Welcome to the Illuminati High Council. Develop our strategy to infiltrate the world’s nations and subvert them via bribery, seduction and intimidation. Discover who wields influence and induct them into our organization. Reshape society to fit our agenda!

## About This Game
Puppet Master is a PC strategy/simulation game that puts you in control of a
shadow organization dead set on global domination via bribery, intimidation,
seduction, and any means necessary. Inspired by old classics like Plague Inc.
and modern gems like The Shrouded Isle, this is a challenging game where you
infiltrate nations, discover their networks of power, and then reshape them to
fit your agenda.

## Turn-based strategic infiltration

In Puppet Master every action you take matters on a global scale. When you
enter a new nation, you’ll be alone with just a headquarters at your disposal
and minimal information. Slowly, you will send your tendrils throughout the
region uncovering who are the influential and how much power they truly wield.
You’ll discover their traits and personalities, earning an understanding of
their weaknesses and how to best convert them to your side.

## Infiltrate nations around the world!
More importantly, you’ll discover who they are connected to, and thus person
by person, you shall take over the whole elite. Having a strong interconnected
network is the key to success, but the bigger you get the more visible you are
and this could lead to your demise. Manage your network, cut and create
connections, to ensure you act from the shadows when the time is right.

## Evolve your organization

The world will be difficult to conquer without growth and adaptation. As you
capture new units, you can change their abilities, unlocking new traits and
adapting to the necessities of the shadow war. Throughout your campaign for
world domination, you’ll be able to build your organization with unique
traits. Tailor your society and its pawns to fit your grand plan. Conquer the
world and you’ll be able to unlock different factions such as the Masons and
the Templars, with different strengths and weaknesses!

## Fight for global supremacy

As your organization grows and becomes more visible on the global scale the
challenges you face will increase. The world’s countries will unite against
you and you will face off against rival organizations. Choose wisely which
region to infiltrate first, as they will provide different bonuses, but also
present different challenges. Each region will offer a distinct play
experience with its procedurally generated networks. As time moves forward the
regions will acquire unique modifiers to increase the difficulty and diversity
of the maps you play on. It might well be worth the risk, however, as nations
you take over become yours to command, unlocking new powerful abilities. Be it
a person or a country, they shall all become like pawns before you!

## Mature Content Description
The developers describe the content like this:
The game contains implied violence at the geo-political level including
depictions of war, sabotage and terrorism. Violent acts such as kidnappings
and torture are mentioned.

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