The Flat Earth Society
Other Discussion Boards => The Lounge => Topic started by: boydster on July 24, 2018, 04:56:31 PM
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Yes. You thought you were safe. Perhaps you died a tragic death in a previous game of Werepenguin and didn't plan on being resurrected only to suffer the agony of reliving the murderous Groundhog-Day-esque experience yet again. Perhaps you watched safely from the sidelines, offering your suggestions and insights to help your soon-to-be murdered friends attempt to quell the penguinocalypse. Perhaps you were a werepenguin yourself.
You thought the pain was over. But the werepenguins, having already taken over the quaint town of Ben Lawers, have not had their desire for the blood of innocents sated. The have moved from the Scottish Highlands, crossed Loch Tay, and now have their eyes set on the village of Perth. From the Kinnoull Hill Woodland Park, they watch, perched atop the cliffside tower. Studying the townsfolk. Growing ever hungrier.
You thought you were safe. But now, the opportunity to save Perth is upon you. If Perth falls, where will the massacre end? THEY MUST BE STOPPED.
All who are brave enough to take a stand against the bloodthirsty menace, submit your name here and you will become a part of history. But how will you be remembered?
Carpe tibi Fatum.
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Willing tributes
Shifter
Crutonius
Space Cowgirl
Jane
Bullwinkle
DuckDodgers
Ichimaru Gin :]
Pezevenk
Jura-Glenlivet II
deadsirius
jroa
Roundy the Truthinessist
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ME!! ME!!! I want to join up! ME!
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All in baby!
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I will play, we will get those penguins this time!
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Why not?
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I guess so. ::)
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Excellent! I'll be updating the first reply (the post with all the text) to reflect the participants. Let's not let the same thing that happened in Ben Lawers happen to the fine town of Perth. RECRUIT SOME TRIBUTES!!!
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I think I will be introducing a new character role in this game. A fine Scottish village like Perth should really have an Exorcist.
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I think I will be introducing a new character role in this game. A fine Scottish village like Perth should really have an Exorcist.
So.... Not Perth, Western Australia then? :'(
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Ben Lawers from the first game was selected because on the 27th of this month there's going to be the longest lunar eclipse of this century. But it's mostly visible from the UK. I don't know if I mentioned that.
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I suppose I'm in as well.
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I'm in.
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I think I will be introducing a new character role in this game. A fine Scottish village like Perth should really have an Exorcist.
So.... Not Perth, Western Australia then? :'(
Correct. The penguins marched East, on foot.
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The penguins marched East, on foot.
Are you sure?
(https://i.imgur.com/6KdA6s0.gif)
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The penguins marched East, on foot.
Are you sure?
(https://i.imgur.com/6KdA6s0.gif)
They don't take to the air until round 3. So much for the big reveal JANE. >:(
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The penguins marched East, on foot.
Are you sure?
(https://i.imgur.com/6KdA6s0.gif)
They don't take to the air until round 3. So much for the big reveal JANE. >:(
Jane is disqualified from competing in round 2
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This is big, really big. The penguin domino effect will soon spread and I live in the UK, count me in, I have a catapult!
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I successfully escaped wildfires to enter the game.
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I successfully escaped wildfires to enter the game.
This is not a game. This is serious.
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I successfully escaped wildfires to enter the game.
This is not a game. This is serious.
What the fuck?
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Ok, I'm sort of pissed now. I'm the one living in a short distance from where the wildfires broke out. I'm the one who had to sleep a night inhaling smoke. I'm the one who had to worry about friends dying. I'm the one whose acquaintances properties were either destroyed or threatened to be destroyed. I'm the one who has to live in a place that's been destroyed by fires now (not the region I live in, that already got somewhat destroyed by fires sone years ago). And Shifter comes in from Australia to tell me I'm bad for making a joke about it. As I said, what the fuck??
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You misunderstand. This werepenguin event is not a game. Settle down
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You misunderstand. This werepenguin event is not a game. Settle down
Oh, ok. Sorry. I thought you were doing a "don't joke about the awful thing that happened" thing.
