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Manchu Presents ~
Werewolf: Terror In Dakkadorf

Ripening clusters of hops and stalks of barley shudder in the chill autumn winds. These crops and the delicious, malty beer made from them are the lifeblood of Dakkadorf. Truth be told, beer is the only thing going for Dakkadorf. If Dakkabräu beer was not the Count's favorite, the village would be in terrible straits.

And so of course disaster would strike just before the Count's annual thirteen barrels of beer can be brewed and delivered!

This morning, you villagers found the Bräumeister dead in the barley fields. Actually, some of him was in the fields. Another chunk was left outside the threshing barn and another ... ah well, you get the idea, yes? And those monstrous tracks ... These things are not unheard of so close to the Black Forest.

Decades ago, a pack of werewolves came down from the woods and terrorized Dakkadorf. Despite the best efforts of the village elders, it seems they failed to stamp out the curse. And now one or more of your neighbors is actually a ravening beast.

What a time to be leaderless! The first order of business must surely be choosing a new Bräumeister, if anyone can agree on who should be given the honor. If the thirteen barrels can be made, the Count's knights (having an almost supernatural sense of when beer is ready to haul away and drink) will surely come and kill the beast. Or perhaps you villagers should also take matters into your own hands in the meantime, lynching the more suspicious among you?

To make matters worse, there is a rumor that someone in town is an outlaw wanted by the Count. Such a man would surely do anything, even kill, to forestall the arrival of the Count's knights. The knights would at the very least haul him off to the dungeon and at worst kill him on the spot. But perhaps if this man killed a werewolf, his crimes would be pardoned and he could rejoin society.

These are strange times indeed. Some say it is possible to have visions about the true nature of others' hearts. It is also whispered that the spirits of those who met a violent end walk the village at night and one can hear them if one listens at the door. Could such superstitions be of some use in the ominous days ahead?

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Ye Olde Rules

Alignment & Victory Conditions

There are three alignments: Villager, Werewolf, and Hunter. Only you know your alignment at the beginning of the game.

There is at least one werewolf. There may be one Hunter. Everyone else is a Villager. One Villager may also be a Mystic.

The Villagers win when every werewolf is dead or when they have brewed thirteen finished barrels of beer.

The Werewolf/werewolves win when the number of living Werewolves equals the number of living Villagers (not counting the Hunter).

Until the Hunter kills a Werewolf, he wins by preventing the Villagers from brewing thirteen barrels of beer until Werewolf victory (assuming he survives). If the Hunter kills a Werewolf, he becomes a Villager including for the purposes of victory conditions. Note: this means the Hunter and Werewolf can both win.

Day, Night, and Lynching

Each turn is split into a Day phase and a Night phase.

During the Day phase:
- all living (not yet eliminated) players may post in the thread
- no dead (eliminated) players may post in the thread
- all living players participate in electing a Bräumeister (by a 60% majority of votes, rounding up)
- all living players may vote to lynch any living player (by a simple majority of votes)

Note: only a majority (whether simple or 60%) of votes actually cast and NOT players able to vote is necessary.

The Day phase lasts for 24 hours in real time. At that point, the moderator will tally votes (if any) for lynching and electing a Bräumeister. The moderator will announce the results, at which point the target of the lynch, if any, will be considered dead (eliminated). The moderator will announce the alignment and role of the lynched player. If a Bräumeister has been elected he may then send a PM to the moderator appointing any living player as a Guard for any other living player (see below).

During the Night phase:
- all dead players may post in the thread
- no living players may post in the thread
- the Werewolf or Werewolves must send a PM to the moderator with the name of the living player they want to kill that night (one per night regardless of the number of Werewolves); if the moderator only receives one PM, the player named in that PM will be considered the target
- the Mystic, if any, may send a PM to the moderator with the name of the living player he wishes to investigate (see below)
- the Hunter, if any, may send a PM to the moderator with the name of the living player he wishes to kill (see below)

The Night phase lasts for 24 hours in real time. If a Bräumeister was elected during the previous Day phase, he must PM the moderator about Guard appointment by the end of that Night phase or forfeit the appointment.

The moderator will announce who, if any one, was killed during the Night phase at the beginning of the next Day phase. The moderator will only reveal if the Bräumeister appointed a Guard if the Guard is killed.

The Bräumeister & Brewing Beer

If a Bräumeister is elected, each living player other than the Bräumeister must declare that they are harvesting either hops or barely during that Day phase. Each player harvests one point of that ingredient for that Day phase. Note: only declared harvesting generates points.

At the end of the Night phase, the moderator will subtract any points harvested by a Werewolf, by the Hunter if he killed during that Night phase, and by anyone appointed by the Bräumeister as a Guard during the previous Night phase. Of the remaining points, each matching pair generates one finished barrel of beer at the beginning of the next Day phase. Unmatched points (leftover ingredients) persist.

The Villagers win (and the Werewolves and Hunter lose) if there are thirteen barrels at the beginning of a Day phase before a Werewolf victory.

If a Bräumeister is not elected, no resource points can be harvested during that Day phase. The Bräumeister cannot harvest resource points. The Bräumeister must be re-elected every Day phase but the same living player can be elected multiple times in a row or otherwise.

