Tol-in-Gaurhoth (Isle of Werewolves)

[Firefoot]

Cobbler:

His job sucks so bad, he wants to die. The cobbler is on the werewolves team, but is not a werewolf! He doesnt know who the werewolves are, they dont know who he is. The game does not end in a situation where #(werewolves+ cobbler) >= #villagers. The cobbler looks like a villager to the seer. The cobbler is very interesting in that he actually doesnt mind being lynched in many cases, to protect a werewolf from dying. He can also create situations late in the game where he can form a voting block with the remaining werewolf and then block any lunchings from occurring. You can even have cases where the werewolf is trying to convince the cobbler that he is in fact a wolf, or that someone might fake being a cobbler to rat out who the wolf is, so they can then say they arent really a cobbler and lynch them!
Obviously, the cobbler is a strong addition to the werewolf team. I think its a great role for situations where having one more werewolf would be too strong, but without it the werewolves are screwed.

Sort of an odd role, but could be interesting.

Will day and night segments remain 24 hours long each?

Yes.

[Firefoot]

This sort of slid out of priority in WW VI; not very many of us listed a role. But I'd like to see that happen again, so let me know about your position in the village, with your sign-up if you haven't already.

[the guy who be short]

Are we going back to Middle Earth? As in, a small village of Elves somewhere near Tol-in-Gaurhoth, with the werewolves as servants of Sauron? That would be great.

Um... I'd like to be a... *thinks.* Oh, why not, I'll be the traditional village blacksmith.

[mormegil]

Does the town need an official executioner?

[Lalaith]

I think I'd like to play again, please (I'm assuming the game be finished by July 28th).
My thoughts on the Shirriffs - what if they were only allowed to reveal themselves (if they chose) after/if the other one dies?

This cobbler role: you are going to have to explain it to me very quietly and carefully, I'm a bit baffled.

[Kath]

I'd like to sign up again please. Since I've died on the first night twice now I'm hoping I might last a little longer if I try again! However, if anyone new wants to join and there's not enough space I'll happily give them mine.

As far as a role goes I'd quite like to be the undertaker.

On the Shirrifs thing, once one is dead is it not a little redundant to say that you are one since they're only effective when both are alive. And since the other can't now back up the claim no one will know whether you're telling the truth?

[Meneltarmacil]

I would also like to play in a Werewolf game at some point, as I haven't done so before and find the idea to be quite interesting. I'm okay with whatever role is assigned.

[Firefoot]

(I'm assuming the game be finished by July 28th).

Lalaith - the game won't actually be starting until the 24th; I don't see it finishing until the 1st or 2nd week in August.

My thoughts on the Shirriffs - what if they were only allowed to reveal themselves (if they chose) after/if the other one dies?

I like this idea. I think I may go with it. {Edit: Kath - one theory is that if they aren't really who they claim to be, the real other Shirriff will speak up. Also, it is helpful to the villagers to have a known innocent.}

As near as I can tell, the cobbler's job is to convince the villagers that he is a wolf - sort of the opposite of a wolf: a wolf wants to convince everyone s/he is innocent; a cobbler wants to convince everyone that they're a wolf (it's up to the potential cobbler to decide how, though... I won't try to outline potential cobbler strategy, but thinking about it is pretty interesting). That is, they want to die in place of a wolf. If you're a cobbler, you want to die, but you don't want to die in place of an innocent. They're on the wolves' side without being a wolf or even knowing who the wolves are. Does this make sense?

[mormegil]

The cobbler role is simply to help the wolves as long as he/she can. That could mean getting lycned in place of a wolf. Casting doubt on innocents. Tying up votes so there are double lynching of innocnets. etc... It's a much deeper and more difficult role than most that we have used up to this point but with enough people could prove to be entertaining.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Small problem: I'll be out of town on the 26th and 27th. If that will be a huge problem, I'll pull out now. If it's forgivable, than I'd like to be the village's pathological liar.