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I'll vote Yes.

So if I am understanding the rules correctly with 8 players it's 3 fascist's and 5 liberal's? That seems to heavily favor the fascist.

As for GameRager's nomination I'll more than likely vote yes.

maybe pooka oughta throw a serial killer into the mix too, to fair it up for us yeah?

You should tell that to the mod via PM to make it count.

But voting yes on the first government is both sensible and standard. We don't have any information after all and the only way to get information is observing how people act in a government.

@trent: yes, the fraction of fascists is larger than the fraction of scum in a regular Mafia-game. About 1/3 fascists vs. about 1/4 regular scum. But keep in mind that the fascists don't have any night-kills. So the SH-games are usually quite well balanced.

Thanks for asking! I simply asked myself 'If I was the random number generator, who would I pick as the fascists?' and that's how I know it's RW, fish and trent.

If it's you I'll be sure to recognise it by that distinctive 'brain exploding in slow motion' sensation. I'll be sure to let you know if I start to feel it.

I'm still not really convinced that giving one person two governments in a row is a bad move. Maybe the biggest problem with it is it leaves 'untested' candidates further down the line, so later governments are more risky - but when are they ever unrisky? The 'tests' are unfair to begin with, and the results can be faked. Any test's result is pretty much uninterpretable from an outside perspective... argh, I'm beginning to remember why this game is so painful...

And observing how people vote. Which is why maybe you shouldn't be telling everybody which way to vote is sensible and standard...

Why are you explaining to ZFR and Trent How Secret Hitler Is Played?

Force of habit. I've been introducing so many new players to this game that explaining it somehow became part of it. :-)

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