High Stakes Hitler

High Stakes Hitler is an internet game created by me and my brother James. It is a game where you must go to Wikipedia and get to Adolf Hitler.

How to play: The objective of this game is to get to Adolf Hitler on Wikipedia as fast as you can from a random article, making all other players lose all their points. Each player starts with 100 points (or any kind of currency if you are playing for cash). The turn order is decided by a roll of the dice. Whoever rolls the highest number goes first, then the players go in order (thanks to Space Cowboy for this). The players must click "random article" on wikipedia, and try to get to Adolf Hitler's page in as few links as possible. Before a player goes to the random article, they must bet a number of points, the maximum bet being 10 points, which the other players must match, raise, or fold. If the current player loses, the other players recover points at half the number of points they bet. The game goes on until all other players lose all points. The winner gets bragging rights as well as 75% of all bets. The same rules apply for real money.

Special Rules: If one of the players is a lucky bastard and gets Hitler as their random article, they win all points bet, plus triple their own bet. If a player's random article is ANY article about any non fictional Nazi or concentration camp, they win all points bet. Auschwitz as a random article wins the player all points bet plus double their own bet. If a player gets any random article about any other person in WWII who was not a Nazi (Stalin, FDR, etc.) the player's bet is instantly reduced to 1. If a player has bet less than three points and gets any article about any person in WWII who was not a Nazi, their bet will be reduced to zero and they will lose the round. If a player gets a random article about anything pertaining to WWII and has bet more than three points, they will win one point, whether they win the actual round or not. Finally, if a player gets any random article about any specific giant robot, mobile suit or metal gear, they will automatically win the round and get triple their own bet. Have fun finding Hitler.

EDIT: If a player gets a random article about any Jewish person, they lose 1 point.

EDIT 2: Players cannot click links about ANY country, or click links about Nazis or WWII. Any article about WWI or the axis powers are also banned. (I give credit to Nashrakh and Waar for these extra rules)

lol, just tried it out...

Got random page: Diplomatic Rank -> WWII -> Adolf Hitler

I go out on a limb and say you always need just 5 clicks max to get to Adolf Hitler from any random article.

You'd be surprised. James and I were playing earlier and it took us an average of 10 links. I lost 50 bucks...

If I get nash as a random article, I get quintuple my bet, ya?

Ok tried again.

Random Article: Cattle raiding in Kenya -> Kenya -> Germany -> Adolf Hitler

This sounds like a gas.

Wow. you are fucking lucky.

Hmh, made it on first try.

Dominique Mamberti > 20th-century Roman Catholics > German Catholics opposed to the Third Reich > Georg von Boeselager > Adolf Hitler

I tried it too :

Got Chironany (town in Slovakia) > Slovakia > 3rd Reich (Hitler was in the text but was not linked so I guess it doesn't count?) > Hitler

DMAZ > Monomethylhydrazine > European Space Agency > Germany > Nazi Germany > Adolf Hitler.

Indeed.

Ok, here goes again

Random article: Cocofina -> Coconut Water -> Hawaii -> United States -> Nazi Germany -> Hitler

The easiest way is always to reach pages about nations since there will always be a reference to WW2 or Germany in there.

Edit: Some other ones.

Crackerjack Productions -> Australia -> WWII -> Hitler

William Collins (cricketer) -> Australia -> WWII -> Hitler

1973 Can-Am season -> Germany -> Hitler

John B. Ayre -> History of Newfoundland and Labrador -> WWII -> Hitler

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island -> List of political parties in Canada -> Canada -> WWII -> Hitler

Peru Open -> United States -> Nazi Germany -> Hitler

Choo Choo Ch'Boogie -> WWII -> Hitler (lol, lucky)

So far, my '5 clicks max' statement holds true...

wow.....i got that page in just 4 clicks.....

Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov> Fulgencio Batista> Bucket seat> Adolf Hitler.

Looks like a fun game to play with my cubicle partner at work during breaktime.

Here we go...
Kenny Drew > Europe > Germany > Hitler

4 clicks.
Nash was right - higher chances if you zero in on links regarding nations, almost always it has a WWII reference.

The Hitler Wiki game has existed in various forms for years, but I like these rules. Needs a drinking game version. ;)

Ivica Pirić>Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavi>Nazi Germany>Adolf Hiter

Prostitution in Canada -> Oxland -> National Register of Historic Places -> SS Jeremiah O'Brien -> World War II -> Adolf Hitler

Took longer than I expected, but I avoided nation links.
Alternatively:
Prostitution in Canada -> Germany -> Adolf Hitler

I think a rule like 'no links to articles about nations' would spice up this game a lot, since it would throw a wrench into this easy strategy.

add new rules where you cant use the following words "Germany, Nazi, WW2" Might add to the fun.

Harold A. Rogers > Order of the British Empire > Commonwealth of Nations > World War I > Adolf Hitler