Tol-in-Gaurhoth IV (The Saga, erm, Still Continues...)

[Saurreg]

Pray tell; is this the first time good triumphed over evil here in the barrow-downs?

[Saurreg]

What the heck...



Good game everyone.

So the wide-net strategy worked eh? Good.

Anguriel - you were the man! Nicely played. I hope what I deduced were what you intended to reveal.

At first I thought Fea was the seer because she went for LMP.

[Firefoot]

Yes, Saurreg, this is the first time the innocents have won.

But, Kudos, lmp - I never suspected you for a wolf.

Fea, I had started to wonder whether you were the hunter. It was finally making sense why you were being so... noisy. And it seems that you were right about lmp all along.

[Lalaith]

No, I didn't suspect him until right at the end, when he launched his attack on me.

I thought our Seer was ambigious about me because he might have dreamt I was cursed. That was one of the reasons I was willing to die at the hands of the villagers. Now I see he didn't dream me at all. Well guessed, Anguirel. And a good move re Feanor, you let us continue to suspect her as she could be useful dead.

[Kuruharan]

Congratulations to the villagers for proving that wholesale slaughter is a viable defense!

"We must destroy the village in order to save it!"

[Saurreg]

Drastic but effective. But it can only work with a large number of villagers to go around with.

Thank the stars that the cursed villager was already dead. S/he was my main concern on this day.

[Kuruharan]

Drastic but effective.

I can see a potential problem from the villagers point of view, though.

It might not be something you'd want to try too often...

[Saurreg]

Originally Posted by Kuruharan

I can see a potential problem from the villagers point of view, though.

It might not be something you'd want to try too often...

No kiddin. I only wanted a double lynch but werewolves being werewolves opted to take along an additional villager for the ride. *Shrugs* What were we supposed to do?

We should call this the "W-W IV Everything Goes" Technique.

Fortune favours the bold.

[Evisse the Blue]

LOL! I can't believe it! *shakes head* I've screwed up big time, but thankfully you were smarter than me. Now it's all falling in a place. No hard feelings, I hope, Lalaith.

I can hardly be blamed though for not suspecting lmp, as I see not many did either. Except Feanor; expect her to drop in any second with the words "I knew it all the time". He played an amazing game throughout, he deserves all the praise.
In fact everyone played very well.

All in all it was a great game, but I'm extremely happy it's over.

And as for the Seer not dreaming on Night 2: I later assumed he dreamt of Eomer that Night because he protected him the next day and helped lynch phantom. And see, he did not dream of Lalaith. ;p

[Lalaith]

No worries, Evisse.

The only point of wholesale slaughter is if you have, as we had, one or more known innocents. They are vital, strategically, and everyone else is expendable.

[Lalaith]

Phantom, you couldn't have had a five-way killing.
You had to have at least 3 villagers other than the werewolf still alive because otherwise he would have killed one of the two survivors in the night and won.

EDIT: Sorry, just read *your* edited post. I see what you mean.

[Saurreg]

The honor was all mine Phantom. Had you not stuck up for me in round two, I would have very well perished early in the game.

I am also glad the game is over and I think this would be my first and last.

Good play Lalaith - you have much credit for bringing the villagers to victory.

[Lalaith]

Well, I had to do something to redeem myself. Well done yourself for your deal with Anguirel and thanks for believing me.

I am also glad the game is over and I think this would be my first and last.

Ha! I know exactly what you all mean. I feel quite drained...

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

And here I thought that the good move on my part was to scream at LMP's guilt. Oh, and to make sure he was always poised to die, should you all go insane and lynch me.

My idea for proffering myself yesterday was one that my brother saw after I posted and fell out of his chair. "Wait... so if one suspect isn't guilty, they kill you, put their minds at ease, and you're guaranteed to kill the one you've wanted dead all along? That's awesome!"

Well-played everyone.

Ang- fantastic, ol' boy

Celuien- if you'd been a wolf, I'd never have known. Well done.

