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[101jir]

How about all Masons are Beasts?

Also....Jirry....go join my VTM game...or I'll polymorph you!...into...a thing.

When is it sceduled to start, cause more people are joining Spy Wars now, and I don't know how much time it will take to run. Plus I am still in Mafia. And begining of next semester is coming up. Friday is the last day of this semester. Then there is the matter of applying for finnancial aid for college, which a lot of stuff is getting close to a deadline. If it were to start in, say, 2 weeks, maybe. Although, as i mentioned, Spy Wars may also take some time.

[Lady Tialait]

When is it scheduled to start, cause more people are joining Spy Wars now, and I don't know how much time it will take to run. Plus I am still in Mafia. And beginning of next semester is coming up. Friday is the last day of this semester. Then there is the matter of applying for financial aid for college, which a lot of stuff is getting close to a deadline. If it were to start in, say, 2 weeks, maybe. Although, as i mentioned, Spy Wars may also take some time.

It's late by a few days. I really want to get people together to do it...

[Helgraf]

How about all Masons are Beasts?

Also....Jirry....go join my VTM game...or I'll polymorph you!...into...a thing.

The problem with all masons = beasts is this:
Usually the number of masons is equal or nearly equal to the number of werewolves. So the masons could easily set up a near total wolf team kill by "accidentally" leaking their identities so the wolves would try to take them down. And if the wolves don't try to take them down, they get a free safe network.

In short, it makes the masons way too powerful - either they're an untouchable safe group, or they're an explosives squad that's going to wipe out the wolf population in order to keep from becoming an untouchable safe group.

[Mordokai]

The problem with all masons = beasts is this:
Usually the number of masons is equal or nearly equal to the number of werewolves.

I'll cite WW:Classic VI here again, where the mason:wolf ratio was 1:2.4 and it worked really well. In fact, much better than in the games where the ratio is 1:1, at least in my experience.

[Thufir]

I'll cite WW:Classic VI here again, where the mason:wolf ratio was 1:2.4 and it worked really well. In fact, much better than in the games where the ratio is 1:1, at least in my experience.

One may similarly cite Classics XI and XII.

[Mordokai]

I don't think I played those, so I really can't.

[Lex-Kat]

I played both of those, so I can.

I'll think about trying that ratio in my next Assassins game.

Can I have the 13th of March, please.

[billtodamax]

YES!

*fistpump*

I love Lex's assassin games.

[Lex-Kat]

Yay!! At least one player liked them.

[Murska]

Yay, Assassins! Those games were awesome. Ranked almost right up there with Banjo's games for me.

[Duneyrr]

So, my game Shape-shifters starts on Monday and if we get some more people I think the game will be much more interesting. So far, with only 3 baddies, it will be a pretty standard game; once we get 18 players the game gets much more interesting. Meta-gaming should abound and is very much encouraged, but traditional players should have fun as well (I hope )!

[Lex-Kat]

So, my game Shape-shifters starts on Monday and if we get some more people I think the game will be much more interesting. So far, with only 3 baddies, it will be a pretty standard game; once we get 18 players the game gets much more interesting. Meta-gaming should abound and is very much encouraged, but traditional players should have fun as well (I hope )!

I'm glad I joined this game. It sounds like it'll be fun. I hope others will join as well.

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[Fortuna]

Will someone please review my game idea? I promise that you'll either be something interesting or not be something interesting if you do!

[Thufir]

I don't think I played those, so I really can't.

I played one and narrated the other, so I can.
Basically, XI had a similar ratio to VI, which some people thought was too many wolves. But, queue comparison:

Look at the last 5 Classic games before this one before saying that this game was unbalanced and favouring the wolves. If anything, DM77 made this game a contest rather than a simple game of Can the wolves find the seer?

WW VI: 44 players, 11 wolves, 1 devil, 5 masons: comfortable villager victory (seer survived until near the end)
WW VII: 52 players, 8 wolves, 1 devil, 8 masons: comfortable villager victory (seer survived to the end, 3 autolynched)
WW VIII: 43 players, 7 wolves, 1 devil, 4 masons: wolf wins with 3 left (seer killed day 4, 6 autolynched)
WW IX: 47 players, 8 wolves, 1 devil, 8 masons: comfortable villager victory (seer survived until end, 5 autolynched)
WW X: 45 players, 8 wolves, 1 devil, 6 masons: villager victory by a landslide (seer survived until near the end, 5 autolynched)

As you can see, VI had almost as many wolves and as few masons and yet the result was completely different from this one. It wasn't even the seer that won that game for us, all it took was some great work from Freshmeat and Alarra.

Which is why I then used a similar, though not quite the same, ratio for XII.

Can I have the 13th of March, please.

I assume you mean the 14^th?

Yay!! At least one player liked them.

I'm pretty sure a lot of people liked them. If you recall, that's why we were all up in arms when you said you weren't going to do another one.

[Lex-Kat]

Oh. Caught fishing for compliments. How embarrassing.

[Korias]

Currently moving back into college. Posting will be intermittent at best.

And now I've moved back in. Sure, I'm missing my monitor stand and have the monitor itself propped up on my old text books, but it's all good.

[Qwaz]

Will someone please review my game idea? I promise that you'll either be something interesting or not be something interesting if you do!

I'm not sure I 100% understand it. But then I usually don't with the more complex ones until I'm playing them.

