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Post by julie on Mar 16, 2011 18:36:58 GMT -5
Another guest has left Hotel Strangeways in the middle of the night, without even stopping to pack his suitcase. Since the grand reopening six months ago, ten guests have left in the same sort of hurry and none have explained why. But the people in the nearby town are sure they know the reason--the hotel is haunted by the ghost of Ethel Strangeways, who would do anything to keep strangers away.
One mysterious phone call later and the Scooby Gang is riding to the rescue. Can the kids of Mystery, Inc. find out who or what is driving guests from the hotel before it's too late? Get ready for some Strange Days at Hotel Strangeways.
1. Sister Coyote 2. Mr. Special Ed 3. BillMc 4. Suburban Plankton 5. Mahaloth 6. peekercpa 7. MentalGuy 8. gnarlycharlie 9. Inner Stickler 10. FCOD 11. Dr. Septimus Strangelove 12. Greedy Smurf 13. archangel 14. scuzzlebutt 15. Joanie 16. storyteller 17. Captain Pinkies 18. romanic 19. Paranoia 20. Renata 21. LightFoot 22. guiri
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Post by Sister Coyote on Mar 16, 2011 18:39:41 GMT -5
/in
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Post by special on Mar 16, 2011 19:30:33 GMT -5
/in
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Post by julie on Mar 16, 2011 20:17:24 GMT -5
Brief rundown of the game:
Closed setup with limited or no recruitment.
A 5/2 Day/Night cycle (so one cycle lasts a week) until there is a supermajority (67%) vote to speed up the game. Days will end at or near 3 pm EDT. If this will inconvenience a significant number of players, I will attempt to find a more amenable time (if you will have a problem, posting in this thread might enable us to find a solution before the game starts). Night threads will be fluff-only.
Players with access to official off-site boards may post strategy at any time during the Day or Night.
No post editing.
At the end of the Day, the vote-leader will be arrested (lynched) and have to leave the hotel. If there is a tie, the first person who reached that vote level who is part of the tie will be arrested. If anyone reached that level first but was later unvoted, they are not vulnerable to the tie-breaker.
A hammer may be voted into use by supermajority vote (67%).
Players will start the game with an allotment of Scooby Snacks. Scooby Snacks have various purposes and if players wish to give them to another player, the Snacks will be traded openly in the game threads by posting in bold purple. For example Give 2 Snacks to Julie. A tally of publicly traded Snacks so far in the Day will be reported with each official vote count (e.g. "Julie: +2 Snacks), though players are welcome to keep their own tallies. Each Day, players will be notified by the moderator via PM if new Snacks have been added to their accounts overNight. The supply of Snacks may end without warning.
Votes are cast in bold blue and unvotes are cast in bold red.
Questions to the moderator may be made in bold green in the game thread or via PM. If no moderator replies to a game-posted question, even if just to say "No comment," please send a nudge via PM to make sure the question isn't overlooked. A moderator will give vote and Snack tallies upon request (within reason).
Once the game has begun, those who want spoilers may PM a mod.
Each role and/or results and/or answer PM will be individually written without a template. They may be quoted at will. I will post samples of PMs written in the style of "official" PMs.
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Post by BillMc on Mar 17, 2011 3:44:41 GMT -5
Scoobie snacks? definitely in :-)
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Post by Suburban Plankton on Mar 17, 2011 20:04:07 GMT -5
/in
A warning though: If I turn out to be Scrappy Doo, things are gonna get ugly...
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Post by peekercpa on Mar 18, 2011 11:45:23 GMT -5
oh for sure.
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Post by MentalGuy on Mar 18, 2011 22:51:41 GMT -5
/in
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Post by gnarlycharlie on Mar 20, 2011 12:44:49 GMT -5
hi! i'd like to join. thanks.
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Post by julie on Mar 20, 2011 13:12:05 GMT -5
hi! i'd like to join. thanks. Hey, gnarlycharlie. Welcome. Are you familiar with mafia or are you a brand spankin' newbie? (I think this game would work for newcomers just fine.)
