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**Lord-Loss**

-----------------Brief Rule Breakdown-----------------------
The game is based around deception, detection, and some other 'd' word that is applicable but which I cannot think of to continue the alliteration. It is a game of logic, psychology, and bluffs where the clever can sniff out the truth (or obscure it) and the foolish are left swinging at the end of a lynch rope.

A group of players (Imperial Citizens) are in trouble for amongst them, pretending to be normal citizens, is one or more members of a vile group out to kill them (Genestealer Cultists, egads!). The game is split into two parts; a day and a night cycle.

During the day the Imperial Citizens have to talk amongst themselves to see if they can figure out who is innocent and who is a lying scum heretic and mutant. They do this by asking questions, looking for suspicious behavior or voting patterns, and casting votes against those they suspect. The day cycle ends when a plurality is reached and they decide to lynch one of the players. That player is killed and his identity (Citizen or Genestealer Cultist) is revealed to the other players.

At Night the Genestealer Cultists may secretly discuss (PM) their plot and send to the game moderator their decision of who amongst the innocent to kill. The town awakens to find their dead friend and the day cycle begins anew.

The Imperial Citizens win if they manage to kill all of the Cultists so that only Citizens are left alive. The Genestealer Cultists win once they kill all the Citizens (or begin a day cycle with an identical or greater number of Cultists to Citizens whereupon statistically they cannot lose.)

To aid the Imperial Citizens they may have amongst them an Imperial Inquisitor (equivalent to Mafia's cop) who is capable every night of investigating one player and learning whether they are a Citizen of Cultist. Or perhaps a Doctor, who each night can select to protect a character from being killed if the Cult targets them. Many other possible roles exist, and as games get larger there can become some interesting roles to be found. All roles, from regular Citizen to Cultist and everything in between is assigned randomly by the game moderator to the players.
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There will be 9 players, but those not lucky, or quick enough to sign up in time

will be in reserve, this means that if someone has to leave the game, or If someone is inactive for three days, or longer, then they will be podded from the game and someone in reserve will take their place.

As a cautionary note, games of Genestealer can go on for a fair bit of time (especially the initial Day vote) so expect that the first vote may take a week or two easily, though sometimes they can go frighteningly quickly too (I will probably put an arbitrary two week cap to all day cycles). So keep that in mind if you want to sign up. Also, be aware that though there is a certain strategy to lurking (and when to do it depending on your role) the detective/voting aspect of the game requires information that can only really be gained from posts, so you should probably be willing to post a message or two every few days (real life ones).

1.Lord of the Ghosts
2.BrotherStynier
3.Vulkan_He'stan
4.Arheiner
5.Mekboy
6.Gornall
7.Not_u
8.Airman
9.Thor665
---------Reserve-------------
Emperors Faithful

**lord of the ghosts**

I play now!!!!

**Lord-Loss**

Please no revealing your role, and/or trying to get people to kill you please LoG.

**lord of the ghosts**

Lord-Loss wrote:Please no revealing your role, and/or trying to get people to kill you please LoG.

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alright.

**VictorVonTzeentch**

I suppose I'll join in, I've had fun with these.

**Vulkan_He'stan**

i want in

**Arheiner**

I'd like to have a go.

**Mekboy**

I'd like to join. Hopefully, exams won't get in the way this time.

**airman**

I'll have a go at it.

**Lord-Loss**

Airman, Im not sure about this, last game you barely commented at all!

How can we trust you?

**Drk_Oblitr8r**

I'm gonna sit out of this one, I'm going to work on a "Who done it" game that I'll start in January or Febuary.

**airman**

Lord-Loss wrote:Airman, Im not sure about this, last game you barely commented at all!

How can we trust you?

Never mind.

**Lord-Loss**

I'd like you to play Airman, but it would be good to have a reason for the lack of activity last game. :/

**Gornall**

I'm interested.

**SagesStone**

I'll join

**Thor665**

Are we allowed to preemptively vote lord of the ghosts?

When we talked you had initially discussed a smaller game, I'm not sure if I want to sign up for an 11 player one. Put me down as an alternate if you could - I can help cover in case anyone flakes out.

**Lord-Loss**

Genestealer is very popular, I didnt think we could get enough exprienced people in, but that doesnt seem the case, so If you think it would be better then I will shorten it down to 9 man, you are the expert.

**Thor665**

LL, it's your show if you're running the game. I just personally don't want the time investment of a 11 player at this particular juncture. You have other players who are happily signing up for an 11, so don't let me dictate what you and they may want - if you guys want a larger game you should go for it.

**Lord-Loss**

I wanted to get a good number of exprienced players in, so shortening it too 9 man doesnt change anything for me at all.

EDIT: I think keeping it at eleven man is best after all.

**airman**

Lord-Loss wrote:I'd like you to play Airman, but it would be good to have a reason for the lack of activity last game. :/

I was camping for two days and when I got back my character was already lynched.

**Lord-Loss**

Ok, with airman we have 8 players.

Now I will wait into tomorrow, if we dont have any extra people, or we only have one more person signing up then the game will be nine man, otherwise it will be eleven man.

**Manchu**

airman wrote:
Lord-Loss wrote:I'd like you to play Airman, but it would be good to have a reason for the lack of activity last game. :/

I was camping for two days and when I got back my character was already lynched.

Nothing personal. The silent guys get taken out even faster than the talkers sometimes.

**Gornall**

Thor would make it 9 players.

**Lord-Loss**

Manchu, are you signing up?

EDIT:I forgot about Thor

We will start the game tomorow then, anyone else who wants to play will go on reserve.

**Emperors Faithful**

DAMMIT.

Reserve I am then.

**Lord-Loss**

Hope you can get a place in next game EF!

Watch this game, so you can pick up some good strategies

**Gornall**

When does this kick off?

**airman**

Gornall wrote:When does this kick off?

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/268647.page

**Drk_Oblitr8r**

Hey, is it too late to be a reserve?

**Lord-Loss**

Its not too late to be a reverse, if anyone gets podded, your be the first to know.