Succession Mafia (OVER!)

[Mr. Flay]

News story about the massacre in downtown Cerenzia, 23 agosto 2010

Inside the Calagesi villa, Cerenzia, Italy:

The doors are barred, the shades are drawn. Even in the best of times the Calagesi estate is a well-decorated fortress, and this is far from the best of times. After yesterday's massacre, the family and employees of Don Bastiano Calagesi are divided on what to do next. The Don's sons want to inherit the Family Business and take over the

'ndrina

; most of you just want to move on with your lives. Where do your allegiances lie, and can you actually make your dreams come true?

Mobsters still in the building:

1. Chronopie
   (Carla,

   Recruited Moll

   )
   
   
2. inHimshallibe
   Katsuki
   Darox
   (Zito,

   Recruited Goon

   )
   
   
3. animorpherv1
   Flameaxe
   (Vittorio,

   Son of Bastiano Calagesti

   )
   
   
4. Lord Gurgi
   (Leone,

   Recruited Goon

   )
   
   
5. Porochaz
   (Ysabel,

   Recruited Moll

   )
   
   
6. ReaperCharlie
   (Raul,

   Recruited Enforcer

   )
   
   
7. TheLonging
   singersigner
   (Eduardo,

   Recruited Loose Cannon

   )
   
   
8. Yosarian2
   (Tirone,

   Recruited Goon

   )

Sleeping with the fishes:

• Furcolow (
  Niccolò,

  Unrecruited Enforcer
  ), was taken down Day One.
  
• dramonic (
  Dante,

  Unrecruited Bodyguard
  ), was murdered Night One.
  
• zwetschenwasser (
  Gianni,

  Unrecruited Loose Cannon
  ), was executed Night One.
  
• Faraday (
  Martino,

  Unrecruited Goon
  ), was shot down Day Two.
  
• Seraphim
  Me=Weird (
  Ignazio,

  Recruited Goon
  ), was assassinated Night Two.
  
• Friend (
  Juliano,

  Unrecruited Goon
  ), was blown away Day Three.
  
• Nobody died Night Three.
  
• gandalf5166 (
  Agostino,

  Unrecruited Goon
  ), was killed very late on Day Four.
  
• ooba (
  Onofrio,

  Unrecruited Loose Cannon
  ), was slain during Night Four.
  
• Erg0
  Quagmire (
  Porfirio,

  Son of Bastiano Calagesi
  ), was taken out Day Five.
  
• Nobody died Night Five.
  
• vezokpiraka
  Robocopter87 (
  Salvatore,

  Consigliere
  ), was blown full of holes early on Day Six.
  
• Andrius (
  Umberto,

  Unrecruited Enforcer
  ), was executed in endgame.
  
• xvart (
  Federico,

  Recruited Bodyguard
  ), was blown away in endgame.

[Mr. Flay]

Rules and Roles

Rules

(borrowed and modified from Werebear; game-specific rules are in smallcaps)

1. The mod is still god. There are some unusual roles and mechanics in this game. Feel free to PM me, but don't just assume I've made a mistake. I'll answer in thread if I have, but may not if it is intended behavior. I will not
   lie
   to you, but I may not tell you the whole truth, either.
   The mech tag is reserved for my use!
   
   
2. Voting occurs at the end of a gun barrel in this game. Specifically, your gun:
   Aim: (Name)
   to 'vote' for someone.
   Holster
   to unvote.
   Finger of Suspicion (FoS)
   can become
   Wave Barrel at (Name)
   or anything similar, if you like. I won't be a Nazi about this, but it does add flavor.
   
3. Once enough barrels are aimed at a particular person, they will be swiss cheese and the Day is over. No one dies if a deadline arrives without the required number of drawn weapons. Remember, you're goons, not townies; act like it!
   
4. Everyone but the dead player may speak in Twilight until the night scene is posted. The dead player may ONLY finish up a post they were already writing, and only within one RL hour (2 1/2 'game minutes'; see below) of the firefight (hammer). I reserve the right to edit excessive final posts by dying players, though I will clearly mark my edits with the
   tag.
   

   Dead men tell no tales. If you wish to make a 'Bah!' post, send me a PM and I will edit into your scene, ensuring that no game-related information is shared.
   

