How to Play The Resistance: Avalon
Setup
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Place the score tableau matching player count (covers 5p through 10p).
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Deal loyalty + character cards face-down based on player count:
- 5p: 3 Good / 2 Evil
- 6p: 4 Good / 2 Evil
- 7p: 4 Good / 3 Evil
- 8p: 5 Good / 3 Evil
- 9p: 6 Good / 3 Evil
- 10p: 6 Good / 4 Evil
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Run the closed-eyes night phase: Minions of Mordred identify each other (Mordred is excluded if used; Oberon is always excluded). Merlin sees all evil except Mordred. Percival (if used) sees Merlin and Morgana but cannot tell them apart.
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Give each player Approve / Reject vote tokens. Random starting leader.
Round structure (per quest)
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Team building. Leader proposes a team of the required quest size.
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Vote. All players simultaneously vote Approve or Reject. Majority Approve sends the team; tie or majority Reject passes leadership clockwise. Five consecutive rejections in one quest = Evil wins immediately.
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Quest. Team members play Success or Fail face-down. Good MUST play Success; Evil may play either. If any Fail card is played, the quest fails. (Exception: in 7+ player games, Quest 4 needs 2 Fails.)
Quest team sizes
| Players | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 |
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| 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4* | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5* | 5 |
| 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5* | 5 |
| 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5* | 5 |
*Quest needs 2 Fails to fail.
Assassinate Merlin
If Good completes 3 quests, the Assassin (Evil) names one player they believe is Merlin. If correct, Evil wins.
End condition
Either side reaches 3 quest wins (Good must additionally survive the Merlin assassination), or 5 consecutive team rejections occur in one round.
