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Post by storyteller0910 on Jul 29, 2013 12:59:52 GMT -5
The Fall
All of these things have already come to pass, and all of them are yet to be.
I am walking alone through a city that does not notice me. It is said that this city never sleeps, but this is not true; it is much more as though it sleeps perpetually, lost in an endless sequence of lucid dreams, out of time and out of space. So it is now.
Beside me, men in fedoras and women in elegant dresses stream from a door, smiling and humming. The tune is new: “Some Enchanted Evening,” it is called, and it is impossible to forget. To me they mingle, unknowing, with young men and women in T-shirts and torn blue jeans, singing a different song that counts the minutes in a year. Above, the sun it at its hottest, even as dingy winter snow settles across the darkened city like a thin layer of apocalyptic ash. And at the same time, this land is empty, the buildings hundreds of years in the future and thousands of years in the past.
My mind seizes on a particular point, a particular moment in time. Now the faces that pass glance at one another with suspicion, with anger. Conflict is inevitable. More than inevitable – to me, it has already been. The players shift into place, a vast clockwork connecting at thousands of points and moving unstoppably toward an outcome that ought to be certain. And yet I cannot see the outcome of this conflict; and if I cannot, then no one can. The ending will happen, has already happened, and yet it hinges entirely on the choices of those I have called friends, foes, and lovers. It will be fascinating.
It is a week in the future. A scrap of paper whirls through the streets of the city. Is it deserted, or bustling? It is both, but in the particular moment at which the paper spins toward me I can’t tell which it might be. The words become visible for a moment; not long enough to read them, but it doesn’t matter. I’ve seen it before, and it is impossible to forget. I know the author well. I killed him, and will kill him. It says this:
This city is afraid of me...I have seen its true face. The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over, all the vermin will drown. The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout "Save us!" …and I'll look down and whisper "No."
Sign-ups for the next game (after CiaS’s ongoing game) are now open. We need approximately 20 people, but the setup can be shifted to accommodate somewhat more or somewhat less. It’ll be a closed set-up, and a bit on the unusual side. Come join!
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Post by Sister Coyote on Jul 29, 2013 13:36:10 GMT -5
/in!
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Post by FruitAndGarbage on Jul 29, 2013 14:11:09 GMT -5
I'd like to play!
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Post by BillMc on Jul 29, 2013 18:10:22 GMT -5
in
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Post by Paranoia on Jul 29, 2013 21:44:03 GMT -5
I'm In, I suppose.
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Post by gnarlycharlie on Jul 31, 2013 1:27:21 GMT -5
/in!
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Post by Jaade on Jul 31, 2013 17:19:23 GMT -5
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Post by peekercpa on Aug 1, 2013 13:10:28 GMT -5
sure i'll play. everyone needs a default Day 1 lynch.
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Post by ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies on Aug 1, 2013 15:17:28 GMT -5
/in
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Post by Meeko on Aug 1, 2013 23:11:36 GMT -5
/in
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Post by Sister Coyote on Aug 2, 2013 11:10:11 GMT -5
OOH, A Raccoon!
/me chases Meeko through the thread.
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Post by texcat on Aug 2, 2013 12:29:23 GMT -5
/in, please
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Post by storyteller0910 on Aug 2, 2013 16:34:20 GMT -5
PLAYER LIST 1. Sister Coyote 2. FruitandGarbage 3. BillMc 4. Paranoia 5. gnarlycharly 6. Jaade 7. peekercpa 8. ...cookies 9. Mahaloth 10. Meeko 11. texcat
I think we need a minimum of six, and maximum of 13, additional players to start. We'll hold open sign-ups until we get to 17, and then a bit longer after that, and should be able to start pretty quickly afterward.
I'll post the ruleset a bit later tonight.
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Post by storyteller0910 on Aug 2, 2013 19:19:11 GMT -5
WATCHMEN Mafia The Rules Below you will find the basic rules of the game. Some are familiar, and some represent modest departures from usual practice; please read them carefully, and feel free to ask if anything is unclear.1. The Set-UpThis is a closed set-up. It may, or may not, be a no-vanilla set-up. Some roles may or may not initially appear to be vanilla but have hidden or unlockable abilities/quirks. At any given time, each role will have one of four different alignments, as follows: The Watchmen are this game’s Town equivalent. All have the following win condition: “You win when all of the Uncorrupted (the game’s Scum equivalent) and all PFK (see below) have been eliminated from the game.”
The Uncorrupted are this game’s Scum equivalent. All have the following win condition: "You win when the total number of Uncorrupted is greater than or equal to half the total number of living players, and all PFK (see below) have been eliminated from the game.”
Third Party Players are players that are neither Town- nor Scum-aligned but are not a threat to the win condition of either side. They may be Survivors, or Jesters, or who knows what… the specifics of each win condition may vary, but third party players can win along with either the Watchmen or the Uncorrupted.