   Nights will last around 72 hours, perhaps somewhat shorter in the late game. If you need an extension, let me know.
   

   This game is on a 1:24 timer during the Day, with each 24-hour period in the 'real world' equaling 1 hour of 'game time'. Days will start promptly at "6:00AM" and go until "midnight" under normal circumstances; that is, 18 real-life days. In the exceptionally stressful situation of a late-Day replacement or multiple major wagons, I may grant a short extension of up to 20 'hours' (20 RL days). However doing so will cut into the next Day's length! Finishing a Day early may grant you a few hours to 'bank' for the following day, at my discretion. Every Vote Count will include the current game time, so you know exactly how long you have before you fall asleep.
   

   Acting like a goon does not require personal attacks, flames, or spamming. Violators will be re-educated with extreme prejudice.
   

   Don't edit or delete existing posts. See Rule 8.
   

   Don't quote to this thread any PMs/QuickTopics/private conversations you may have access to. See Rules 8 and 9.
   

   Don't discuss this game out of thread unless you have permission from the mod. See rules 8, 9, and 10 for clarification.
   

   No strong cryptography or steganography in this game thread. Questions about what qualifies should be directed to me by PM.
   

   If you're going to be gone for a significant length of time, let everyone know. Management not responsible for other players believing your claim of absence, however.
   

   Don't make me make you shoot yourself in the head. If you want to 'fake' breaking a rule, you'd better clear it with me first, otherwise I may just believe you myself.
   

   Have fun with it; this is a bit different type of game.

This game does not have an Open Setup; however, for balance reasons, here are two sample Role PMs:

Sample Townie

You're

Bruno

, one of the goons of the Calagesi

'ndrina

. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately), your Godfather was lynched by the town. Now you've got a chance to go open that pizzeria and be a normal citizen, if only you can get rid of the Capo's two ruthless sons. During the day, you can use the threat of your gun (vote) to discover the truth about other players. During the night you had best keep to your room and out of the way.

Win Condition:

You win when the Capo's sons and their allies are dead or neutralized, and you can go open that pizzeria like you always wanted.

Powers:

• No Night Actions:
  You may not leave your room or converse at Night unless told otherwise (in an ordinary game, you would be considered a
  Vanilla Townie
  ).
  
• Vote
  _{(active, day, via thread)}
  :
  You may vote for any one player at any time during the Day; I prefer if you use the flavor phrase
  Aim: Player
  , but the VOTE: tag works as well. UNVOTE: should become
  Holster
  , if you can remember to do so.

Sample Power Role

You're

Bastiano

, Don of the powerful Calagesi

'ndrina

. You rule the (admittedly small) underworld of the town of Cerenzia with an iron fist, and until recently no one even suspected of you of being involved with the mob. Now the uppity town has started to cause problems, and it's time for you and your boys to take action!

Win Condition:

You win when the Town has been eliminated, or nothing can prevent that from happening.

Powers:

• Vote
  _{(active, day, via thread)}
  :
  During the Day, you may vote for any one player at any time; I prefer if you use the flavor phrase
  Aim: Player
  , but the VOTE: tag works as well. UNVOTE: should become
  Holster
  , if you can remember to do so.
  
• Faction Kill
  _{(active, night, via PM)}
  :
  You are a
  Godfather
  ; as such, each Night you may order the murder of one Townsperson. Select a member of your criminal organization to perform the kill, and they will do their best to see that it is done. If you die, this ability will pass to one of your sons.
  
• Investigation Immunity
  _{(passive, night)}
  :
  You will come up as Innocent to any Cerenzia Police Department investigations, unless you conduct the Night Kill yourself that evening.
  
• Kill Immunity
  _{(passive, night, single-use)}
  :
  You also have a one-shot Night Kill Immunity through the efforts of your driver/bodyguard.
  
• Faction Allies
  _{(special, night)}
  :
  Individual members of your organization may also have additional skills to offer you; discuss them at Night in this QuickTopic.

'ndrina:

A local unit of the 'Ndrangheta criminal organization in Italy. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/'ndrina for more information.

[Mr. Flay]

Roles have gone out; confirm by PM, as the thread will stay locked for Night Zero, which will end at noon on Sunday, August 29th.

