[littlemanpoet]

Night 1:

Spawn: So, our first dream... We should probably pick someone who doesn't usually get killed early on, like Kath or Lalaith. What do you think?

LMP: Alternative method: 'scry' the one about whom not knowing is likely to create the greatest confusion for the village in the first few days. My choices would be Eomer, Anguirel, Lhuna, and Guy.

Spawn: I was thinking about Lhuna, too. Somehow she's always supected although she has been innocent, so maybe it's good to find out her role as soon as possible.

I've never played with Lommy or Caranlondien, so I don't know about their playing style which is a bit scary. I'm up for dreaming of Lhuna toNight. We'll be wiser after Day 1, I hope, and then our dream doesn't have to be just a guess anymore.

As to our playing strategy... We probably should just play as we normally do. Leaving clues won't be necessary this early on, I think, since there are two of us, so it's not like all the information would go in waste if one of us gets killed or lynched. Although, the fact that there are two Seers would allow leaving hints better than usually because of the same reason.

LMP: Lhuna is a good choice I think. In WWJ5 Lommy was loud and constantly spinning theories about this person or that person, trying to drum up response, support, what have you. I expect the same behavior from her this game. If she's innocent, that kind of behavior is a very good thing.

Caranlondien is brand new to the Downs and werewolf. Learning curve there probably, so look for rookie mistakes and what-not.

If we dream of a werewolf, only one of us should vote for that person on the following Day, because the werewolves will be looking for pairs voting against werewolves; handy clue-finder for seer hunting.

Spawn: I agree about the voting. Let's find out if Lhuna's guilty or not, and then see if we need to do something about her in the next few Days.

Day 1:

Spawn: Lhuna was a good choice for a dream, I see.

I guess we play just like two Ords for starters i.e. no clues, right? It might be too early to say anything against Lhuna unless she does something really odd toDay. In any case, if we have been given the possibility to talk behind the scenes during Day, too, why not use it?

As to our next dream, I think we've got a sign: we might have to pick Garin or Valier.

LMP: Lhuna will be so ticked when she finds out at the end (or sooner). I'll play this as according to my new "analytical" mode, which, if Lhuna says anything suspicious, she'll get a "tick" on my "tick-sheet". That may not lead to her being the most suspicious on my list. One of us votes for her toDay?

Spawn: I think I sort of try to make friends with Lhuna first, but if she does something suspicious, I'll point that out. Let's see how this Day gets going and if it's possible to vote for Lhuna without getting caught.

I'm just trying to write my post where I'll comment Lhuna and Lalaith's suggestions.

Hmm, is this 'tick-sheet' something you do in public or is it for your personal use?

LMP: The "tick sheet" is personal use, off of which I build my posts. See WWJ5 Day One for the only example so far. It caught The Ka as our Day One lynch victim, so its success rate is currently 100%.

Lhuna's first post raises a question for me. "Precisely how many is spread too thin?" She's trying to be coy for obvious reasons (to you and me they are), so we'll see if a little probing reveals anything useful.

Spawn: Okay, sounds like good method.

Yeah. Also, I was wondering Eomer's behaviour. I know he and Lhuna are friends, but Eomer can be a bold wolf.

I hope more people will join the discussion soon so that we can get some real accusations instead of all this tactics talk.

LMP: You echo my thinking regarding Eomer/Lhuna. A useful hypothesis, worth keeping in mind. Watch and see further developments. So far the only negative things I show are those I've asked "why" or "more info please" in my one post.

Cailin's early vote for Lalaith.... Any thoughts?

Whereas Lalaith says something rather substantive in post #31, I tend to disagree. If anything, it seems the werewolves are going to be more cautious, not less. Therefore they would be less likely to vote for each other, don't you think? Trying to think like a werewolf who is not the Lover here..... I have a half-time ally, half-time traitor; the guy/gal wants to kill with me, but eventually wants me gone, which I want of him/her too. But I don't want to willy nilly make the mistake of getting rid of the two other non-lover wolves, so I'm going to work my butt off toward two goals:

1. eliminate the seers as soon as possible.

2. eliminate the ordo lover as soon as possible; this second virtually eliminates the Lover angle, for the Lover-werewolf can still win as fellow werewolf, just as the Lover-ordo can still win as fellow ordo... right?

End, Night 1 & Day 1