The first player to control a predetermined number of Organizations (usually twelve in a standard game) has achieved the Basic Goal and can claim victory. Network, Servants of Cthulhu, Shangri-La,the UFOs, The Society of Assassins (added in the Assassins expansion) and the Church of the Subgenius (added in the Subgenius expansion).

Players attempt to achieve World Domination by utilizing the powers of their chosen Illuminati (the Adepts of Hermes, the Bavarian Illuminati, the Bermuda Triangle, the Discordian Society, the Gnomes of Zürich, The