Night Actions

are

possible on Night Zero (unless you have been told differently), so send them in ASAP. If you have any questions, feel free to send them by PM as well.

::edit:: Rule 10 has been clarified.

[Mr. Flay]

You all stumble blearily out of your rooms, belting on your shoulder holsters and eyeing each other with varying levels of suspicion. If you were regular citizens, you might just choose to walk away from it all, but there's too many secrets... too much potential for it all to catch up with you, if you can't end it here and now. And so the showdown begins...

Day One has begun; with 20 alive, 11 drawn guns will be needed to execute someone. Day One will end no later than noon on September 16th, or midnight on the game clock.

[Mr. Flay]

I'll link the thread I'm referencing if that's alright with you, Flay.

The signup thread is already linked from the first game post. Any other (public) forum threads discussing the game are fine to link, with the understanding that they may be outdated.

Also, I am looking into a replacement for Seraphim.

[Mr. Flay]

First Situation Report of Day One

[5]

Seraphim (Friend, Erg0, xvart, Porochaz, Furcolow)

[3]

Furcolow (zwetschenwasser, TheLonging, animorpherv1)

[1]

Lord Gurgi (dramonic)

[1]

dramonic (Chronopie)

[1]

Yosarian2 (Lord Gurgi)

[1]

Erg0 (inHimshallibe)

Holstered: Andrius, Faraday, gandalf5166, ooba, ReaperCharlie, Seraphim, vezokpiraka, Yosarian2

With 20 alive, 11 drawn guns will be needed to execute someone.

[Mr. Flay]

Me=Weird replaces Seraphim, effective immediately.

Second Situation Report of Day One

[4]

Furcolow (zwetschenwasser, TheLonging, animorpherv1, dramonic)

[2]

Seraphim

Me=Weird (xvart, Porochaz)

[1]

dramonic (Chronopie)

[1]

Yosarian2 (Lord Gurgi)

[1]

Erg0 (inHimshallibe)

[1]

zwetschenwasser (Friend)

Holstered: Andrius, Erg0, Faraday, Furcolow, gandalf5166, ooba, ReaperCharlie,

Seraphim

Me=Weird, vezokpiraka, Yosarian2

With 20 alive, 11 drawn guns will be needed to execute someone.

[Mr. Flay]

Third Situation Report of Day One

[5]

Furcolow (zwetschenwasser, TheLonging, animorpherv1, dramonic, Chronopie)

[2]

Lord Gurgi (ooba, Friend)

[1]

Me=Weird (xvart)

[1]

Yosarian2 (Lord Gurgi)

[1]

Erg0 (inHimshallibe)

[1]

ReaperCharlie (Faraday)

[1]

Friend (Porochaz)

[1]

Faraday (ReaperCharlie)

[1]

dramonic (Andrius)

Holstered: Erg0, Furcolow, gandalf5166, Me=Weird, vezokpiraka, Yosarian2

With 20 alive, 11 drawn guns will be needed to execute someone.

[Mr. Flay]

3 1/2 pages in

2 hours

5 game-minutes?? Good lord, people... also, rule 8 is relevant to all of your interests.

Fourth Situation Report of Day One

[5]

Furcolow (zwetschenwasser, animorpherv1, dramonic, Chronopie, gandalf5166) (fixed)

[2]

Lord Gurgi (ooba, Friend)

[2]

Friend (Porochaz, Me=Weird)

[2]

Me=Weird (xvart, TheLonging)

[1]

Yosarian2 (Lord Gurgi)

[1]

Erg0 (inHimshallibe)

[1]

ReaperCharlie (Faraday)

[1]

Faraday (ReaperCharlie)

[1]

dramonic (Andrius)

[1]

gandalf5166 (Furcolow)

Holstered: Erg0, vezokpiraka, Yosarian2

With 20 alive, 11 drawn guns will be needed to execute someone.

[Mr. Flay]

Due to this game's amazing* posting rate, I am not doing 'Vote Counts' every new page - I have a job and fiancée to keep, after all, and these are kinda complex to write.

