WW CVI: Tol-in-Westeros Game Thread

[Encaitare]

And true love prevails! Sorry Wyth, I'm with Greenie now.

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

And I'm still impressed how all the wolves were in the spotlight basically all game. There's always a slip under the radar wolf, but not this time.

Yes! Greenie and I kept thinking there must be a quiet lion, but you all played very boldly. A great game all around, and a big thanks to our clever and talented and gorgeous moddesses!

[Gil-Galad]

My top three hunches?

Lommy
Zil
Wilwa

And I became convinced of Mac and luckily votes for him

That was a fun game and super surprised and glad the lovers won.

[Gil-Galad]

Also, i am curious to hear the lions logic for the night kills. A lot of quiet and under-the-radar kills.

[Thinlómien]

Originally Posted by Gil-Galad

Also, i am curious to hear the lions logic for the night kills. A lot of quiet and under-the-radar kills.

Mostly looking for potential seers/rangers, avoiding people the ranger protects, avoiding the lovers (we thought we'd prefer to take the risk and have the double kills) and possibly being confusing. On hindsight, you were a pretty stupid choice. I thought it would bring scrutiny my way but definitely not as much as there was. Volo we thought no one would think guilty after he gave the worst-looking vote (trying to save known wolf Mac on the last minute) and saying something like "the voting will tell us a lot toMorrow" right after it. That would be insanely bold for a wolf.

[Thinlómien]

Originally Posted by Encaitare

Yes! Greenie and I kept thinking there must be a quiet lion, but you all played very boldly.

Well, given my loud and flip-floppy playing style, I'm either a bold wolf or not a wolf at all. I kind of wish Inzil had died before me though because I'd loved to have seen people puzzling over my blatant statements that the Inzil vs Mac thing is not leading anywhere.

Extra kudos to you lovers, btw, I heard on the phone that you basically reread the whole thread last Night and figured out Inzil is the last wolf. Well done that! (And thanks for killing the seer for us. )

How does everyone feel about the balance of the game? Am I just biased if I think it was quite hard for the wolves?

Speaking of which, were you Encai and Greenie trying to off wolves all the time? What kind of strategy did you have when it came to taking sides?

[Encaitare]

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

Speaking of which, were you Encai and Greenie trying to off wolves all the time? What kind of strategy did you have when it came to taking sides?

After accidentally killing the Seer, we were trying to go after quiet wolves, and hoping that the more vocal ones would be discovered by the Inn-guests. We were on the side of the Inn the whole time, but tried to play it safe so as to not get discovered. I was very surprised when I didn't come under more scrutiny after the Kit-wagon. Greenie and I did discuss revealing toDay if Inzil wasn't the final lion.

[Volo]

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

How does everyone feel about the balance of the game? Am I just biased if I think it was quite hard for the wolves?

Unaligned roles tend to tip the balance too easily. Had the Lovers decided to back up the Lions - which would have been adventurous of them - the game would been nigh impossible for the Innocents.
Enca and Greenie, did you decide to side with the Innocents to start with on Night1?

Mac, I especially liked how you toyed with people suspecting you of being a Lover.

[Encaitare]

Originally Posted by Volo

Enca and Greenie, did you decide to side with the Innocents to start with on Night1?

I don't think we actually messaged each other until Night 2, but yes, we sided with the Inn guests from the start. Greenie was getting lionish vibes from Wilwa... that she was the Seer was just a bit of luck.

[Aganzir]

This was an extremely entertaining game to watch as an omniscient mod!

Some highlights:

Wilwa dreamed of Lommy on Night 2, then the Bear killed her. The game might have gone very differently if it hadn't happened.

First the Mac/Inzil bandwagon, then the Lommy/Inzil.

Wyth's track record on voting for wolves is extremely impressive for a newbie.

How Nog was so convinced (and convincing) that everybody was a lover we had to double check the roles before posting the lynch.

Lommy starting her first post like this:

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

So without further ado, let me scrutinize you -

Eönwë - house Royce - obviously our ranger and will be the first one to die.

Originally Posted by Encaitare

I bear watching, eh?

I bet you are, lady. (Now I know where the bear picked up his Tarzanesque dialect.)

Originally Posted by WythDryden

I found these dwarf-women intensely curious, and as I hail from the land of Dorne, I love indiscriminately. Having them taken from us, and cut short the fun we may have had, calls for a vengeance that I can't wait to assume with my spear.

Originally Posted by WythDryden

Boromir88 - Says a lanister would let the village do the dirty work, then disappears.

The best analysis of Boro I've ever seen.

