WW: XCVIII ~ Death at the Foot of Taniquetil

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by Kath

Not quite following you Shasta. When the wolves don't know each other only one person dies each Night - and only if a name appears on more than one of their lists. Once they all know each other it reverts to normal - the wolves get a kill each Night unless the Ranger stops them.

I think what he means is that there's less chance of a name to appear twice on 2 lists than on 3 (when 2 wolves found each other but one is still alone versus all of them alone).

Does the order of the names carry any weight? And what happens if on list1 DownerX is first and DownerY is second, and on list2 DownerY is first and DownerX is second? How do you decide between them? Also, what carries a greater weight, the order on the list or the number o times a name appears (eg.: if DownerX appears as 3rd place on all 3 lists, but DownerY appears twice as 1st place)?

Also, when 2 wolves find each other, do they each still send a dream, or is it a joint dream, or do they not dream at all and it is up to the lone wolf to find them?

[Kath]

Ah thanks G55 I see the point now. It does make it slightly harder. However if the wolves who have found each other were allowed to send a list each then they would have a definite kill - as they could simply put the same name on both lists having agreed on it. They could also end up killing their third wolf that way having never discovered who they were. To make up for the perhaps lower kill chance, they are able to share and spread their dreams so it is more likely they will find their third member.

If this still seems drastically unfair then once two wolves have found each other they could put 4 names on the lists.

Yes the order of the names is important but so is how often they appear. For example:

Wolf 1: Shasta, G55, Boro

Wolf 2: Shasta, Boro, G55

Wolf 3: sally, Boro, Greenie

So although Shasta was top of two lists Boro appeared on all three. Therefore Boro would be killed.

Wolf 1: Shasta, Greenie, Boro

Wolf 2: Boro, Greenie, Shasta

Wolf 3: Greenie, Boro, Shasta

Here Greenie would be killed. Assume third place = 1 point, second place = 2 points and first place = 1 point. So Boro overall has 6 points, Shasta has 5 points and Greenie has 7.

[Pomegranate]

Ahh, count me in Sounds exciting.

[Nerwen]

Well, it looks like I'll have some time to play now, so sign me up, please.

[Galadriel55]

I just looked at my schedule, and if the game starts after, say, October 4, I might have to drop out. I don't have a day without a test or performance of some sort in the middle of the month, and I'm likely to get other assignments on top of that. If I'll also be playing at the same time, I might as well prepare myself not to close my eyes at all for the rest of the month. I just won't be able to handle it.

Therefore my fingers are crossed that we get the right number of players soon.