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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.

Jul-20-2017 08:39

Bela dear, if no one is responsible for it, why is it here? Maybe it's time for a new solution. These boxes might not be considered a direct interaction with the game, but I'm not on facebook either. I simply think that if it's here it ought to work.

Jul-20-2017 09:42

I'm still holding on to strong leader. I have every faith that even if this goes to a team 5 choice that all resistance will vote Yes whether we want to or not. And yes it might not be a team anyone really wants, but in the end something can be learned from it.

I think this is the first time we have had an actual 5/3 vote split.

Good Luck Sal, let's see who you choose.

Jul-20-2017 09:55

Totally agree with you Shell.

Jul-20-2017 10:56

Okay, shell isn't using her power, so Sal should propose a team now, right? I know you're not the biggest fan of STRONG LEADER, and yeah, it isn't being played here. :P

Jul-20-2017 11:28

Can I suggest a team of Sal, Missy, Aspen, and (shocker:) Bela? If you have something else in mind, go for it, Sal, but I was just thinking about what shell said about us having to vote for this team or the next and I don't want to be forced into voting for a team without having said my piece. I think this team might be a good one (unless you think it's too close to the M2 team)? Going with an all-out new team wouldn't make too much sense either though.

Actually, Sal, if you are Resistance, you know that the saboteur on the previous mission had to be either Ty or me. And you know shell voted YES so you might be inclined to put her on the team as well. However, I think it might be dangerous to go with a team too similar to the M2 one - you'd be risking another loss AND we wouldn't learn anything new (since it'd be the same suspect pool, minus one person who might have been a spy anyway, plus a new person who could also be a spy). If anybody else has any thoughts, I'd love to hear them.

Jul-20-2017 13:20

@Shell, regarding your post at Jul-20-2017 09:42. There have been two other teams with a 5 YES: 3 NO vote split.

M1, T2 (Team Leader: Ty) - Approved (5-3). Mission SUCCESS

Team: Ty, Sindy, Aspen
Yes votes: Sal, Ty, Aspen, shell, Zara
No votes: Sindy, Bela, miss snopes


M2, T3 (Team Leader: Bela) - Approved (5-3). Mission FAILURE

Team: shell, Ty, Sal, Bela
Yes votes: Sindy, Bela, shell, Zara, miss snopes
No votes: Sal, Ty, Aspen

(Just to recap: this was the mission that failed with 1 SABOTAGE vote and 3 SUCCESS votes. Sal used IN THE SPOTLIGHT to show that he voted SUCCESS. He also used KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON YOU and stated that it revealed shell marple voted SUCCESS.

Jul-20-2017 13:31

My suggestion is we redo Mission 1, Team 2 + 1 player. My suggestion for that + 1 is Shell Marple.

Jul-20-2017 13:45

Another advantage to having multiple teams in each mission is that eventually the leadership starts to repeat itself - so you get to see the different people each team leader chooses (or omits) from the different teams s/he forms.

Jul-20-2017 13:46

I don't know why on earth you would want to redo a team that failed.

Jul-20-2017 17:57

I am back. I didn't post much yesterday because I want to spend time for me in my birthday. Ok! Let's get back.

I think I got the reason why somebody want a recall on a fail team. As you said, Sindy, if you can point out who is a spy, then you can track down his/her other teammate. It might be a risk-taking action but possible. If so, I suggest Sal to pick the M2-T2 except me or Bela (only 1). So people can have a good consideration on who is the spy. But we must consider the possibility that Sal is a spy. In that case, every will be messed up. And I really suggest you to think carefully because this is the 4th proposed team and even the way to proposed a failure team is really dangerous.

Moving from that idea, we can consider that Sal will pick shell on his team. Since he revealed that Shell proceeded a success. If he is a resistance, it's obvious. If he's a spy and shell is a spy also, the fact that 2 spies on the same team will benefit us, the resistance. However, the last scenario that he is a spy and shell is a resistance. So it will be a problem. We should think about it.

Anyway, I would recommend you to help suggesting the team because it is the 4th team in a mission.