PFK Players are players that are neither Town nor Scum and ARE a threat to the win condition of either side. They may be Serial Killers, Mad Bombers, or something altogether different. A PFK player may or may not be able to win alongside some third party players, but if a PFK player wins, then all Town and Scum players do not. The terminology above will be used consistently throughout all role and other PMs and in-game color, including role reveals. In cases where the entire subset of players who are neither Town nor Scum is intended, the phrase “Third Party/PFK” will be used. 2. PostingThere are no post restrictions. As long as you are alive, you may post whatever you like, wherever you like, whenever you like. You may quote your role PM, and any PM sent to you by the moderators. You may discuss strategy by Day or by Night. If you have access to outside boards, you may post to them on any subject at any time. If someone claims a post restriction of any kind, they are lying; lynch them. PLEASE NOTE: You are also permitted to edit your posts. Other players may frown upon a choice to do so, but the Moderator will not intervene in any case of post editing.3. RecruitmentThere may be various methods, not to be disclosed, by which the alignment of certain players may change. However, any alignment changes in this game will be strictly voluntary; no player will ever be forced to change alignment under any circumstances. 4. Day/Night CycleIn most cases, a Day will last five real-life days (beginning on Saturday afternoons and ending on Thursday afternoon), and the Night will last two real-life days. There is no in-game method of extending or shortening any Day or Night. Days or Nights may be extended or shortened at the discretion of the moderator to account for out-of-game or meta-game situations (holidays, board outages, etc). 5. Voting and the LynchVoting will be done using blue text. Bold-facing and separating onto an individual line are preferred for moderator convenience, but not required. Only votes in blue will count. It is permitted to vote “no lynch” should that appear to be the best plan. Unvoting will use red text. Only one active vote is permitted at any one time per player. If a player places a blue text vote and subsequently places another without unvoting the original player, the original vote will continue to count until it is removed. The player with the highest number of votes at the lynch deadline will be lynched (if “no lynch” has received more votes than any player, no lynch will occur). In the event of a tie, the player who was first to reach the vote number at which the tie occurred for the last time will be lynched. 6. PowersThere may be Day powers and/or Night powers. All powers resolve at Dawn or Dusk, according to a pre-established order of events. If you anticipate absence during a given Day or Night, it is permitted to submit actions in advance, which may be changed at any time prior to the deadline. 7. ParticipationThere will be no hard and fast rules regarding participation, except this one: please participate. The moderator will determine the adequacy of each player’s participation in a context-sensitive fashion, and will issue warnings, prompts, and removals as necessary. All discussion about a player’s participation level will take place in private; the moderator will not discuss participation, prods, or potential modkills in the game thread under any circumstances. Broadly speaking, all moderator action, notably modkill, is subject to the discretion of the moderator. NOTE: There will be no voting requirement whatsoever. As long as you’re posting substantively, you don’t have to vote at all, ever, as far as the moderator is concerned. 8. Color, and Special Info for this GameBe it here announced: the game color will contain hints. It will also contain red herrings, misdirections, and blatant lies. Attempt to interpret it at your own risk. At the end of every color post (ie, at Dawn and Dusk and on rare occasions in between) will be a dashed line, like this: ----- Anything below said line may be considered official moderatorial communication and will always be 100% accurate; this is where death reveals, scheduling information, and the like will be found. Anything above the line should be considered color, where anything goes. Also, prospective players should be warned that while this game is, at heart, just another game of Mafia, there are a few unusual mechanics. It is most certainly not a bastard game – everything’s above board and everything is ultimately knowable – but neither will it be a vanilla game.
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Post by Meeko on Aug 3, 2013 0:48:00 GMT -5
So the Mod is already serving Wine.
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Post by Sister Coyote on Aug 3, 2013 12:46:27 GMT -5
Mmm, tasty wine. I hope it's a nice unoaked chardonnay.
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Post by Colby11 on Aug 4, 2013 23:50:42 GMT -5
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Post by Pleonast on Aug 5, 2013 9:54:56 GMT -5
I'd like to play, if there's still room. 8. Color, and Special Info for this GameBe it here announced: the game color will contain hints. It will also contain red herrings, misdirections, and blatant lies. Attempt to interpret it at your own risk. Hmm, to read the color or not...
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Post by BillMc on Aug 5, 2013 9:59:31 GMT -5
Just the facts ma'am
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Post by Colby11 on Aug 5, 2013 15:21:54 GMT -5
I'm ready for another game
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Post by scáthach on Aug 6, 2013 10:22:25 GMT -5
I'll play.
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Post by storyteller0910 on Aug 6, 2013 13:30:54 GMT -5
PLAYER LIST 1. Sister Coyote 2. FruitandGarbage 3. BillMc 4. Paranoia 5. gnarlycharly 6. Jaade 7. peekercpa 8. ...cookies 9. Mahaloth 10. Meeko 11. texcat 12. colby11 13. Pleonast 14. scathach
Still need a minimum of three, and maximum of 10, additional players to start. We'll hold open sign-ups until we get to 17, and then a bit longer after that, and should be able to start pretty quickly afterward.
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Post by dizzymrslizzy on Aug 7, 2013 7:01:02 GMT -5
/in!
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Post by KidVermicious on Aug 8, 2013 0:07:08 GMT -5
Always down for a Storyteller game. In, please.
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Post by abstain on Aug 8, 2013 0:45:17 GMT -5
In.
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Post by KidV on Aug 8, 2013 1:44:00 GMT -5
Well, here's a problem. I can't log in from work. I can access the psychopathboardgame.proboards url without any trouble, but when I try to sign in it redirects to the idlemafia url, and that url is blocked by my employers firewall.
I do most of my playing during downtime at work - unless Idle or another admin can fix that redirect, I'll have to do most of my posting via a guest name or bwo out of the game.
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Post by patricia on Aug 8, 2013 6:55:49 GMT -5
sounds good sign me up
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Post by storyteller0910 on Aug 8, 2013 7:42:53 GMT -5
KidV - I don't see any problem with you using a guest account; just identify it clearly.
I believe, at 17, that we have now met the minimum. I am unlikely to have time to start the game until the end of the weekend, so I'll hold open sign-ups until Saturday afternoon, clean and finish the design on Sunday, and we'll kick off on Monday. Does that seem reasonable?
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Post by gnarlycharlie on Aug 8, 2013 7:53:42 GMT -5
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Post by Colby11 on Aug 8, 2013 9:44:24 GMT -5
As long as KidV says that he is KidV, then I see no problem with it
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