Instead you'll get one when I judge that the situation is sufficiently different - usually that will mean a minimum of 6 hours, or a new vote leader, whichever comes first. I'll do one when I get home, since gandalf is drawing fire.

* Seriously, do you people sign up for my games JUST to break records???

[Mr. Flay]

I'd <3 to see if we CAN get over 4000 posts, though..

...

spamming

...

Just play the game. The post count will take care of itself.

[Mr. Flay]

Fifth Situation Report of Day One

[3]

Furcolow (animorpherv1, Chronopie, gandalf5166)

[3]

gandalf5166 (Furcolow, Friend, Me=Weird)

[2]

Me=Weird (xvart, TheLonging)

[2]

Friend (Porochaz, zwetschenwasser)

[1]

Lord Gurgi (ooba)

[1]

Yosarian2 (Lord Gurgi)

[1]

Erg0 (inHimshallibe)

[1]

ReaperCharlie (Faraday)

[1]

Faraday (ReaperCharlie)

[1]

dramonic (Andrius)

Holstered: dramonic, Erg0, vezokpiraka, Yosarian2

With 20 alive, 11 drawn guns will be needed to execute someone.

[Mr. Flay]

now we just wait for Flay to come back

I don't see why you'd start waiting for me

now

...
Bumping count to next page.

[Mr. Flay]

Sixth Situation Report of Day One

[4]

Friend (Porochaz, zwetschenwasser, xvart, Lord Gurgi)

[2]

Furcolow (animorpherv1, gandalf5166)

[2]

dramonic (Andrius, inHimshallibe)

[2]

Lord Gurgi (ooba, Friend)

[1]

gandalf5166 (Me=Weird)

[1]

Me=Weird (TheLonging)

[1]

ReaperCharlie (Faraday)

[1]

Faraday (ReaperCharlie)

[1]

TheLonging (Erg0)

Holstered: Chronopie, dramonic, Furcolow, vezokpiraka, Yosarian2

With 20 alive, 11 drawn guns will be needed to execute someone.

[Mr. Flay]

Seventh Situation Report of Day One

[7]

Friend (Porochaz, zwetschenwasser, xvart, Lord Gurgi, vezokpiraka, inHimshallibe, TheLonging)

[2]

Furcolow (animorpherv1, gandalf5166)

[2]

Lord Gurgi (ooba, Friend)

[1]

dramonic (Andrius)

[1]

gandalf5166 (Me=Weird)

[1]

ReaperCharlie (Faraday)

[1]

Faraday (ReaperCharlie)

[1]

TheLonging (Erg0)

Holstered: Chronopie, dramonic, Furcolow, Yosarian2

With 20 alive, 11 drawn guns will be needed to execute someone.

[Mr. Flay]

Eighth Situation Report of Day One

[6]

Friend (Porochaz, zwetschenwasser, xvart, Lord Gurgi, vezokpiraka, inHimshallibe)

[3]

dramonic (Andrius, animorpherv1, TheLonging)

[2]

Yosarian2 (ReaperCharlie, Friend)

[1]

gandalf5166 (Yosarian2)

[1]

TheLonging (Erg0)

[1]

Furcolow (gandalf5166)

[1]

Lord Gurgi (ooba)

[1]

ReaperCharlie (Faraday)

Holstered: Chronopie, dramonic, Furcolow, Me=Weird

With 20 alive, 11 drawn guns will be needed to execute someone.

[Mr. Flay]

Holster

Holster

holster, aim: TheLonging

holster, aim: TheLonging

C'mon yous guyz, try to keep up...

---

Ninth Situation Report of Day One

[6]

Friend (Porochaz, zwetschenwasser, xvart, Lord Gurgi, vezokpiraka, inHimshallibe)

[3]

dramonic (Andrius, animorpherv1, TheLonging)

[2]

Yosarian2 (ReaperCharlie, Furcolow)

[2]

TheLonging (Erg0, Friend)

[2]

ReaperCharlie (Faraday, ooba)

[1]

gandalf5166 (Yosarian2)

[1]

Furcolow (gandalf5166)

Holstered: Chronopie, dramonic, Me=Weird

With 20 alive, 11 drawn guns will be needed to execute someone.

