The Resistance! [Concluded]

[LazyMcCrow]

The Empire must fall. Our mission must succeed. By destroying their key bases, we will shatter Imperial strength and liberate our people. Yet spies have infiltrated our ranks, ready for sabotage. We must unmask them. In five nights we reshape destiny or die trying. We are the Resistance!

The Resistance is a party game of social deduction. It is designed for five to ten players, and has no player elimination. The Resistance is inspired by Mafia/Werewolf, yet it is unique in its core mechanics which increase the resources for informed decisions, intensify player interaction, and eliminate player elimination.

Players are either Resistance Operatives or Imperial Spies. For three to five rounds, they must depend on each other to carry out missions against the Empire. At the same time, they must try to deduce the other players’ identities and gain their trust. Each round begins with discussion. When ready, the Leader entrusts sets of Plans to a certain number of players (possibly including himself/herself). Everyone votes on whether or not to approve the assignment. Once an assignment passes, the chosen players secretly decide to Support or Sabotage the mission. Based on the results, the mission succeeds (Resistance win) or fails (Empire win). When a team wins three missions, they have won the game.



Basic Rules

BoardGameGeek Link

I'm casting this game as a 'mini-mafia' and so will accept up to 8 sign-ups, which I believe is the limit. There is no player elimination and the game will probably last a little over a week. Rest assured I shall go over the rules of play in much greater detail when we have our 8 players, (I may be including some of the expansion rules to the vanilla game - not decided yet) but please - before you sign up - bear in mind that the phases of the game may be quicker than 24 hours and you will be required to browse the thread at least once every 24 hours and to contribute each 'day'.

I've played this a couple of times but it didn't go down amazingly well with my usual gaming group, but then I don't think they'd enjoy mafia either, so I'm interested to see if this game translates to a forum as well as Mafia/Werewolves clearly does - and I'll be happy to run it again if it goes well.

SIGN UPS:
1) BSmith
2) Jarema
3) Chaotix
4) Darth Feather
5) edse
6) B Ray
7) Makrell
8) Visorslash

[BSmith]

I'll try this out!

[Jarema]

in!

[Chaotix]

I always love a new concept! In.

[LazyMcCrow]

Roll up roll up! Five more players and this can begin!

For those who need a little more information about what they're dipping their toes into: Here is a complete rule set, which I've adapted from the face to face game. If there are any questions about the rules, please feel free to post them in this thread:

THE RULES:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Each Player will be sent a Role PM. Five players will be genuine members of the resistance and the other three will be Imperial Agents who have infiltrated the group.

The Imperial Agents will be informed of each others identities, but MUST NOT COMMUNICATE OUTSIDE THE THREAD! - This is fundamental to the success of the game - ANY communication by ANY player outside the game thread will break the game - please rethink your commitment to the game if you do not feel you can obey this simple rule!.

The Resistance Team will then be informed of the missions they will be required to undertake and also who their initial Leader is.

1st Mission Team: 3 Members
2nd Mission Team: 4 Members
3rd Mission Team: 4 Members
4th Mission Team: 5 Members*
5th Mission Team: 5 Members

*This Mission requires a minimum of 2 MISSION FAILS orders for it to fail.

At this point the thread is open for discussion. All players may offer any opinions and thoughts at any time, including how they intend to vote, or why Askthepizzaguy is an imperial spy; as long as it is ONLY in the thread, or to myself via PM.

The Leader must then select the members they wish to send on the first Mission - they may choose to include themselves.

FIRST VOTING PHASE:
Once the Leader has posted their proposed Mission Team, all players are required to vote in a secret ballot. They may vote to either:

A) APPROVE the Mission Team

or

B) OPPOSE the Mission Team

Players must send their vote via PM to me within 12 hours, BUT: I shall post the results as soon as I have received a complete set. Players personal votes will be revealed. (The reason for the ballot being secret is that the voting is supposed to be simultaneous.)

If the majority have voted to APPROVE the Mission Team then the Mission goes ahead.

If the majority has voted to OPPOSE the Mission Team then Leadership passes to the next player on the List and they must propose a Mission Team.

Ties count as if the Mission Team has been OPPOSED

IMPORTANT: IF MISSION TEAM PROPOSALS ARE OPPOSED 5 TIMES IN A ROW THEN THE IMPERIAL SPIES WIN AUTOMATICALLY!!!!

Once a Mission Team has been APPROVED, we move onto the Mission Phase.

MISSION PHASE:

The players who have been selected for the Mission are required to send me - via PM - their orders.
Genuine Resistance MUST send the order: MISSION SUCCEEDS
Imperial Spies may send either: MISSION SUCCEEDS, or MISSION FAILS as their order.

Deadlines will vary for this phase, but should not exceed 24 hours. AGAIN: I shall post the results as soon as I have received a complete set of orders and done the write up, so there is an outside chance (if the correct planets are aligned) that they may be resolved within an hour or two!

If I have received any MISSION FAIL orders then the Mission automatically fails*. Players will be informed the number of SUCCESS / FAIL orders received, but not - of course - who sent them.

*The only exception to this is Mission 4, when a minimum of 2 MISSION FAIL orders are required for the Mission to fail.

If no end of game conditions have been met, then Leadership moves in turn to the next player.

END OF GAME:

The game ends when the Team either:

A) Achieves three successful Missions (Resistance Victory)

B) Fail three Missions (Imperial Victory)

or, as stated above:
C) Five Team Proposals in a row are OPPOSED (Imperial Victory)

[Darth Feather]

I like the concept and I am in. Just one question: why would Imperial spies ever send mission succeeds?

[edse]

In since I die all the time.

[LazyMcCrow]

well good to have you on board edse. I guess the equivalent in this game would be to get mistrusted from the start and never picked for a mission!