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We are glad to have you, Pez. I hope you survive not only the wildfire, but also the penguins.
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Says the one who lead the charge to lynch him.
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Well... He got better ;D
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We have 9 people so far. I'm thinking I'll leave registration open at least through Friday. If we can add 3 or more additional people that would be ideal. We need at least one more though, regardless.
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I think we need more than 12 especially if we add another role. Also means more lynching and more gruesome werepenguin murders. I mean, I got spaghettified after having pubes thrown at me! You can't make it up!
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I'd like to participate this time. I ain't afraid of no penguin
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Yay, deadsirius!
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Mwa haha. Deadsirius will be siriously dead.
Oh shit. I'm sorry. I forgot I'm not the narrator.
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Mwa haha. Deadsirius will be siriously dead.
Oh shit. I'm sorry. I forgot I'm not the narrator.
I promise you. The murders will be epic.
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Hail Sithis, dear brother.
(Not joining by the way)
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Hail Sithis, dear brother.
(Not joining by the way)
Why not? You say 'Wesker always wins' all the time. I'll take that chance you are on whatever side I end up on so we can beat this. Or are you a chicken that is full of fluff and deep down you are scared of losing in front of everyone
At least play to be canon fodder to help give the humans a better chance
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I'm going to close the registration tomorrow around 6pm Eastern Time (US). Then we'll get this game started.
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I'm not playing.
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I'm not playing.
That's great news!
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I'm in.
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I thought I already responded to this. I'm in.
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Nice
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Alright GAME TIME MOFOS! As Cruton did before, I'll keep this thread open for spectators to chime in
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The narrator isn't on the poll. I'm complaining.
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The narrator isn't on the poll. I'm complaining.
Updated!
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Jane, did you get around to seeing the lunar eclipse?
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Jane, did you get around to seeing the lunar eclipse?
Nope, I know the dangers :o
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Very wise. I only caught the back end of it here and even still it was so powerful that it caused me to play video games until 2am. Who knows what it would have done at full strength.
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I watched a live stream of it, since it was not visible in my geographic area. Even just seeing the video rendered me completely unable to do my job.
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Even though it wasn't visible at all from here, and if it was it was cloudy anyway, I still slept in my welder's helmet.
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Boydster "It is 90 minutes till dawn"
I don't know what fucked up version of Scotland you are in but it will be 1.00 in the morning!
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Perth has entered into an alternate reality, where each day is 48 hours long - 24 hours of daylight, 24 hours of darkness, and 7pm US Eastern Daylight Time is when it transitions from darkness into light (or vice versa).
I understand this is a very anxious time. It is for all of us. Someone is about to die. But who?
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I'm guessing it's going to be someone like Deadsirius or Ichi who gets eaten. The penguins are going to try to follow the Jane/SCG plan, thus framing them a bit as well as provide 0 info.
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Unless deadsirius and Ichi are the penguins!
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If both of them live, that MUST be the only answer!
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Ichi is gone :'(
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Ichi is gone :'(
Are the tears from a guilty conscious?
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Ichi is my bff, you monster.
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Ichi is my bff, you monster.
I'M a monster!?!?? Let's talk about my dangling, decomposing, stinking corpse right now? What am I left up there for? Or that time you threw pubes at me!!! :P
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You're getting more monstrous by the second! Maybe we should set you on fire.
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You're getting more monstrous by the second! Maybe we should set you on fire.
Better that than the indignity of being pecked and eaten by crows.
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Ichi is my bff, you monster.
So no one would suspect...
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JANE IS A PENGUIN!
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I move that we lynch Jane next. Not that I particularly suspect her but if she does turn out to be a penguin, and we didn't lynch someone who literally has a penguin as an avatar, then that's on us.
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JANE IS A PENGUIN!
NO I'M NOT I HAVE A MOUSTACHE
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I move that we lynch Jane next. Not that I particularly suspect her but if she does turn out to be a penguin, and we didn't lynch someone who literally has a penguin as an avatar, then that's on us.
He's not a penguin, he's a whifferdill.