[Mr. Flay]

[non-game-related]
and enough of this "holster; aim: x" BS.
You don't put your gun all the way back down into your holster just to pull it all the way out again to point it at someone else
[/non-game-related]

I'm fine with that. It does look a little forced, and I'm primarily looking for who is 'aiming' in any case... (I never

require

Unvotes). If I miss a vote change, it won't be because you forgot to holster...

Anyone who tries to use

my

comments about doubled voting posts as evidence deserves exactly what they get, and that's all I'll say about that.

[Mr. Flay]

Ninth Situation Report of Day One

[3]

Friend (Porochaz, xvart, Lord Gurgi)

[3]

dramonic (Andrius, TheLonging, vezokpiraka)

[2]

TheLonging (Erg0, Friend)

[2]

ReaperCharlie (Faraday, ooba)

[2]

Furcolow (gandalf5166, zwetschenwasser)

[2]

Andrius (ReaperCharlie, inHimshallibe)

[2]

Yosarian2 (Furcolow)

[1]

gandalf5166 (Yosarian2)

[1]

Porochaz (animorpherv1)

Holstered: Chronopie, dramonic, Me=Weird

With 20 alive, 11 drawn guns will be needed to execute someone.

[Mr. Flay]

MOD: How come we have to have a majority to lynch when we all have guns? Can't we just go around shooting whoever we want?

What, you've never heard of a Mexican Standoff?

[Mr. Flay]

Tenth Situation Report of Day One

[5]

dramonic (Andrius, TheLonging, vezokpiraka, ReaperCharlie, animorpherv1)

[5]

Andrius (inHimshallibe, Furcolow, Me=Weird, xvart, Friend)

[2]

Friend (Porochaz, Lord Gurgi)

[2]

ReaperCharlie (Faraday, ooba)

[2]

Furcolow (gandalf5166, zwetschenwasser)

[1]

TheLonging (Erg0) (Fixed)

[1]

gandalf5166 (Yosarian2)

Holstered: Chronopie, dramonic

With 20 alive, 11 drawn guns will be needed to execute someone.

[Mr. Flay]

[2]

TheLonging (Erg0)

One of these things is not like the other.

Fixed. Also, I am V/LA over the weekend, but will send out prods to those needing it as of this moment.

Eleventh Situation Report of Day One

[6]

dramonic (Andrius, TheLonging, vezokpiraka, animorpherv1, gandalf5166, Chronopie)

[5]

Andrius (inHimshallibe, Me=Weird, xvart, Friend, ReaperCharlie)

[2]

ReaperCharlie (Faraday, ooba)

[1]

Friend (Lord Gurgi)

[1]

Furcolow (zwetschenwasser)

[1]

TheLonging (Erg0)

[1]

gandalf5166 (Yosarian2)

[1]

Lord Gurgi (Furcolow)

[1]

animorpherv1 (Porochaz)

Holstered: dramonic

With 20 alive, 11 drawn guns will be needed to execute someone.

[Mr. Flay]

OH SHIT.
That shouldn't break the rules because it wasn't mod communication... right?

It's from a public, non-game thread so it's fine, but don't make a habit of it.

dramonic did indeed reach L-1 at one point (sorry, was flying home), but majority was never reached.

Twelfth Situation Report of Day One

[9]

dramonic (Andrius, TheLonging, vezokpiraka, animorpherv1, gandalf5166, Furcolow, Chronopie, Friend, ReaperCharlie)

[6]

Andrius (inHimshallibe, Me=Weird, xvart, ooba, Faraday, dramonic)

[1]

TheLonging (Erg0)

[1]

gandalf5166 (Yosarian2)

[1]

Furcolow (Porochaz)

[1]

Chronopie (Lord Gurgi)

Holstered: zwetschenwasser

With 20 alive, 11 drawn guns will be needed to execute someone.

[Mr. Flay]

Thirteenth Situation Report of Day One

[8]

dramonic (Andrius, TheLonging, animorpherv1, gandalf5166, Furcolow, Friend, ReaperCharlie, zwetschenwasser)

[7]

Andrius (inHimshallibe, Me=Weird, xvart, ooba, Faraday, dramonic, vezokpiraka)

[1]

TheLonging (Erg0)

[1]

gandalf5166 (Yosarian2)

[1]

Furcolow (Porochaz)

[1]

Chronopie (Lord Gurgi)

[1]

ReaperCharlie (Chronopie)

Holstered: nobody!

