WW XCVI - Admin thread

[Kitanna]

White wolves invade Eriador from the North. One village stands against the invaders.

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Three wolves: Conspire and harass and kill every night.

One seer: Dreams of a fellow player every night.

One ranger: Protects a fellow player every night. They may self-protect, but cannot protect the same person two nights in a row.

One cobbler: Now I'd like to try something different ('cause I like to do that with the cobbler) and that is the cobbler has the chance to blind the seer or incapacitate the ranger. Each night the cobbler picks another player. If it's an ordo or a wolf, nothing happens. If the cobbler hits the seer or ranger they are useless for the night. However, the cobbler cannot pick the same person twice. I.E. if the cobbler blinds the seer he/she can't target the seer again the rest of the game. When dreamt of the cobbler is revealed as an ordo. I'd like to give this a whirl, but if no one is interested I'm happy to keep the traditional cobbler role.

Otherwise this'll be a standard game.

No retractable votes.

Votes will only be counted in the following format

++Kitanna

I'll leave it up to you guys if anyone wants to have double lynchings for tied votes.

Deadline will either be at 7 am -6GMT or 8pm -6GMT. Whatever works best for everyone.

Players
Shasta - Village chandler
Menel - Traveling salesman
Glirdan - Traveling thespian
G55 - Little Red Riding Hood
Nerwen - Maid at Inzil's
Legate - Local Bard
Pitchwife - Village Shopkeep
Nogrod - Retired Barkeep
Lommy -
Inzil - Village barkeep
Aganzir - Herbalist
Sally - Town Bicycle
Kath - Woodsmith with the gammy leg

[Shastanis Althreduin]

I'm in!

[Meneltarmacil]

I like your idea for the cobbler. And I'll join as a traveling salesman of various things.

[Galadriel55]

Hmm... does the cobbler get this in addition to the usual "distraction" role? (as in, does the cobbler still try to help the wolves even by sacrificing himself, if worst comes to worst, or is his priority his own survival?) I think the modified role is an interesting idea, whichever way it works. We likes it very much.


And I'm likely to be in... no, scratch that. I'm in whatever. I just hope you don't start until at least next week.

[Nerwen]

I'm in, of course. As if I'd miss two games in a row.

[Glirdan]

ARE WE DOING A BACK TO THE BASICS GAME WITH ROLES!?!?

Either way, I'm in (and if we are doing roles, I shall be a traveling thespian who can't remember his lines)

[Kitanna]

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

Hmm... does the cobbler get this in addition to the usual "distraction" role?

Yes and he/she has the chance to help the wolves a little more by stopping the gifteds from using their abilities.

And I encourage village roles. Then If I'm stuck on a death I can use that to help the narration.

[Galadriel55]

I'll be the Little Red Riding Hood, coming to the village to see my grandmother. How appropriate that there's a wolf in that story too! Hey, she can be the first victim!

[Kitanna]

I'm going to send out some PMs to see if anyone else might be interested in playing. With two or three more players we could be ready to start before too much longer.

[Inziladun]

Ok, count me in as the village barkeep.

[Boromir88]

I believe I will have time to sneak 1 game in, so sign me up Kit. I'll be the village wild game wrangler.

I also like the idea for the cobbler. Will the cobbler (a/o village) know if the seer or ranger were prevented from their gift for one night?

[Kitanna]

Hooray, Boro and Inzil have joined.

Originally Posted by Boromir88

I also like the idea for the cobbler. Will the cobbler (a/o village) know if the seer or ranger were prevented from their gift for one night?

The cobbler will be told they've prevented a gifted, but not the gifted's role.

We have enough people to start, provided the three unsure people are still available to play.

When is everyone available to start playing? If we start the game before Saturday the DL with need to be 7am -6GMT, but if we start Sunday or later the DL can be 7 am -6GMT or 8pm -6GMT, which every is most convenient.

