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Greetings and welcome to all concerned. First off, if you are not a player in this game please Do not post in this thread!

Okay FOR THE PLAYERS! Your roles have been sent to you via PM. All roles were decided by me via a random number generator and were completely random. I will verify that there are two pro town roles and 2 anti-town roles in your midst. Rules and guidelines for these roles can be found in this thread: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/346956.page

Rules

Votes

1) Votes must be in bold, if you do not bold your vote it will not be counted. This is a good vote - Vote: BishopGore this is a not good vote - Vote: BishopGore.

2) Please unvote if necessary before casting a new vote, it makes counting them much easier. (you are allowed to unvote as many times as you wish during a day cycle, so feel free to keep shifting your vote around as your suspicions change)

3) Lynching will require a simple majority of votes. Once a player has reached the necessary majority, their pleas are useless and any attempts to unvote will be unheeded. Thus, as soon as any player has a majority vote that player will be lynched and all subsequent voting does not count. Feel free to post other thoughts while waiting for the lynch scene if you desire. With 7 alive 4 votes are required to lynch. With 3 alive, 2 votes would be required. Ect. ect.

4) You may vote: no lynch. If No Lynch is the majority vote at any time then the day will end with no lynch and move on to the night phase.

5) Vote counts will be tabulated and posted by me at semi-regular intervals or when requested.


Deadlines

1) I will be enforcing a fixed two week Day Phase deadline. All Night Phases have a 72 hour deadline. Deadlines will be counted from the Moderator (my) story posts that will initiate each day and night phase.

2) At the three week deadline lynching will require the same number of votes as usual, if this number is not reached the day will end 'no lynch'.

3) If you have a night choice to make, it is due by the posted deadline. I will not wait for you. If you do not submit a choice to me then nothing will happen... at all... not even a little bit.


Posting

1) The game is not to be discussed outside the thread unless your role specifically states that you may do so – and then only at night. Honour system is in effect.

2) Once your death scene has been posted, you’re dead. Stop typing. A single “Bah, you fools!” type post is allowable, but no more please.

3) No small or invisible text. Don’t edit/delete previously submitted posts either. Secret codes worked into your regular text are allowable. Going back and editing a post may be grounds for disqualification from the game based on my whim.

4) Don’t quote any PMs from me. If you do, I will be most unhappy. Do not metagame by using any part of role PMs to figure out what roles others may or may not have (i.e. 'everyone post the third letter from the second line of their role PM') Any such metagame activity will result in a modkill (in other words, I'll declare you dead and the game will move to the next phase)

5) If you anticipate being unavailable for more than 3 days, please post a notice to that effect in the thread. Treat this game as a commitment. Be considerate – don’t leave us hanging.

6) Game Mods are human (allegedly), if I make a mistake please PM me I will rectify the mistake as soon as I can.

7) Please bold anything you want me to see.. Also, please try to avoid bolding anything else to ensure I DO see the ones I need to.

Prods aka 'That guy hasn't posted in a while'

1)A player will get prodded if they have been inactive for three days.

2)Weekends count as one day. (ie If your last post is on a Thursday you will not be prodded till the Monday following)

3) If you do not pick up your prod/post in game within 48 hours of it being sent I will start to look for a replacement.

4) Please post in game if you are going to be unavailable for more than 48 hours.

Misc

Remember, it’s a game and it’s supposed to be fun. Be nice to your fellow players.

If you have a problem in game please PM me to discuss it.

The rules etc can and will be edited at any point if I deem it necessary.

Breaking the rules can be bad for your health, I reserve the right to modkill for serious/repeated naughtiness

(Stolen from a previous thread, muahaha)

The Story Thread will follow from this post shortly...

=================================== Your Unit ==============================

Fifty - Soldier of Breton, an ill wind filled him and drove others away (killed Night 1)
n0t_u
Drk_Oblitr8r - Daemonic Evil, went out as he went in (lynched Day 3)
BrotherStynier - Priest of Sigmar [Detective Role], a victim of those he tried to save (lynched Day 1)
RustyKnight
the_ferrett
WARORK93 - Soldier of Breton, he went for the wrong people, he took a good kicking (lynched Day 4)
Mordoskul - Soldier of Breton, he stood apart and was then taken apart (lynched Day 2)
RiTides - Mage of Nature, revealed to darkness he didn't last long (killed Night 4)
Thor665

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You set off from Breton with your lord and master, Count Jimmer Der Trontomps, bound for Lustria and the adventures that abound there. Two great ships set off from the harbour, loaded with supplies, three great chargers in each hold. The Count and his 5 Knight cronies dined each night in opulence while the soldiers and sailers lived on basic rations. However there was little discontent, for the Count had promised great riches to all who stood by him in Lustria and fought back the beasts of that realm.

