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Post by Høøpy Frøød on Aug 10, 2009 18:47:25 GMT -5
The setup will be 9 players. It is a closed setup. There will be mafia and there will be town. There will not be any 3rd party. I will run it on a 2/1 cycle. Mafia can only strategize with each other at night (I will setup a private Google group for this, unless someone has a better idea for communication.) Strategizing will be allowed in the game thread only during the Day. If you know you are going to miss a cycle, you can submit your night action early, but if your target isn't around, too bad. There will not be any enforced participation, so just try to be active. It's going to be a small and quick game that should be over in around two weeks or so real time. I'm going out of town to GenCon later this week, so I'll start Night 0 sometime next week when I get 9 people to participate.
(NAF, this is the other setup I mentioned to you when we were discussing the smallish game you and I want to run on the Straight Dope. So you can't play, but you are more than welcome to watch.)
This is my first time moderating (other than a 3-hand). I figure it'll be a nice warm up for me for Malazan and the one NAF and I will run on the Dope.
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Post by texcat on Aug 11, 2009 9:38:29 GMT -5
/in !! Sounds like a quick, active, fun game!
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Post by The Real FCOD on Aug 11, 2009 11:05:20 GMT -5
I'm in. Also, I can setup an on-board hidden thread for your scum if you'd like.
--FCOD
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Post by Høøpy Frøød on Aug 11, 2009 12:50:32 GMT -5
I'm in. Also, I can setup an on-board hidden thread for your scum if you'd like. --FCOD Excellent. I'd appreciate the thread. So we have so far: 1. texcat 2. FCOD 3. sirsam972 4. BillMC 5. MiteyMouse 6. hockeyguy8435 7. Special Ed 8. gryff 9. Total Lost
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Post by The Real FCOD on Aug 11, 2009 13:09:38 GMT -5
Sent you a PM about the hidden thread.
--FCOD
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Post by sirsam972 on Aug 13, 2009 0:20:32 GMT -5
I'd like to play, sounds exciting, and I like fast games.
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Post by BillMc on Aug 14, 2009 8:16:29 GMT -5
in
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Post by MiteyMouse on Aug 14, 2009 9:29:57 GMT -5
I'd love to play Hoopy!
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Post by hockeyguy8435 on Aug 14, 2009 9:41:10 GMT -5
I'll play as well.
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Post by Høøpy Frøød on Aug 17, 2009 13:31:15 GMT -5
I've updated the player list.
Also, I forgot that I have a wedding out East to fly to next weekend, so the game won't start this week. If I get nine players by Thursday evening, I'll PM the roles and Night 0 will start. There will be no use of powers, but strategy discussions will be allowed in both the game thread and the scum thread. Sometime Monday morning Central (Daylight) Time, or when the last PM is confirmed, whichever comes last, I will start Day 1. At that point, there will be no strategizing at Night, and scum can't strategize in their thread during the Day.
Also, I should probably mention that this setup is a bit gastard, which is why I've made a 9 person game closed. However, the gastardness only comes in to play in how the powers interact with each other. There are definitely scum; there are definitely town; and there are definitely no third parties. And everything I announce in the game thread and scum thread will be truth. There also are no vote manipulation powers, so if something doesn't add up with the votes, that's mod error and should be brought to my attention.
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Post by special on Aug 17, 2009 16:30:34 GMT -5
I'm mostly dead everywhere, so I'd love to be in.
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Post by Høøpy Frøød on Aug 17, 2009 19:07:57 GMT -5
I'm mostly dead everywhere, so I'd love to be in. Excellent. Two more slots left.
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Post by NAF1138 on Aug 18, 2009 10:32:13 GMT -5
I have no kind of time to play in this game, but I want to watch. Do you have a spoiler thread?
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Post by Høøpy Frøød on Aug 18, 2009 10:48:03 GMT -5
I have no kind of time to play in this game, but I want to watch. Do you have a spoiler thread? Not really, but I can give interested parties the location and password to the scum thread and mail out the official roster of who's who when the game starts.
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Post by NAF1138 on Aug 18, 2009 11:41:50 GMT -5
I'll take it.
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Post by Merestil Haye on Aug 18, 2009 14:03:43 GMT -5
Not really, but I can give interested parties the location and password to the scum thread and mail out the official roster of who's who when the game starts. Can I put myself forward as an interested party?
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Post by Høøpy Frøød on Aug 18, 2009 15:07:04 GMT -5
Not really, but I can give interested parties the location and password to the scum thread and mail out the official roster of who's who when the game starts. Can I put myself forward as an interested party? Yep. So I've got you and NAF among the spoiled so far. I'll send out a carbon copy PM to all the spoiled when I start.
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Post by gryff on Aug 19, 2009 1:43:05 GMT -5
If there is still room I would like to play. This would be my first game though I have read through a few games on the straight dope.
