The Syndicate

I'll start. One thing I do to get townread as scum is to lock myself into a really tunnelly back and forth thunderdome that spans several pages. Then, I'll suddenly pretend to re-evaluate the other player and flip my read on them to town, pretending to break out of the tunnel. They are usually so relieved that I'm no longer being stubborn/wrong that they will townread me in return.

I find this to be really effective because from the POV of other players, it looks a lot like two quarrelling townies who found each other after a big fight, which is something that does happen quite often. For me especially, it fits my town meta quite well too. I used to tunnel too often as town and often try to take a step back to re-evaluate things if I feel I am getting too nitpicky. So I do this for real a lot and it helps to disguise when I am doing it for nefarious purposes.

This thread is meant to serve as an easy and low effort way for Syndicators to share their knowledge and experience without having to go to the trouble of doing a big writeup or a guide.

Share your favorite tips and tricks. It can be a principle or rule you use for sorting people, a scumtell nobody else seems to know about, or a reaction test that has come in handy for you.