It's interesting how you've given most roles a failure chance. Trust will be very hard to come by in this game

[Duneyrr]

Alright folks, it's the last day to sign up for Shape-shifters! Recruitment ends at 5:00 GMT Monday morning, (That's only 12 hours!) so sign up if your interested! The ideal game size is either 18, 22 or 27 people, so there is still plenty of room for more!

[ThePhantom]

Presenting, The Gamers, Dorkness Rising Werewolf!

Yes, the campaign is being tried again. After failing to defeat Mort Kemnon during the last game, there's new players ready to give it try.

Roles

Good guys

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Brother Silence: A most stubborn monk, who is not an elf. Voider

Sir Orsic: The most noble paladin of the Grand Illuminated Holy Order of Therin. Baner

Daphne: A fighter who's highest stat is her integence, with her other bonuses in dexterity and ◦Charisma. Seer

Luster: A wildmage, who is a sorceress. Likes using Flaming Hand of Firey Doom on NPCs. Sniper

Flynn: A bard who keeps dying. Villager, with one exception. The original Flynn has a one time bane for each five other Flynns dead.

Bad Guys

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Mort Kemnon: An evil necromancer who has discovered an evil artifact, the mask of death. Alpha, and will only stay down when only one other villian is left, or hit by Luster's snipe. Picks team.

Mort Agrippa: A lesser necromancer who governs a town for Mort Kemnon. Devil.

Drazuul: A death demon, very dangerous. Beast

Zombies: The undead. Wolves.

Signing up for Feb 28.

[Matt K]

Probably should have posted this a few days earlier but birthday weekend stuff, I'll be able to check back in tomorrow afternoon (ie in about 16 hours).

And now I'm back with a bunch of reading to do.

[GrlumpTheElder]

I have submitted My Gnomish Plot Werewolf topic.

Recruitment Starts when it is up. Have tried to balance the sides more and may have some secret roles to spice it up :D

Thread is here:
http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=184646

[Fortuna]

Thufir, I think you missed my request for the 14th of February.

[Castaras]

Presenting, The Gamers, Dorkness Rising Werewolf!

Yes, the campaign is being tried again. After failing to defeat Mort Kemnon during the last game, there's new players ready to give it try.

Roles

Good guys

Spoiler

Show

Brother Silence: A most stubborn monk, who is not an elf. Voider

Sir Orsic: The most noble paladin of the Grand Illuminated Holy Order of Therin. Baner

Daphne: A fighter who's highest stat is her integence, with her other bonuses in dexterity and ◦Charisma. Seer

Luster: A wildmage, who is a sorceress. Likes using Flaming Hand of Firey Doom on NPCs. Sniper

Flynn: A bard who keeps dying. Villager, with one exception. The original Flynn has a one time bane for each five other Flynns dead.

Bad Guys

Spoiler

Show

Mort Kemnon: An evil necromancer who has discovered an evil artifact, the mask of death. Alpha, and will only stay down when only one other villian is left, or hit by Luster's snipe. Picks team.

Mort Agrippa: A lesser necromancer who governs a town for Mort Kemnon. Devil.

Drazuul: A death demon, very dangerous. Beast

Zombies: The undead. Wolves.

Signing up for Feb 28.

Goddarnit, I NEED to play this. Damn you!

[ThePhantom]

Thank you.

[Mordokai]

When I first saw the name, I thought it had something to do with Kovalic's Dork Tower. I was mildly dissapointed to see I was wrong.

Now that I think, that might be an interesting game. Any ideas how roles would be placed? Matt and company being a villagers, but who would be wolves?

Or, Matt and company could be wolves and everybody else(aka, the normal folks of Mud Bay) would be villagers. The wolves would be working on making the normal folk as geeky as possible.

Basically, your regular Classic game, with more humorous(and geeky) feel.

[101jir]

Presenting, The Gamers, Dorkness Rising Werewolf!

Yes, the campaign is being tried again. After failing to defeat Mort Kemnon during the last game, there's new players ready to give it try.

Roles

Good guys

Spoiler

Show

Brother Silence: A most stubborn monk, who is not an elf. Voider

Sir Orsic: The most noble paladin of the Grand Illuminated Holy Order of Therin. Baner

Daphne: A fighter who's highest stat is her integence, with her other bonuses in dexterity and ◦Charisma. Seer

Luster: A wildmage, who is a sorceress. Likes using Flaming Hand of Firey Doom on NPCs. Sniper

Flynn: A bard who keeps dying. Villager, with one exception. The original Flynn has a one time bane for each five other Flynns dead.

Bad Guys

Spoiler

Show

Mort Kemnon: An evil necromancer who has discovered an evil artifact, the mask of death. Alpha, and will only stay down when only one other villian is left, or hit by Luster's snipe. Picks team.

Mort Agrippa: A lesser necromancer who governs a town for Mort Kemnon. Devil.

Drazuul: A death demon, very dangerous. Beast

Zombies: The undead. Wolves.

Signing up for Feb 28.

Also....Jirry....go join my VTM game...

Wow, my schedule cleared up, a little, so I was going to post that I might join a game, but with Spy Wars, maybe just one. I think I could join two, if I balanced my time well. I still have some financial aid to go through, so I don't know. I think I will give both a try under one condition: Tialait and phantom join Spy Wars. Deal?

[ThePhantom]

Okay then.

[Tasroth]

Can I reserve a slot for March 7th please.

[Thufir]

OK, and I'm claiming the Feb 7 spot for myself. I swear I'll come up with the rules in time this time.

[Qwaz]

Less than a week until Breaking the 4th Wall begins.

Plenty more room so I want to see everyone i've ever accused, pointed at or PM'd sign up