Werewolf Signup Topic

[Remington]

So, another forum I browse started playing a game called Werewolf a couple of weeks ago. It involves plotting, mob mentality, paranoia (tons and tons) and secrecy.  It's also called Mafia in some places.


We need around 25 people to play the game. 2 werewolves are selected at random by the Narrator (me), along with one Psychic. The rest of the players are normal villagers. The werewolves know who their fellow lycanthropes are, but the villagers are completely uninformed. Neither the villagers nor the werewolves know who the Psychic is. The Narrator announces who has been killed/lynched and coordinates the game, but is not a player per se.

The three wolves are distinguished by names:
Wolf Fenrir
Wolf Ulric

The game is divided into "day" and "night" cycles, which are usually 24 hours each. The extended days are so that members from different timezones can participate equally.


Villagers

For the Villagers, the aim is to kill all the Wolves. At the outset of the game, the Villagers do not know who the Wolves are; it is up to them to figure it out.

The Villagers can vote to 'lynch' someone they suspect of being a wolf during the day cycle of the game. To do so, they must secure a certain number of votes (50% - 60%, the exact number will be declared at the beginning of the day). Wolves can participate in the discussion and vote as well, because the villager don't know who they are. People who have already died in the course of the game are not allowed to talk during the day (only during the night), and hence cannot vote.

The Psychic 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 Wolf. The Psychic sends me a PM, and I tell him/her whether or not that player is a wolf. What the Psychic does with that information is completely up to them.

An important note as well: If the villagers win, ALL of the villagers win (including the dead ones). Because dead villagers (and wolves) can post during the night, being killed does not necessarily mean the game is over for you.


Wolves

The Wolves win when they have reduced the villagers down to a 3:1 ratio. Once this ratio is reached, the wolves will overrun the town and kill all remaining villagers. This means that if both wolves are alive, they will win when only 6 villagers remain (8 people total).

Unlike the villagers, each Wolf knows who all the other Wolves are. Every night, a Wolf can send me a PM telling me who they want to kill, and then that person will be killed. The Wolves take it in turns: Wolf Fenrir the first night, Wolf Ulric the second. On the third night, it is Wolf Fenrir's turn again. If a wolf dies, the wolves do not lose a turn. The following morning, I will reveal who was killed.

The revealing of who has been killed/lynched will be in the format of short stories (250 words or less). I'll do my best to keep up creatively with the killings, although if I come up short I'll recycle scenes from the other forum this game was being played on.




So, what do you guys think? It's a lot of fun, and I think it would make for a very interesting game (especially on this forum), but we do need a fair number of people. Post in this thread to sign up or give feedback (we can adjust the rules if necessary), and I'll make the actual game thread later if we get enough people.

[Remington]

Sign-Up List:
1. JohNyx
2. Chief Uwachiquen
3. Shrunkenheadspace
4. ThatGreenGentleman
5. Herbertina Merrique V
6. Cainad
7. Saint Bourgeoise
8. Mistress Freeky
9. Gin
10. Iason Ouabache
11. Cain
12. Dr. James Semaj
13. Slanket
14. Pesky Nonvoting Screeching
15. Rumckle

*Registration for Round 1 is closed*

[The Johnny]

Id like to join  

[Fredfredly ⊂(◉‿◉)つ]

um isnt this an IRL game?

[The Johnny]

It was, in medieval times.

[Remington]

um isnt this an IRL game?

It works pretty well online as well. The option of communicating secretly with other members (via PM or IRC) complicates it a fair deal. Also, with the online version you can't pick up on body language or anything like that. Your decisions (who's a werewolf, who's not) are based solely on what people say and how they've voted/acted. It adds a lot of new dynamics to the game, in my opinion.

[Chief Uwachiquen]

Fuck it, it sounds amusing. Sign my ass up.

[President Television]

Some people played this a couple years back on another forum that I visit. I wanted to join, but I never managed to sign up on time. Sign me up, bucko.

[LMNO]

Kill everyone. The only way to save the forum is to destroy it. Call in the napalm strikes.



Game over.

[Remington]

Kill everyone. The only way to save the forum is to destroy it. Call in the napalm strikes.



Game over.

It's possible to win as the villagers. Especially if the psychic survives for any appreciable length of time.

The thing about the psychic is that the longer he survives, the more dangerous he gets.

[Cain]

The psychic would be far more dangerous if they could use mind bullets.  Or open a rip in the fabric of time and space to allow Chaos-mutated creatures from the Warp to pass through.

[Cainad (dec.)]

Kill everyone. The only way to save the forum is to destroy it. Call in the napalm strikes.



Game over.

It's possible to win as the villagers. Especially if the psychic survives for any appreciable length of time.

The thing about the psychic is that the longer he survives, the more dangerous he gets.

And he stays alive longer if the werewolves don't find out who he is. Something for the player to keep in mind.

[ThatGreenGentleman]

Sounds interesting,I want to play! 

[Remington]

Sounds interesting,I want to play! 

Consider yourself enrolled 

[Herbertina Merrique V]

Aaw, I've played this on several forums before.  I'm in!