Question 1

True or false: In a 5-player game, the Resistance can win with only three successful missions due to the scoring system.

Accepted Answer

True. The game ends when either side reaches three mission victories; 5-player games require three successes for Resistance win.

Question 2

True or false: A single successful mission requires at least one failed mission card to be played by spies.

Accepted Answer

False. A mission fails only if a spy plays a fail card; if all players play success, the mission passes regardless of spy presence.

Question 3

True or false: In The Resistance, spies can strategically play a success card to avoid suspicion even when sabotaging is possible.

Accepted Answer

True. Spies may choose to play success to blend in, especially when a mission needs only one fail to sabotage.

Question 4

True or false: The Resistance was originally designed as a party game for large groups of up to 12 players.

Accepted Answer

False. The base game supports 5–10 players; the 12-player cap came with expansions like The Plot Thickens.

Question 5

True or false: The Resistance includes a plot point where players can vote to skip a mission entirely.

Accepted Answer

False. There is no skip vote mechanic; players must always send a team on a mission after proposing and voting on it.

Question 6

True or false: The Resistance was the first board game to use a hidden traitor mechanic in a cooperative setting.

Accepted Answer

False. Earlier games like Werewolf (1986) and Shadows Over Camelot (2005) predate it in using hidden traitor mechanics.

Question 7

True or false: The game's designer, Don Eskridge, cited the film 'The Thing' as a major inspiration for the hidden identity mechanic.

Accepted Answer

True. Eskridge has mentioned John Carpenter's 'The Thing' and its paranoia as a key influence on the game's social deduction.

Question 8

True or false: In the original version, the Resistance leader role was introduced in a later expansion, not the base game.

Accepted Answer

True. The leader token and rotation system were added in The Resistance: Avalon, not the original 2009 release.

The Resistance Trivia Questions