<p>Here's a mathematical analysis of a potential winning strategy for the Resistance side: <a href="http://amininima.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/the-resistance/">http://amininima.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/the-resistance/</a></p>

<p>And there's a thread on Boardgamegeek where they're trying to determine a formula for "spy-ness": <a href="http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/759016/using-excel-to-find-spies">http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/759016/using-excel-to-find-spies</a></p>

<p>Hope this answers your question!</p>

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Huh. So the tl;dr is: she proposes a strategy *(for a game of mutually-acknowledged perfectly-intelligent logicians with no Tells)* that gives Resistance **a mere 26.6̅% chance of victory** in 6-player game — am I reading that right? With the acknowledged lack of optimality proof, I wonder if (and, if so, how far) that could be improved.
JamesTheAwesomeDude
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<p>I played The Resistance for the first time a couple weeks ago and am interested in writing a simulation program to test strategies. I know that <a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0609534">mathematical analysis has been done</a> on Mafia proper, but does anyone know of work that has been done to analyze The Resistance?</p>

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Do you have a link to the Mafia analysis?
Joachim Breitner
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2013-07-16T12:04:24.657Z
I've read this one : http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0609534 but there are others on arxiv.
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Has any mathematical analysis of The Resistance been done?
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# Has any mathematical analysis of The Resistance been done?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-07-16)

I played The Resistance for the first time a couple weeks ago and am interested in writing a simulation program to test strategies. I know that [mathematical analysis has been done](http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0609534) on Mafia proper, but does anyone know of work that has been done to analyze The Resistance?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Do you have a link to the Mafia analysis?  
> **username_0**: I've read this one : http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0609534 but there are others on arxiv.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2013-10-14. Score: 7

Here's a mathematical analysis of a potential winning strategy for the Resistance side: <http://amininima.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/the-resistance/>

And there's a thread on Boardgamegeek where they're trying to determine a formula for "spy-ness": <http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/759016/using-excel-to-find-spies>

Hope this answers your question!

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: Huh. So the tl;dr is: she proposes a strategy *(for a game of mutually-acknowledged perfectly-intelligent logicians with no Tells)* that gives Resistance **a mere 26.6̅% chance of victory** in 6-player game — am I reading that right? With the acknowledged lack of optimality proof, I wonder if (and, if so, how far) that could be improved.  

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