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My friends I have no regrets. It is only fitting that my death come upon the day where the blood moon attacked us from the heavens for the longest stretch of time for an age.
I did leave a note in my copy of ENaG to have it passed down to Boyd in case an event like this occurred.
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Magnanity? Boo!
I want to see a shifter style meltdown where you blame everyone else!
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My friends I have no regrets. It is only fitting that my death come upon the day where the blood moon attacked us from the heavens for the longest stretch of time for an age.
I did leave a note in my copy of ENaG to have it passed down to Boyd in case an event like this occurred.
Did you happen to get a look or clue as to who this flipper dick is? If only you and the rest voted to lynch Pez or Roundy, I could have protected you. What good is a corpse? TO WHICH YOU STILL HAVEN'T TAKEN DOWN! FFS!
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My friends I have no regrets. It is only fitting that my death come upon the day where the blood moon attacked us from the heavens for the longest stretch of time for an age.
I did leave a note in my copy of ENaG to have it passed down to Boyd in case an event like this occurred.
Did you happen to get a look or clue as to who this flipper dick is? If only you and the rest voted to lynch Pez or Roundy, I could have protected you. What good is a corpse? TO WHICH YOU STILL HAVEN'T TAKEN DOWN! FFS!
That's how it's done. Let's all follow shifters example and be extremely bitter in death.
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My friends I have no regrets. It is only fitting that my death come upon the day where the blood moon attacked us from the heavens for the longest stretch of time for an age.
I did leave a note in my copy of ENaG to have it passed down to Boyd in case an event like this occurred.
Did you happen to get a look or clue as to who this flipper dick is? If only you and the rest voted to lynch Pez or Roundy, I could have protected you. What good is a corpse? TO WHICH YOU STILL HAVEN'T TAKEN DOWN! FFS!
That's how it's done. Let's all follow shifters example and be extremely bitter in death.
You'd be bitter too if you were murdered by a random bunch of strangers you'd only met in a pub the day before that you were willing to defend and save against werepenguin attacks. And not even given the dignity of a burial after the grave mistake was realised. Just left hanging. Rotting. Stinking. And some fucker even pulled my pants down!
Yeah, it was a friggin cold night OK? Laugh it up you perves.
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I voted for myself, of course. :(
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I vote for yourself, too.
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Look at this picture of boydster rolling the dice.
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DON'T DOX ME BRO >:(
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I was kind of hoping it would be me tonight. I've been waiting to write the ghost speak thing for 3 days now.
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I saw who killed me
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I know exactly who killed me. Can't reveal it here obviously because this isn't the game thread. My voice is all 'wooooo' in the game thread. The memory is increasingly more hazy. I hope I can still remember it when the sun goes down.
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I saw who killed me too.
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I saw who killed me... It was all of you!!
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I am concerned that EJ may have infiltrated the game.
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I saw who killed me... It was all of you!!
There is a trick in every game. if you are not on the side of cheating in a game, so you are in the side of the cheated by others. ::)
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What?
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I have sent banana bombs to you. ;D
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I have sent banana bombs to you. ;D
Excellent work, Brotherhood. We could really use your skill in the next round of this game. Would you consider sticking around and playing?
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I would vote for intikam to be the exorcist.
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I would vote for him to be the narrator
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Intikam for DM!
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He'd make us all penguins!
Oh, penguin showdown.
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I wonder if it makes sense to add another quirk to a future game. The role of the psychic has been pretty standard. What if the psychic leaves a mystical icon emblazoned on the door of the person that he inquires about? It won't indicate whether that person was an innocent or a werepenguin, it would just indicate that the psychic had inquired about them.
I think that would be a neat twist. I won't be doing it in this game, because it's underway. But maybe next game it would be fun to add.
I like the exorcist role, too, based on the traditional Faith Healer from the Mafia game, but Shifter really ate a big dong on that one... ::)
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I wonder if it makes sense to add another quirk to a future game. The role of the psychic has been pretty standard. What if the psychic leaves a mystical icon emblazoned on the door of the person that he inquires about? It won't indicate whether that person was an innocent or a werepenguin, it would just indicate that the psychic had inquired about them.
