Group · Illuminati 1982 Original + Expansion Sets 1 & 2 (1983, combined list)
Preppies
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Description
One of the game's classic-edition Group cards, later swapped out; like its counterparts it carried its own Power, Resistance, and niche bonus ability, though the specific ability text isn't reliably documented today.
Conspiracy Narrative
Riffs on the real early-1980s "preppy" fashion and lifestyle craze popularized by the 1980 bestseller "The Official Preppy Handbook"; Steve Jackson Games replaced the card with the thematically related "Yuppies" in the 1987 Deluxe edition as pop culture moved on.
Goes well with
Its direct thematic successor -- Steve Jackson Games swapped Preppies out for Yuppies in the 1987 Deluxe edition as the decade's cultural stereotype shifted.