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Why does everybody want the game to go on even longer? xD

I'm pretty sure the answer is no, mikey. We're in the Executive Action phase, and if BDS doesn't use his power this phase, it should go away before the next Nomination phase begins.

If what Olimar said is true, then BDS was probably given 3 fascist policies. That means that there are 3 liberal policies left in that deck of 8. The chances of getting a liberal policy in the next two phases should be incredibly likely. Actually, we're guaranteed that at least 1 liberal policy will appear within the next two phases, even if the bottom two policies are liberal policies, and assuming that everybody has been telling the truth.

Our main problem right now is that most people are still null. Mikey was given two fascist policies, and olimar was given both two liberal policies and two fascist policies (if BDS concurs with Olimar's statement). N1 and I haven't even been on the board yet. Shy, brainy, and presumably BDS each received three of the same policy as president. While that's not impossible by any means, it's very convenient for the fascists.

Of those three, I think that Shy is the most trustworthy; even if he was lying, he would have had to have discarded a fascist policy. I don't think that that would have been the correct play for a fascist to make? So I'm more inclined to believe that he was being truthful. Imo if would have been a better play to discard one of the liberal policies, and make both Olimar and himself out to be liberals. Either that, or Shy is a fascist that lied about his hand and didn't think about that sequence of events given his inexperience with the game. Again, I'm inclined to believe that Shy was telling the truth.

Brainy and BDS are in the same boat to me. Both could have very easily discarded a liberal policy and given the chancellor no choice. The question is which, if either, is lying. And this of course depends on if BDS actually gave Olimar two policies, or if Olimar was given one of each policy. Waiting on BDS for that.

I think that in either case, BDS, the correct play would be to seer Brainy. If Olimar is lying, then you know that he's not on your team. There's no point seering him. You could go with me or n1, but we're about to be tested anyway, since I don't see any reason right now why not to choose them for chancellor. Mikey is null from what I can tell, but let's be honest, mikey is probably also a good pick for seering no matter the circumstances. You could also seer Olimar if you did in fact draw three fascist policies, but I think that that would be a bit overkill.

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If you don't test Olimar, then I probably will. Among everything that's happened (barring what brainy says), that's been the most suspicious thing to me so far.

I don't know either. I'm still waiting for brainy and mikey. 

That's a pretty fast assumption, given that you don't know what happened.

Why would Shy potentially lying about the policies not make much sense? It'd probably be bad for liberals, perhaps, but... overall?
What if it happens again? At least have easier suspects to point fingers at?..

Because Shy had no reason to lie. As a fascist, Shy had nothing to gain from dropping a fascist card and giving Olimar two liberal cards. The only reason I brought it up is because I prefer to look at all possibilities that I can think of, no matter how unlikely or stupid. Somebody lying about policy cards is something that will likely happen in the future, but this most likely was not an example of that.

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Are there 5 policies left in the deck or 3?  Seems important.

I'm confused by this question. Are you referring to the number of liberal policies left in the deck? If what Shy said was true, then there are 3 liberal policies remaining. The deck started with 6.

It's also kind of frustrating that we can't even TRY to draw conclusions, according to what shy said.

Yeah, that was really bad luck. Olimar is completely null and the ONLY thing that I can think of that would be suspicious was if Shy lied about drawing 3 liberal cards. Which wouldn't make much sense. We got a point on the board, but it'll cost us later.

Might as well figure put who to put as chancellor.  Sometimes in resistance it's a good idea to scout players to help form logical teams further down the road, so I would consider brawler here just to get a rotation with him sooner rather than later

I'd say that in the early game the best decision is to not choose the next presidential candidate in line. It can be telling who they choose as their chancellor, and making them chancellor removes this.  So, brainy, I would recommend myself, mikey, or n1p2. There's no really a wrong choice here though.

nvm misread the post. xD

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Then how did Olimar play a fascist card...?

Olimar is speaking fascist let's lynch him!

Even if a liberal policy is passed, it would still be good to know exactly what cards each player was given. It'll help us find fascists later on in the game.

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Also, yes

I'm keeping my eye on brawler

My brother is a huge board game aficionado. I've played this game with my family before. It's really fun to play irl! However, playing online is very different. I read through the rules just to see the differences, but basically it's the same game with more time in between each phase.

Has anyone else played Secret Hitler before, or am I the only one?

Yeah, this game is based off Secret Hitler.

SYG chose you as his chancellor. We're going to make a vote whether we agree with this decision or not. Like mikey said, at this point there is no reason not to vote yes. SYG will get 3 random cards. He is going to get 3 cards from the host and discard 1. You will get the remaining two cards from the host and discard one of them. The remaining card will be enacted. Brainy then becomes president. Rinse and repeat.