After two weeks on the high seas the Count grew bored, and would stride the decks picking fault with everything that was being done. When land was sighted, he insisted that they make anchor and go ashore. The land visible seemed to be a smallish island, picturesque, with fresh water and the traditional smokey volcano at its centre. The captain was happy to stop and pick up supplies, so the ships made anchor and the longboats were prepared.

The count insisted that the six horses, in full gelding, and his knights go first in the longboats, so with great difficulty this was accomplished. The 6 men mounted on the beach, and the soldiers cheered the sight of their master and his fine looking friends as they spurred away into the treeline, seeking adventure. While they were gone the stocks were refilled and the boats made ready to leave again.

After twelve hours the men became restless, neither sight nor sound of the knights had been evident since they left, and the island was not so big that they should have gotten lost, least of all on horseback.

Two groups of ten soldiers were dispatched to seek them out and aid them in returning to the boats if difficulties had emerged.

You are such a group of ten soldiers. All of you are veterans of many wars, but you have never worked together or bunked together before now, as you were drawn by lot from the many men onboard.

The group travelled for six hours through the forest, but where you should have seen the other side of the island by now, or at least seen a slope rising towards the volcano, the woods have grown darker and danker around you. All of you are nervous and twitchy, this place feels wrong, it is like no woodland you have ever seen and the smell of the place is getting worse. After another four hours, the group votes to return to the ship and take a route around these woods. But as you backtrack, you can find no trace of your own passing, nor can you see any light. After another four hours of walking the first of you falls to your knees and declares that they must rest now. A watch rota is worked out and eight of you fall asleep. A few moments later the two people on watch also fall asleep, as forces greater than you smother their consciousness.

Red eyes appear and two bodies are selected. They are dragged away into the darkness... A few hours later those two bodies return to the clearing, but they are no longer filled with flesh and bone, but with dark energies. They lie down and feign sleep, ready for the first people to awaken. Meanwhile others gather around to watch the fun, stringing up the meat from inside the bodies on hooks around the camp. They are not interested in joining in, they will simply watch and see if the two selected spirits can fool the humans, or if they will die at their hands...

You awaken slowly, wondering why you were not awakened for your watch duty, but glad of the sleep. You feel refreshed, but the sight that greets your eyes is awful. The meat displayed around the camp site is obviously human, but whose you could not say. Two bodies worth of meat. You all grasp your weapons firmly and look around. Whose bodies are these? Then the great message painted in blood all around you in a great spiral is read out loud...

"Two of you are not who you are. Your masters were found wanting and are dead now. May you have better luck than they. Time does not move here, if you can find the traitors we will let you return to your boat. If not, you will join us and be our playthings for eternity..."

You look around at each other. This wasn't part of the plan...

(First post w00t )

I'm slightly suspicous of this 'Fifty' fella, why the number for a name? Is it the number of your victims? I will not be 51!

vote: Fifty

(Classic. )


Looks like there's something not quite right about this island. I think we should stick together until we can figure it out, don't want anyone to get lost.

Or we could each hide on a part of it and take pot shots.

Such accusations when you nothing of the person! What if I said you were the phantom trying to draw attention away from yourself?

Vote: Lord Loss

I trust this Lord-Loss fellow - avast and have at thee Fifty!

Vote: Fifty

So quick we all are to jump upon this Fifty, two of you infact, right out of the gates. Two of you, and two of us are not really us anymore.

Thor, you were second to jump at Fifty.

I Vote: Thor

Pfah! Curse you who have targetted me!

How can I possibly have had fifty victims when it is clear these murders were started only tonight and there are only ten of us here? The message in blood makes that much clear. (Also, I can't help it that my parents were both remarkably fecund, and remarkably unimaginative.)

But everyone knows that the true villains never make the first move, so as not draw attention to themselves, so you can't be the villains. I shall prove to you my own innocence and vote for a genuine threat, rather than yourselves!

It seems clear to me that this BrotherStynier fellow is trying to shift his own guilt onto noble Thor and trying to lull me into allying with the enemy, and thus, I...

Vote: BrotherStynier!

Oh my, an ork! He must surely be one of the accursed spirits amongst us!

Vote: WARORK93

Just a quick reminder of one of the rules for the new players, there can be no editing of posts during this game. If a post is ever edited then it can look fishy, changing of votes is not allowed as it makes if harder for people to track your habits and play the game properly. if you make a mistake, make a second post correcting said mistake.

Just a friendly reminder now, later on I might get grouchy.

Thanks!

Fifty wrote:Pfah! Curse you who have targetted me!

How can I possibly have had fifty victims when it is clear these murders were started only tonight and there are only ten of us here? The message in blood makes that much clear. (Also, I can't help it that my parents were both remarkably fecund, and remarkably unimaginative.)

But everyone knows that the true villains never make the first move, so as not draw attention to themselves, so you can't be the villains. I shall prove to you my own innocence and vote for a genuine threat, rather than yourselves!

