Dethroned

Concept for a social deduction card game.

Dethroned pits a Monarch and their team of Loyalist Nobles against a secret team of Traitor Nobles that seek to dethrone the Monarch.

To accomplish their sinister ends, the Traitors plot to destabilize the realm – implicating the royal family in scandals or marching their armies into faraway wars – but draw too much attention and their true allegiances will be revealed.  Better perhaps to lie in wait and kneel to the Monarch, who can disgrace or even execute any Noble who crosses the line.  Charm the Monarch enough, and one might even manage to slip their assassins past the royal bodyguards in the dead of night.

On the other hand, the true Loyalists hope to quell rising tensions in the royal court and in the realm at large, though in their internecine squabbles, sometimes even the most faithful of Nobles cannot help but add to the chaos.  Bowing to the Monarch leaves one open to ridicule if not outright attack from their peers, but without such selfless devotion to the regime, the realm may well collapse.

Should the Monarch hold onto their rule long enough, they must name a successor, and their side takes power!