With 20 alive, 11 drawn guns will be needed to execute someone.

[Mr. Flay]

Fourteenth Situation Report of Day One

[9]

Andrius (inHimshallibe, Me=Weird, xvart, ooba, Faraday, dramonic, vezokpiraka, Furcolow, ReaperCharlie)

[6]

Furcolow (Porochaz, Erg0, Lord Gurgi, Yosarian2, gandalf5166, zwetschenwasser)

[4]

dramonic (Andrius, TheLonging, animorpherv1, Friend)

[1]

ReaperCharlie (Chronopie)

Holstered: nobody!

With 20 alive, 11 drawn guns will be needed to execute someone.

Day One ends at midnight on the game clock.

[Mr. Flay]

Fifteenth Situation Report of Day One

[7]

Furcolow (Porochaz, Erg0, Lord Gurgi, Yosarian2, gandalf5166, zwetschenwasser, xvart)

[6]

dramonic (Andrius, TheLonging, animorpherv1, Friend, ReaperCharlie, vezokpiraka)

[5]

Andrius (Me=Weird, ooba, Faraday, dramonic, Furcolow)

[1]

ReaperCharlie (Chronopie)

Holstered: inHimshallibe

With 20 alive, 11 drawn guns will be needed to execute someone.

Day One ends at midnight on the game clock.

[Mr. Flay]

Sixteenth Situation Report of Day One

[8]

Furcolow (Porochaz, Erg0, Lord Gurgi, Yosarian2, gandalf5166, zwetschenwasser, xvart, Chronopie)

[5]

Andrius (Me=Weird, ooba, Faraday, dramonic, Furcolow)

[4]

dramonic (Andrius, TheLonging, animorpherv1, Friend)

[1]

xvart (vezokpiraka)

[1]

ReaperCharlie (inHimshallibe)

Holstered: ReaperCharlie

With 20 alive, 11 drawn guns will be needed to execute someone.

Day One ends at midnight on the game clock.

[Mr. Flay]

I am speaking to TheLonging right now about his mental trauma -

if he should suddenly undergo a personality change, I'll let you know

he is indeed being replaced. See next page.

Seventeenth Situation Report of Day One

[8]

Furcolow (Porochaz, Erg0, Lord Gurgi, Yosarian2, gandalf5166, zwetschenwasser, xvart, Chronopie)

[4]

ReaperCharlie (ooba, Friend, dramonic, animorpherv1)

[2]

dramonic (Andrius, Furcolow)

[1]

Andrius (Me=Weird)

[1]

xvart (vezokpiraka)

[1]

zwetschenwasser (Faraday)

[1]

Faraday (ReaperCharlie)

[1]

Erg0 (inHimshallibe)

Holstered: TheLonging

With 20 alive, 11 drawn guns will be needed to execute someone.

Day One ends at midnight on the game clock.

[Mr. Flay]

TheLonging is replaced by singersigner, per request.

Sweat and spittle flew throughout the day, as accusations were leveled, brushed off, thrown back across the room, and returned to. In the end, Furcolow's scattered and stuttering defense did little to endear him to his former associates, and a hail of gunfire shattered his ribcage and skull, leaving him sprawled and twitching in the corner of the main room. Several of you agree to go examine his rooms more thoroughly now that he is silenced for good, and numbly discover no incriminating evidence beyond his usual proclivities toward beating the crap out of people to get them to talk.

UNRECRUITED ENFORCER

(Investigative Role)

Final Situation Report of Day One

[12]

Furcolow (Porochaz, Erg0, Lord Gurgi, Yosarian2, gandalf5166, zwetschenwasser, xvart, Chronopie, inHimshallibe, dramonic, vezokpiraka, Andrius)

[3]

ReaperCharlie (ooba, Friend, animorpherv1)

[1]

dramonic (Furcolow)

[1]

Andrius (Me=Weird)

[1]

zwetschenwasser (Faraday)

[1]

Faraday (ReaperCharlie)

Holstered: TheLonging

It is now Night One; all Night Actions are due to me no later than midnight UTC of Thursday, September 16th.

