# Resistance Unspoiled Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 4, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resistance-unspoiled-thread/703642 "2014-11-04T17:10:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 23
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resistance-unspoiled-thread/703642/23 "2014-11-08T20:42:47Z")
> [@\[GAME\]The Resistance - Mafia-Like Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-resistance-mafia-like-game/702450/58): > > The meta in one group isn’t necessarily the meta in another. I’ve even used this to screw with groups as a spy. I won’t say too much so I don’t give spies ideas, but on a board with no meta, all rules are off anyway. On the other hand, somebody needs to start raking HC over the coals for this one pretty soon. This statement has no substantive value other than being a subtle way of saying, “look at me, I’m town”. It’s strikingly similar to the post that sunk Menocchio, the Alpha Wolf, way back in M1 (that lynch was famous for being the first instance of the “third vote” reasoning, but IMO that wasn’t anywhere near as damning as his “look at me, I’m town” post). On another note, it occurs to me that in the long run, it’s probably more valuable for the resistance if team leaders **do not** include themselves in the mission. IMO, the resistance is better served by having the team leader express their opinion on an additional player, even if there is a higher chance of a resistance leader adding a spy to the team. Early in the game, they can absorb the occasional failed mission in exchange for additional information. This game I think gives a good idea as to why this is important. Not only has the resistance learned that (at least) one of story, tex and maha are spies, they also know that JohnnyBravo chose a spy to go on the mission. If JohnnyBravo was a spy and put himself on the mission in place of the other spy, the resistance would have less information right now. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resistance-unspoiled-thread/703642)._