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The rules say to do it without randomizing. This is from official rules (you can find the PDF file here, emphasis is mine):
Mission Team Vote: After appropriate discussion, the Leader calls for
a vote on the Team assignments. Each player, including the Leader,
secretly selects one Vote Token. When all players have their selected
Vote Token ready, ...
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No.
You should almost never let the first mission succeed as a spy. So what if your opponents know that one of the participants is a spy? They don't know which one, and they won't be able to win without figuring out which of you it is.
By making the first mission fail, you give your opponents fewer opportunities to make mistakes as the game progresses. ...
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The player using In the Spotlight must announce their intent to use it immediately after a successful Mission Team Vote, and they must select the target player before any team member selects their Mission card. After the target has been chosen, each team member selects a Mission card and puts it on the table in front of them. The player who is the target of ...
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I have really been enjoying this game; we play it a lot at work over lunch. I haven't kept track, but I'm pretty sure the victories are roughly evenly split. You are correct that in a game with fewer than 8 players, the first mission almost always goes to the Resistance because the Spies aren't willing to risk being found out. This isn't an issue with 8+ ...
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In The Resistance, the biggest danger is having a consistent strategy that is predictable. As a spy, I usually don't fail the first mission if there's only one other person on it, but sometimes I will. If there are 2 other players on it I'm much more likely to sabotage, but still not every time. Being on a successful mission almost guarantees that I'll be ...
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If you're a Resistance member and the first leader, this tactic gives a 1-in-5 chance of directly winning the game:
On the first round, send yourself and someone who isn't to your left. If both the player you send and the player to your left are Resistance members, you win!
The flow is as follows:
You and the selected Resistance member succeed at the ...
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