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05-13-2008, 10:45 AM | #121 |
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Welcome to the game Roa & Celuien!
I agree with Lhuna that you guys (McCaber and Gwath) will be sorry if you're not in a family when this begins... But I'd like to see the other large family to develop as well. With Morm, Roa and Celuien in we could make that other family quite an impressive one too. So if you're looking for a patriarch's post morm you should consider to be either my brother and the grandpa of Kitanna / Legate / Brinn or their father? I will die on Night1 so that might leave you as the family's oldest male? Surely this is just a proposition as I'm no Dr. Love by profession... And I wouldn't be concerned as yet as I think that we will be having a few more players to join the game and that would also mean more possibilities to get oneself involved in the family-trees. I'll upgrade the professions and then try to post for the rule-stuff.
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The question of possible sub-mods needs to be raised again though. I have a vacation and could be reading the thread quite actively so I might also be able to handle the traffic myself - at least for a few days. Roa offered to be a sub-mod and that offer is appreciated. But as she told me in her PM that she could also play I'd love to see her play more than to sub-mod the game... Maybe I could try to persuade someone who drops out of the game early on to join forces with me submodding the game and do the modding alone the first Days / Nights before a submod emerges from the dropped players? That would sound the most sensible to me. Quote:
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05-13-2008, 11:55 AM | #123 |
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Triple posting...
I made Roa the mother of Legate, Brinn and Kitanna as she said she could fit in anywhere needed. I hope you children have nothing against your mom. That's an offer or suggestion though. Feel free to bring forward other ideas.
Now where do we find a husband for Roa? morm? You'r chance for becoming the patriarch - with quite a strong matriarch by your side though...
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05-13-2008, 12:14 PM | #124 |
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Just a little (green) question...
Ummm... Do I miss something important if I don't read those horrendously long debates and speculations that I don't really understand anyway? I mean, is it sufficient if I just know the final set of rules when it comes out?
Oh, and great to see new people joining the game. This is starting to look really really good.
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05-13-2008, 12:29 PM | #125 | |
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There will be the basic rules and then the hard-core rules. Anyone should be able to play with the basic-rules but the wizards - and possibly active & involved minions. That doesn't mean others shouldn't look at them to understand what happened in odd situations but that's everyone's own choice then.
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05-13-2008, 12:50 PM | #126 |
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That wasn't quite what I meant. I just asked whether it's okay if I don't read the rules discussion going on in this thread, because I don't have experience of the last DW game and don't quite know what you are talking about, and certainly don't have anything constructive to say. The actual rules, when you have decided on them, I will read and make sure to understand.
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05-13-2008, 02:07 PM | #127 | |
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05-13-2008, 02:58 PM | #128 | |
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05-13-2008, 03:25 PM | #129 |
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Can I third? I have no idea what's going on, none. But I'm sure it'll make sense once it's all in one convenient little post before the game starts, so I'm not too worried about it.
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05-13-2008, 05:46 PM | #131 |
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Oooh. Hamlet, anybody?
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05-13-2008, 06:10 PM | #132 |
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You forgot DST, daga. They have them, we don't. So we're GDT+7 now.
I shall be a house-bound sandwich-maker. (Aprons look better on me than on Lommy, who, I believe, is better suited to aquatic poultry-raising. ) Also, I say 'nay' to multiple lynchings, 'nay' to retractable votes. Retractable votes are a needless complication, and multiple lynchings make the game too mathematical, especially in a game where the Seer could be reactivated. Up next, a cost-benefit analysis of Nogrod's Three Possibilities, after finishing my synthesis paper for translation class.
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05-14-2008, 02:08 AM | #133 |
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I must agree with Nilp and others: no multiple lynching and no retractable votes. The game is complicated enough without them, and many people will die without giving the village that additional power.
Four wolves or more should allow for two kills a night, while more than six wolves should allow for three (surely we'll not let it get that far?). I think that by allowing the GW to bless three gifteds from the beginning, you already fix a lot of the balance issues we had last time. The game may even be swayed too much in favour of the good side, so I think a limit on the amount of regiftings is a good idea. Will the Hunter be an ordinary Hunter, by the way? Have we yet decided on communication (sorry, it was a lot to read)? I remember from last time that the GW had difficulties because there was not enough time to discuss crucial choices with his team members. |
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05-14-2008, 03:46 AM | #135 |
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Nilp, dear son-in-law, do you make smřrrebrřd as well?
Bird-taming sounds honourable enough. I wait to see what my son has chosen for profession...
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05-14-2008, 07:21 AM | #137 | |
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Should we open a hard-core rule-thread so that no one gets frustrated with the need of ironing out the rules?
