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The Announcer
The Announcer

Jul-1-2017 09:19

Hello everyone. I’ll be hosting another game of Resistance, and I encourage all lurkers from the previous game(s) to come out and play! We’ll keep it simple with just gameplay and no story this time. And if you’ve never played before, feel free to jump right in, because we all need more imaginary problems to worry about. :)

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.

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The Announcer
The Announcer

Jul-5-2017 10:10

Mission 1, Team 2
Team Leader: Ty
Team Proposal: Ty, Sindy, Aspen

It is now time for the players to vote to either approve or reject this mission proposal. When you do vote, please send me a PM stating "Mission 1, Team 2: YES/NO." 24 hours.

Please feel free to discuss.

Sleuth Sindy
Sleuth Sindy
Pinball Wizard

Jul-5-2017 10:37

I was initially reading this thread on my cell phone and somehow missed Sal's post where he explained why he skipped Sal.

My apologies, Sal. :) That certainly *is* a perfectly reasonable, rational explanation.

I would have voted the team down anyway, simply because I don't like to just "throw away" a mission. Yes, the odds are on the side of Resistance that the first team will be clean - but good odds are not a guarantee. If the spies are going to win a round, I want to at least make them sweat for it. :D


Sleuth Sindy
Sleuth Sindy
Pinball Wizard

Jul-5-2017 10:49

...and I'm still keeping an eye on you Sal. ;)

Bela Talbot III
Bela Talbot III
Con Artist

Jul-5-2017 10:59

Mission 1, Team 2: NO.

Zara Bande
Zara Bande
Bounty Hunter

Jul-5-2017 11:15

Any particular reason, Bela? I'm still all for giving the green light to any team for mission one - same reasons as I gave before.

I take shell's point too - that the way Yes/No votes go on the team votes can tell us a lot - and I'll be keeping careful note of those ; )

As a Resistance member I have no idea who the spies might be - even based on the votes just in. I want a mission - any mission - to go ahead asap.

My decision is easy and my vote is in.

Bela Talbot III
Bela Talbot III
Con Artist

Jul-5-2017 11:30

There's no reason for me to approve a team I'm not on; a team will obviously end up going on the mission anyway and I will try my best to be on it because the only allegiance I can be sure of is my own, and whatever the result, I can make the most meaningful deductions because I'm assured of my own Resistance-ness. I may or may not be picked to go on a team, but I will definitely try my best to get on one either way and doing that includes not saying YES to a random first mission that I'm not on. I play conservatively, so I will never be okay with having "a mission - any mission - to go ahead asap". You might not feel the same way, and I'll leave that alone for now since I'm very apprehensive of believing/dismissing the things you say - you're very convincing as Resistance even when you're a spy. Anyway, to sum up, I agree with what Sindy said at the end about not throwing away missions, even though her being a possible Myrmidon spy makes me quite nervous. :D

Sultry De Mon
Sultry De Mon
Con Artist

Jul-5-2017 12:23

Yes Bela, I see how this 2nd attempt at mission one failing would benefit you. Since the next leader would be Sindy and seeing how it really is logical to go down the line, you would be on that team. Or if by chance that team gets rejected you have one more shot at being on the team. Also, you have now set yourself up to be possible leader of mission 2-4. Not a bad strategy to gain control over the missions. :-)

I think I got to see what I wanted by rejecting the first team. I think it is time to let a team that does not have either recipient of abilities to go through.


shell marple
shell marple
Con Artist

Jul-5-2017 12:27

Dang younger half - sisters. Always trying to get in your business!.
So thank you very much for expressing my thoughts Sultry, but please butt out.


Tyranomaster3
Tyranomaster3
Bloodhound

Jul-5-2017 18:47

The way things go with the yes/no vote for the team picked can somehow gives us some clues. But I don't think they are very clear clues. So, I would say Yes for any team picked for the 1st mission even it has me or not.

However, I think I might see something which I prefer to keep it for myself right now. I will say it out when time comes. Just keep your way, the spies. Then I can catch you :))

Tyranomaster3
Tyranomaster3
Bloodhound

Jul-5-2017 18:51

Excuse me!

Who is Sultry? I mean Sultry doesn't participate in this game. So I guess she might be a second account of somebody. So if possible, please let me know to keep track with it.

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