It seems clear to me that this BrotherStynier fellow is trying to shift his own guilt onto noble Thor and trying to lull me into allying with the enemy, and thus, I...

Vote: BrotherStynier!

Yes, clearly I am the fiend having jumped to defend you from the so called "Noble" Thor, perhaps the two of you are the ones we must slay to leave this island. Maybe he just jumped on you in an attempt to distance yourselves?

This is a very silly stage and I shall find a tree and watch you all acuse each other for a bit, good day.

the_ferrett wrote:This is a very silly stage and I shall find a tree and watch you all acuse each other for a bit, good day.

I find your lack of voting and random accusions worrying, what are hiding? Are you the_Ferret or the_Fiend?

It all makes so much sense now.

(this is why I don't think it should be called the random voting stage. )

I am the death of the untrue. My loyalty to our master is unwavering and I will not sit around while you're all doing more damage than the killer.

I agree, the greenskin filth cannot be tolerated!
I vote-WARORK93

Wow, I feel so loved, When I get lynched you'll all regret it!

WARORK93 wrote:Wow, I feel so loved, When I get lynched you'll all regret it!

That's a bit melodramatic for the RVS.

RustyKnight wrote:

WARORK93 wrote:Wow, I feel so loved, When I get lynched you'll all regret it!

That's a bit melodramatic for the RVS.

You're a bit melodramatic for the RVS!

Vote: RustyKnight

((ooc I have an Ofsted inspection (school inspection, to the non-Brits) on Tuesday and Wednesday, so I probably won't be posting here until Thursday))

Lord-Loss wrote:

RustyKnight wrote:

WARORK93 wrote:Wow, I feel so loved, When I get lynched you'll all regret it!

That's a bit melodramatic for the RVS.

You're a bit melodramatic for the RVS!

Vote: RustyKnight

I do agree, I will not suffer a slight to my honor!

Vote: RustyKnight!

Hey guys if you already have voted for one person remember to Unvote before voting for another.

Right you are then Unvote: Lord Loss

OOC: This is the RVS, or Random Voting Stage, and it's where we get the discussion started by randomly voting. There's no offical end to the RVS but it considered over when people start arguing.

OCC: Should have actually been called the Probing Voting Stage as it gives off the wrong impression to the newer plays. But it's all the same.

OOC: I figured nobody was actually taking any of this seriously so I started not to either. This is my first time playing mafia so I'm kinda wingin it on what everybody else does for now.

OOC: Nah it's fine gets the discussion rolling, it's when it starts to drag on for way too long that it starts to become a bad thing.

Also, nothing is actually random.

Look at Stynier, he's already stating a belief that obviouslly *both* me and Lord Loss are the scum because obviouslly the scum will act in concert on every vote.

Meanwhile Fifty is taking an interesting tack by attacking Stynier who is attacking me while I'm attacking Fifty. I actually kind of like this play because it shows Fifty is aware of how I play the game early on (aggressive wagon creation) and probably recognized it as a touch odd that Stynier is acting shocked that I would do such a thing. I approve of this play;

Unvote: Fifty
Vote: Brother Stynier

Also, as usual, ferret opts to sit on the sidelines and mock the RVS process all while still failing to actually contribute anything. As usual - I'm favorably inclined towards a policy lynch on him just because he always plays to avoid giving a read Day 1 and I always find that suspect.

Thor665 wrote: Also, nothing is actually random.

I'd imagine it's safe to say that voting based on names is fairly meaningless early on.

Thor665 wrote:Look at Stynier, he's already stating a belief that obviouslly *both* me and Lord Loss are the scum because obviouslly the scum will act in concert on every vote.

He merely stated that it was odd that you both voted for the same person right out of the gates. The early nature of this vote combined with its overly flowery wording leads me to believe he was using the concerted nature of you and Lord-Loss's votes as an excuse to do something in the RVS/PVS.

Thor665 wrote:Meanwhile Fifty is taking an interesting tack by attacking Stynier who is attacking me while I'm attacking Fifty. I actually kind of like this play because it shows Fifty is aware of how I play the game early on (aggressive wagon creation) and probably recognized it as a touch odd that Stynier is acting shocked that I would do such a thing. I approve of this play;

Once again, overly complex wording and the fairly nonsensical contentof Fifty's post (all the fluff about the numberof murders and the that scum don't go first) lead me to believe his was also a rather random vote. I find it strange that you are so willing to guess at other's motivations. Hoping to lead others astray with seemingly insightful observations?

Thor665 wrote:Also, as usual, ferret opts to sit on the sidelines and mock the RVS process all while still failing to actually contribute anything. As usual - I'm favorably inclined towards a policy lynch on him just because he always plays to avoid giving a read Day 1 and I always find that suspect.

This is true.