Solution to the game 'Among us'
Today I played a very interesting murder mystery game on android called Among us.
Suppose you are stuck in a house, probably due to storm, with some people you know. Suddenly, all of you realize that there is a murderer among you, bent on killing everyone. You discover one murder, and then two... Everyone starts suspecting everyone else. Nobody can be trusted. What will you do?
There have been many movies and novels on this plot. 'Murder on the Orient Express' and 'And then there were none' are some works that I can recall of Agatha Christie on these lines. 'Johnny Gaddaar is a Bollywood movie on similar plot.
Among us lets you live through such a situation.
There are more than 4 players (typically 10) on a spaceship. They realize that there is an impostor among them, bent on killing everyone. The crew needs to successfully perform some tasks on the ship in order to win the game. On discovery of a dead colleague or gaining new clues, the crew can also call for an emergency meeting and vote to determine an impostor and kick him out of the ship, hence killing him. It is after the suspect is killed that it is disclosed whether he was actually the impostor or not. If they successfully kill the impostor, they win. If not, the game continues and their numbers dwindle. If the impostor manages to kill the second last of the crew, he wins.
If the impostor and the crew play a perfect game, can one force its victory on the other? Yes. Spoilers alert. You are about to learn the solution.
The crew can always defeat the impostor. All they need to do is split in groups of two and keep an eye on their partner while performing the tasks. If the impostor kills his partner, the rest of the crew will kick him out of the ship.
The developers of the game need to change the rules of the game to prevent this loophole.
