Players: 2-8 Time: 60-180 Min Ages: 12+ The bundle includes: The original Pocket Box Illuminati . . . yes, the version with the pink Illuminati cards and the Jeff George illustrations. It was released in 1982; we gave away a lot of copies at conventions, fellow game designers liked it and played all night, and the rest is history. Just like the one you had in 1982, the one that is going for $140 new on Amazon as I type this – except the new version’s box is a bit thicker and fastens a whole lot better. Oh, yes, and we included some freebies. Each box contains a pair of Eye in the Pyramid dice and an Illuminati-themed pocket notebook. There are 54 cards (imagine how we ever got along with only 54 cards!). The reproduction of the original Dave Martin cover, with the hands and the puppets, is perfect. All three Illuminati Expansion Sets, the first two in their own new Pocket Boxes and the third in a ziplock bag, just like The Old Days. So, you really get All The Stuff! The cover of Expansion Set 1 is a Dave Martin painting showing the Illuminati pyramid rising from a storm-tossed sea. It includes a new Illuminati group, the Society of Assassins, and 26 other game cards. To add to the fun from the original printing, you also get a pair of Illuminated dice and a couple of Illuminati membership cards (I still carry my original). Expansion Set 2 has another Dave Martin cover, showing the Illuminati pyramid orbiting in space. This set adds the Network to the list of Illuminati, and 26 other game cards. Bonuses in this new edition include two more Illuminated dice and an “I’ve Been Illuminated” button. Expansion Set 3 shows Denis Loubet’s vision of the world, and the Pyramid, engulfed in flames. This is the set with the gameboards, and counters that let you increase the Conservatism, Criminality, etc., of the whole world. It also contains the famous “Fnord” counter, and the time is not yet right to tell anyone that you have it. One empty Pocket Box, because Pocket Boxes are awesome and useful. Two pocket-type folders – each 9” x 12”. One has the original Dave Martin Illuminati cover image – the other has Dave’s “Illuminati in space” image with the pyramid as a huge, cratered asteroid hanging over Earth. These are specifically made for you to shake the worldview of your school or office friends who did not realize that you, personally, were part of the Conspiracy! Last and definitely least, a tasteful medium-quality black-and-light-blue cardboard box, holding all the above, which can be repurposed to hold shoes, radioactive ore, a spare set of mystic amulets, or whatever else you have to stash away fnord. - description from the publisher