[Pomegranate]

i hate to do this now, but i think i might have to pull out now after all. I have a friend coming over next week and i won't be able to concentrate, and i'd be completely unavailable for the weekend, so since i don't have a tendency to die early in the game and don't want to try to deliberately do it either, i might have to leave you. I think i hoped we'd start earlier. Sorry!

[Nogrod]

Sad to hear that Pom, but if this isn't starting before the weekend, I might try to ask Greenie as she comes home from her camp on Sunday (and I think that being on the camp was her main reason for not joining in).

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

I think you can count me as playing, even though I might not be 100% as commited as I usually am because my exam term is going on at the same time. But if you are okay with slightly less commited and less posting Legate... this way at least I make sure my procrastination time is contained into some specific boundaries

EDIT: Oh, and occupation. Make me a local bard, for example.

[Meneltarmacil]

Originally Posted by Boromir88

I believe I will have time to sneak 1 game in, so sign me up Kit. I'll be the village wild game wrangler.

I'll just get to writing my last will and testament then.

[Boromir88]

Originally Posted by Meneltarmacil

I'll just get to writing my last will and testament then.

But you've only just returned! I will draw your attention to the Birthday thread, and a post from way back in 2009

http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showpos...postcount=1451

[Boromir88]

I don't want to do this, but I absolutely have to. Time wise I was going to be ok to squeeze in another game, but mentally, just too many personal issues and distractions happening right now...that in all my attempts to fix it just seems to be making the situations worse. I apologize, but I won't be in any functional state to participate.

[Kitanna]

Et tu, Boro? That's unfortunate, but I hope everything works out and you'll soon be back to a functional state of play.

I'm oddly busy today, but I'm going to send out the roles tomorrow, if you do not get a PM from me you are an ordo. If there are any last minute drops or adds, this is your chance to declare intent.

Right now only two people have stated a preference on DL (a pity you two didn't agree ) If no one else comes forward I'll just flip a coin or consult my all knowing work calender to decide upon the DL.

[satansaloser2005]

Something not too crazy for us here in Central, please. As far as specifics, I'm not too terribly concerned.

[Kath]

Can I last minute sign up please Kitanna? Having read that player list I want in! Deadline wise I'll be limited whatever so don't worry just assume I won't be there on the minutes - although my only playing time is between 4pm and 10pm GMT so umm ... somewhere there?!

I'll be a woodsman with a gammy leg. Therefore I'll be stuck in that cafe. Though if Pom isn't there I'll be running it!

[Galadriel55]

I don't have a DL preference since I'll manage either way and I probably won't be there anyways. Otherwise, though, I should be around a LOT, since I'm almost done exams and I have tons of free time (in which I'm "studying"... on the Downs )

[Kitanna]

Day has begun. Go forth and accuse one another!

[Kath]

Oooh BUM. Totally thought it would be today's 10pm. Apologies - I understand now.

[Glirdan]

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Epic fail on my part. Definitely thought I had more time then I did.......And this children should be a note to self never to never enter a game of WW when you're in the midst of a performance because you're days just kind of bleed together............. *headdesk*

[Galadriel55]

I hope your performance goes well, Glirdy, and that the workload level goes down!

A question for Kit: I don't think we've ever clarified the rules for tied votes. What are they?

[Kitanna]

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

A question for Kit: I don't think we've ever clarified the rules for tied votes. What are they?

I had left it up to the players if they wanted double lynchings or not. Seeing as no one answered. In the event of a tie the one who garnered more votes first will be lynched.

Ex: Pitch had four votes at the end of the day and you had three. If you had gotten another vote Pitch would still have been killed.

[satansaloser2005]

In the interest of people not going crazy, I think it should be all or nothing, which is to say that either no one dies on a tie or both people die on a tie.

I am not participating in an arms race. There's no way. It was way too much stress last time. I'm just putting that out there right now. *nods sagely* Please carry on.