Werewolf 7: Batman - Harley Quinn's Revenge SIGN-UP THREAD!

[behemos | 757]

31 minutes ago, Gloves said:

Okay. Not THAT cool. 

[KokiriChild | 1,644]

17 hours ago, Wasg13 said:

I feel like as the guy that totally derailed the last batman game, I should make my return to this one. I guess real question becomes if I can find the time, know we got a couple weeks before the start up of game but let me see how the next couple weeks goes and see if I got the time. Don't think so but can try.

Welcome back, my dude. 

At the current rate of sign-ups, I'll include you for now and if you need to drop when we actually get started, so be it. 

Excited to have you return to us!!

[KokiriChild | 1,644]

Where's my dudes @fox and @FireHazard51 at?

[MagusSmurf | 577]

I guess change me to a full player but note I'll be returning from a short vacation on the 18th and may be catching up on work and dealing with some unusual circumstances the few days after that. So while we don't have the precise start date yet, don't count on me doing much Day 1.

[fcgamer | 4,754]

Sign me up ... I guess? Never done one of these before, I'm scared as hell, but I heard it might be fun...

[Reed Rothchild | 9,588]

FUCK.  I guess I'll join.  Only because @JamesRobot@Murray are here.  And because I expect @fcgamer to be a trainwreck create a scene.

I'll be as disengaged as possible so don't @ me with all of the "Reed is playing differently this time" malarky

[ZeldaFreak | 3,619]

17 minutes ago, fcgamer said:

Sign me up ... I guess? Never done one of these before, I'm scared as hell, but I heard it might be fun...

Seems like there's a lot of newcomers to Werewolf here (which is great to see) so I'll copy-paste my explanation from the previous sign-ups thread to hopefully give you guys a decent idea of what you're in for Pretty long explanation, but it goes pretty in depth so it should cover just about everything you should expect.

On 5/30/2021 at 6:34 PM, Jeevan said:

werewolf is like a who done it type game kinda......basically a group of folks are the wolves and it is up to town to decide who to eliminate that night through a vote, or not, and then night time happens where possible night actions occur if anyone has it, i.e. wolves kill someone, a bodyguard or doctor protects someone, a person tracks or investigates someone.  But if the town eliminates all the wolves, then they win, or if the wolves eliminate enough that they can't be voted out, then they win.  Since you are in the club now, you can look over the old games and see what you think.  Feel free to ask questions if need be.  Most of the folks here are vets and can be very helpful in answering questions.

I'll add on to this with my own explanation to hopefully give any new players a decent grasp on what it's all about. Essentially, Werewolf, like Jeevan said, is a who done it game. Wikipedia calls it a "social deduction game." In Werewolf, there are two main parties: First, there are the Townies/Villagers, who make up the majority of the player base. These are the good guys, and their goal is to deduce who all of the Wolves are, and eliminate them all, at which point they win the game. If the townies win, then all townies win, even the ones who were eliminated. Then there are the Wolves, who make up a much smaller portion of the player base. Normally 3 to 4, possibly as many as 5 or 6 in larger setups depending on the amount of players. These are the baddies, and their goal is to secretly eliminate townies up to the point that there are an equal number of townies and wolves left in the game, at which point, they win. So, if there's 2 wolves left, they need to eliminate townies until there are only 2 townies left, at which point they win. Sometimes there are also Independents/Indies. These guys are on neither the wolf nor townie sides, they have their own unique win conditions which vary from game to game, and they usually number even fewer than the wolves, normally only one or two. Indies are bad for both the townies and the wolves most of the time, and they're usually pretty hard to catch due to how few of them there are.

Everyone is dealt a role in secret at the very start of the game so you know which faction you're on, townie, wolf, or indie. Wolves (and sometimes Indies, if there are multiple in play at once) have their own secret chat in addition to the public thread, which is usually in the form of a PM thread. This allows them to freely conspire behind the scenes free from the view of any other players. Townies (and usually Indies if they are alone) are normally dropped right in to the game with no secret PM threads however, meaning their only source of information and communication with other players is via the public thread.

As such, wolves know who the other wolves are and can communicate freely with them, however the townies know nothing.

