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The Mana Sword posted...

in response to an earlier game on the list, I played Good Cop, Bad Cop for the first time last night

we played with 5 people, which seemed to cause some issues with the imbalance of teams, because whichever side had 3 members had a clear advantage in the games we played. that may have been better had we been playing with an even number. I didn't hate it, but I would definitely never pick it over regular Resistance or anything.

Six people is probably a best number to play it at, since it gives you good odds of even teams and you'll still get to go relatively often. Eight is way too many and an odd number is imbalanced. Though with six, with the right distribution of cards, it's possible to have one agent/kingpin versus five people on the other team.

Granted, the fact that the game just rolls with the lack of balance is probably a good hint that it's not meant to be taken seriously. Easier to handle this at low numbers, of course.
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