Tol-In-Gaurhoth XXXVIII - E.T.T.T.S.O.W.I.

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

Thank you, Nogrod and Legate, now I can think I succeeded in something - I KNEW you were bluffing and assuming each other's roles! I KNEW! You were quite transparent there, congratulating each other...

So no one fell for that?

But what comes to the congratulating on Day3 that was all meant to put pressure on Volo as we acted like it was game over already. A wolf might have cracked there and confessed - like Volo actually did at first!

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

I have to say that this game was very interesting and funny, despite the fact that it was indeed very short. But it was full of these "hidden struggles" and the henchmen did really good job in some parts - Lommy's vote for xyzzy (with this, we almost totally discarded the possibility that xyzzy was a henchman. It is true that a large part of that decision was based on the fact that xyzzy did not appear at all - of course, had he appeared, our reasoning would have been probably very different) and even Brinniel kept the good level of secrecy (probably I would not have thought her a villain, on Day 1 and at the start of Day 2 I thought her being a henchman - which, in fact, is good for a henchman).

Originally Posted by CIA

But what comes to the congratulating on Day3 that was all meant to put pressure on Volo as we acted like it was game over already. A wolf might have cracked there and confessed - like Volo actually did at first!

Indeed. I was a try, and it could have worked. It was the possible way to minimalize the losses. Apologies once more Volo, but when you reacted the way that you "confessed", that was a moment when it was "clear" that you are a baddie. Why would an innocent confess after he gathered 50% votes from the gifted?

Originally Posted by Lommy

Thank you, Nogrod and Legate, now I can think I succeeded in something - I KNEW you were bluffing and assuming each other's roles! I KNEW! You were quite transparent there, congratulating each other...

Transparent?
But it did not work at all? Not even on Brinn? Maybe we should have done that the other way around...

Originally Posted by Lommy

Funny, on Night1 I had hard time deciding whether to kill Menel or Legate...

I see the protection of myself was not that much waste after all. From what I read (also from Brinniel), there were moments when the game was balancing on the edge. Well, in such a small village it's quite normal, but... It was nice of you that you didn't target me, though. Not as nice against poor Menel (looks like some sort of disease - "Brinnomenelitide", causes players to die in less than two days. Brinn looks almost cured now, however).

If there was anything bad on this game then it was that it was too short, with so few players, and I need to say also a little bit "confusing". Writing simple, clear summary of rules - ALL rules, and FINAL rules - in the first post of the admin thread when the game started would have helped a lot. When the rules change in the course of preparing the game (and this game has been prepared to start for really a long time), it's always better to sum them up.
But the setting was very interesting and the roles were fun. I really enjoyed our little CIA-KGB plot with Nogrod and even the role (although I clinged to the stereotype. No one says or, I believe ever said "Comrade" in every sentence, except maybe Milouš Jakeš...). So thanks Gil for this refreshing setting and a funny game.

[Gil-Galad]

i'm glad you all enjoyed it. if you really want i might put a end game plot up but give me a day or two...

i was mostly sad that i didn't get to use my Villain Concept... perhaps another game it can be used. it just makes a Cobbler role more interesting then just being pushed aside.

[Brinniel]

Originally Posted by Legate

But it did not work at all? Not even on Brinn? Maybe we should have done that the other way around...

Well, if it helps...I fell for it at first. Then as I was lying in bed think, I realised there was a possibility you guys had switched roles. Towards the end I wasn't 100% sure, but I think it's safe to say had you guys let me live, there would've been a 75% chance that I chose Nogrod and won.

Originally Posted by Legate

Indeed. I was a try, and it could have worked. It was the possible way to minimalize the losses. Apologies once more Volo, but when you reacted the way that you "confessed", that was a moment when it was "clear" that you are a baddie. Why would an innocent confess after he gathered 50% votes from the gifted?

Not only did you confuse Volo, but you really confused me. I couldn't understand why you had targeted him when I knew he was innocent. Then after Volo stated he thought it was a joke, I then started to think it was a joke on me too. That you two already knew I was guilty, and you guys were just playing around to keep the last Day interesting. So I went to bed, expecting to wake up dead.* But when the retractions didn't come immediately following, I got confused again. I was literally speechless...in my confusion, I didn't want to say anything that would condemn me and be used as an excuse to switch votes, so I thought I ought to just keep my mouth shut, which probably was the best choice. I didn't figure out what was really going on until after the game ended. Smart move killing us both....a guaranteed win for the innocents.

*Waking up dead? Wait...is that even possible?

Originally Posted by Legate

looks like some sort of disease - "Brinnomenelitide", causes players to die in less than two days. Brinn looks almost cured now, however

Haha, yes I am indeed. At least when it comes to special roles it seems. We'll have to wait and see if I can last as an ordinary...for some reason I do an absolutely horrible job at playing the easiest role...

[Macalaure]

Wow. Now that was a confusing finish. Kudos to Volo, Nogrod, and Legate!

Actually, I was strongly suspected that Brinniel had a special role from Day One on (I used to be on the same wolf team as well as the same gifted team as her before), but I didn't know for which side, so I kept my mouth shut.

It's a pity that the roles didn't work out as they could have been due to the shortness of the game and the absence of one.

The game setting was hilarious! I think I never wrote two posts entirely in character in any game before. When the admin thread was first up a long time ago, my first idea was to play a McCarthy-type conservative. Then I scrolled down and saw that excatly that role was already taken, so I chose an almost opposite role and took revenge by trying to in-character-lynch Nogrod.

[Volo]

Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc

Indeed. I was a try, and it could have worked. It was the possible way to minimalize the losses. Apologies once more Volo, but when you reacted the way that you "confessed", that was a moment when it was "clear" that you are a baddie. Why would an innocent confess after he gathered 50% votes from the gifted?

Hey! Now I remember why I thought it was a joke! It was your votes. They came even before I said anything that would have pointed out me being Wolf, so I decided that Legate dreamt of me and knew my role.

Good try anyway!

Originally Posted by Brinniel

*Waking up dead? Wait...is that even possible?

Oh, that, at the very least, is possible on the Downs!


This is my note from Day1.
Don't ask, I have no idea.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Originally Posted by Volo

Hey! Now I remember why I thought it was a joke! It was your votes. They came even before I said anything that would have pointed out me being Wolf, so I decided that Legate dreamt of me and knew my role.

Nah, I voted because you did not respond immediately (it would have to be really fast) and mainly because I thought that a wolf could think that it's not serious if we were just speaking. If we really knew who is the wolf and the game was won for us, it wouldn't make much sense to mess around - of course, unless we wanted to enjoy it.

Originally Posted by Volo

This is my note from Day1.
Don't ask, I have no idea.

???

[Volo]

Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc

Nah, I voted because you did not respond immediately (it would have to be really fast) and mainly because I thought that a wolf could think that it's not serious if we were just speaking. If we really knew who is the wolf and the game was won for us, it wouldn't make much sense to mess around - of course, unless we wanted to enjoy it.

Yes, I gathered that. The plan was good and logical.

Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc

???

Exactly. No, wait, that's day2 as Menel's down. Just shows how wrong I was, and how somebody else creapt into my room. Somebody who knows the names of you Downers. Scary, as I haven't been inviting anybody lately.