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Post by gnarlycharlie on Mar 20, 2011 20:38:21 GMT -5
hi julie,
i'm a little bit of both. ;D i'm currently playing my first game that was started by idle thoughts. i'm enjoying it so much i accepted his invitation to join this group.
i understand there are variations but i'm not sure which one we're playing based on your rundown of the rules. i have no idea what scooby snacks are for so i'll just wait for the explanation.
thanks for having me here.
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Post by Idle Thoughts on Mar 20, 2011 22:33:25 GMT -5
What the hey, I'll join.
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Post by septimus on Mar 21, 2011 4:14:01 GMT -5
Days will end at or near 7 pm EDT. If this will inconvenience a significant number of players, I will attempt to find a more amenable time I'd love to try my hand at another game, and could be available 17 hours a day. Unfortunately the 7 unavailable hours (my sleep time) are 4 PM - 11 PM EDT. I've seen that activity just before Lynch deadline can be important so my participation would either handicap my team or (worse ) lead to my insomnia waiting for the Lynch. So I'll have to wait for a game with different schedule. ... Unless I can play here on the condition that Moderator move my Lynch vote at deadline time to the best choice possible! ;D
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Post by julie on Mar 21, 2011 8:57:00 GMT -5
I don't have any objection to moving the deadline earlier, like 3 pm EDT if that will work for more people.
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Post by The Real FCOD on Mar 21, 2011 9:12:36 GMT -5
I'm in.
--FCOD
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Post by julie on Mar 21, 2011 9:33:16 GMT -5
I have tentatively modified the Day deadline to 3 pm EDT. If that doesn't work for anyone who has already signed up, please holler.
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Post by septimus on Mar 21, 2011 13:58:32 GMT -5
Thank you, Julie. /In
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Post by gnarlycharlie on Mar 21, 2011 15:12:03 GMT -5
i guess it doesn't matter if it's 3pm or 5pm EDT. that's 3am and 5am for me.
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Post by peekercpa on Mar 22, 2011 9:06:26 GMT -5
vote gnarlycharlie
and since he is new to this board i think we should do one of those lynchings where it doesn't merely break your neck but actually pops your head off of your body.
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Post by gnarlycharlie on Mar 22, 2011 9:13:36 GMT -5
peekercpa: thanks for making me welcome! ;D
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Post by Greedy Smurf on Mar 22, 2011 19:35:33 GMT -5
The call went out on FB, and I haven't played Mafia in a little while, (partly because of RL time constraints) but I'll dabble my toe back in for this one.
The only mafia game I've played in the last 12 months or so was 1 or 2 with complete mafia newbs. So I'll have to get my thinking cap back on being back in a game with the experts.
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Post by Greedy Smurf on Mar 22, 2011 19:37:08 GMT -5
;D If my avatar tells you anything about the last time I played on here. The fallout guy was for the Post-Apocolyptic game!! I'll have to go hunt down a Scooby themed one.
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Post by Archangel on Mar 22, 2011 20:02:23 GMT -5
In.
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Post by JustBeingGinger on Mar 22, 2011 20:13:52 GMT -5
I am in. I am Ginger from FB
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Post by Idle Thoughts on Mar 22, 2011 20:18:55 GMT -5
Woo, thanks Smurf, Angel, and Scuzz. I was hoping my FB imploring would yield results.
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Post by Joanie on Mar 22, 2011 21:10:33 GMT -5
I'd like to play but I also want to say that there is a good chance I'll only be able to pop in once a day, I hope that's ok.
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Post by storyteller0910 on Mar 22, 2011 21:12:33 GMT -5
/in!
I'm glad I didn't miss this - I just assumed that since the Python game was ongoing that sign-ups hadn't started yet.
Definitely in.
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Post by Idle Thoughts on Mar 22, 2011 21:14:44 GMT -5
I'd just like to say: Gnarly, Scuzzle, and Joanie are three "newish" people to the game (that I got to play by doing that one thing I said I would in the other topic..offering a prize in the one game we all play (that many people want) in a raffle..and to enter the raffle, you have to play a game of this---they've all played one game already (actually Joanie has played two, I think)).
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Post by Joanie on Mar 22, 2011 21:20:28 GMT -5
Yes, Mr. Thoughts, I have played 2 (on FB) and they were awesomely fun.
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Post by Captain Pinkies on Mar 22, 2011 21:28:47 GMT -5
ok per special request......
In Please....
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