I think that would be a neat twist. I won't be doing it in this game, because it's underway. But maybe next game it would be fun to add.
I like the exorcist role, too, based on the traditional Faith Healer from the Mafia game, but Shifter really ate a big dong on that one... ::)
Assuming I get my dibs on the narrator role, I'm looking at changing the exorcist so they get a 100% chance. This and the last game have gone very well for the penguins; winning the first, and coming down to the wire for the second. Do like the role though.
Admittedly that might just be down to Shifter being an idiot but hey.
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Yes. Shifter really fucked up the Exorcist role. It wasn't even a high-percentage chance he would get it, but I blame him for messing up my vision for that character. He didn't even get a single shot at a save.
The burning emblem on the door from the psychic just seems like a great visual queue that should be there, to me. Almost as if the real truthterra has looked into your soul, and the universe reacted violently but in a very limited scope.
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I wonder if it makes sense to add another quirk to a future game. The role of the psychic has been pretty standard. What if the psychic leaves a mystical icon emblazoned on the door of the person that he inquires about? It won't indicate whether that person was an innocent or a werepenguin, it would just indicate that the psychic had inquired about them.
I think that would be a neat twist. I won't be doing it in this game, because it's underway. But maybe next game it would be fun to add.
I like the exorcist role, too, based on the traditional Faith Healer from the Mafia game, but Shifter really ate a big dong on that one... ::)
It would be good also if there were enough players that the amount of penguins was unknown. So there could be 2 or could be 3 penguins. Everyone knows we are playing with 2 penguins on the board but in reality, how would the villagers know this? They know there is at least 1 murderer and that's it.....
What if we didn't introduce the names of the penguins until after they had killed someone? And that the order they kill is random and not sequential (so the narrator roles a dice and that decides who kills). This way the amount of penguins in play would be unknown. And if a penguin is killed, it's no guarantee that there is only 1 more penguin.
Imagine lynching a 2nd penguin and still not sleeping easy that night.
To add further intrigue you could have it that a penguin may choose not to kill. (perhaps if they do this option, they could select 2 kills the next night). Even if all the penguins are dead, you still wouldn't know and the villagers could still lynch each other despite only innocents being in play. It could be then that we play until the last person standing or they decide not to lynch anyone anymore. If there is a penguin among them, the penguin wins by default. If only humans left, well, the humans win.
I dunno, just random thoughts. Needs more work
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One of the fun characters I've seen is double agents; regular innocents who're working for the penguins. An extra vote for lynchings, and when they die no one would know what they were, but they can't kill during the night. Only downside is that probably needs more players.
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One change I've been thinking about is something like 3 or more ghosts from lynching being able to act as a psychic. It's a counter balance to situations like this where the humans are losing badly and it gives the ghosts something to do. Probably needs more refinement.
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Yes. Shifter really fucked up the Exorcist role. It wasn't even a high-percentage chance he would get it, but I blame him for messing up my vision for that character. He didn't even get a single shot at a save.
The burning emblem on the door from the psychic just seems like a great visual queue that should be there, to me. Almost as if the real truthterra has looked into your soul, and the universe reacted violently but in a very limited scope.
How did I fuck it up? I played similar to the last game (which I was an innocent). I voted early even against my better judgment in the first round but people were basically saying if you dont vote, you are suspect. So I voted because I had to go to bed and may not have had a chance. Roundy fucked it by leading a charge to lynch me. I was able to wake up before it was assured I would be lynched but everyone decided to go with Roundy despite my efforts to claim innocence.
Perhaps I should have not said anything for a few rounds? What kind of play is that?
I said it before and I'll say it again. Voting in the first round is idiotic because it's only pot luck. The idea that the first person who votes or if someone doesn't want to vote makes them suspect is stupid. I could have been chosen as a penguin or not chosen as anything special and I would have played the same way on the first day.