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Post by Høøpy Frøød on Aug 19, 2009 7:13:58 GMT -5
If there is still room I would like to play. This would be my first game though I have read through a few games on the straight dope. You're welcome to play. Understand, though, since the setup is bastard, the gameplay and strategy will not always follow traditional ideas. If you're not familiar with Bastard (or Gastard as it is commonly called in these parts, see the Batman/Arkham game for the reason), it refers to a game that violates, in one or more ways, the typical understood paradigms Mafia is supposed to operate within. Sometimes the gastardness arises in a game that is unbalanced, sometimes it arises in the mod lying to you, sometimes it arises in the way the roles interplay with each other, etc. However, one thing about bastard games is that the gimmicks are still consistent. It's not carte blanche for the mod to do whatever he wants. There is a framework the mod adheres to, and the bastard setup should be explainable and discoverable. Otherwise, the mod's just being an asshole. That being said, part of the game in bastard mafia is figuring out what makes it bastard. But everything I will tell the players in thread will be truth. The gimmicks arise from the distribution and powers in the roles themselves.
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Post by Total Ullz on Aug 19, 2009 7:48:28 GMT -5
Do you have room for a little Danish girl running screaming away form FB-mafia once more???
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Post by The Real FCOD on Aug 19, 2009 7:57:29 GMT -5
I was almost tempted to try playing FB mafia again. And by "almost" I mean "not at all". --FCOD
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Post by gryff on Aug 19, 2009 8:01:40 GMT -5
You're welcome to play. Understand, though, since the setup is bastard, the gameplay and strategy will not always follow traditional ideas. No problem, I hadn't noticed that but as I don't fully 'grok' a lot of what people consider core mafia 'tells' and theories anyway so it shouldn't throw me any more than a normal game. Thanks.
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Post by Merestil Haye on Aug 19, 2009 9:04:39 GMT -5
Ah, that new-blood smell... I'm going to enjoy following from outside.
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Post by Høøpy Frøød on Aug 19, 2009 10:47:05 GMT -5
Do you have room for a little Danish girl running screaming away form FB-mafia once more??? Of course. That fills the game. I should post and official rule post and send out the roles sometime tonight or tomorrow night, and Night 0 will start then. I'll still take interested parties as subs in case someone doesn't confirm by the time I get back from Connecticut, but once Day 1 starts, no subs will be allowed. Expect Day 1 to start roughly 9 AM next Monday CDT. If I get back early enough Sunday, I might start it Sunday night (unless people would rather start it Monday morning anyway)>
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Post by NAF1138 on Aug 19, 2009 11:30:11 GMT -5
Do you have room for a little Danish girl running screaming away form FB-mafia once more??? Sure, you join his mini but totally ignore the signups for my game on GB. :sniff:
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Post by BillMc on Aug 19, 2009 11:48:17 GMT -5
Do you have room for a little Danish girl running screaming away form FB-mafia once more??? avoiding fb bioshock then? hmm, that could be a whole new mental complaint!
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Post by Høøpy Frøød on Aug 19, 2009 21:49:51 GMT -5
Official Rules:
Vote: Blue
Unvote: Red
Bold font is preferred, but not required. It's just easier to notice if it is. Also, unvotes don't require a name, but it reduces chance of error.
Questions should be addressed by PM. If you really must ask in the thread, make it Green and preferably Bold[/color]. But, if asked in thread, I'll probably ignore it, particularly if it's related to setup rather than how the game is run. However, alerting the mod to vote count mistakes is encouraged.
The Town's win condition is:
You win when all scum are defeated.
The Scum's win condition is:
You win when you either outnumber town, or there are only two players left and one of them is scum.
In case of a tie vote, the person who reached the tie threshold first will be lynched.
Day will last 2 real time days. Night will last 1 real time day.
There will be no communication allowed outside of the game thread if your role specifically does not allow it.
Scum can only strategize in their thread at night.
Aside from Night 0, there is no strategizing at night in the game thread.
Roles will go out sometime tomorrow. Feel free to ask any rules questions if there's something I left out.
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Post by Total Ullz on Aug 20, 2009 1:20:44 GMT -5
Do you have room for a little Danish girl running screaming away form FB-mafia once more??? Sure, you join his mini but totally ignore the signups for my game on GB. :sniff: I didn't ignore you at all - but I'm trying to step back a bit and not play more than 1-2 "big" games at a time. You could always sub me in, if you need that after the Pollux-game has ended, you do know that, right?
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Post by Høøpy Frøød on Aug 20, 2009 8:57:39 GMT -5
The PM's are out. Night 0 begins now. When you've received your PM, confirm in the thread.
Strategy is allowed, but no claiming or quoting of roles or PM's will be allowed Night 0.
Day 1 will begin at the earliest Sunday night, but probably more like Monday morning, or when the last person confirms their PM, whichever comes last.
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Post by texcat on Aug 20, 2009 9:11:08 GMT -5
Confirming.
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