[Mafia] Talkhaus Invasion and Ice Cream Discussion Thread
- Willhart
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Re: Talkhaus Werewolf and Ice Cream (Vote for the theme!)
I'll participate too.
Re: Talkhaus Werewolf and Ice Cream (Vote for the theme!)
Just over a day left to join up and vote for the theme!
Re: Talkhaus Invasion and Ice Cream [Mafia]
The theme vote has been finished, it seems we're going with a Talkhaus Invasion. I'll set up the roles and do some final preparations, and will hopefully PM them out tomorrow.
Once the roles are sent out, I will open a new thread for the game. Once that thread is open, the game begins. Days will last 24 hours, in which players can vote for who to ban (execute) that day. If no consensus is reached, no-one will be banned. At the end of each day, I will post a "lock" message while I prepare that day's update post. Votes after the lock message will not be counted. The update post will contain the events and outcomes of the previous day, and once that has been posted, the next day begins. This will continue until one team is the winner.
I'm looking forward to playing with all of you!
Once the roles are sent out, I will open a new thread for the game. Once that thread is open, the game begins. Days will last 24 hours, in which players can vote for who to ban (execute) that day. If no consensus is reached, no-one will be banned. At the end of each day, I will post a "lock" message while I prepare that day's update post. Votes after the lock message will not be counted. The update post will contain the events and outcomes of the previous day, and once that has been posted, the next day begins. This will continue until one team is the winner.
I'm looking forward to playing with all of you!
Re: [Mafia] Talkhaus Invasion and Ice Cream Discussion Thread
Roles are on their way. Remember, the game doesn't start until the main thread is up (I'll link to it from here).
EDIT: Roles have now been sent out! These were chosen by a random number generator. I'll now begin setting up the first post.
The game has begun: viewtopic.php?f=13&t=15469&p=264223#p264223
EDIT: Roles have now been sent out! These were chosen by a random number generator. I'll now begin setting up the first post.
The game has begun: viewtopic.php?f=13&t=15469&p=264223#p264223
Re: [Mafia] Talkhaus Invasion and Ice Cream Discussion Thread
As there seems to be some concern in the game thread, I'm putting this here:
It seems the way I play Mafia on forums is slightly different from what most people are used to. I tend to not tell people the roles that are available, and what their abilities are. I find this produces a much more interesting mid-game, when people start working out what's going on, and I've found it leads to a more entertaining game as a result. I will of course inform players when a team has been wiped out and the game ended, and roles will be revealed when players are banned. From that, it's possible to at least estimate the number of remaining members of each team.
However, as some have noticed, the first day does usually end up a bit more difficult than usual because of this. Remember, you can always vote for no-one to be banned at the end of the day if you're not sure.
It seems the way I play Mafia on forums is slightly different from what most people are used to. I tend to not tell people the roles that are available, and what their abilities are. I find this produces a much more interesting mid-game, when people start working out what's going on, and I've found it leads to a more entertaining game as a result. I will of course inform players when a team has been wiped out and the game ended, and roles will be revealed when players are banned. From that, it's possible to at least estimate the number of remaining members of each team.
However, as some have noticed, the first day does usually end up a bit more difficult than usual because of this. Remember, you can always vote for no-one to be banned at the end of the day if you're not sure.
- Willhart
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Re: [Mafia] Talkhaus Invasion and Ice Cream Discussion Thread
It probably favors the mafia somewhat, but I guess it is not a big deal if it makes the game more interesting.
Re: [Mafia] Talkhaus Invasion and Ice Cream Discussion Thread
There are other thing's I've done which help to counterbalance, which should come to light in time. I've played games with exactly these rules before, and they do tend to be very close games, though both sides certainly have a good chance.Willhart wrote:It probably favors the mafia somewhat, but I guess it is not a big deal if it makes the game more interesting.
- TheVulpineHero1
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Re: [Mafia] Talkhaus Invasion and Ice Cream Discussion Thread
Dangit. Was looking forward to a nice game of maf. Ah well. Not sure if we're allowed last words, so I'll put it here -- good luck, townhausers!
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Re: [Mafia] Talkhaus Invasion and Ice Cream Discussion Thread
Once you've been taken out of play, feel free to continue discussion of the game in this thread. I only ask that ex-players not divulge hidden knowledge of the game until it has finished, for obvious reasons.TheVulpineHero1 wrote:Dangit. Was looking forward to a nice game of maf. Ah well. Not sure if we're allowed last words, so I'll put it here -- good luck, townhausers!
I always dislike the first day. I just feels a bit harsh to kick someone out immediately.
- TheVulpineHero1
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Re: [Mafia] Talkhaus Invasion and Ice Cream Discussion Thread
Ah well. Probably should have been somewhat quieter d1, if I'm honest; the fact that they got both me and Raekul, who were some of the more detailed contributors to the discussion, probably indicates they were just looking for easy targets. That said, I got tripped up by the meta forum aspect -- I tend to theorycraft a lot, regardless of whether I'm town, maf, blue, power role, or what. I enjoy the game more that way, and if I suddenly stopped doing it, it'd look weird and could cast suspicion on me.
