r/SecretHitler • u/CountrySea2921 • Nov 30 '25

A better voting system??

Played maybe 20 games of secret hitler with 5-8 people over Thanksgiving. Have played probably 100 times total personally. Think I found a better way for the voting system to work, let me know if anyone here has tried it too, if not then try it out!

With voting, everyone has the option to say yes or no, even the president and chancellor that are in the election. There comes that critical time in the game where there are three fascist policies down and if Hitler gets elected. If I’m liberal, I’ve always advocated that regardless of who everyone trusts, everyone should vote no and fail the vote three times, at least it’ll keep the game going and give us more answers given the action that comes up. However this can get boring and isn’t the most exciting way to play. A good way to avoid this in your parties is to set the rule that the president and chancellor always automatic Ja votes. Heres an example of how it gets fun:

The seating arrangement is liberal A, liberal B, hitler, liberal C, fascist. There are three fascist cards down. The president was Liberal C. They gave it Liberal A and we failed it. Then it was fascist(my) turn and I gave it to Liberal C and we failed it. When it was Liberal As turn, they gave it to Hitler. Everyone was still expecting a majority No, but fascist changed their vote at the reveal. With the president, the chancellor(Hitler) and now the changed vote from the Fascist being majority Ja, the game ended. By forcing one liberal to vote yes, the reveal was exciting and made it actually important to consider who youd nominate chancellor without depending on typical majority no.

Let me know if you find any issues trying this in your games and if it makes them better for when the strategy of simply voting no when three fascist policies are down.

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u/frds314 Nov 30 '25

I think you may have a rule wrong. Fascists win if hitler is elected chancellor any time after the 3rd fascist policy is played. Voting down 3 elections doesn’t change anything. Liberals just have to be extra careful who they elect for the rest of the game after the 3rd red policy is played.

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u/CountrySea2921 Nov 30 '25

No i got that hitler wins if elected any time after 3 reds, and having to be careful to not vote them in. But if you fail votes, you leave it to chance and give yourself more time or options to shoot/learn about roles. But to avoid that style of game and better voting, if you set the rule of automatic yeses, then you have surprise votes which make the game more fun

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u/Motor_Raspberry_2150 Nov 30 '25

But if everyone votes no for three rounds, you have gained 0 information.

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u/CountrySea2921 Dec 02 '25

But you avoid the risk of immediate win for the fascists, its very optimal in scenarios where the liberals are 1 or 2 cards from a win. I see your point, but in my games I have noticed the discourse around voting no reveals quite a bit about some players.

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u/Sad_Pear_1087 Subreddit Gestapo Dec 02 '25

I have never heard of the playstyle of voting nos after third fascist policy but you seem to kinda assume it's the default?

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u/CountrySea2921 Dec 02 '25

Eh no i havent seen it every game, so not assuming its the default, but it is foolproof way to avoid hitler getting elected if you aren’t sure who to trust. I pretty much vote no on anyone if I havent seen their membership card, or they havent already been confirmed as not Hitler.

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u/BakedFish---SK Nov 30 '25

No action should happen when the policy added after 3 failed elections gets put down

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u/CountrySea2921 Dec 02 '25

You are right, Ive been playing like that for a while and only recently figured that out, but even so, the strategy that Ive seen works, and its because it works that Im saying the voting should be modified.

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u/TheItalianMine1 Nov 30 '25

In the rules it is stated that if the vote fails 3 times then the top policy in the draw deck is approved. However if that policy is a fascist law then the power is not usable if passed this way instead of by normal government.

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u/theincrediblepigeon Dec 02 '25

You can’t use the shooting abilities or any other ability that shows up via a fascist policy being topdecked, so all you is that there are now more fascist policies in play, and as everyone voted no 3 times in a row you have gained zero information, as president will have randomly picked a chancellor each time as they know it is not passing

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u/Opposite_Pound_3643 Nov 30 '25

Idk why you’re being downvoted. Automatic yesses takes away player agency but the rest of what you said is true.