Players are either Resistance Operatives or Imperial Spies. For three to five rounds, they must depend on each other to carry out missions against the Empire. At the same time, they must try to deduce the other players’ identities and gain their trust. Each round begins with discussion. When ready, the Leader entrusts sets of Plans to a certain number of players (possibly including himself herself). Everyone votes on whether or not to approve the assignment. Once an assignment passes, the chosen players secretly decide to Support or Sabotage the mission. Based on the results, the mission succeeds (Resistance win) or fails (Empire win). When a team wins three missions, they have won the game.

• The resistance redefines social deduction everyone plays till the end of the game
• Your ability to lie to your friends and know when they are lying to you is critical to win
• Not for the faint of heart, or slow of mind but if you are quick on your feet you ll be proud of your hard fought victories
• 5 to 10 players, 30 minute playtime
• Cover art may vary revised edition now includes updated card art and the Inquisitor expansion in place of The Plot Thickens cards

• Rule Correction:

  For first printing (2010 purchases), the expansion rules should read: Games of 5-6 players use 7 plot cards, games with 7+ players use all 15 Plot Cards. and …each Round, the leader draws Plot cards (1 for 5-6 players, 2 for 7-8 players, and 3 for 9-10 players) – This has been corrected in the subsequent printings.