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Pax Illuminaten is a crunchy boardgame that packs a lot of punch in a small box. A few key highlights of the design:
Players will explore a map of Luminary cards (18th-century figures) and build co-occupied connected networks as they try to accomplish game-winning plots.
The victory conditions change every game, with a high degree of interaction as players strive to outmaneuver their opponents to achieve the victory conditions first.
Multi-purpose and multi-suited cards create deep decisions and tough calls. Cards are used for building the map and accomplishing goals, resource generation, actions, and resolving battles between players.
Core mechanics include area control, territory/network building, and hand management. Mix in a dose of negotiation and double-think/bluffing, and you have Pax Illuminaten.
Overall, the game provides a unique, historical look at the theme combined with rich gameplay and relatively quick playtime, all in a compact package.
What's on the box
Cardboard 2 Piece Box
155x155x70
Rulebook
140 x 140 mm
Luminary Cards
64 X 89 mm
Faction Cards
64 X 89 mm
Event Cards
64 X 89 mm
Plot Cards
64 X 89 mm
Starting player card
41x63 mm
Contact cards
41x63 mm
Areopagus placards
140 X 140mm
Influence tokens
15x15x4 mm
Favor tokens
ca 13 mm
Action Cubes
8 mm
Ziplock
100 X 120mm
Chamberlain token
Bot placards
140x140mm
Bot token
Secret Orders and Enlightened Conspiracies
Pull strings in the shadows to ignite the Enlightenment.
Looking for a secret society board game where you shape the Enlightenment from the shadows? In Pax Illuminaten , it’s 1776 in Bavaria, and the world is on the edge of transformation. As a powerful Illuminati leader, you’ll pull strings behind closed doors to spark revolutions, spread radical ideas, and climb the ranks of Europe’s intellectual elite.
With tableau-building and covert engine-building mechanics, this strategy game blends mystery, manipulation, and historical speculation. Can you outwit your rivals and guide the Enlightenment from the shadows? And can you unravel the hidden secrets in the game?
This is a game of subtlety, strategy, and secrets.
Why should you play Pax Illuminaten?
• Secret society strategy : Operate from the shadows to shape history and revolution
• Tableau and engine-building mechanics : Build influence through thinkers, plots, and networks
• Asymmetric power and hidden depth : Compete with rivals for control of Enlightenment ideals
• Atmospheric historical setting : 18th-century Bavaria reimagined through conspiracy and speculation
Game designer: Oliver Kiley
Game developer: Robin Spathon Ek
Artist: Madeleine Fjäll
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