The game is split up in to two different phases, a Day phase and a Night phase. During the day phase, every player has a set amount of time to communicate in the public thread and any private threads they're a part of. For a townie, your objective is to try and suss out who the wolves and indie(s) are. Again, your only source of information as a townie is what people say in the public thread, so you oftentimes have to pay very close attention to what people say and look for any kind of a slip up from one of the wolves. As a wolf or indie, your objective during the Day phase is to try to communicate in the public thread so as not to draw suspicion to yourself, but not give the townies any reason for them to believe you are a wolf. Your objective is to blend in, more or less, not give any of the other players any reason to suspect you. Obviously there are different play styles ranging from very quiet and subtle to explosively bombastic, but that's the basic gist of it.

Before the Day phase ends, everyone can vote on someone who they want to Eliminate (however you're not required to if you don't want to.) Usually, this comes in the form of, somewhere in your post, saying something like VOTE: Jeevan. This will lock in your vote for that player unless you say UNVOTE: Jeevan or vote for somebody else, at which point your vote will be retracted. Usually it's also best to explain why you're voting for that person in your post unless you want people drawing suspicions on you for voting for someone with no prior explanation, haha. Once any given player reaches a certain number of votes, the Day phase instantly ends and that person is eliminated, at which point their role, and which party they were a part of is publicly revealed. If nobody reaches the criteria for the amount of votes needed for an elimination, or if enough people vote to not eliminate anyone (which is usually an option) then the Day phase will simply end without an elimination.

After the Day phase comes the Night phase. During the Night phase, nobody is allowed to communicate whatsoever in the public thread. So, if you're a townie with no PM threads of any kind, you have no idea what's going on behind the scenes other than what your gut is telling you, and other than what was said in the public thread. Wolves can still communicate privately during the Night phase. The Night phase is both when the wolves nightkill anyone of their choosing, and when any power townies or wolves can decide to use any powers of their choosing.

What I mean by "powers" is, in addition to regular "Vanilla Townies/VTs" who are just normal townies with no powers, there are also so called Power Townies, who generally have some sort of a power in addition to being a Townie. A few examples of this would be a Doctor, who can choose someone to protect and, in the event that the wolves attempt to night kill that person, that person won't die. Another example could be a Tracker, who can choose someone to follow, and in the event that the person they're following does something during the night, such as attempt a night kill, the Tracker is informed that something happened. It's up to each individual Power Townie if and when they want to reveal what their role is, and any information they've gathered, as Power Townies are the wolves' number 1 targets, so if they reveal what their role is, it paints an incredibly massive target on their back.

In addition, Wolves oftentimes have powers of their own, such as a Roleblocker, who can block any townie's attempt at a night action. A basic example of a Night phase could be this:

The wolves know who the Doctor is, as they revealed themselves the previous day phase. They could simply kill the Doctor, however the wolves have a roleblocker, so rather than do that, they can simply Roleblock the Doctor for this Night phase and not have to worry about it. So, the Wolf Roleblocker roleblocks the Doctor so the Doctor cannot use their ability to save anyone for that Night phase. After that, the Wolves choose a target to go after and nightkill that person. Generally, the wolves have to choose a specific wolf to execute the nightkill. Well, unlucky for them, the Tracker just so happens to follow the wolf who executes the kill, and is informed that that person did something during the night. The next Day phase, the person who was night killed is made public, and their role and party is revealed. They were a Vanilla Townie. Immediately the Tracker reveals themselves, and explains that the person they followed the previous night did something, and that they believe that person is the one who executed the night kill, and as such, is a wolf. After some discussion ensues (since wolves are perfectly capable of lying about having a role like this) the town agrees to vote off the person the Tracker followed, and they turn out to be a Wolf. The Tracker knows that this will make them Target #1 for the wolves, however they know that even if they die this Night phase, it was for the greater good as that reveal outed a wolf, and as such benefited the townies massively.

Lot of stuff to keep track of there, but that sort of gives you a general idea of the web of actions that happen during a Night phase, especially in larger games. It's fairly complex to explain, but you'll get the hang of it pretty quick.

So, in summary:

Factions: Townies (Vanilla Townies, Power Townies,) Wolves, Indies.

Townies' goal is to figure out who the wolves and indies are via public discourse and eliminate them, Wolves' goal is to eliminate townies to the point that there are an equal number of townies and wolves alive, Indies' goal varies, but generally their goal is to simply survive, among other things.

Day phase: Public communication, and private communication for the wolves.

