[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by Macalaure

You don't learn from failure. You learn from people telling you what your fault was and how you can do better.

Hmm. I still think that this is dangerous territory. In the context of an entertaining pastime, some people would rather not be told that they were at fault for a particular outcome and have no wish to learn to play "better". Also, this will often be a matter of opinion.

I am not going to ban outright discussion of how a particular game turned out the way it did. But people should exercise care when discussing this in the post-game analysis and make every reasonable effort to avoid criticising or giving offence. Tact should be the by-word here and, if you are not inclined to be tactful, please avoid. Blame attribution and indidivual fault finding are definate no-nos.

Originally Posted by Nogrod

Roa's playing style is many times a bit abrasive or even aggressive (mine sometimes is too, even though not always).

I should make it clear that I have no issue with Roa's playing style (or Nogrod's, for that matter). In fact, I rather like them. Criticism of Roa's playing style, and indeed anyone else's individual playing style, is another no-no.

Originally Posted by Nogrod

So to end this quarrell and to set things right again we should try to be nice, everyone of us, not only Roa.

Agreed. I would add that my comments here have not been intended in the least to "get at" or "attack" Roa. She has (at my invitation and helpfully, I think, in the context of this debate) raised a number of points that probably needed addressing and so the majority of my responses have been directed towards those points. They are, however, of general application.

And now I would like to start to draw a conclusion to this debate. If you have any further burning issues that you wish to raise or feel the need to respond (courteously, of course) to any particular points that have been made, by all means do so, but I am not sure that there is much more to be added that has not already been said. Thank you to everyone who has contributed. It has, I think, been very useful and, for the most part, conducted in the proper spirit.

I propose reviewing this discussion and trying to distil a few (hopefully uncontroversial) principles/guidelines for Werewolf gaming. At some point (although I make no promises when) I will edit the sticky post to set these out. I will also include some of the other generally accepted Werewolf game rules and conventions at the same time. If anyone has any particular suggestions as to what might be included, please speak up.