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I like the ideas, but we really don't need to add extra advantages for the werepenguins just yet. We need to get a good idea of what changes will balance the game. And any single game won't really be indicative of having a balance. But I think there are subtle ways to give the villagers a little bit more help in future games. The exorcist is one way. Jane's idea was basically like the doctor from Mafia - someone with a 100% chance at a save. I went with the faith healer idea because I thought the added little bit of chance would be fun, but maybe the doctor is a better choice in a game as small as we have been playing.
I'm still having a lot of fun, both as a player and as a narrator, with the way this game has run so far. But if the villagers can't pull off a win sometime soon, I'm worried about future turnout taking a nosedive.
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Someday we will get those penguins.
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Yes. Shifter really fucked up the Exorcist role. It wasn't even a high-percentage chance he would get it, but I blame him for messing up my vision for that character. He didn't even get a single shot at a save.
The burning emblem on the door from the psychic just seems like a great visual queue that should be there, to me. Almost as if the real truthterra has looked into your soul, and the universe reacted violently but in a very limited scope.
How did I fuck it up? I played similar to the last game (which I was an innocent). I voted early even against my better judgment in the first round but people were basically saying if you dont vote, you are suspect. So I voted because I had to go to bed and may not have had a chance. Roundy fucked it by leading a charge to lynch me. I was able to wake up before it was assured I would be lynched but everyone decided to go with Roundy despite my efforts to claim innocence.
Perhaps I should have not said anything for a few rounds? What kind of play is that?
I said it before and I'll say it again. Voting in the first round is idiotic because it's only pot luck. The idea that the first person who votes or if someone doesn't want to vote makes them suspect is stupid. I could have been chosen as a penguin or not chosen as anything special and I would have played the same way on the first day.
You fucked it up by dying, mofo! (also, don't take what I said personally ;) )
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I personally like the hunter. A last ditch chance to kill someone when they backstab you. I don't like letting penguins stack kills. Either kill or waste the chance. I think I'd rather the psychic observation reveal to each person observed that they were looked at vs having the world to see who was looked at.
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One change I've been thinking about is something like 3 or more ghosts from lynching being able to act as a psychic. It's a counter balance to situations like this where the humans are losing badly and it gives the ghosts something to do. Probably needs more refinement.
This is an interesting idea
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One of the fun characters I've seen is double agents; regular innocents who're working for the penguins. An extra vote for lynchings, and when they die no one would know what they were, but they can't kill during the night. Only downside is that probably needs more players.
That's a cool idea. So basically a human that is in cahoots with the penguins, somewhat assured they wont be dying in the night, but working with the penguins to establish a voting bloc against who they want lynched. This would mean they know the identities of the penguins but cant reveal it
You could always have it, they only know the identity of just ONE of the penguins, and perhaps if a penguin is murdered, than all bets for his safety are off.
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I like the ideas, but we really don't need to add extra advantages for the werepenguins just yet. We need to get a good idea of what changes will balance the game. And any single game won't really be indicative of having a balance. But I think there are subtle ways to give the villagers a little bit more help in future games. The exorcist is one way. Jane's idea was basically like the doctor from Mafia - someone with a 100% chance at a save. I went with the faith healer idea because I thought the added little bit of chance would be fun, but maybe the doctor is a better choice in a game as small as we have been playing.
I'm still having a lot of fun, both as a player and as a narrator, with the way this game has run so far. But if the villagers can't pull off a win sometime soon, I'm worried about future turnout taking a nosedive.
The fact the truthterra hasn't been killed yet is good for the humans. He would have gained enough knowledge by now to essentially know by process of elimination who the penguins are likely to be even if every one he inquired about is a regular villager.
Also, even if the penguins win every game, this game is still super fun for the non penguins to play. I don't think turnout will be a problem. Sure, lets get more balance, more roles, new abilities etc, but even dying in the first round, the game is still awesome
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I personally like the hunter. A last ditch chance to kill someone when they backstab you. I don't like letting penguins stack kills. Either kill or waste the chance. I think I'd rather the psychic observation reveal to each person observed that they were looked at vs having the world to see who was looked at.
The one downside to the hunter being that it'd make our limited bodycount go down faster.
