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The Resistance [BSG-esque PBP Game] [GAME OVER-SPIES WIN]
Capfalcon
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Freedom is worth fighting for.
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 that is something like a much lighter version of Battlestar Galactica. There are Spies and Rebels, with the spies attempting to secretly sabotage the mission without getting caught, while the Rebels attempt to launch successful missions against the Empire.
Trust no one.
Trust and secrecy are a big deal in this game. On that note, THERE IS TO BE NO GAME RELATED COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PLAYERS OUTSIDE OF THIS THREAD. NO PROBOARDS, NO PMs, NOTHING! THIS INCLUDES THE SPIES. If it's being said to another player, it has to be in this thread.
The only person you are allowed to PM is me, for both rules questions and secret orders.
Wheels within wheels. Plots within plots.
There is an expansion that has plot cards. These allow the current mission leader to distribute one use powers to the other players (and sometimes himself. I feel they aren't very complicated and add a good bit of depth to the game, but if people want to start simple, I understand.
Rules of the game:
In the 10 player game there will be 6 resistance members and 4 spies. Spies will be told who all of the spies are. The starting leader will be randomly picked.
Each Round proceeds as follows:
Step 1 - The Rebel Leader puts together a mission team.
The leader picks the members who will go on the mission (they may include themselves on the team). The leader will have 24 hours after being given the leadership role to decide on the mission target and the team that will carry out the mission. Conversation is encouraged during this process, but the leader sets a proposal in stone by bolding and liming it.
Once the proposal is officially made, this step is over. If no proposal is made within 24 hours, it simply counts as a failed vote and leadership passes to the next person on the list (with the list wrapping around from 10 to 1.
Step 2 - Vote on the proposal. The group (including the leader), now gets to vote on the proposal. A majority must pass the vote in order for the plan to proceed. If the vote fails, the leader role passes to the next person and we go back to step 1. You can say whatever you want in the thread about how you plan to vote, but you must PM me your vote, with the Round #, proposal #, and your vote. For example, if we're on the third proposal of Day 1 (because the two previous proposals were rejected), and you vote yes, PM me
Day 1, Proposal 3, Yes
Once I get all the votes in, I will announce how everyone voted.
If the vote passes, we go to Step 3.
If the vote fails, we go back to step one. The leader passes to the next person on the list.
Step 3 - Selected team goes on mission. If the vote passes, then the people in the mission have 24 hours to PM me whether they are supporting or sabotaging the mission. Resistance members are not actually allowed to sabotage the mission and must choose to support it, but they still need to PM me for metagame reasons. Spies can choose to either sabotage it to cause the mission to fail, or support it, to perhaps mislead people into believing they are part of the Resistance.
Step 4 - Mission resolution. After I receive all the PMs, I will announce the results anonymously at the following day, and then pass the leadership role to the next person.
Game End:
The game ends when there are three total mission successes (Resistance wins) or three total mission fails (Empire wins), so the game will run between 3-5 missions. The Resistance also automatically lose if they can't agree to a plan in 5 consecutive voting rounds (that means 5 different leaders in the round couldn't get people to vote for their plan). Basically, the Empire comes in and wipes out everyone while they sit their squabbling over what to do.
Mission Orders
5 Players (3 Resistance / 2 Spies)
Mission 1 - 2 Players / 1 fail
Mission 2 - 3 Players / 1 fail
Mission 3 - 2 Players / 1 fail
Mission 4 - 3 Players / 1 fail
Mission 5 - 3 Players / 1 fail
6 Players (4 Resistance / 2 Spies)
Mission 1 - 2 Players / 1 fail
Mission 2 - 3 Players / 1 fail
Mission 3 - 4 Players / 1 fail
Mission 4 - 3 Players / 1 fail
Mission 5 - 4 Players / 1 fail
7 Players (4 Resistance / 3 Spies)
Mission 1 - 2 Players / 1 fail
Mission 2 - 3 Players / 1 fail
Mission 3 - 3 Players / 1 fail
Mission 4 - 4 Players / 2 fail
Mission 5 - 4 Players / 1 fail
8 Players (5 Resistance / 3 Spies)
Mission 1 - 3 Players / 1 fail
Mission 2 - 4 Players / 1 fail
Mission 3 - 4 Players / 1 fail
Mission 4 - 5 Players / 2 fail
Mission 5 - 5 Players / 1 fail
9 Players (6 Resistance / 3 Spies)
Mission 1 - 3 Players / 1 fail
Mission 2 - 4 Players / 1 fail
Mission 3 - 4 Players / 1 fail
Mission 4 - 5 Players / 2 fail
Mission 5 - 5 Players / 1 fail
10 Players (6 Resistance / 4 Spies)
Mission 1 - 3 Players / 1 fail
Mission 2 - 4 Players / 1 fail
Mission 3 - 4 Players / 1 fail
Mission 4 - 5 Players / 2 fail
Mission 5 - 5 Players / 1 fail
Players represents the # of people needed to on the mission team.
