  
( Time Twisters                                   ) future, changing the 
)                           If an opponent uses   ( past to mold the     
(          /Ilustration: \  a Plot card against   ) future to their      
) Power:   |A clock face |  you or your Power     ( devilish whims.      
( 8/8      |with 5 hands.|  Structure, you may    ) They may be          
)          |Its numbers  |  roll a die.  If the   ( recognized by their  
(          |are all      |  result is a 1-3       ) habits of discussing 
)          \backwards.   /  the Plot operates     ( events which have    
(                           normally.  If a 4-6   ) not happened, their  
)                           results the Plot      ( strange technical    
( Special Goal:             is discarded, and the ) jargon, and their    
) You may keep 3 Goal       player may draw again.( charred clothing.     
( cards in your hand, but   This costs an action  )                      
) these must be exposed at  from your Illuminati  ( Time travel has not  
( all times.                or a Science group.   ) yet been perfected.  
\-------------------------------------------------/                      
 Not quite "Big Brother," /-------------------------------------------------\
 but they're no Dairy     ( Triskadek Inc.                                  )
 Queen either.            )                               Your Illuminati   (
 Triskadek Inc. controls  ( 		  /Illustration:   \  can make a second )
 more Corperate groups    ) Power:    |The letter T in |  attack each round (
 than the Gnomes of       ( 8/8       |blue, a smaller |  to control a      )
 Zurich, and uses them    )           |T in red beneath|  Corperate group.  (
 better!  Any product you (           |its left "arm", |  Your Power        )
 buy--from diapers to     )           |and a smaller   |  Structure is      (
 graham crackers--was     (           |green T framed  |  immune to attacks )
 probably made by a       )           |by the first two|  by both Govern-   (
 Triskadek subsidiary.    (           |for a snappy    |  ment and          )
 For reasons unknown,     )           \business logo.  /  Corperate groups. (
 Triskadek does not work  ( Special Goal:                                   )
 with banks. Triskadek    ) Corperate Groups (but not banks) with a power   (
 Chairman Roger Reed      ( of at least 4 count as two groups towards your  )
 claims they give him     ) Basic Goals in order to win.                    (
 hives.                   \-------------------------------------------------/

 
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