Go Town.  We did it, party time!



Everyone should thank Kokiri, he put a lot of time and effort making sure this game ran smoothly.

@Kokiri - I thought it was a good setup with a cool flavor and you were a fair mod.  I would have liked more frequent and detailed vote count updates (these pretty much stopped altogether after the first day or two.)  I had fun, would play again.

@TENGEN - Very nice job staying under the radar.  Being a serial killer is pretty much the hardest role to win as, and you were one vote away from winning.  You were pretty much pegged as town the entire game and had things shaken out differently you easily could have stole the win.

@Dragonite - An awesome jack of all trades.  If I am correct you took a shot in the dark and nailed a wolf N1, silenced another wolf, and protected me on the night I was attacked by the vig.  3 for 3, on top of that you were a pretty solid townie during the day as well.

@Stinker - Nicely done your intel was quite the turning point.

@BuyAtari - Came in late, but really gave the town the push it needed to secure the win in the second half of this game.

I honestly had the toughest time picking my targets to observe. Night 1, I picked Jax which turned up nil what with him getting eaten. Night 2, I had to look into mattbep to see if his slip was genuine or not, then somehow out him though I knew I wouldn't be able to cover my backside. Night 3, well..I chose JimJames as my target, but I became wolfie chow lol

Fox, I knew you weren't scum somehow..but I didn't think you were the tracker and the vigilante instead. If I'm thinking correctly, there was no "mysterious death" the night before you were stunned and thought I mighta had you pegged given that your tracking attempts turned up nil. Turns out I couldn't have been more wrong! I was kind of stunned when it was revealed that you were indeed the tracker.

Good game everybody. Sure got my brain spinning quite a bit for sure.

Good job choosing Toadbert as your cover story Tengen. If you google "Good terms with Mario" Toadbert shows up on the first page.

^ Yeah it was me who requested that the character names be added to the dead list so I could choose a character that hadn't been played yet. I was merely hoping that I wouldn't pick whatever his role was.

Great game everyone, it was a lot of fun. Generic had my last events sequence down to a T.

Those that were watching the thread on the last day - did anyone believe I was innocent?

Honestly, I had no idea who to believe. Generic being so defensive had me convinced he was the baddy. As far as the rest of the game goes, you did an awesome job playing it off.

Mitch: Thanks so much for the countless hours of entertainment over the past couple of months. It was awesome for you to sacrifice so much of your personal time just so that we could play a game. You deserve a present! What system do you collect for?

YES!!
Generic, I couldn't have done it without you.

Good game guys....but I'm glad it is over!

In my eyes the killer really could have been either one. Everything seemed explainable somehow if I turned the tables. Having a neighbor killed so early saved Generic and the town. That just didn't make any sense to me and I kept coming back to it.

I too wonder what people on the sidelines were thinking the last couple of days.

I thought it was your or Buyatari. I saw Buyatari as someone who was deflecting a lot of his own answers and really interrogating the other players, but if he had been the wolf, I don't think he would've hesitated to choose either you or generic. Generic didn't seem much of a threat, though his angst towards khan didn't help his case either, but I also wasn't paying attention daily, so a lot of info that was there I didn't see.

Good game though. I was entertained just watching. Hope the next round starts soon

If anyone is wondering why I didn't kill Khan sooner, it's because I Googled werewolf rules and saw that it was common that a priest wasn't able to protect the same person twice and that they typically could protect themselves - just not twice.

I knew that wasn't happening when he protected Buyatari twice, but he let his hand slip that he didn't protect himself when he listed who he protected and he said he protected Bronty. That filled in the missing link for me as to who he had been protecting. I had tried to kill fox on a night he was protecting him.

I'm still confused as to why the werewolves didn't kill him as soon as they knew he was the priest. Or when he said he had "special info" he lived through that night!

Yeah, we should have killed off quite a few people sooner. Bronty comes to mind. He was far too aware, active, and clever to have around, but for reasons still not explained he was never taken out by "us".

I learned a lot though and would definitely be interested in another game.

I was actually shocked Ferris was a wolf. I was sure it was Generic or 81. I only voted for him because I thought he was the watcher. I didn't want anyone watching me.

