The Time I Won A Game Of Secret Hitler By Admitting I Was Hitler

You read the title right. I once won a game of Secret Hitler by adamantly claiming I was Hitler the entire game. And guys, this is not the kind of play you can use twice.

If you don’t know what Secret Hitler is, it’s a board game where everyone is randomly assigned a role (either liberal, fascist, Hitler). The liberals’ goal is to get rid of Hitler or fill their side of the board with liberal policies. The fascists want to fill their side of the board with fascist policies or get Hitler elected chancellor after a certain number of fascist policies are in play or end up with an equal number of players as the liberal side.

Since I usually bring the games to game night, I always let someone else deal things like roles. One of my friends looked at me and told me he was Hitler. Before anyone opened their envelopes, I held mine up and said, “You’re a fascist at worst. The Hitler card is in here, buddy.” We went back and forth for a second before looking at our roles. He looked at me and said, “Steph, be completely honest with me right now. Are you Hitler?” It was very hard to keep a straight face when I told him I was.

I called for us to do the eyes closed round quickly, since I knew I couldn’t hold back the grin any longer and I needed a second nobody could see me. We went through it like usual, but I swear I could feel my fascist losing his mind when he saw my thumb go up. When the eyes closed portion ended, I leaned forward with the straightest face I could manage and said, “Guys, I have a secret to tell you…I’m Hitler.”

Absolutely nobody believed me.

The more I insisted I was Hitler, the less people took it seriously.

It was a lot of fun to go through the game admitting I was Hitler anytime someone asked. My friends’ disbelief only grew. I went the entire game with my fascist making comments about how I was definitely Hitler and how he believed me when I said it. The group ended up deciding he was Hitler.

We won the game and nobody could believe it. My fascist spent the entire game believing we were going to lose because I admitted to being Hitler. It was wonderful. The best way I’ve ever won Secret Hitler as Hitler was by being completely honest the entire game.

Sometimes, the best way to lie in a social deduction game is to tell the truth and hope nobody will believe you.