I have a little bit of a snag planning wise I'd like to get some input on, for anyone still lurking this thread.

Lets take a hypothetical scenario. There's a spot on the map that's likely to draw contestants in for supplies, so someone decides to lie in wait to ambush them. How do we rule fairly on whether or not that ambush is a success?

Obviously the RP would be boring if all of the other players actions are hidden and I'd like to trust you all a little bit more than that. While I'd love to leave it in your hands collaboratively, I imagine it would feel bad to know in advance your character is in danger and have to decide whether or not your character dies based on whether you think they'd be paying attention or not. I feel as though deciding based on a dice roll, while impartial, would also feel pretty bad in either case.

I'd like to allow for strategies of all variety any person might reasonably imagine. My best theory at the moment is to have RP happen in the thread for anyone to see but allow players to DM me if aspects of a plan should be hidden to other players. It might still feel bad to have an ambush strike your character because you didn't actively write that they were being cautious, but this would at least allow both writers to write their characters genuine approach without any aspect of meta-gaming.

What do you all think?