Night phase: Public communication ceases, power townies can choose to use their abilities, wolves choose who to nightkill, and if they want to use any abilities they have as well.

If anyone has any further questions on how it works, feel free to ask me or any of the other more experienced players.

[Murray | 2,449]

Vote: hybrid

[JamesRobot | 5,837]

TLDR

1 hour ago, ZeldaFreak said:

VOTE: Jeevan

Gotcha!

[KokiriChild | 1,644]

Just 6 more spots left, get 'em while they're hot!!

[Reed Rothchild | 9,588]

@ZeldaFreak What the fuck, who's gonna read all that shit?  Werewolf obfuscation: drown us in "helpful info" to get on people's good sides. Can't fool me. 

[Makar | 1,949]

1 minute ago, Reed Rothchild said:

@ZeldaFreak What the fuck, who's gonna read all that shit?  Werewolf obfuscation: drown us in "helpful info" to get on people's good sides. Can't fool me. 

Ngl I didn’t read 95% of his posts last game. I simply do not have the time for that. There’s a way to portray info in a concise manner. 

[ZeldaFreak | 3,619]

8 minutes ago, Reed Rothchild said:

@ZeldaFreak What the fuck, who's gonna read all that shit?  Werewolf obfuscation: drown us in "helpful info" to get on people's good sides. Can't fool me. 

https://wiki.mafiascum.net/index.php?title=Game_of_Mafia There, that better?

6 minutes ago, Makar said:

Ngl I didn’t read 95% of his posts last game. I simply do not have the time for that. There’s a way to portray info in a concise manner. 

You didn't need to, we had the Mason chat, haha.

Trying to play to the crowd I see, I didn't hear a single complaint about my longer posts from you as that game was happening, but now that people have brought it up you're gonna be like "Oh yeah I always hated that"?

VOTE: Makar

[Gloves | 11,841]

Just now, ZeldaFreak said:

https://wiki.mafiascum.net/index.php?title=Game_of_Mafia There, that better?

You didn't need to, we had the Mason chat, haha.

Trying to play to the crowd I see, I didn't hear a single complaint about my longer posts from you as that game was happening, but now that people have brought it up you're gonna be like "Oh yeah I always hated that"?

VOTE: Makar

That's one thing I wasn't happy to see - a 4 man mason chat. 

PLAY IN THE DAMN THREAD WITH THE REST OF US! 

[ZeldaFreak | 3,619]

Just now, Gloves said:

That's one thing I wasn't happy to see - a 4 man mason chat. 

PLAY IN THE DAMN THREAD WITH THE REST OF US! 

Hey don't blame us, blame Jeevan, he's the one who thought that was a good idea, haha.

[Gloves | 11,841]

1 minute ago, ZeldaFreak said:

Hey don't blame us, blame Jeevan, he's the one who thought that was a good idea, haha.

I 100% blame Jeevan! 

[Makar | 1,949]

5 minutes ago, ZeldaFreak said:

https://wiki.mafiascum.net/index.php?title=Game_of_Mafia There, that better?

You didn't need to, we had the Mason chat, haha.

Trying to play to the crowd I see, I didn't hear a single complaint about my longer posts from you as that game was happening, but now that people have brought it up you're gonna be like "Oh yeah I always hated that"?

VOTE: Makar

Lol that’s why I didn’t read them. I’m just giving you a hard time. If I wasn’t on your team I would’ve read them. Just would’ve taken me a bit. 

[Reed Rothchild | 9,588]

AKG AKZF(s)

[ZeldaFreak | 3,619]

6 minutes ago, Reed Rothchild said:

AKG AKZF(s)

AKO after last game

[Hammerfestus | 3,890]

You guys type mason chat and I read manson chat.  

[behemos | 757]

1 hour ago, Makar said:

Lol that’s why I didn’t read them. I’m just giving you a hard time. If I wasn’t on your team I would’ve read them. Just would’ve taken me a bit. 

I read them all

[RH | 4,980]

17 minutes ago, behemos said:

I read them all

[ZeldaFreak | 3,619]

Well now I'm gonna make even longer posts just to spite you all

[RH | 4,980]

Just now, ZeldaFreak said:

Well now I'm gonna make even longer posts just to spite you all

Not worried.

[RH | 4,980]

Ok, I'm willing to be bumped to first string, but only if I can 100% respond in memes and gifs.