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Jun-1-2012 11:11

I recently found an awesome party/social game called "The Resistance" that my friends and I love to play. The premise is very similar to games like "mafia" and "werewolf"; you have a group of players, in which some of them are working against the group and have knowledge the others don't.

In "The Resistance", you are basically members of an underground organization known as "The Resistance" attempting to destroy the establishment. However, among you there are counter-agents, or "Imperial Spies" who are working to sabotage your efforts. The spies know who they are, as well as who else is a spy, but will for all intents and purposes appear to be working toward the goals of the Resistance.

The game takes place over a series of 5 "missions". The Resistance is trying to complete 3 missions successfully, while the spies are attempting to sabotage 3 missions. First one to 3 wins.

(Gameplay in next post)

Jun-5-2012 14:39

REMINDER OF PLAYER ORDER:
M. Lacrimosa
Nicnic
Molly Maltese (current leader)
Illicit
Jason Arends
Danny Mack
Cekuray
Special_K

ROUND 3 (game tied 1-1)

In this round, here is the mission information:
Molly Maltese is the leader. She is about to receive two abilities that she must distribute to players in the game (including herself if she chooses) before the mission can begin.

Those abilities are:
"STRONG LEADER": Whoever receives this can immediately become the leader, taking leadership away from the current leader. This can only be used BEFORE the current leader has given out abilities or proposed a mission team. (Since Molly will give this out before it can be used, it can not be used immediately against her.)
"STRONG LEADER": same as the ability above (didn't repeat due to message length restrictions)
(you have 2 of them to give out...)

Molly, the choice is yours; who will receive these abilities?

THE THIRD MISSION:
The mayor, grateful for the Resistance help in thwarting his would-be assassination, has offered some intruiging intelligence about Imperial movements in the south. It appears that the Imperials have learned of the location of a Resistance headquarters, and are planning on storming the HQ in a few days, arresting (and ultimately executing) any people they find as enemies of the state. This cannot be. You must secretly warn the other Resistance cell of the Imperial plan, help them escape to safety, and booby-trap the HQ so that the Imperials think twice about trying to "flush out" your comrades again.

This mission will require 4 team members to go.

Molly, once the abilities have been passed out, you may propose the mission team. You may put yourself on the team if you so desire.
I await your decision as to who will receive these abilities. Please post your decision here.

Jun-5-2012 14:54

Danny... Illicit could still be a spy and she just voted SUCCESS to hide it.

I think this pretty much clears Jason though because the only way Jason could be a spy is if both Jason and Illicit are spies and the chances of both of them voting success when they are spies is probably pretty small.

I think it also tells us that Special K is indeed a spy.

My personal opinion is we should maybe re-propose this same mission again and let it go and see if it is a success a second time. If it is, then we have at least 4 resistance members identified. If it is a failure, my opinion would be that Illicit is the spy.

Jun-5-2012 15:00

On the other hand.... if Illicit was a spy, if she voted FAIL, the spies would then have two wins under their belts and we would have to get ALL THREE of the next missions correct to win which would be pretty damn hard. So there is a good chance that there were no spies on this mission.

Jun-5-2012 15:08

Haha i sound so badass taking that gunman down B)

Jun-5-2012 15:10

Also molly, you're simply wonderful, more ham please. :D

Jun-5-2012 15:59

Oooh la la. I love it. I have the POW-AH! *hip thrust*

Strong leaders, eh? How about we stir things up- shake the proverbial sticks as it were. I deem two people worthy of these 'strong leader' shenanigans. One, will be Special_K.

The other, our illustrious and proven Resistance hero, Jason Arends.

Jun-5-2012 16:35

Molly has decided to give "STRONG LEADER" to Special_K and Jason Arends.
Nicnic and Cekuray still have "NO CONFIDENCE" they can play after a vote.

So, Molly, the question is:
Who will you choose to be on the team for this mission?

Jun-5-2012 16:42

Oh, this certainly is illuminating.

Very well.

I shall have:
-Special K
-Illicit
-Marc Lacrimosa
-Nicnic

Jun-5-2012 16:43

CLARIFICATION ON "STRONG LEADER":
When this ability is used, leadership moves to the person who used it. The leader to follow them will be the person who follows them on the player order list. In other words, "STRONG LEADER" moves the leader "icon" on the player order list.

For instance, if Special_K used it now (which she can't since Molly has already assigned abilites as leader), she would be the current leader. After her, M. Lacrimosa would become leader, and so on and so forth.

Just wanted to make sure that was clear for everyone now that the ability is in play.

Jun-5-2012 16:45

OK players, now it's time to vote on the proposed mission.
Molly Maltese has elected to send a team consisting of:

(Mission 3, Team 1)
Special_K
Illicit
M. Lacrimosa
Nicnic

Feel free to discuss this proposal on the board, but your vote must be submitted via PM to me. Your PM should state Mission 3, Team 1, and your vote of "Yes" or "No" to the proposed team.

With 8 players, a mission proposal will need 5 "Yes" votes to pass. If 4 or more players vote "No", then the proposal is rejected and a new leader will propose a mission team.

I don't want to have to put a time limit on voting, so please get your votes into me once you've had a chance to consider the proposal and any arguments presented in this thread.