Celuien sent me a PM saying she will be playing. So that's true and confirmed. Great to see her for a long time! Bad news is that Boro will only have one day/week time to play in the coming weeks and is forced to stay away from the game. I'd say in this kind of game the hunter should be of the classical variety eg. posting a name of one person s/he is hunting and that one will die whether innocent or wolf. As the good team has the advance of sharing GW's and seer's pssible knowledge there must be this risk-factor included. Quote:
The late deadline might be a bit inconvenient for some Europeans (us Finns and possibly Legate) but that makes it possible for Lhuna and Nilp to be there at the deadline - and eases the situation of the Americans who have day-time occupations. So I think it's a good compromise. I wouldn't set any internal deadlines to the communication during the Night from outside as they just tend to complicate matters and are hard to define as so much would depend on who the people involved are. The wizards themselves surely are free to impose deadlines to their minions if they see it fit. If the EW calls her wolves and says fex. "if you wish to make points on who to kill, please do it before 6PM GMT as I will not take later contributions into consideration"; or if the GW tells her gifteds that "all the suggestions as to your targets toNight should be with me at 8PM GMT the latest or I will decide it for you" then it's fine for me. So it's also a question of the wizards telling their minions when they are able to receive information the last time before they send their decisions to me/submod. And in the end active minions can approach their master enough-many times a Night - and an active wizard may give the feedback as well many times a Night. So I wouldn't be too concerned about this question.
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05-14-2008, 10:25 AM | #138 |
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'Tis absolutely correct! I couldn't stay away from the Dueling Wizards return... and it has been far too long since I've been in a game.
I'm looking for a family, if there's anyone who doesn't mind being related to a long-lost wandering child like me.
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05-14-2008, 11:30 AM | #139 | |
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If Morm would be your husband we could start to build another big family there (I could be related to either of you then thus bringing Lalaith and Nerwen and their offspring into the same family as well). Or how about taking the "young guys" Gwath & McCaber under your protective mummy's care? (sorry guys but that's just the impression that comes to my mind first from this particular game setting... - I mean "dudes" quarrelling over girlfriends and the stuff) I still think we will (have to) get a few players in * so there might be other possibilities as well. But just suggestions... Any children in need of a mom? * The official number of players is now 23. There are three people who have quite lately said they would like to join but have not posted to this particular thread (Valier, Azaelia, The Ka). I also hope to hear still from a few people I've sent an invitation to. But feel free to invite people in! 26-28 would be good (the last game had 30). But there's still about two weeks before we start so I'm quite confident we will have a good number of players.
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05-14-2008, 01:31 PM | #143 |
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Okay, so I've got parents, a sister, a fiance, a grandmother, an aunt, an uncle, and cousins. Now I need a job.
Legate- that's a big herd you have for just one person to take care of. Perhaps we are best buddies and are in the sheep business together. We've been raking in a good little bit the last few years, but these Werewolves are threatening our business.
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05-14-2008, 02:44 PM | #144 |
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Good idea. I think two could take care of the job a lot better than just one. Let's join forces and make business...
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05-14-2008, 04:31 PM | #145 | |
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And if Volo would like to be my father (as he says) then I could sit in my right place as the big-brother of Lalaith and possibly the husband of Roa or Celuien? (don't worry my friends, I will be dead after Night1 ). That would still leave open the possibility of morm being the actual patriarch if Volo is a weak gamling and morm is my brother (and the other child of Volo's and husband of either Roa or Celuien - with this scenario I'd say I would have to be tha husband of Roa... just thinking of our shared history in WW... ). I'm going to see how it would work - tomorrow. And if you people have any preferences let me know about them. Feel free to disagree or to suggest better options!
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I think there is a consensus now that both wizards will scry at least five people and then the mod is going to partly sort them out (so that those called for by both of the wizards will be let alone and a wizard can't scry another wizard ) and in the end the mod will randomize the eligible ones to both wizards from those left. So they will never know why they were assigned just those people in the beginning: was it because the other wizard had gone for them as well or was it just pure luck. They can sure make their own inferences from that "lottery" but that's already playing the game! On other Nights than Night1 the one scried by both wizards will die for it. But not on the first one before the game actually starts.
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I like all of the options... particularly the one involving morm, given our old werewolf history.
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05-15-2008, 07:31 AM | #148 | |
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So Myself and Roa will be the parents of Legate, Kitanna and Brinn. Morm is my brother, married to Celuien. Together they are the parents of McCaber and Gwath. I try to find time to update the family-map later today. So now we have another big family and everyone in the game this far is integrated to a family. Narration / playingwise it's also good that as Eomer will be killed with me on Night1 then both families suffer a loss.