Did make me think though, there could be a player who, in a similar vein to the faith healer, has a 50% chance of surviving whenever they're attacked. Probably just by werepenguin, though maybe lynching too. Their identity would be outed the first time someone tries to kill them, but it gives the townsfolk a much-needed extra chance. Could counterbalance.
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I personally like the hunter. A last ditch chance to kill someone when they backstab you. I don't like letting penguins stack kills. Either kill or waste the chance. I think I'd rather the psychic observation reveal to each person observed that they were looked at vs having the world to see who was looked at.
The one downside to the hunter being that it'd make our limited bodycount go down faster.
Did make me think though, there could be a player who, in a similar vein to the faith healer, has a 50% chance of surviving whenever they're attacked. Probably just by werepenguin, though maybe lynching too. Their identity would be outed the first time someone tries to kill them, but it gives the townsfolk a much-needed extra chance. Could counterbalance.
Could be good if there is someone with the possibility to survive a penguin attack. It would make the penguins think about who they would want to kill. This persons role if he was lynched or killed (on the first attempt) would not be revealed meaning the penguins may never know when they select who they want to kill that its a sure thing. (unless they tried and failed once).
Perhaps if they are lucky enough to survive, they get a clue (nothing more) as to the identity of the werepenguin
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There is an elder role. He can survive 1 penguin attack. Upon the 2nd or a lynching, all special villagers lose their powers. There is also a village idiot the if the villagers try to lynch, he is revealed and cannot be lynched, but loses his power to vote.
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There is also a village idiot the if the villagers try to lynch, he is revealed and cannot be lynched, but loses his power to vote.
BHS WAS BORN FOR THAT ROLE!
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There is also a village idiot the if the villagers try to lynch, he is revealed and cannot be lynched, but loses his power to vote.
BHS WAS BORN FOR THAT ROLE!
I refuse to play any game where BHS can't be lynched.
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I have sent banana bombs to you. ;D
Excellent work, Brotherhood. We could really use your skill in the next round of this game. Would you consider sticking around and playing?
I can join as a penguin, not a player. I'm still not fully got the game. I think I'm going to be a jroa.
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I have sent banana bombs to you. ;D
Excellent work, Brotherhood. We could really use your skill in the next round of this game. Would you consider sticking around and playing?
I can join as a penguin, not a player. I'm still not fully got the game. I think I'm going to be a jroa.
I'm playing the game and I still don't understand it. ::)
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I have sent banana bombs to you. ;D
Excellent work, Brotherhood. We could really use your skill in the next round of this game. Would you consider sticking around and playing?
I can join as a penguin, not a player. I'm still not fully got the game. I think I'm going to be a jroa.
I'm playing the game and I still don't understand it. ::)
I believe you have to send boydster a PM soon to tell him who you want killed :P
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The double agent sounds like it is just another werewolf by a different name. Also, all these roles sound good if we can get more participation.
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How about a poisoned chalice, a player who on being killed infects the killer penguin with a disease that will kill in two days.
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What?
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Oh, what about a village lard ball? When the penguins eat him, they are so stuffed they can't eat the next night.
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Oh, what about a village lard ball? When the penguins eat him, they are so stuffed they can't eat the next night.
My biggest problem with that is that it impacts gameplay to an extent, at least for the penguins. Good roles would enhance rather than overrule. Like, even with the elder-type role the penguins still do something, and get information that they can work with. 'Miss a turn' is a bit harsh when turns last 48 hours. Longer in fact given that penguins alternate.
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Oh, what about a village lard ball? When the penguins eat him, they are so stuffed they can't eat the next night.
and it gives them a heart attack? ;)
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This would take some coordination between the narrator and the dead, and secrecy on the part of the dead, but the IRL game had some situations that could take place, one of which was a seance. Basically, the dead people know who the penguins are, and the living people nominate someone to contact the dead and ask a question. The questions are predetermined to provide some information, but not outright give them away, such as is the penguin male or female, do they wear glasses, what color hair do they have, etc. Obviously the questions would need to be tweaked some, such as does their name contain a certain letter or have they voted for an innocent to die, or something else like that. It kind of plays off of cruton's idea of the 3 dead psychic.