Fail is the # of sabotages needed for the mission to fail.
Signups will be open for an few days. It depends on how many people are interested, really
I will put deadlines in the thread title. If I don't, please remind me.
Current list:
1. Blahmcblah
2. Damonis
3. ?Egos?
4. kilnaga
5. mi-go hunter
6. doodles 613
7. Mr Body
8. Flimflammery
9. Cerberus
10. Tayrun
RESERVE: Stever777
Adapted from @Dracil 's The Resistance OP.
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I've somehow missed out on this every time I've seen it played IRL. True story. Thanks cap!
Or are you?
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- Terence McKenna
If so, what would the naming convention be thematically?
- Terence McKenna
It's a generic scifi distopia where you're fighting against the evil empire.
Also, did you have an opinion on the plot cards?
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- Terence McKenna
Is it cool if I run with being from a more rugged/rundown part of the resistance? Something more akin to the Human Resistance from the Terminator series.
I will be playing as Corwin "Corey" Wallace, descendant of Alexander "Xander" Wallace (The role name I normally use in Phalla). Corwin tends to be witty, verbose, and sarcastic. He has a fancy for wordplay and he enjoys torturing his squad mates with his terrible singing. Corwin is somewhat on the scrawnier side build wise. However, the smaller ones are always scrappy; he is deceptively proficient with multiple forms of firearms, and has training with bladed weapons (He knows this isn't as big an asset to a solider as it once was in ages past, but he likes to brag about it to others anyway).
There, I'm all set to RP it up. :P
Man, I really hope at least one of you jumps in on this with me. It will be super awkward otherwise.
- Terence McKenna
If it's too time consuming, I can drop out and surrender my spot to a reserve or something.
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- Terence McKenna
Aaaargh, fine!
I will be Thalia Vivervolt. Born and raised in the south side of New Yorktropolis, a place renown for crime, she had to fight every day to survive. Unpleasant men harrased her wherever she went and she had to train her strength and stamina to overpower even the burliest of thugs. She's light and agile, her weapons of choice mainly daggers and silent throwable weapons like shuriken or occasionally a silenced revolver. She is a woman of few words and has a grim composure. She can lead a squad capably and has participated in numerous vital sabotage missions for the Resistance.
Her appearance is an uncanny resemblance to my avatar.
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Although stever is probably involved in too much stuff already. Worth a shot though.
This seems like a good game, also what puts me off playing in phallas is the effort with PMing people and Proboards etc, its just a bit too much for me. This seems to be ideal.
This is one of my favourite games of all time, and I have played waaaay too much in person.
I'll happily sign up, but I'll also happily give my seat to a newer player if needed.
BE ADVISED! Spy blahmcblah is a SPY.
Yeah, I seemed to remember you mentioning it in the boardgame thread and didn't want you to miss out. Have you played with the plot cards? If so, I'd appreciate hearing your thoughts on them.
HOW DID YOU KNOW!?
Yeah, they've got that shit down to a science in phalla. I like the pure paranoia and uncertainty that comes with limiting the game to public discussions, like in BSG.
Reserve up
The Black Hole of Cygnus X-1
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The plot cards are great and we should probably use them. I normally don't use them for new peoples' first game or two but I add them in pretty soon. I reckon the CF crew can cope!
Not that I want to agree with a spy, of course.
Yes, there is no player elimination.
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I'm pretty good at this game...when I'm not a spy
Aw, I wanted to gut spies with my knife. Oh well
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The starting cell leader will be @MrBody
Please select three people for your mission team.
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Pick me.
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what would you do if you were a spy? or is the bottom line that you wanted to gut someone?
If I was a spy, I would gut myself. But since I'm still standing, I'm not one :P
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