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 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 5

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

Accepted Answer

False. The original base game of The Resistance supports 5–10 players. It was never designed for up to 12; no official release or expansion has increased that maximum.

Question 6

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 7

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

Accepted Answer

False. The leader token and rotating leader role were part of the original 2009 base game of The Resistance, not added in an expansion.

Question 8

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.

The Resistance Trivia Questions