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Late-Game Decisions

When five or fewer remain, every vote and kill can end the match. Endgame is not “who looks sus” — it is “who can win right now”.

🎯 Priority order (do this first)

  1. Neutral win-now threats — Dodo vote farm, Cuckoo hunt, Vulture/Pigeon progress, Falcon/Pelican timer.
  2. Armed roles — Sheriff, Vigilante, Assassin, Professional still alive / still have shots.
  3. Vote math — are Ducks near majority? Who wins ties (Politician)?
  4. Remaining info — Detective/Mortician/Medium alive? If not, push on alibis and behavior only.

🦢 Geese endgame rules

  • Vote the player who ends the game for Ducks now, not the weirdest-looking person.
  • Armed Geese deter, but become targets — protect them with votes.
  • At 3 players: check neutrals first, then decide whether to gamble a kill.
  • If tasks are almost done, call meetings to break Duck tempo.

🦆 Ducks endgame rules

  • Near parity, delete armed Geese and scanners before plain Geese.
  • Use ties, jail, silence, and meeting guesses to steal the last vote edge.
  • “I am neutral” works late — until it does not.
  • Do not flashy-kill and expose the whole team in final rounds.

🎭 Neutral endgame

  • Vote-out wins (Dodo): fewer players help the act, but Geese give fewer free votes.
  • Cull wins (Falcon/Pelican/Cuckoo hunt): timer and map mobility decide.
  • Progress wins (Vulture/Pigeon): low player count is deadly for both teams — expect focus fire.
  • Outing as neutral can buy life or buy a knife — read the lobby.

🗣️ Endgame scripts

Safe push: “Four left — vote armed first, we can recover if wrong.”

Protect info: “Detective is alive — do not vote them; clear no-alibi first.”

Anti-neutral: “They are farming votes — do not gift Dodo the win.”

Counter: “You call me Duck — why did you not report / why solo-jail me?”

Full meeting system: Meeting Control Guide.

⚠️ Classic traps

  • At 3 players still arguing early-game fluff instead of neutral progress.
  • Spending the last kill on a plain Goose while Assassin lives.
  • Gifting ties to Politician / Duck majority.
  • Late jail free-for-alls that release the wrong player.

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