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Don't be sorry... I just realised I had forgotten the smiley from there - it would belong there... I think I will add it.
Important notice: I've made the first version of the "basic rules" ie. what a normal villager should know about the game and the rules. It can be found from the game thread. There will be a few things we should reach agreement on before the game starts so let me know what you think about them (those things are italicized there). I'll try to come up with the "advanced rules" ie. what the minions and the wizards should know later...
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05-15-2008, 10:50 AM | #151 |
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Okay, here's my situation. I work until the deadline, with no internet at work. I can post during lunches and during nights (Day starts) and probably before I head to work. This means that any and all of my votes will be cast at LEAST six hours prior to deadline. Alternatively, I can text at work, and if my duckling has internet access, she may be able to proxy vote for me (only vote, no arguments, no other posting, just post my final decision) if she agrees to do so (and I'll only do that if it's absolutely necessary, e.g. my internet access is cut off for a day or two, I'm in danger of modfire to due aforementioned reason, my fingers have been cut off, etc., so for the most part all votes will come from me and any post made FOR me and not BY me will be marked as such for clarity and fairness.)
If everyone else is okay with that, you can take the question marks off my name, and let's get to werewolfing!
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05-15-2008, 11:34 AM | #153 |
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I think we should go for the usual "mod flips a coin" method, this game is complicated enough anyway...
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05-15-2008, 11:40 AM | #154 |
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I can't really see it adding up to the complexity of the game. I mean, be the game complicated or not, do people think about every rule all the time, even when they vote?
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05-15-2008, 11:43 AM | #155 |
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I'm afraid I don't get your logic. I don't know of others, but it really would be an effort to me to remember that the last one to reach the highest vote count dies, if the game is being exciting and I have to wonder about a dozen different scenarios or outcomes of the lynch when I try to vote... I'd really prefer it to be a little simpler. There's enough to keep in mind and keep an eye on with all those wizards around...
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05-15-2008, 11:45 AM | #156 |
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No problem Sally! Many will need to vote earlier than you according to circumstances... The questionmark will be removed. Yay!
Okay. One vote for the last to gain the highest number of votes lynched. One vote for random decision by mod in case of a tie. No votes for the first to gain the highest number of votes lynched. What say you others?
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Woot! Um, I almost prefer the random lynch just because it'd be easy for wolves to tie up votes and have one hold til last, etc. So I'm going for either random pick or whoever gets there first.
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05-15-2008, 01:59 PM | #158 |
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There should definitely be modfire for those inactive players who fail to vote two days in a row.
Speaking about failure to post or vote, I unexpectedly got offered a part-time job this morning (yay! money). Together with my already busy graduating student schedule, this unfortunately leads to me being unable to dedicate as much time to this game as it deserves. Yet do not despair! My lovely husband / boyfriend Eomer has agreed to help me and post under my name whenever necessary. We have done a similar thing before in Shasta's Weres of Eire game and it worked quite smoothly. Hope everyone accepts this arrangement. |
05-15-2008, 02:57 PM | #159 |
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It sounds good. And in a way we get you both into the game this way!
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I accept! And I promise to make a suitable ruckus over your death. Retractable votes in a village of 25 or more will make for a big confusing mess. Best avoid that. Double lynches are also probably a bad idea, considering how fast the numbers would drop. The last game, the wolves had two kills for being four or more, (something that took me a few Days to achieve, so fewer people were cut out of the game early.) The GW never actually reached a situation where he had all three gifted last game. *looks very pleased with herself* Of course, different Wizards could turn out very differently this game. I don't know about being an extra Ranger with scrying, though. After all, he's already an extra Seer, which is an advantage as it is, even with out the ability to turn wolves into ordos, which is a BIG advantage for the good side. As the EW, losing my wolves to scrying was my biggest fear, especially Morm, who knew my identity (by accident). Having all three to start with is a big balancer from the last game, and he should definitely be allowed to re-gift as many times as he needs to replace lost gifted. I never had a limit on the number of wolves I could have, but with the way I burned through them, the most I ever managed was six. I'm not sure about limiting the number, because on the one hand, if the EW and the wolves are crafty enough to get high numbers and keep them (not as easy as it sounds), then Kudos to them. Besides, if the EW managed to reach the limit, what would she do for scrying? I can see how the GW could be ranger-esque (even if I don't really agree with it), but honestly, what would the EW get to do? That's just the perspective of the former EW, though. Where's Gurthang? I remember his biggest complaint was having to communicate during the Day instead of the Night. EDIT: Also, I vote that the first to reach the highest number of votes gets lynched. Random just makes it harder on both teams.
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