Secret Message

[King_of_GRiffins]

I recently got the idea of a small game based on spying and sending secret messages, and here's a the simple idea I came up with. I'm curious on expanding it in either player number or rules, but I need to test it first. I do expect this to go quickly though.

Rules
Everyone has 3 roles of Sender, Receiver, and Spy

Sender: Everyone must send a message to another player (designated at game start). Only the Receiver should get this information. If anyone Spies on your message and makes a post clearly stating your messages information other than the receiver, you fail.

Receiver: Everyone is supposed to receive a message. If you understand it, post the information in it clearly. You cannot win until you understand the message sent to you.

Spy: You must read and understand the message of a designated Sender, and post the information clearly before the receiver understands and posts the information. If you do not do this before the receiver, you fail.

Win Condition: You must successfully send a secret message that is understood by the recipient before it is spied upon, and read the secret message sent to you. Multiple winners are possible.

Additional:
-All messages must be public; post all messages in this thread only
-Everyone will receive a prompt when the game starts
-The game ends when all messages are either understood or spied upon
-You're free to spy on any message you like, but only your target matters for winning the game
-Once you have posted, I will confirm if you're information is correct.

-When posting understood information as a receiver or spy, format it as

I understand; I have spied/received the following,
(any relevant)
Name:<info>
Location:<info>
Purpose:<info>

I'm going to do this with only 4 people. Positions given in posting order.

[Mordokai]

I guess I'm interested in this.

[Trixie]

I'd like to try this.

[Fortuna]

Could be fun.

[rakkoon]

Would love to if the game starts next Monday (long weekend ahead and this seems like a game in which you need to be fast). If someone else want to play first, be my guest

[King_of_GRiffins]

Alright, this looks good then. I'll work on sending a PM to everyone on what information they're sending and looking for, and we'll begin posting on monday.

[Trixie]

So, it's Monday now, can I ask for an example of the message so that I don't make any mistakes?

[rakkoon]

Here I'll give you mine, no wait....

I have the feeling that this game will start at midnight and will be over by the time I wake up. We'll see

[King_of_GRiffins]

Posting can begin at any time now. I'll give an example to help get things started.

Player A wants to tell Player B that he has a kitten.
Name: Fuzzems
Purpose: to be cute.

Player A posts

Player B:
Gixxr,d od ,u vsy/ jr od viyr/

Player B
Player B realizes that the above is a shift of one character to the right on an qwerty keyboard and deciphers it as "Fuzzems is my cat. he is cute." and posts

I understand, I have received the following from A;
Name: Fuzzems
Purpose: Cute

Player C may try to decipher the message before B, preventing A from winning.

Hopefully that helps a little.

[Trixie]

How many messages/hints we're allowed?

[King_of_GRiffins]

How many messages/hints we're allowed?

As many as you want to give, and as many as the other players want to give; there is no limit as long as the goal sending the message is accomplished within the thread.

[Trixie]

Ok. So... Shall we begin?

[King_of_GRiffins]

It's already begun, go ahead.

[rakkoon]

Sooo, I would like to see you guys in the following city

Trixie
Where slater and stretch met each other

Mordokai
Where the stadium is of the animal that Havelock Veterinari learned his camouflage from

Random_person
Where there is a small boy peeing in public all year long

[Fortuna]

No clue. Sorry.

EDIT: Fine. Time for aruedfaucgiety.

Ziza Ludba si eman ym. Aibara Iduas, Kubat.

[rakkoon]

Random, it has a metallic structure made of balls

Also if anyone of you speaks afrikaans or Swahili this game could be over much faster

[Fortuna]

...

Sure. Still no clue, and Google is still unhelpful. But I think that you should decode and post the message that I left for you.

[rakkoon]

Oh for me?
I understand that you are Abdul Aziz from Tabuk in Saudi Arabia

If I google peeing boy it's the first hit actually. He's also called "Pee-pee Boy"

[Fortuna]

Dammit, I somehow suspect that my solution (waiting until we're the only two people online) is not really playing fair.

At any rate, are you familiar with a cipher about Popes?

[rakkoon]

Yeah, I was afraid I'd be the only one in this timezone and the game would be finished by the time I logged on. Now we seem to have another problem, that is nobody is spying on us. Ah well.

Whatever do you mean, my fellow Arcadian?

[Trixie]

Ok, time for my message:

I'm a jolly man named Andrew [1] and I'm a Major of [2]. Can you tell who I am?

Mordokai: [1] Second name of the 48th president, city of his birth.

Rakkon: Second king of Venice, his favorite pasttime.

Random Person: Cape of Marlborough, what science studies English Bills?

[Trixie]

Sooo, I would like to see you guys in the following city

Trixie
Where slater and stretch met each other

The ground? :P

Mordokai
Where the stadium is of the animal that Havelock Veterinari learned his camouflage from

Vetinari, unless that's a clue in itself. Dammit, I don't have that book on me :/

Random_person
Where there is a small boy peeing in public all year long

Would that be Manneken Pis, in Brussels?

[Trixie]

No clue. Sorry.

EDIT: Fine. Time for aruedfaucgiety.

Ziza Ludba si eman ym. Aibara Iduas, Kubat.

Refuge in audacity, eh?

So, you're the King, eh? Sorry, blank besides that.

[rakkoon]

No, not at all Trixie. Wrong continent random where are you?

I understand, you are the major of the Tikrit District in Iraq and your name is Andrew Reading ?

Mmm, I'm beginning to doubt that

[Trixie]

Random where are you?

Yeah, I sort of need him too :P

BTW, Tikrit District? What?

[Trixie]

No, not at all Trixie. Wrong continent

Well, there are variants in Orlando, NA, Tokushima, Japan, and Rio de Janeiro, SA, but I doubt they would be first hit in google :P

[rakkoon]

There is no American 48th president, the latest one is Obama who is often mistaken for the 48th, whose middle name is Hussein, whose counterpart was born in Iraq.

I may have jumped the gun there a bit

[Trixie]

...

Anyone?

I tailored my questions for your background, guys, and you don't even want to guess?

[King_of_GRiffins]

Well, as of so far, Random Person has succesfully sent his message and is immune to spying now. Congrats to that. Still need to succesfully spy.

Rakkoons guess at Trixie's mesage is not correct.

@Random - Waiting is, as far as I've laid out the rules, a fair solution; what matters is that they stated they understood first. I suppose I am relying on the honor system of not arranging that through a messenger and doing it within a few seconds; perhaps I should make a rule for this.

[Fortuna]

Wait, you tailored your question for my background? Because I've no clue.