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This would take some coordination between the narrator and the dead, and secrecy on the part of the dead, but the IRL game had some situations that could take place, one of which was a seance. Basically, the dead people know who the penguins are, and the living people nominate someone to contact the dead and ask a question. The questions are predetermined to provide some information, but not outright give them away, such as is the penguin male or female, do they wear glasses, what color hair do they have, etc. Obviously the questions would need to be tweaked some, such as does their name contain a certain letter or have they voted for an innocent to die, or something else like that. It kind of plays off of cruton's idea of the 3 dead psychic.
Maybe, but I wonder if it should be yes/no questions only and the dead are not allowed to lie.
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That's the idea. The narrator would create the question list and then the villagers select a representative to ask 1 question which is yes/no. I'll dig out my game cards in the near future and show you an example of the questions.
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Another interesting idea, which lends power to the argument of early lynching is starting with 1 fewer penguins than should be playing and the first victim becomes a penguin either the next night or the 1 following unless the original is killed. Obviously the marked player wouldn't be revealed, we would just know someone got bit but not killed and will soon transform. That person would play as a human until they become a penguin, and only at that point find out who turned them.
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What about simply changing it so the penguins don't know who the other penguins are? This seems like an easy way to lend a small balance. It would make it so the penguins also have the risk of killing their own, and prevents them from coordinating. It would give them a taste of the helplessness we feel.
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This would take some coordination between the narrator and the dead, and secrecy on the part of the dead, but the IRL game had some situations that could take place, one of which was a seance. Basically, the dead people know who the penguins are, and the living people nominate someone to contact the dead and ask a question. The questions are predetermined to provide some information, but not outright give them away, such as is the penguin male or female, do they wear glasses, what color hair do they have, etc. Obviously the questions would need to be tweaked some, such as does their name contain a certain letter or have they voted for an innocent to die, or something else like that. It kind of plays off of cruton's idea of the 3 dead psychic.
I like the ideas of clues. I think that every time a penguin kills there should be a clue. But I don't know how to make a clue that straddles the line between useless and game breaking.
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This would take some coordination between the narrator and the dead, and secrecy on the part of the dead, but the IRL game had some situations that could take place, one of which was a seance. Basically, the dead people know who the penguins are, and the living people nominate someone to contact the dead and ask a question. The questions are predetermined to provide some information, but not outright give them away, such as is the penguin male or female, do they wear glasses, what color hair do they have, etc. Obviously the questions would need to be tweaked some, such as does their name contain a certain letter or have they voted for an innocent to die, or something else like that. It kind of plays off of cruton's idea of the 3 dead psychic.
Another variation on that idea.
Players can vote to hold a seance to use a ghost as a psychic instead of lynching. One reading per ghost. Maybe the ghost gets to pick the target.
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I don't know. I feel like there are too many options, but we don't get enough players.
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I don't know. I feel like there are too many options, but we don't get enough players.
A higher chance of a special role might get more players involved. Speaking from experience it is much more exciting when you're doing more than guessing.
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I thought the twins variant was fun. One's a villager, one's a werepenguin, and to win they have to be the last two survivors.
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Do the twins operate the same as lovers, where 1 dies the other dies as well?
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Shit, I can't remember. Given that they both need to survive it would seem pointless if it was otherwise. Probably the same variation under different names.
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With the lovers, a character cupid gets to pick 2 people, so it could be any combination of villagers, special villagers, and penguins.
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It's different then. And anyway it occurs to me that it wouldn't really work without more than two werepenguins.
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Who else but BULLWINKLE would pretend to be John Davis and steal my s'mores?
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Only one person voted in this poll and suspected SCG would die. WHO WAS IT?
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Only one person voted in this poll and suspected SCG would die. WHO WAS IT?
Pretending to be someone you are not and then eating people seems to be a very Pezevenk thing to do.
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Wife's summer company party. They hand out gifts. I'm about to freak you all out. This is what they gave us.