@Visorslash - thanks for the shout - sorry you won't be around.

So - 3 more players and we can begin :)

[B-Wing]

Sign me up! Mafia games have been too long and large for me to participate in lately, but I've wanted to get back in the action on this forum again. This sounds perfect.

[LazyMcCrow]

great! - thanks B Ray, hopefully you are the tipping point - I was worried this wouldn't get going! - but just 2 more to go and we can begin. Any more rebels out there?

[Makrell]

insane in the mainframe

[edse]

I suggest you chose Jarema, Chaotix and Darth Feather as they are the ones that will lead the following missions and we need as much intel on them as possible.

[Jarema]

I suggest you chose Jarema, Chaotix and Darth Feather as they are the ones that will lead the following missions and we need as much intel on them as possible.

that

[Darth Feather]

I AM A BIOTIC SUPORT UNIT. MY PROGRAMMING DOES NOT ALLOW BETRAYAL. I SHOULD BE ON THE FIRST MISSION.

[Makrell]

i am not certain who should be on the mission, but i will saty this

i am the greatest support medic ever and i am even enhanced with neutral pharmacology.

Also edse makes sense

[edse]

Also edse makes sense

There's a first time for everything.

[edse]

Two from the first team ( Jarema should pick himself) + BSmith + one of the remaining four.

[Darth Feather]

CHANCES WOULD BE THREE OUT OF FOUR THERE IS A SPY ON THAT TEAM. IF WE PICK ONE FROM THE FIRST TEAM, TOGETHER WITH JAREMA, AND TWO FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE TROOPS, THE CHANCES WOULD BE BETTER. IF JAREMA WOULD BE A SPY, THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF SUCCES ANYWAY. HE WOULD PICK A SPY FROM THE REMAINING FOUR IF HE WERE NOT ON THE TEAM. HE SHOULD GO ANYWAY. AWAITING ANSWER.

[edse]

CHANCES WOULD BE THREE OUT OF FOUR THERE IS A SPY ON THAT TEAM.

Lets calculate. To make it simpler we assume that there were only one spy in the first team.

Pick the last four: 100% at least one spy
Pick one from first team: (2/3)(1/(5 choose 3))=6,7% for no spy
Pick two from first team: (1/(3 choose 2))((3 choose 2)/(5 choose 2)= 10% for no spy

Disclaimer: I might have done horrible things...

From Jarema's point of view the chances are 10% and 15% of picking spy free teams when choosing himself as one from the first team.

[Jarema]

My officiall proposal:

Jarema
Chaotix
BSmith
Makrell

feel free to vote on it

[LazyMcCrow]

Mission 2 proposal is made. Please send me your votes. If you are one of the four selected you may also wish to supply me with your orders for the Mission should it successfully be approved.

[Darth Feather]

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[Darth Feather]

NEGATIVE ON MISSION TEAM. I SHOULD BE THERE INSTEAD OF BSMITH. THERE IS A SPY ON THE TEAM.

[Visor]

Lets calculate. To make it simpler we assume that there were only one spy in the first team.

That's enough for me.

BRay, do you think BSmith is a better choice then Makrell?

[B-Wing]

Hold on Visorslash, we only need 5 members for this mission, not 6. So, as far as I'm concerned, the following people have proven loyal to the Resistance, assuming they adhere to rational behavior: Jarema, Darth Feather, Visorslash, and myself.

So the 4 of us are a lock for this final mission. Chaotix has all but admitted his treachery, so he is out. Throughout the course of our missions thus far, it seems that BSmith and edse have been more in agreement with each other and Chaotix than with the rest of us. Their suggestions and proposals have consistently been ones that would place exactly one of them (no more) in the missions. Makrell isn't exactly squeaky clean, but the evidence against him isn't nearly as damning.

Therefore, in my best judgement, this last final, decisive team... whose actions will define our future generations... whose deeds will either usher in a new age of freedom and uncertainty, or cement a future of tyranny and oppression... this team, bound for glory or cursed with failure... shall be...
B_Ray
Jarema
Darth Feather
Visorslash
Makrell

May God have mercy on our souls. Oh, and keep in mind that ties count as "opposed", and that Makrell is next to serve as leader, followed by Visorslash.

[edse]

That's enough for me.

BRay, do you think BSmith is a better choice then Makrell?

Supports edse who we know as scum.

I don't get why you have assumed that I'm a spy the whole game. At first I thought it was my brainfart to suggest the last four for team two. Other than that I have always helped the resistance.

[edse]

Shall we bet on the outcome? Successful mission is hundred times the wager.

[Darth Feather]

BETTING IS FUTILE. THERE IS A SPY ON THE MISSION. THE MISSION IS VERY UNLIKELY TO SUCCEED.

[LazyMcCrow]

I have a complete set of orders. But I am afraid I cannot do the write-up until tomorrow. Thankyou for your patience

[LazyMcCrow]

All four members of the mission Team hung, suspended in the large liquid-filled cylinders, reserved for only the most serious patients of the med-bay. The de-briefing would have to wait, until all were fully conscious and their skin had grown back. At least one of them would be fitted with new hands after the crash landings on Orgahhs surface.

Lazy was beginning to panic. The Empire were just a whisker from victory and the Resistance was still yet to achieve any form of success! - From here on in, every Mission was Match Point.

1st Mission Team: 3 Members FAILED (2 success, 1 Failure order) (Jarema, Chaotix, Darth Feather)
2nd Mission Team: 4 Members FAILED (2 success, 2 Failure order) (Jarema, Chaotix, BSmith, Makrell)
3rd Mission Team: 4 Members
4th Mission Team: 5 Members*
5th Mission Team: 5 Members

*This Mission requires a minimum of 2 MISSION FAILS orders for it to fail.

The Leader for Mission Three is Chaotix.