The Resistance: Avalon

Five to ten players secretly divide into Good and Evil. At player counts five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten, Good has respectively three, four, four, five, six, and six players; Evil has two, two, three, three, three, and four. The basic setup includes Good Merlin and an Evil Assassin, with ordinary team characters filling the rest. Select the first Leader randomly.

In the basic opening script, Evil first recognizes its members, then closes its eyes and identifies itself to Merlin with raised thumbs. Merlin observes Evil, closes their eyes, and everyone opens their eyes. Other Good players receive no such information. Optional characters require their corresponding modified script rather than the exception-free basic one.

Play normally proceeds through up to five quests in order, each with team building and a vote before the approved team undertakes the quest. After discussion, the Leader assigns the required number of team tokens and may include or exclude themselves. Each player can receive only one team place; the Leader cannot approve a team unilaterally.

Team sizes across the five quests are fixed: with five players, 2/3/2/3/3; six players, 2/3/4/3/4; seven players, 2/3/3/4/4; eight to ten players, 3/4/4/5/5. Use the tableau for the actual player count and do not change team size to match suspicions.

Every player, including the Leader, secretly chooses Approve or Reject and reveals simultaneously. A strict majority must approve; a tie rejects the team. Rejection passes leadership clockwise and produces another proposal for the same quest.

Five consecutive rejected team votes for a single quest immediately give Evil the entire game, rather than simply failing that quest. Once an approved team completes a quest, proceed to the next quest and begin a fresh consecutive-rejection count.

Each approved team member receives Success and Fail quest cards and secretly submits one. Good must submit Success; Evil may submit either. Collect and shuffle submitted cards before revealing them, keeping unused cards separate so submission order does not identify individual choices.

A quest normally fails with at least one Fail. The sole basic player-count exception is the fourth quest with seven or more players, which requires at least two Fails. Mark success or failure, advance the quest marker after completion, and pass leadership clockwise.

Three failed quests give Evil victory. After three successful quests, keep character cards hidden while Evil discusses; the Assassin names one Good player as Merlin. A correct identification gives Evil victory, while a wrong guess gives Good victory. This is one Assassin choice, not one guess per Evil player, and does not occur before three quest successes.

Explain optional characters beforehand: Good Percival sees Merlin, but with Evil Morgana also present sees two indistinguishable candidates. Evil Mordred stays hidden from Merlin. Evil Oberon does not recognize or reveal himself to other Evil players, but does identify himself to Merlin. The optional Lady of the Lake investigates team loyalty through loyalty cards, not exact roles, and is not an additional character identity.