(https://s33.postimg.cc/qim2tuv7z/20180802_182147.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/e3zatj3pn/)
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OMG!
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Wife's summer company party. They hand out gifts. I'm about to freak you all out. This is what they gave us.
(https://s33.postimg.cc/qim2tuv7z/20180802_182147.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/e3zatj3pn/)
Unless you toast them over my rotting corpse they wont taste good you know
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No graham crackers? Fuckin amateurs.
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Oh it's in there. Just a bad angle. And a cooking rack. And a note that says "you're next, penguin" which doesn't make any sense.
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Tell Mrs Cruton that adding mushrooms to the s'mores is a vast improvement!
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Pez and deadsirius are very quiet. Maybe they died gorging on SCG's carcass. It's possible given it was filled to the brim with mushrooms and s'mores that were toasted over rotting flesh.
But they are penguins, and what would normally kill a human may just give them indigestion. I'm sure they'll be back. If they post again, that's confirmation they are penguins.
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Jane - presents her opinions as facts to manipulate people into blindly following her
(while she picks us off one by one)
Please tell me you guys will finally lynch this bitch.
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Jane - presents her opinions as facts to manipulate people into blindly following her
(while she picks us off one by one)
Please tell me you guys will finally lynch this bitch.
Isn't that a bit harsh?
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Definitely didn't think Bullwinkle was the truthtera.
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Well I hope that just makes it more obvious that Jane is a stinking penguin.
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The question is did all of his master workings die with him?
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Definitely didn't think Bullwinkle was the truthtera.
I'm as shocked as you.
Aren't players supposed to be told they have a role to play? >:(
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The question is did all of his master workings die with him?
There was the collection of notes that was found by his body.
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Definitely didn't think Bullwinkle was the truthtera.
I'm as shocked as you.
Aren't players supposed to be told they have a role to play? >:(
Lynch the narrator!!
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I VOTE TO LYNCH DUCKDODGERS.
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I VOTE TO LYNCH DUCKDODGERS.
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Wait, there have been four nights but only two names there. Which means either Bullwinkle sucks as the psychic, or he knows more than we found out. And those seem to be only the first two nights, so it's wholly possible that he actually found the other penguin, and that it's just not being revealed because it'd end the game.
Someone go back and check who Bullwinkle suspected, I'm going to sleep.
Jane - presents her opinions as facts to manipulate people into blindly following her
(while she picks us off one by one)
HELLO
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I voted for Pez and myself. Because lynching Pez lynches me at the same time. And I just want to rest.
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There's a dynamic I've noticed this game. The penguins are trying to find the psychic while the psychic builds a coalition. It's only a matter of time until the psychic has enough support to effectively win the game.
There's a custom role that seems like a joke but could help to make this dynamic more interesting, the village idiot. The narrator tells him he's a psychic but he isn't.
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There's a dynamic I've noticed this game. The penguins are trying to find the psychic while the psychic builds a coalition. It's only a matter of time until the psychic has enough support to effectively win the game.
There's a custom role that seems like a joke but could help to make this dynamic more interesting, the village idiot. The narrator tells him he's a psychic but he isn't.
I like the idea of a double agent. A villager who knows the status of the penguins, but is not one of them. He votes in a way the penguins like to ensure he survives the nights. (No guarantee about the lynching though).
Someone who can withstand 1 penguin attack and if they are attacked they are given a hint as to the identity of the penguin. If they are attacked again their survivability is 50%. If they survive the 2nd time they are given the identity of the penguin. This makes it so the penguins have an element of risk when they decide to kill someone
The number of penguins in play should be unknown. Is it 2, 3 or 4? (depending on the size of the game). We don't know until either no one is killed during a night or when someone dies the penguin signs their name on the victim. (so it may take 3 nights and 3 different names before the villagers know that there are 3 penguins afoot!)
If a doctor/exorcist wants to protect a villager but has instead given the name of a penguin that was supposed to be killing on that night, the doctor/exorcist dies (perhaps in addition to another villager the penguin wanted to kill).