The Guard

At the beginning of the Night phase, the Bräumeister elected during the immediately preceding Day phase may secretly appoint (by PM to the moderator, as above) any living player as a Guard protecting any other living player during that Night phase. If the Werewolf or Hunter attempts to kill the protected player, the Guard dies instead. If the Guard is killed, the moderator will announce his death at the beginning of the following Day phase along with the identity of the player he was assigned to protect. The Werewolf or Hunter may kill whoever is appointed Guard as if that player was not the Guard.

The Guard cannot generate harvest points on the Day phase following guard duty.

The Mystic

This is a secret role; only the person assigned the role knows he has this role until he is killed. Each Night phase while the Mystic is still alive, he may send a PM to the moderator with the name of one living player. If the Mystic survives that Night phase, the moderator will send a PM in response with the alignment and role, if any, of that player. This includes the Guard role.

The Hunter

This is a semi-secret role; only the person assigned the role knows he has this role until he is killed or his identity is revealed. Each Night phase while the Hunter is still alive, he may send a PM to the moderator with the name of one living player. If that player is not being protected by the Guard, that player will be killed and his alignment revealed the following morning. If the Hunter kills a Werewolf, he immediately becomes a Villager and his identity as the Hunter is not revealed by the moderator. The moderator will reveal the identity of the Hunter at the beginning of the Day phase following the death of the second Villager the Hunter kills. If the Hunter kills, the resource he collected does not count.

Alignment and Role Revelation

The moderator will announce the alignment and role, if any, of a player at the beginning of the Day phase after the he is killed.

Questions

Living players may only post a question to the moderator in the thread during the Day phase and dead players may only post a question to the moderator in the thread during the Night phase. Any players may send a PM to the moderator with a question at any time.

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Ye Players

- TheCustomLime - dead, Villager
- ALEXisAWESOME
- kronk - dead, Mystic
- purplefood
- MrDwhitey
- Hlaine Larkin mk2 - dead, Hunter
- Avatar 720
- d-usa - dead, Villager
- n0t_u - dead, Villager; died guarding purplefood
- WarOne - dead, Villager
- Eldarcaveman - dead, Villager

I assume we can't just ask you who the werewolf is?

If we can. Is it Kronk?


EDIT, Day 2: It was not Kronk.

Kronk is indeed a werewolf, I feel it in my waters.

Should we lynch Kronk? I mean, who else could it be?

I have PMed everyone their alignments and roles, if any. Please take some time to read the rules above. Remember you can PM me with a question at any time but non-eliminated players may only post ITT during the Day. Night starts 24 hours from 13:04:51 EST.

Good luck!

Well we should probably elect a Bra-Master so we can harvest tomorrow.
I vote for Whitey

We Americans make piss poor brew so I too vote for Whitey.

Aye, Kronk is a very wolfish name. I heard it means ''I am totally the Werewolf'' in French or some other long forgotten language!

Manchu, would it be possible to vote for yourself for Bra-Master?

Who am I to stand in the way of a good lynch-mob? Is this a 'bring your own torches and pitchforks' affair? Or will they be passed around when we get to Kronk's house?

It must be a Bring-Your-Own

 purplefood wrote:
Manchu, would it be possible to vote for yourself for Bra-Master?

You certainly may do so.

I also vote for Whitey, he seems like a totes legit guy.

Vote Whitey for Bra Master - Get a free sausage!

I'll also vote Whitey for the Bra-Master. Avatar, keep your sausage... please...

What if Whitey makes crappy beer? I would rather take my chances with the werewolves than a pissed of Count.

After all, if there are werewolves then the Count is certainly a Vampire, and everybody knows the only happy Vampire is a drunk Vampire.

I know how to make beer, so vote for me!

Just look at this delicious beer I made:



Vote for the one guy that actually brews beer, vote d-usa!

(I vote for myself by the way...)

So it seems d-usa wants to prevent us making harvest.

He must be purified.

What good is a harvest if you make crappy beer that will get us killed!

I also make Ginger Beer, and we all know that werewolves don't like ginger.

 d-usa wrote:
What good is a harvest if you make crappy beer that will get us killed!

It doesn't matter. We're already dead!


Wait, wrong game...


Burn the non-Believer! Only Whitey can lead us to sweet alcoholic purity!

Lies! Heresy! No one of American blood can make good beer!

 TheCustomLime wrote:
Lies! Heresy! No one of American blood can make good beer!

Good thing that I am German!

And the last time we let a German do something important WW2 happened!
We can't let him take office!

Whitey is our true leader. Burn the usurper who would lead us astray!

On a more village-oriented matter, can whoever keeps pissing on the outhouse seat please clean up after themselves, and would it kill you to replace the bog roll when it's empty?

You're not the only one who gaks themselves every night.

 purplefood wrote:
And the last time we let a German do something important WW2 happened!
We can't let him take office!

Here is what will happen when the Count finds out that we are serving WhiteyBrau!




Vote for me and you will have peace and no more werewolves!

Also: I vote for killing kronk...

Well at least we have some common ground. I think we can all agree to kill Kronk.
WhiteyBrau is a far superior product than BraUSA!

Wait...

What if Purplefood is the Werewolf?!

I'm a villager.
Say so clearly on my profile.

I'm surprised that d-usa hasn't levelled that accusation yet, unless he doesn't want to draw attention to himself.