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[A] The Agency GAME OVER -- AGENTS WIN
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Okay, well that brings up another question. If I understand the game correctly then only people who are selected for the mission by the team leader are assigned a plot. Does that mean that you can only play your plot when you are on the "active mission team" during a turn? In other words, if I'm selected for the mission team I know I will be assigned a plot. If I choose to save that plot "card" for a future round then can I play it at any time in the future or do I have to again be selected to the mission team in order to play it? I hope my question makes sense? I'm just trying to understand the nuances of the game.
If only active mission team members can use their plots then that allows for some manner of speculation and deduction. However, if players can save their plot a play it later in the game when not on the mission team then that will make clues much harder to find.
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1. Yes, the order is in the OP.
2. The team leader always picks 5 players to be on a team.
3. The team leader declared his team in the thread. No PM.
4 you're not expected to, but you can.
5. Yes.
6. Can save for another turn if desired.
7. No.
8. Yes, the cards are distributed publicly in the thread same as team member selection.
9. See #8.
10. The deadline is tonight at 9. But can be extended if we need more time to get a handle on things.
Spy: plot played publicly but result PMed to the player.
Establish confidence: the leader must reveal his/her role to the player that he/she gives the plot to. The fact that the ply is given to a player is public, but the role is sent to the player via PM.
Strong leader: the player who has this plot just plays it publicly during the mission phase and becomes leader the next turn instead of the next person in the list.
Identification validation: Yes. But remember it's all public so refusing to do so is mighty suspicious...
Plots are only given to team members but can be played later even if not member of a team.
That's an interesting idea though, will keep in mind for a future game if this one goes well.
thanks raven,
couple more questions:
do we know the actual score of the round or only if the mission was a success?
can a leader NOT select themselves?
when strong leader is played, does the next in line completely skip or is he just delayed one round?
couple more questions:
do we know the actual score of the round or only if the mission was a success?
can a leader NOT select themselves?
when strong leader is played, does the next in line completely skip or is he just delayed one round?
Votes will be revealed but not who voted what.
Team leader cannot select him/herself for a team, nor does he participate in the mission success/failure vote. The leader chooses the team and distributed the plots, that's it.
When strong leader is played, the next player on the list is just delayed. Strong leader can theoretically be used to become leader twice in a row.
ok that's different from the original and I think makes the game harder for the agents if the leader can't choose themselves on a mission - as it means if an agent is picking the team they need to have worked out/guessed all the infiltrators to be able to pick a 5 man team that is sure of success.
agreed. since only one infiltrator is needed in the first three missions and that equals already our/agents-loss, i'm not sold on the odds.
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Hmm... things are slowly getting clearer.
I thought the team leader was automatically on the mission team and picked the people he/she wanted as teammates. I see that's not how it is.
I thought the plots were distributed in secret, I didn't realize that was public. That's really interesting and will likely lead to some direct confrontation/communication among the players regarding game dynamics.
How exactly does the team leader go about selecting the plots? Does he/she get to specifically pick from the available list or does the GG randomly select the plots for the round and then the leader assigns them?
I thought the team leader was automatically on the mission team and picked the people he/she wanted as teammates. I see that's not how it is.
I thought the plots were distributed in secret, I didn't realize that was public. That's really interesting and will likely lead to some direct confrontation/communication among the players regarding game dynamics.
How exactly does the team leader go about selecting the plots? Does he/she get to specifically pick from the available list or does the GG randomly select the plots for the round and then the leader assigns them?
randomly picked by GG.
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meh. koodauw already suspicious for not assigning me. but i'll say yay no matter what.
Figures.
Only observation is that this is a very constructed list. Our three main analysts and the two ladies. Since this is totally irrelevant (anaylsing skills at least as I agree that we agents have to fulfill the gentlemen cliché) I'm going to take notes.
I for one was at least raised in West-Berlin and grew up among Turkish folks in Kreuzberg. But that shouldn't matter when there's a job to do in Istanbul, I guess.
Pretty sure our team codename should be Yankees!
Where's the vomit icon? Or should we just use a silhouette of A-Rod?
Yeah, I think we're going to fail some of the first missions unless we're very lucky - ofc an infiltrator can always vote success to try and hide to fail a mission later. The plot points should give us an advantage the longer we play though - if we don't lose the first 3 missions we probably have a reasonable chance.
We need the ladies to distract the bank clerks whilst we analysts determine the best way into the bank and confirm we have retrieved the correct box. Mission accepted!
Does that make me the token Brit in the team then?Pretty sure our team codename should be Yankees!
We'd have to because a silhouette of David Ortiz wouldn't fit!
Yes! Just make sure you're nice to @Queen of Spades or she'll throw tea at you!