Moonlight. You were warned,you didn't listen. YOU DIDN'T LISTEN!
July 27, 2018.
Ben Lawers, Scottland.
Elevation 3983 feet, perilously close to the moon.
12 planoterrestrialists make a pilgrimage up to Ben Lawers in a Volkswagen Bus with their spiritual leader Scarlet McTunic.
Their intent: defy the wisdom of the flat earth society and study the light of the blood moon directly.
Everything went exactly as planned, until the the blood moon hit. One by one each one of them gazed upon the cursed red moonlight and passed out.
They awoke the next morning to a horrible sight. Scarlet McTunic had been viciously murdered last night! Flipper marks, beak puncture wounds, snuggle burns.
This was unmistakably the work of werepenguins!
This is the story of survival between the 10 remaining humans and 2 werepenguins, named Chilly Willy and Pingu.
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Pretty standard rules that I've lifted from Lord Wilmore's game and maybe changed a few of the terms to give it some flat earth flavor. I'm new at this so I'm probably going to make a few errors.
How Werewolf Works
Okay, first off, anyone who doesn't understand the game or any part of it, feel free to send me a PM and I will clear it up for you. I know most of you haven't played this before, so here's a general outline:
There are 2 Penguins (chosen at random) and 10 Villagers (including one True Flat Earth Scientist, also chosen at random) in the game. The penguins will be identified as follows:
Chilly Willy
Pingu
The game is based on 'rounds': each round lasts 48 hours. This is made up of a 24 hour 'day' period (i.e. when it is daytime in the game) and a 24 hour night period (when it is nightime in the game). Why does a Werepenguin day last two days in real time? Well, we have lots of people from lots of countries and hence lots of timezones at FES, and I want to give everyone a fair chance to vote/talk/play, and a 48 hour round is the only way to do this.
Villagers
For the Villagers, the aim is to kill all the Penguins. At the outset of the game, the Villagers do not know who the Penguins are; it is up to them to figure it out.
The Villagers can vote to 'lynch' someone they suspect of being a penguin during the day cycle of the game. To do so, they must secure a certain number of votes (the number is decided by the village Oracle, i.e. me). Of course, the Penguins can also vote as no-one knows who they are! People who have already died in the course of the game are not allowed to talk during the day, and hence cannot vote.
The True Flat Earth Scientist is on the side of the Villagers; he/she gets one chance each night to make a guess and find out whether or not someone is a penguin. The True Flat Earth Scientist sends me a PM, and I tell him/her whether or not that player is a Penguin. Like everyone else in the game, the True Flat Earth Scientist can vote in the lynch.
Penguins
For the Penguins, they need to kill all of the villagers.
Unlike the villagers, each Penguin knows who all the other Penguins are. Every night, a designated Penguin can send me a PM telling me who they want to kill, and then that person will be killed. The Penguins take it in turns: Penguin Chilly Willy the first night, Penguin Pingu the second. On the third night, it is Penguin Chilly Willy's turn again. If a Penguin dies, the Penguins do not lose a turn; instead the turns alternate between the remaining Penguins. The following morning, I will reveal who was killed, and how.
Game Rules
1. The first rule of WerePenguin is that you do not break the game.
2. The second rule of WerePenguin is THAT YOU DO NOT BREAK THE GAME. A not uncommon event in WW games is that having been betrayed by his/her fellow Penguins, a dead Penguin reveals their identities. This is a dickish thing to do. Seriously, Penguins are bastards, and they will do anything to save their own hides. If they think you're as good as dead, they will betray you and join the other villagers in voting to have you lynched, just to avoid suspicion. This is completely normal, so please don't be a whiny bitch about it. Remember, even if you die as a Penguin, if the Penguins eventually win, you also win.
Long story short: Penguins turn on Penguins. Deal with it. If you ruin the game for everybody, I will probably ban you for a month or something. It's very annoying.
3. Don't edit your posts! Just make another one. This is no big deal, but if you edit your post, you lose your vote that round, so it's in your interest not to do so.
4. Make it clear who you are voting to lynch. I want to see the words ['vote to lynch *insert name here*'] to count a post as a vote. You can say '[I vote to lynch]' or just '[vote to lynch]', but I want to see the words '[VOTE TO LYNCH (name)]' in that order. Don't say 'vote billy' or 'lynch John', because in a certain context these could look like suggestions rather than votes. If it's unclear, I just won't count it. It isn't that hard to put three words in front of someone's name in the correct order.
4a. Brackets, that's the ticket. example, [vote to lynch so and so]
5. Don't post during the day-cycle of the game if you have been killed. Dead players can only talk at night. Just to be clear, lynches happen during the day and werePenguins/True Flat Earth Scientist PM at night. Check my last update; if a lynch is on, it's daytime. If I've asked the Penguins/True Flat Earth Scientist to PM, it's night.
6. The True Flat Earth Scientist cannot tell people they are the True Flat Earth Scientist (at least not within this topic). Obviously, I cannot control what you do elsewhere (PM, IM, IRC etc.), but beware; with the True Flat Earth Scientist, not all may be as it seems...
7. As per the title, if you're not playing, you're not playing. You can't join late due to the mechanics of the game, and I don't want you posting if you're not involved. I'll just delete any posts you make. If anyone gets trollish though, I will hand out suspensions.
Most of all, have fun, and POST. It's way more fun if you get involved, instead of just showing up and voting every now and again. Plus, inactivity can really kill a game based on votes, so try and stay active if you can.
This is the first day cycle. So gather your wits and tell me you you're going to lynch. If any.
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The pre-deceased:
boydster
Space Cowgirl
Ichimaru Gin :]
Jane
Roundy2.0
jroa
Sacrifices to the penguin gods:
Scarlet McTunic[narrator sock puppet] - beaten down by both were-penguins during the prologue
Bullwinkle[regular innocent] - violently murdered by Chilly Willy on night 1
Babyhighspeed[true flat earth scientist] - buried alive by an angry mob
Albert Wesker[regular innocent] - bowed out in a valiant attempt to reanimate BHS.
DuckDodgers[regular innocent] - murder by Pingu by denspressure.
Pezevenk[regular innocent] - converted into a statue by group consensus.
Shifter[regular innocent] - spaghetified by Chilly Willy
Day 1:
Pezevenk votes to lynch Albert Wesker.
boydster votes to lynch pezevenk.
jroa votes to lynch boydster.
Night 1.
Chilly Willy violently murders Bullwinkle
Day 2:
Roundy2.0 votes to lynch Babyhighspeed
boydster votes to lynch Babyhighspeed
Jane votes to lynch Babyhighspeed
Space cowgirl votes to lynch Babyhighspeed
Shifter votes to lynch Space Cowgirl
Babyhighspeed votes to lynch Space Cowgirl
Pezevenk votes to lynch Babyhighspeed
jroa votes to lynch boydster
DuckDodgers votes to lynch Space Cowgirl
The mob lynches Babyhighspeed
Night 2:
Albert Wesker is removed from gameplay and existence by way of a few slight technical errors in a standard medical procedure.
Pingu forcibly converts DuckDodgers into a double rain via a denspressure attack.
Day 3:
Shifter votes to lynch Pezevenk
Jane votes to lynch Pezevenk
Space Cowgirl votes to lynch Pezevenk
jroa votes to lynch boydster
boydster votes to lynch Pezevenk
The group lynches Pezevenk.
Night 3:
Chilly Willy spaghetifies Shifter
Day 4:
In progress...