re: "solve by spreadsheet"

I personally feel the delayed reveals fuel this. For example, the spreadsheet would never have been used to try and pin down the frenchman if ishmael was already revealed as such. And looking at the spreadsheet is forced due to a lack of info that reveals would normally provide. You can't use old-fashioned analysis because you don't know alignments, so you have to rely on other means.

Also, imo the delayed reveals are incredibly, unbelievably annoying, and no reveals at all even more so. I don't understand what exactly it adds to the game besides pointless frustration.