Originally Posted by Eomer of the Rohirrim

I agree with you that no villain would have gotten so mixed up as I did. That's as strong an argument for my innocence as I think you're likely to get in a WW game.

Especially in this game, seeing as you couldn't reveal.

Anyhow. I would've liked to see some more special roles dying in this game! I'm sorry we never got to flip the coin on Eomer, and a lover death would also have been interesting - it would've been pretty easy to figure out who the other was, I think.

I actually think the game was quite balanced - think about the village despairing over lynching a wolf yesterday! Three wolves in this big a village is very little, but then, not every village has two night kills! Also I think the village played very well - there was some very beautiful deduction there. And as people have pointed out, the lovers were a wild card. And it would've taken Inzil only one (with the withdrawals) or two more days to win!

[A Little Green]

Originally Posted by Encai

I don't think we actually messaged each other until Night 2, but yes, we sided with the Inn guests from the start. Greenie was getting lionish vibes from Wilwa... that she was the Seer was just a bit of luck.

True! We had no idea she was the seer. Not that we minded her dying, though, given that a living seer would have been a danger to us, too.

[Volo]

While it would have been fun to have more time to play, I'm quite thankful to the Lannisters for killing me. On Day3 my flat was invaded by a dozen of 14 year olds.

[Kitanna]

Hot damn, lovers. Good call killing Zil.

Thanks for the game moddesses. It was as fun (mostly) as it was stressful and frustrating.

/haunting this village

[Inziladun]

I think I mentioned this during the game, but the last game I played with Lovers, I was the Ranger, and was lynched with their collaboration, handing the win to them and the wolves.

[Kath]

Thanks for a good game all! It has been most fun watching.

Personal highlights include:
Poor old wilwa dreaming of Lommy and then getting offed the same Night.

Tarzan Bear.

The bandwagon!

And of course sharing narration writing with the wonderful Agan (who I have cheerfully called Maria to all and sundry for the entire game - sorry!).

[Kitanna]

Originally Posted by Kath

The bandwagon!

It's always been my dream to be crushed by a literal bandwagon.

[Aganzir]

For poor sally, the sight of the one man who she had come to trust and love, the one person with whom she felt safe, being brutally murdered was just too much.

With a cry of hatred, she leapt at the man who had delivered the blow. Surprised, he raised his hand to defend himself, but it wasn't him that she wanted.

It was the sword.

Snatching it from his shocked hand, sally gripped it in both of her own, and threw her full weight into the point. Slowly, inexorably, it pierced her skin, sinking into the flesh below, finally finding her heart. Falling to the ground beside her lover, she took his hand in hers, and closed her eyes.

All men must die.

[Inziladun]

Originally Posted by A Little Green

We were seriously scared you would! I would have been a logical pick for a Night kill after all, given that practically no one suspected me.

The draw for getting you was the fact that you were both an unlikely protect and an unlikely lynch the next Day. I obviously never thought you were the Bear. You gave every impression of being a tired Ordo, pressed for time.

Originally Posted by A Little Green

I think we were pretty flexible on taking sides, to be honest. Obviously targeting wolves made the most sense, but we also wanted to be rid of the seer. And our kills were also influenced by who they would point to; we didn't want to draw attention to ourselves, so we occasionally refrained from killing somebody we would otherwise have because it would point too clearly to one of us. So basically it was a weird math of who was both a possible lion AND would not openly incriminate either of us.

We had a lot of talks about who you would side with. Your kill-choices had us thinking you just might be rooting for us,

[Encaitare]

Originally Posted by Encai

I bear watching, eh?

Originally Posted by Aganzir

I bet you are, lady. (Now I know where the bear picked up his Tarzanesque dialect.)

Is this where "Tarzan bear" came from? You know that's not how I meant it, right? Me maiden, you silly.

Originally Posted by Aganzir

after the roles turned out as they did, it's obvious the two yellow-haired musicians are Encai and Greenie.

I thought so! Very nice. And as a music teacher, the literal band-wagon also made me smile.

[WythDryden]

Great job everyone! I had a blast playing in my first ever game of werewolf, thanks so much to Aganzir and Kath for hosting, and writing such hilarious narrations. I was pretty much torn up the entire time, and constantly double-guessing myself, but I am pretty proud that I had ended up voting for lions on 3 out of my 4 votes. Funnily enough, the only time I was actually on the lynching side was the innocent Kit! I felt so guilty afterwards too!

[Aganzir]

Originally Posted by Encaitare

Is this where "Tarzan bear" came from? You know that's not how I meant it, right? Me maiden, you silly.

No actually, it was one of Green's kill PM's which went something along the lines "Me Bear. Me eat someone. Ugh."