Also, I was going to take out Buyatari pretty early in his time in the game, but he was the best one at figuring things out, so I thought I would keep him around so he would figure out who the wolves were. Oops!

I figured the only way I was still alive was because I didn't mention I couldn't save myself.

And I definitely never protected fox.

I protected Bronty, JimJames, JimJames, Bronty, BuyAtari, BuyAtari, BuyAtari.

Of course, I was wrong about JimJames.  But whatever.

That's weird. I tried to kill him the same night he was caught in the trap. It sad the same thing about a "warm glow" that I got in my denial of assassination of Buyatari. I guess I was also caught in the trap a bit?

The trap must have come before your attack and saved him.

Thanks Mitch for hosting!!

Sorry for breaking the rules, I should have read them a little more closely before playing.

Yes guys, the Shining Light trap is what saved Fox from TENGEN.

@JimJames: I collect primarily for the Nintendo 64, but seeing how much you guys enjoyed the game is its own reward

Also, in the next game I'll make a Private Topic for the dead players. Also, both the Koopas and the Toad masons used Private topcis for their secret discussions. Next game I might standardize that and make all out-of-thread discussions happen in private topics. It allows me to see what everyone is thinking as the game progresses.

I thought the same thing. Because he was of zero use as a tracker. After awhile I just figured that he was a lousy tracker even after I tried to push a vote for him.

I think that was the downfall of a lot of stroger players with powers. They were quick to say, "I'm the tracker!!".

I think the majority of people thought you were innocent. I re-read most of your posts, and there wasn't anything to charge against you. You played very well. The only thing I had against you was the fact that you were saying "look at my vote record" but there were a few inconsistencies with that statement as shown by your lynching of Vectrex. You did push a vote for mattbep but I believe at one point you even unvoted him. I didn't quote it but I should have. I had total faith though, that buyatari2 would make the right choice. Especially because I was able to converse with him in the thread much more because you're in a different time zone and were probably sleeping so you couldn't converse with us at the same time.

Great game many thx Mitch! Really appreciate all your time and effort in making this a great game Sign me up next time too!

I never stood a chance the wolves were scared of me...lol Next time playing off the back burner may be my best bet.

They killed you off quick and with good reason. Bronty I thought they kept alive a bit longer because he was suspected by some. The priest staying alive almost the entire game made no sense. If he wasn't saving me I would have thought he was lying about being the priest. Unless there was a rule that priests were immune from attacks. Never playing the game you don't know what to think. Anything was possible.

So from those who played, was this easy to figure out once you got the hang of it?

It looked like there was a lot of confusion at first. I didn't read all of the posts, but I still don't really get how the game works.

The rules basically meant nothing to me at the beginning. One we started playing, I would go back and reference the rules as they became applicable and it all fell into place. Unfortunately, we made the mistake that cost us the game in that first day (all voting for fox).

For myself, the first half of the game had my head spinning. Although, I did know that we needed to lynch someone at least every game day. Some players didn't want to vote to see who the wolves killed but it was a terrible idea. It was nice having a neighbor in the game because I would have never ever known how the traps worked. If you don't know, my neighbor was a "trap master" and had 3 different traps to set.

Also, some of the voting orders had a string of wolves/potential wolves all voting in a cluster. There were small clues like this but overall a lot of it was a shot in the dark.

I would suspect at the begging it was very hard. Nothing to go on. By the time jumped in, enough had happened to make some leaps of faith. Then it got harder again. Not being able to communicate privately made things difficult. You couldnt form a strategy or express doubt without making it public.

No edits I understood and we allowed them it would have been really hard to understand what was going on. Double posting should have allowed. Perhaps once a day or something. Because if you forgot to add a n't or something dumb you have to wait until the next guy reply to complete or correct you thought.

lol, it came down to the very last vote. So, no, I wouldn't say that it was easy to figure out.

A couple times, people let things slip, but for the most part, the lynches were just a shot in the dark.

Takes a lot of reading and analyzing. The time investment, and not having a night role kinda soured me on it. I probably won't be signing up to play again.

Not my thing, but I'm glad I gave it a go before making up my mind about it. Give it a try, Brian, you might have some fun!