Week Two Reflection: Secret Hitler

This week in class we played, Secret Hitler, another role play game where the Fascists are against the Liberals and visa versa. At the beginning, all players are assigned to be either a Liberal, Fascist or Hitler. The hardest part of this game was trying to strategically figure out who you felt was a fascist when you were a liberal, and more importantly, who Hitler was. I really enjoyed playing this game, despite only being a liberal all three rounds that my group had played. In regards to how it relates to leadership, Secret Hitler requires and individual in power to decide who becomes the President as well as the Chancellor. It really tests how well someone trusts another in their group, so that they don’t pick Hitler as the Chancellor and automatically give the Fascists the victory. I believe that my Psychology Professor, John Kunstman would like this game because I am currently enrolled is his course on power and leadership, which heavily relates the amount of power that some players have in Secret Hitler.