T-I-G CVIII: Wolves of the Galadhrim (Game Thread)

[Shastanis Althreduin]

Originally Posted by Rikae

I knew it.

I came so close to voting for Lottie on my last day - in fact, I only voted Kitanna because I thought there was a chance that even if Lottie was the "wolf", that would trigger a win. And, Farael and Copper, why didn't my death make it obvious? I would have been the easiest lynch on the last day, but Lottie could have expected me to vote for her.

Great setup, Nerwen!

I was watching after I died, and Rikae, you terrified me with how right you were.

Good job, Lottie - and sorry I didn't get to use more of your coded hints, Agan. That early lynch of Amroth was good and bad - it got rid of the Ranger, sure, but it immediately put Agan on a clock.

[Aganzir]

Originally Posted by Shastanis Althreduin

Good job, Lottie - and sorry I didn't get to use more of your coded hints, Agan.

It's not like we needed them that much - and after all, we've done it before.

I actually did think about playing it chill on day 1 and not putting myself in the spotlight seeing how quiet it was, but in the end I couldn't be bothered - I wanted my fun and figured that even if people voted for me, I could have more fun. What I didn't count on was that a fifth of the village hadn't played with me before and would be less willing to overlook my antics with "Oh it's Agan!" Sorry about that, Shasta - I know I put you in a nasty spot!

I'm genuinely sorry about lynching Jêx, it wasn't fair but it was my best shot. I have the honour of never having been fenrised and I'm not about to start now.

And well done, Lottie! Butter wouldn't melt in your mouth! I originally thought Lottie was indeed the seer because of the way she was just a little bit too certain I was lying, and while I tried to make my imminent death implicate pretty much everybody on day 2, I made an extra effort to act like Lottie and I were wolf-on-wolfing although I think we pretty much decided she was going to die before the end of the day.

Shasta thought sally could be the seer who had dreamed of him but I didn't think she would have saved me from lynching if she knew I was lying and that she would have revealed if she'd had two wolves. We also had Cop pinned as Nimrodel because of how quick Jêx was to defend her while she kept a distance and brought up the tiniest little points against him - I would have given you her as my Nimrodel dream if it had come to that.

In any case, I consider the drastically dropped gifted credibility my greatest achievement in this game. Although I can't deny the amusement of getting not one vote on day 2 despite being a known wolf and lynching the first person who voted for me instead!

I must confess, though, that after Rikae puzzled together what was going on, I almost wanted us to lose. Your razor sharp logic is a thing of beauty.

Thanks for the game, Nerwen! I enjoyed it a lot, and it's waay too long since I was last a wolf.

[Loslote]

Originally Posted by McCaber

So you did think Agan was the seer and tried to pick her off that night?

I had actually assumed that I was going to die at the end of the Day, taking someone down with me as a revenge kill, like I've seen happen to other Lovers in games past...but instead I became a Cursed Werebear. I knew that I couldn't last too long as a werebear without someone realizing that Nimrodel was probably evil, so I decided I couldn't take the chance of Agan actually being the Seer who had dreamed of me. Besides, even if she was a wolf, that worked for me - I could keep people off Nimrodel's trail as long as possible. And I enjoyed the fact that I could do my best to kill everyone who'd voted for Tar. Of course, I was Turned that Night, and never even got a chance to pm with my new packmates before they were both dead, which actually worked out in my favor anyway, since of course Nimrodel would have been lynched if it was obvious she was a werebear, and the way it worked out, I could argue that someone else had been Turned instead. I still can't believe I survived - I was convinced several times this game that I was for sure about to die, and Rikae kept being so spot-on it was spooky!

As it turns out, though, I hadn't been consciously hinting to the wolves that I was Cursed - but I probably did slip and say "cursed before" because I was cursed this game, so, good catch!

[Loslote]

Oh! And why did you wolves kill Boro first thing? I never did figure that one out.

[Galadriel55]

Oh man! This is one epic game! Like, historical epic.

Nerwen, great concept! Finding out about all the secret stuff was just as exciting as catching up with the game! All the twists and turns are like a separate storyline.

Kudos sally! You've ousted, well, both wolves - Shasta by dream and Agan for the false reveal. Shame your dream ordos weren't 100% wolf-proof, though.

Lottie! I was debating whether I should say "man, Lottie, you rock" or "man, Lottie, you're crazy". I decided to go with both. You rock. That was crazy.

Nice try, village! I think a special mention should go to Rikae. When you were unraveling the Nightly secrets I was reading the thread like the finale of a mystery novel. The question of people's roles, combined with all of the set-up's secrecy... ahhhh. But getting all of that stuff right? Damn.

Agan, you slippery thing! Who knows how long you would have lasted if it wasn't for Nerdanel/Nimrodel?

It was a brilliant game to follow, and I wish I could play. Well done everyone!

[Shastanis Althreduin]

Originally Posted by Loslote

Oh! And why did you wolves kill Boro first thing? I never did figure that one out.

We thought he was the Cursed.

[Aganzir]

Originally Posted by Loslote

As it turns out, though, I hadn't been consciously hinting to the wolves that I was Cursed - but I probably did slip and say "cursed before" because I was cursed this game, so, good catch!

I was wondering about that post but figured it could go either way so I didn't chase it further. There was a game ages ago (god that would probably be close to ten years now) where Nogrod was the seer (for the first time, I think) and wanted to lynch wolf!Roa without revealing, so he latched onto her slip "I've never been a wolf before". She claimed it wasn't a slip though, but perfectly grammatical.

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

Agan, you slippery thing! Who knows how long you would have lasted if it wasn't for Nerdanel/Nimrodel?

Till the very end, of course. If Lottie had killed someone else the night we killed her, we would probably have won before the end of the day, seer or no seer.

Originally Posted by Shastanis Althreduin

We thought he was the Cursed.

Yeah. Basically it went like this:
*deadline*
S: I feel Boro might be the cursed.
A: Do you know I thought the same!
S: Let's look at everyone before sending in his name though.
A: Yeah let's do that although we might as well kill him.
*half an hour before deadline*
Nerwen: Sooo who are you two going to kill?

I was curious to see what people made of it, even if it would have been more sensible by far to kill someone who left a false trail.