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Jan-20-2017 08:24

Hello everyone. It's been some time since we've had a game of Resistance, so I'll be hosting one (without story) for everyone to enjoy. If you've never played before, feel free to jump right into the world of uncertainty and lies. I promise lots of fun. :)

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.

I will serve as game master. Once we get enough people to play (5-10 total), I will PM everyone their allegiance (either "Resistance" or "Spy"). If you are a "Spy," I will also PM you the names of your co-conspirators.

A "leader" will be chosen at random for the first mission. The leader has 2 important functions:
1) The leader will assign various "role" abilities to players. These are one-shot special powers a player can use to learn more information about someone.
2) The leader will assign players to the "team" for that mission.

Missions will have a varying number of players who are selected; the leader picks a team, then every player will vote on whether or not they approve the team by PMing me. Once all the votes are cast, I will post the voting results. If a majority approves the team, the mission starts. If not, the mission does not start, and the next player in line becomes the new "leader" for that round. This continues until either a mission is approved, or 5 consecutive mission teams are rejected (in which case the spies win automatically.)

Once a mission team is approved, those players will PM me their choice of action during that mission. Resistance players will ALWAYS choose to have the mission succeed by sending "Success," while spies have a choice: they can either elect to have the mission succeed (to throw off suspicion), or they can "Sabotage" the mission.

Jan-24-2017 18:46

Thank you Sindy, it was chosen that was specifically, to prevent the instant recognition factor as he's very famous.

Jan-24-2017 18:50

The Resistance loses if we reject 5 proposals, but we don't have to worry about that now.

Maybe it is not too late Lou, and you can still change your vote, especially since you forgot how the game was supposed to be played :)

Jan-24-2017 19:45

The results of the vote on Devi's MISSION 1 Proposal are in.

Devi proposed a team of:
- Devi
- Yeti
- Bela

This mission proposal has been APPROVED by a vote of 6-2. The votes are as follows:

DevilishWings YES
Bela Talbot III YES
Sleuth Sindy NO
Lou Hoyle YES
Autumnsprings YES
Yeti Face YES
Cathy Rose NO
Jintan YES

Devi, will you be using your NO CONFIDENCE ability?

Jan-24-2017 20:08

Okay. So at least two spies have approved this mission.

Jan-24-2017 20:08

I can now reveal to everyone that I am not a spy, but in fact a member of the resistance who went under cover to learn more about those who would seek to destroy our movement. Consequently I will of course be voting SUCCESS in this mission, assuming it goes ahead, which is another matter to address further on.

For someone who claims to not be accusing anyone of being a spy you sure seemed to be going after me with a vengeance, Cathy. You fixated on the one prior game where I claimed to be a spy at the start of the game, which turned out to be a true claim. You had nothing to say about the game where I claimed to be a spy but was in fact resistance until Sindy pointed it out to you, at which point you dismissed it for the most trivial of reasons. The way you've latched on so fiercely to the idea of me being a spy, with nothing to base that latch on, is awfully suspicious. You're my spy suspect #1 right now, and it is precisely for this kind of information that I'll go undercover as a resistance member.

Bringing the topic neatly round to whether Devi should use NO CONFIDENCE. On the one hand, Cathy tried her best to get this mission shut down, which suggests it could be a solid team. On the other hand, at least one spy voted this team through. On balance I think it'd probably be safest to use the power now to gather more information about everyone, but I respect Devi that isn't the most cautious of players.

Jan-24-2017 20:17

Yeah, I'm not playing that game with you, Yeti. The fact that you're accusing me of being a spy says a lot about your allegiance. But I'm not interested in playing the accusation game, that's not what I came here to do. I am only interested in winning a victory for my team, and in cold, hard facts.

Jan-24-2017 22:22

Devi will not be using NO CONFIDENCE.

The mission is now ready to proceed. Devi, Yeti, and Bela must PM me whether they vote to SUCCEED or whether they vote to SABOTAGE the mission.

**Resistance members must vote SUCCEED, while Spies may choose to vote either SUCCEED or SABOTAGE.**

Also, I'm bringing back an old rule: Players have 24 hours from the timestamp of the prompting post to get their votes in (YES/NO or SUCCEED/SABOTAGE) or I'll flip a coin and you live with the consequences.

Jan-24-2017 22:50

Interesting. I would really like to hear from Bela and Autumn, who haven't said a word yet :) so why did you choose to vote yes on this mission?

Jan-24-2017 22:50

Kathryn = Cathy

Jan-24-2017 22:52

Ah I see. So when you suspect me of being a spy it's not an accusation, merely "reasonable cold hard fact" but when I suspect you of being a spy it totally is? No. It'll be clearly stated if I accuse you. Right now you're just the most suspicious person here as your cold hard reasonable facts aren't nearly as cold, hard, nor reasonable as you think they are - despite the fact that multiple people pointed this out to you.