So I wanted to talk specifically about the suspect voting as getting the right tactic for this is going to be a huge part of the game. Apologies if this is obvious to everyone, but I wanted to make sure we don't slip up!
1b: Each weekday, in the game thread, all players should vote on a player to "INTERROGATE". The most nominated player (with the majority of votes) is then selected as that day's SUSPECT.
1c: Once a Suspect is chosen, all other players must then (also in the game thread) vote for the tribe they think today's suspect belongs to. The most popular selection "wins".
1d: At the end of the day it'll be revealed whether the Suspect does indeed belongs to the majority-selected tribe. (If they don't, their Tribe is not revealed.) If they do, each player who voted "correctly" gains a point for their tribe, and the Suspect cannot ever be chosen as a Suspect again.
1e: Players who correctly vote that a Suspect is a member of their own tribe do not receive points for doing so. (You can still vote this way if you wish, though.)
1f: Tribe point scores are always public - so try to work with your tribe to ensure you don't give yourself away unknowingly, through your collective actions!
The most likely outcome each day (3/4) is that the interrogated player does not belong to the suspect Tribe. In this case, everyone in the game is aware of this information, that Player X does not belong to the suspected Tribe. Some information is gained, but not a ton on it's own and no points are awarded for the vote.
However, there are possible outcomes whereby the vote could cause us major problems and be at a cost to our Tribe, even if one of our own players are not on the ballot.
A simple example would be that all 8 of us (Tribe A) vote the same way (the suspect belongs to Tribe C), along with one other person from another tribe (Tribe B). Tribe C & D all vote differently, placing no votes suspecting Tribe C. We get the majority on the vote and secure eight points, whilst Tribe B receives 1 point and Tribe C & D receive none. As these points are made public and Tribe B know the identity of their own player voting, they immediately know the identity of our entire team, whilst we know the identity of one person from Tribe B (in addition to the player who was successfully interrogated). Tribe C & D know that 8 of the 9 players were from Tribe A and 1 was from Tribe B. These 8 points give us a numerical advantage, but at huge risk, as we would then likely be put up as suspects the following days to all but guarantee points for the other Tribes, and for double point kills once confirmed. I think it's unlikely that as a group of players we'd use the tactic I've described there, but it's the simplest example of how we could trip ourselves up.
In the above scenario, Tribe C could have tried to swing the vote in another direction (option a), or place some votes with the majority (option b) and gleam information which the rest of the players are not aware of. If they felt they could not sway the vote so went for option b and placed three of their own votes against the suspect as their own Tribe, the points allocation would remain the same as they gain no points for this, but they would gain the advantage of knowing that 9 players belonged to two tribes (8 in Tribe A and 1 in Tribe B). Tribe D would lose out in this scenario, as they gained no points and are the least informed due to the three dummy votes. All players can deduce that the players who voted correctly were not in Tribe D.
I hope that makes sense. I've wanted to discuss it since I read the rules so thought I'd get the conversation started. I guess my key thought at this stage is that it's important that we spread our votes in the early days, but I'm keen to hear tactics as I'm sure I'm not the only one who's been thinking about this! Rest assured, there will be spreadsheets tracking all of this once we get going!