The Resistance: Avalon with Plots - Game 11 - Evil vs Good battle to the death

CraigM · 2015-03-04T10:18:15.000Z

I still am not sure who Merlin was then.

CraigM · 2015-03-04T10:19:14.000Z

Dave Perkins:

I’m Merlin you jackasses! But we should wait for fire to post something awesome before we give everything away, like the fact that I’m Merlin.

If you are being serious then I don’t even…

Only you could pull off the screaming ‘I am Merlin’ and get dismissed like that.

Dave_Perkins · 2015-03-04T10:20:58.000Z

jostly · 2015-03-04T10:21:34.000Z

CraigM:

I still am not sure who Merlin was then.

Merlin was just a dream, a lie we collectively told ourselves to cope with the fact that evil comes from within.

rowe33 · 2015-03-04T10:23:24.000Z

That was an interesting game to be Merlin in - I obviously knew rob, Kl3m, and clyve were Evil to start but the card play (and all the bad luck that brought it about in the first place) was a big giveaway to me. So I thought I was able to sell it pretty well logically, but at the same time was always worried I was being too insistent about it. I didn’t know who the 4th Evil was for sure until really late. Blips’ party threw me off but the card distribution was obviously Good.

Dave, I never thought you were Evil, sorry! Was just trying to throw off the Merlin trail as best I could.

clyve · 2015-03-04T10:23:26.000Z

We’re any of us actually evil?

This wasn’t a game, was it.

rowe33 · 2015-03-04T10:24:39.000Z

jostly:

You should’ve known from the fact that I didn’t accuse you of being evil a single time. That means I’m really sure of you. :)

Neither did scott! He was relentless in attacking the same people I was too.

rowe33 · 2015-03-04T10:25:12.000Z

CraigM:

If you are being serious then I don’t even…

Only you could pull off the screaming ‘I am Merlin’ and get dismissed like that.

lol maybe both Dave & I were Merlin…maybe Dave always thinks he’s Merlin? Maybe he IS always Merlin??

Dave_Perkins · 2015-03-04T10:31:52.000Z

We’ve denied ourselves a cool fire story by wrapping the game up for her. Just like I did three games ago. :( I learned my lesson, but has anyone else?

Knightsaber · 2015-03-04T10:32:06.000Z

rowe33:

lol maybe both Dave & I were Merlin…maybe Dave always thinks he’s Merlin? Maybe he IS always Merlin??

Stop, you’re scaring me.

Kl3mnop · 2015-03-04T10:32:29.000Z

Like, the game appears to be over except I have no idea what’s going on…

robthomasson · 2015-03-04T10:32:39.000Z

rowe33:

lol maybe both Dave & I were Merlin…maybe Dave always thinks he’s Merlin? Maybe he IS always Merlin??

You and Dave were so obviously both Merlin that I just knew it had to be someone else.
But your best thing is acting the same whether you are good, evil or indifferent.

Dave_Perkins · 2015-03-04T10:32:56.000Z

All that “I am Merlin” stuff was, of course, just a smokescreen for the real Merlin. I don’t think it mattered this game. But next game, when I am Merlin and do this again, you’re all going to be like aaaaaaaaugh is it real this time?!

I play the long con.

clyve · 2015-03-04T10:33:03.000Z

She asked the real Merlin to stand yon selfe upeth

Kl3mnop · 2015-03-04T10:33:18.000Z

Dave Perkins:

We’ve denied ourselves a cool fire story by wrapping the game up for her. Just like I did three games ago. :( I learned my lesson, but has anyone else?

fire ASKED for Merlin to identify themselves. That’s the Cool Story Bro.

scottagibson · 2015-03-04T10:33:20.000Z

Rob got screwed with the starting cards. As a noob, this game had me thinking about two things:

What would I do if I were Rob? The only thing I could come up with was, give the Overheard Conversation card to an adjacent player, hoping that by sheer luck you hit Oberon. If so, golden. If not, then throw shit when you’re exposed; try to turn it around and claim the other player is lying about you. Name an all-good team, leaving yourself off as an offer of good faith. Back it up with your other card distribution. This won’t work on Merlin, of course, but it might buy you some early rounds, and it will at least put one good player under early suspicion.
What should the other evil players do? Here I think they have to give up on whoever was in poor Rob’s shoes. Treat the evil leader and the adjacent exposer as both suspect. If someone plays this the way Rob did, don’t argue against the logic of the situation as it puts you under immediate suspicion.

Is there any experience of how evil does if one evil player is exposed early, but the others manage to remain hidden for a while?

Dave_Perkins · 2015-03-04T10:33:52.000Z

Kl3mnop:

fire ASKED for Merlin to identify themselves. That’s the Cool Story Bro.

Ooooh my bad!

scottagibson · 2015-03-04T10:34:09.000Z

Kl3mnop:

Like, the game appears to be over except I have no idea what’s going on…

Still, you mean? ;^)

clyve · 2015-03-04T10:35:52.000Z

I think rob’s card distribution made him a sinking ship and I bailed out… Kl3m identifying me should have helped but he had so much suspicion that I was doubted as well. Weird game.

robthomasson · 2015-03-04T10:39:24.000Z

scottagibson:

What would I do if I were Rob? The only thing I could come up with was, give the Overheard Conversation card to an adjacent player, hoping that by sheer luck you hit Oberon. If so, golden. If not, then throw shit when you’re exposed; try to turn it around and claim the other player is lying about you. Name an all-good team, leaving yourself off as an offer of good faith. Back it up with your other card distribution. This won’t work on Merlin, of course, but it might buy you some early rounds, and it will at least put one good player under early suspicion.

Yes, very reasonable that I should have resigned myself to being a known evil and then - assuming I did not luck out and hit an adjacent Oberon - given the other cards to good players hoping to miss Merlin and sow confusion. Then I would just wait and try to muddy the waters whenever possible.