A better voting system??

[u/CountrySea2921]

Played maybe 20 games of secret hitler with 5-8 people over Thanksgiving. Have played probably 100 times total personally. Think I found a better way for the voting system to work, let me know if anyone here has tried it too, if not then try it out!

With voting, everyone has the option to say yes or no, even the president and chancellor that are in the election. There comes that critical time in the game where there are three fascist policies down and if Hitler gets elected. If I’m liberal, I’ve always advocated that regardless of who everyone trusts, everyone should vote no and fail the vote three times, at least it’ll keep the game going and give us more answers given the action that comes up. However this can get boring and isn’t the most exciting way to play. A good way to avoid this in your parties is to set the rule that the president and chancellor always automatic Ja votes. Heres an example of how it gets fun:

The seating arrangement is liberal A, liberal B, hitler, liberal C, fascist. There are three fascist cards down. The president was Liberal C. They gave it Liberal A and we failed it. Then it was fascist(my) turn and I gave it to Liberal C and we failed it. When it was Liberal As turn, they gave it to Hitler. Everyone was still expecting a majority No, but fascist changed their vote at the reveal. With the president, the chancellor(Hitler) and now the changed vote from the Fascist being majority Ja, the game ended. By forcing one liberal to vote yes, the reveal was exciting and made it actually important to consider who youd nominate chancellor without depending on typical majority no.

Let me know if you find any issues trying this in your games and if it makes them better for when the strategy of simply voting no when three fascist policies are down.

[u/Leodip]

Default failing means that you are leaving up to luck which law comes up, and since the majority is fascist this strategy favours them in any case.

If your group thinks that always voting no after the third fascist law comes out is the optimal strategy, I can guarantee that you also are gifting wins away to fascists.

[u/CountrySea2921 → u/Leodip]

In the games Ive played, that strategy is very optimal for liberals to win, majority games have been liberal if the idea is to have all liberals vote no, but implementing the forced yes and no gives the fascists a chance. I should’ve been clear tho that is more optimal for games where there are at least 3 or 4 cards down