Eomer- Way to die! Also, way to spar with tp. That's always fun.

Eswen- wish I'd seen more of you

Firefoot- fun, wasn't it?

Hookie- I'll ne'er take ye for an innocent again.

Kath- sorry you died so early

Lalaith- Hehe... you as the Hunter.... I think I accused everyone of that at least once. Did anyone pick up on my plan, once they read what I said about her? "If she choses, say... LMP, and dies..." Very excellent sacrifice, m'dear.

LMP- I'm glad I'm a stubborn lass. Would have been depressing to give up on that one.

Nilp- Absolutely fascinating! "I'm a wolf, lynch me."

Oddwen- where your death came from, I'll never know. I missed out on that one entirely.

Saurreg- thanks for kicking me in the head with your comments until I paid more attention to Ang.

Spawn- You'll love one of my death requests. It was before my suspicion of LMP cemented (Night One, maybe?), so I was still casting around to play it safe:

I give you now my last request

And hope it works out for the best.

If I die before the dawn,

I'm taking with me Dancing Spawn.

She's posted thrice, but never voices

Anger, confusion, or personal choices.

Her presence is felt, but it's low-key

Which makes me think a wolf, she be.

It's funny that I should now accuse

One who, first post, I set out to abuse.

The one thing though, I truly fear

Is that I'm slaughtering our Seer!

tp- I considered you with every role known to man. I wanted to vote for you just because your arrogant healer talk annoyed me to no end, but I'm glad I refrained (even if it was for different reasons than your innocence).

And now, for my early and earnest calls for closer looks at LMP, plus my astonishingly cool slaying of him, I will be accepting gold token, flowers (black roses, if you don't mind), and praising (with great praise).

Fickle Fea indeed.

[Lalaith]

I'm so glad our esteemed moderator let you kill lmp, Fea. You thoroughly deserved to.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Me too Lal. I almost screwed up big time yesterday (yep, admitting I'm wrong), although your sacrifice would have fixed it. For a space of maybe two hours, Evisse was in the space LMP had been keeping warm. It occured to me though, that I could get the village to vote for Evisse, but since I'd been trying days to kill LMP with no avail, I needed to back down publicly with him, but leave his head in the figurative noose.

[Azaelia of Willowbottom]

Even though I died very early in the game, , I've been reading and guessing along with everyone still alive. It was great fun!

I think that was the first werewolf game here that the villagers won, though I could be wrong.

I'm looking forward to playing the next game, hopefully I'll last longer...

[dancing spawn of ungoliant]

Congratulations for the long-expected victory! It was great to play with you all!

Originally Posted by Fea

If I die before the dawn, I'm taking with me Dancing Spawn.

Well, I'm glad you didn't die that night

Originally Posted by Azaelia

I've been reading and guessing along with everyone still alive. It was great fun!

Me too, but as phantom said:

Originally Posted by the phantom

I kept on wanting to jump in and say something.

It was hard when you didn't get to say your opinions.

[the phantom]

Way to pull off the multiple lynching. That's exactly what I would've done, though I would've pushed for a five-way tie just to be safe- only leaving Celuien and Saurreg, the proven innocents, alive.

Congratulations to the villagers for proving that wholesale slaughter is a viable defense!

A mass lynching is always the way to go when there is only one wolf left. You simply excuse the proven innocents from the voting and assign everyone else to vote for each other so that everyone is tied at one vote a piece and the villagers win. If someone steps out of line and doesn't vote the way they were assigned then you have found your wolf and the proven innocents step in with their votes and kill them.

Circular voting always works. It's a technique I use quite often in real life games of Mafia (a game just like Werewolf).

I was happy to die when I did since I knew that the wolves could not kill the seer while they were busy killing me- but sitting back watching the game unfold was quite a trial. I kept on wanting to jump in and say something. I'm sure the others who died know the feeling.

It was fun being a sheriff with you, Saurreg. I think we pretty much did as much good as we could.