Also, this stemmed from a discussion on asymmetric information games, in particular ye olde Werewolf/Mafia, which by now I think has been beaten to a pulp and applied in real life many times with various degrees of success. Come to think of it, the latest instance is precisely that: a game where the (doublespoken) "good guys" try to coopt what and whom they can, while making sure that the rest don't get to play the game. Whaddaya know!