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- TheVulpineHero1
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Re: [Mafia] Talkhaus Invasion and Ice Cream Discussion Thread
Day and night abilities were strange this game. You had to pick a target during the day, and then the ability would take effect the following night (if I'm understanding the rules correctly). I'm not sure what kind of priority the night activation would have had versus the maf kills, but I'd like to think they'd have gone off beforehand.raekuul wrote:Um, I had NO chance to use my night ability. I didn't even know Night had happened until I logged in today and saw that I was dead.
Bad form, that.
raekuul's post made me think -- would it be possible to maybe ping the remaining players using the quote system when the game switches between night and day phases? I found it really convenient when we were all quote-unqoute 'summoned' for the start of the game.Hoeloe wrote:TheVulpineHero1 wrote:
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- raekuul
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Re: [Mafia] Talkhaus Invasion and Ice Cream Discussion Thread
So in practice this is a Deep South game.
Good thing that was made abundantly clear well in advance.
Good thing that was made abundantly clear well in advance.
Re: [Mafia] Talkhaus Invasion and Ice Cream Discussion Thread
I wasn't aware that was a specific thing. This is just how I've always played it. The versions of the game I've played, both online and in real life, only have the nights consist of people choosing their powers. I find there's little point in having a whole night period for this, since more or less no discussion happens during the night, and I assumed (apparently wrongly) that this was usually the case. Functionally, delayed nightless Mafia (this game) is little different from the day-night setup, just a little more streamlined for a system that allows private messaging. Powers are submitted to me at any time during the day, and are activated in a pre-determined order the following night. This was written in the rules on the main post, and in your power description, but perhaps could have been interpreted differently to how they were intended, so I apologise for that.raekuul wrote:So in practice this is a Deep South game.
Good thing that was made abundantly clear well in advance.
Sorry for any misunderstanding. As I said before, I've run this on a few forums before, and I've never had issues with this sort of thing. If I run another game, I'll make sure to post the rules in the sign-up thread, to make sure everyone is clear on how the game is played before it starts. Sorry again.
I will do a ping now, and add the ping summon to each day.
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Re: [Mafia] Talkhaus Invasion and Ice Cream Discussion Thread
I think one of the main points of having a separate night phase, especially during a forum game with people from all over the world who are likely to be asleep at certain times, is so people can take into account everything that's been said during the day before deciding who to use powers on. If there's no night phase, it means that people have to decide during the day and may therefore miss an important piece of information near the end of the day. Say the doc decides he's going to protect Fred that night, but then Bob claims cop near the end of the day. If the doc happened to be away near the end of the day due to work, sleep, school or other commitments, he'd be unable to take Bob's claim into consideration.
Re: [Mafia] Talkhaus Invasion and Ice Cream Discussion Thread
That's a fair point, and not one I've considered. If I run another game, I may try one with a night phase to see how things compare. I'm sorry for any problems - I've never seen this discussion come up before, and I've run and played quite a few games on different forums, so it came as a bit of a surprise. I've seen it played many times, and they usually use the nightless system in my experience. I assumed this was how it was generally done.Falky wrote:I think one of the main points of having a separate night phase, especially during a forum game with people from all over the world who are likely to be asleep at certain times, is so people can take into account everything that's been said during the day before deciding who to use powers on. If there's no night phase, it means that people have to decide during the day and may therefore miss an important piece of information near the end of the day. Say the doc decides he's going to protect Fred that night, but then Bob claims cop near the end of the day. If the doc happened to be away near the end of the day due to work, sleep, school or other commitments, he'd be unable to take Bob's claim into consideration.
- Willhart
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Re: [Mafia] Talkhaus Invasion and Ice Cream Discussion Thread
Not really, no. I don't see a problem with that.raekuul wrote:Does anyone else see a problem with the fact that someone who hasn't played Mafia on this forum at all was able to spot scum from a single untell?
Re: [Mafia] Talkhaus Invasion and Ice Cream Discussion Thread
Oh no I'm deaaaaaaaaad. =(
Ah well, I'm just happy my post-moving thing did something. I took somebody down with me. =D
Ah well, I'm just happy my post-moving thing did something. I took somebody down with me. =D
- Vergalon
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Re: [Mafia] Talkhaus Invasion and Ice Cream Discussion Thread
*manafests*
Is this where you go to get your ghost designation?
Is this where you go to get your ghost designation?
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Re: [Mafia] Talkhaus Invasion and Ice Cream Discussion Thread
The role you had reminds me a lot of the Hunter role in Werewolf, where you can shoot somebody if you die.sedron wrote:Oh no I'm deaaaaaaaaad. =(
Ah well, I'm just happy my post-moving thing did something. I took somebody down with me. =D
I always shot my friends and vice-versa, and that led to a victory for the townspeople once. Good times.
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Re: [Mafia] Talkhaus Invasion and Ice Cream Discussion Thread
I'll have to talk more about the role when the game is over. I have spoilers. =P
- Vergalon
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Re: [Mafia] Talkhaus Invasion and Ice Cream Discussion Thread
you could always put [REDACTED] in place of any names that would be spoiler-y :3
Re: [Mafia] Talkhaus Invasion and Ice Cream Discussion Thread
The Talkhaus is gonna lose this one, it seems like a foregone conclusion at this point. =/