The INWO Deck of the Week

Hello all, and welcome to the INWO Deck of the Week page! The Decks of the Week are fully designed and strategized decks for Illuminati: New World Order. The DotW concept was created by Aaron Curtis. Aaron chose the first 16 decks and then passed the baton to Brian Strassman, who chose the next 19 decks. I hope to continue in the fine style they have demonstrated.

To submit a deck for the Deck of the Week, e-mail it to me at ralph@cs.cmu.edu. For my own convenience, I'd appreciate it if you would put 'DotW' and the name of your deck in the subject of your message. If you want to make my life easier, you can submit your deck in HTML; template.html is the file that I use as a template for DotW decks. (Doing so will not affect your chances of being selected.)

Approximately fortnightly, I select a deck from those I've received and post it to the INWO mailing list and the Usenet newsgroup rec.games.trading-cards.misc. Decks not selected stay in contention for future Deck of the Week honors.

Classic Decks

I prefer decks that display new and cunning Illuminated schemes. However, I also maintain an archive of classic decks and I solicit decks to be added there.

Current Deck of the Week

#66 Understanding Slack, the Extensions of Mutants (SubGenius), by Erisian St. Vinge

Media-oriented SubGenius deck

Past Decks of the Week

#00 Fusion Seppuku (Cthulhu), by Jonathan Woodward

World War III against own Nations

Aaron Curtis' Decks of the Week

#01 Gaia's Revenge (Cthulhu), by Aaron Curtis

Pro-Green Anti-Corporate

#02 Abduction Moon Party (UFOs), by Mike Dalton

Link Personalities to Moonbase and destroy

#03 Beggar Your Neighbor (Gnomes of Zurich), by Brian Strassman

Liquor Companies Travel Agency, card draw stopper

#04 Heretic Magi (Adepts of Hermes), by Aaron Curtis

Destroy your Hermes rivals and steal their resources

#05 The Judo Deck (Shangri-La), by Carter Butts

Peaceful w/ Kinder and Gentler on rival's groups

#6A Servants of Shangri-La (Cthulhu/Shangri-La), by Brian Malcolm

Government, Violent, and Peaceful, unmasks as Shangri-La

#6B A Peace of the Action (Shangri-La), by Scott Furois

Peaceful, Violent, and Criminal: Shangri-La or Criminal Overlords goals

#07 Double Predator (Network), by Aaron Curtis

Plot and Resource Predator

#08 The Sorcerous and Larcenous Spawning Behemoth (Adepts of Hermes), by Lemar 'Jabberwocky' Johnson

Violent Criminal Magic deck

#09 The Artifactory (Adepts of Hermes), by Mad Chris

Magic Resource generator

#10 Your Money Is In Good Hands (Gnomes of Zurich), by Reverend Pee Kitty

Government Bank deck

#11 The Heimlich Maneuver (Adepts of Hermes), by Mike Dalton

Classic Secret deck with Junk Mail

#12 The Sacred Aspirin Commercial (Discordian Society/Shangri-La), by Mad Chris

Isolationist deck, unmasks as Shangri-La

#13 Heil Eris! (Discordian Society), by Keith Edward Casner

Weird Science deck powered by South American Nazis

#14 Revenge, Part 1 (Cthulhu), by Bill Kavanaugh

Sandbags most popular groups

#15 Open 23 Hours a Day, 5 Days a Week (Discordian Society), by Jeff Bailey

Convenience Stores sandbag deck

Brian Strassman's Decks of the Week

#16 I Love You All! Bombing Begins in 5 Minutes. (Bermuda Triangle), by Doug Ingram

Media and Personalities, goes for special Bermuda goal

#17 Cyber Rights Now! (Network), by Doug 'Sirilyan' Sheppard

Liberal Computer deck

#18 Ho ho! *BANG* F**k, I'm dead! (Cthulhu), by Tod 'Don Fnordlioni' Beardsley

Bjorne/Moonbase suicide trick; Has officially been declared illegal.

#19 Lambs To the Slaughter (Cthulhu), by Rudolf Gross

Reload Ninjas with failed attacks

#20 The Right Wing Revolution (UFOs), by Dennis Palmero

Straight and Conservative, anti-Liberal

#21 Big Brother Is Watching You! (Cthulhu), by Aaron Curtis

Pro-Government destruction

#22 Criminal Interest (Gnomes of Zurich), by Ashley Perryman

Criminal and Bank; no Corporates

#23 The Acronymicon (Bavarian Illuminati), by Brian Strassman

Government and acronymic groups

#24 Alternative Government? Excellent, Dude! (Society of Assassins), by James Eddleman

Fanatic and Secret power deck

#25 Gaia's Revenge II (Bavarian Illuminati), by Aaron Curtis

Green, Liberal, Government, anti-Corporate, with Assassins cards

#26 Save The Earth...For Us! (Shangri-La), by Doug Ingram

Peaceful, Liberal, and Green

#27 Invasion of the Gadget Snatchers (Discordian Society), by Aaron Curtis

Deck based around the Recycling Centers

#28 Death Geeks (Cthulhu), by Doug Ingram

Pro-Science destruction deck

#29 God Knows; We Can Find Out (Network), by Dan Myers

Information broker

#30 The Cult of Personality (Society of Assassins), by Kevin S. Tyrrell

Personality predator

#31 Bolsheviktory! (Society of Assassins), by Jason Staats and Carey Clevenger

Communist theme deck

#32 General Disorder Rides Again! (Society of Assassins), by Mad Chris

General Disorder tricks.

