Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Lead a hidden global society through seven rounds of auctions, agent deployment, projects, investments, and conferences while steering land, industry, and population toward a private agenda.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Set Collection
Gather related items that become more valuable when scored together.
Variable Player Powers
Each player has different abilities, restrictions, or strategic advantages.
Auction / Bidding
Bid against other players to determine who receives an item, action, or priority.
Income
Receive recurring resources according to your position, assets, or development.
Variable Set-up
Starting conditions, resources, or layouts change between plays.
Read the full game description
Secret Societies is an economic strategy game about rival organizations shaping the modern world from behind the scenes. Each asymmetric society receives income, bids for deeds, deploys agents to headquarters, invests in projects, develops regions, and attends conferences over seven rounds. Shared economic systems connect land, industry, population, monuments, and treasury decisions, while private agendas and distinct player powers change the value of every opportunity. Auctions expose priorities without revealing complete plans, and limited actions force players to choose between immediate control and the long-term engine their society needs.