#33 The Invaders' Plan (UFOs), by Doug Ingram

Control/destroy with failed attacks against Church of Violentology

#34 Valley Of The Shadow Of Death (Shangri-La), by Ralph Melton

Hand of Madness w/ failed attacks against Church of Violentology

Ralph Melton's Decks of the Week

#35 Soylent Green (Bermuda Triangle), by Ralph Melton

Green deck with a Population Reduction sideline.

#36 The Wonder Bread of Peace (Shangri-La), by Steve Brinich

Shangri-La with a Place theme

#37 King for a Day, Thule for a Lifetime (Any), by Pol Jackson

Thule group extravaganza

#38 Attack of the Plot Bandits (Network), by Aaron Curtis

Plot Predator and other plot-related mischief.

#39 Counterculture McGoverniks (Discordia), by Steve Brinich

Liberal-themed Discordia deck

#40 Poetry in Motion (Bermuda), by Sean McGuire

Bermuda's special goal, Blinded by Science, and Unmasking as the Network.

#41 I am Not Left-Handed!, (Bermuda Triangle) by Steve Hatherley

Liberal deck reverses to Conservative

#42 Cuius Testiculos Habes (UFOs), by Ralph Melton

Inscrutable UFOs deal-making deck.

#43 Blunt Trauma (Cthulhu), by Seth A. Cohen

Brute-force Cthulhu deck

#44 Six Dead Conservatives (Cthulhu), by Aaron Curtis

Very degenerate Power to the People deck.

#45 Blinded by Cake! (UFOs), by Keith Page

UFOs with Kill for Peace, Blinded by Science, Let Them Eat Cake, and Shangri-La victory plans.

#46 The Nuclear Genie (Bermuda), by Steve Brinich

Unmasks as Adepts with Corporate Masters

#47 Ignorance is Strength (Bavaria), by Ralph Melton, Aaron Curtis, and Glen Barnett

Media-oriented Predator deck

#48 The Trojan Goose (Shangri-La) by Glen Barnett

Give away Unmasked and Shangri-La cards

#49 Make a Copy and Shred the Original (UFOs), by Scott McNair

Copy Shops/ Nevermore! Plot killer

#50 Alien Nation (UFOS), by Aaron Curtis

Nations deck organized around Gun Lobby.

#51: Annoy and Conquer (Discordia), by Sam Kington

Annoy your opponents with inconvenient NWOs.

#52: The Bottom Feeder (Cthulhu), by Darrin Bright

Use Political Correctness to generate Criminal Overlords.

#53 All The News That's Fit to Eat (Cthulhu), by Scott Furois

This deck was the winner of the Deck of the Week Challenge #5, to build a deck from a restricted set of cards. See these other pages:

• The original challenge.
• One runner-up: Business as Unusual (UFOs), by Darrin Bright
• Another runner-up: A Chaotic Ad Campaign (Zurich), by Glen Barnett

#54 Going One Better (UFOs), by Sam Kington

Blinded by Science, Power To the People, Earth First!, and Unmasking as the Network.

#55 Save the Earth - Kill the Humans (UFOs), by Martin Laerkes

Control Communist groups, play NWO: Watermelons, win with Goal: Earth First

#56 The Stepford Bimbos (Discordia), by Lemar Jerel Johnson

Predator deck based on the Congressional Wives.

#57 The Bermuda Crime-Angle, by Carey Clevenger

Bermuda Special Goal, linked by the Criminal alignment.

#58 The Hired Gun (Cthulhu), by Don Fnordlioni and Ralph Melton

Government and Violent Cthulhu deck with Up Against the Wall

#59 Tokens from Heaven (Bermuda), by Brian Davidson

Use NASA's special ability to excess.

#60 S.L.A.K. Never Rests! (Assassins), by Aaron Curtis

Whomp up with a super-S.L.A.K.

#61 Somebody Kill Me, Please! (UFOs), by Darrin Bright

Win with Arise! by forcing someone else to kill you.

#62 Stormy Pinkness (Shangri-La), by Christian Wedge

Draw your Plot deck with Straight Ninjas, Pinks, and Gun Lobby.

#63 Blinded by Frankenfood (Bermuda), by Keith Page

Use Frankenfood to achieve the Bermuda special goal, with variations.

#64 The Bitter Cynical Sellout Discordia Deck (Discordia), by Ralph Melton

Straight and Government Discordia deck.

#65 An Oliver Stone Production (Assassins), by Steve Brinich

"A secret conspiracy gone Hollywood."

Acknowledgements:

• Aaron Curtis instituted the Deck of the Week and selected Decks 1 through 15.
• Brian Strassman selected decks 16 through 34.
• Kevin S. Tyrrell provided the one-line summaries of the decks.