[Mr. Flay]

Due to MS.net being blocked at work and the outage yesterday, I am extending deadline about 5 hours, to midnight MY time.

[Mr. Flay]

As dawn breaks, you collectively stumble out of your rooms, the adrenaline high of yesterday replaced by the grim reality of what happened. What awaits you in the halls does nothing to improve your mood, or your headache:

First you find the sprawled corpse of

dramonic

just outside his room, door half open. No matter how burly the man, simple muscle cannot withstand high velocity lead poisoning. In his room, you find a small collection of clippings from celebrity magazines, most of which seem to focus on the young and slender women who might benefit from his protection. No longer an option for...

UNRECRUITED BODYGUARD

(Protective Role)

Then you realize that someone else is missing as well; a head count reveals fewer aquiline noses than you'd expected. A room to room search reveals that

zwetschenwasser

has also exited the fray in a most dramatic fashion. A single shot behind the ear has left his brains splattered down the wall. Search as you might, you can find no coherent clues that lead you to believe he has been recruited, and are left with the conclusion that despite his occasional ramblings and tendency to brandish his weapon at little or (more frequently) NO obvious provocation, he was simply one of the boys.

UNRECRUITED LOOSE CANNON

(Killing Role)

It is now Day Two; with seventeen alive, nine drawn guns will be needed to execute someone.

[Mr. Flay]

First Situation Report of Day Two

[5]

ooba (ReaperCharlie, Chronopie, gandalf5166, vezokpiraka, animorpherv1)

[2]

ReaperCharlie (Friend, inHimshallibe)

Holstered: Andrius, Erg0, Faraday, Lord Gurgi, Me=Weird, ooba, Porochaz, singersigner, xvart, Yosarian2

With seventeen alive, nine drawn guns will be needed to kill someone.

[/quote]

[Mr. Flay]

Second Situation Report of Day Two

[5]

ooba (ReaperCharlie, Chronopie, gandalf5166, vezokpiraka, animorpherv1)

[1]

Porochaz (Friend)

[1]

Friend (xvart)

Holstered: Andrius, Erg0, Faraday, inHimshallibe, Lord Gurgi, Me=Weird, ooba, Porochaz, singersigner, Yosarian2

With seventeen alive, nine drawn guns will be needed to kill someone.

[Mr. Flay]

Prods have gone out as appropriate. Also, vezok has been warned for language, and I'll thank everyone in advance for continuing to keep their criticism of other players mostly constructive.

Third Situation Report of Day Two

[5]

ooba (ReaperCharlie, Chronopie, animorpherv1, Friend, singersigner)

[4]

Chronopie (Faraday, vezokpiraka, inHimshallibe, gandalf5166)

[2]

Faraday (Porochaz, Lord Gurgi)

[1]

Friend (xvart)

Holstered: Andrius, Erg0, Me=Weird, ooba, Yosarian2

With seventeen alive, nine drawn guns will be needed to kill someone.

[Mr. Flay]

Fourth Situation Report of Day Two

[4]

ooba (ReaperCharlie, animorpherv1, Friend, singersigner)

[4]

Chronopie (Faraday, vezokpiraka, inHimshallibe, gandalf5166)

[4]

Faraday (Porochaz, Lord Gurgi, Yosarian2, Chronopie)

[1]

Me=Weird (xvart)

Holstered: Andrius, Erg0, Me=Weird, ooba

With seventeen alive, nine drawn guns will be needed to kill someone.

[Mr. Flay]

Robocopter87 replaces vezokpiraka, effective immediately. Several people are being prodded, if they haven't announced their V/LA status.

Fifth Situation Report of Day Two

[6]

Faraday (Porochaz, Lord Gurgi, Yosarian2, Chronopie, inHimshallibe, Me=Weird)

[4]

ooba (ReaperCharlie, animorpherv1, singersigner, xvart)

[3]

Chronopie (Faraday,

vezokpiraka

Robocopter87, gandalf5166)

[1]

Me=Weird (Friend)

Holstered: Andrius, Erg0, ooba

With seventeen alive, nine drawn guns will be needed to kill someone.

[Mr. Flay]

Flameaxe replaces animorpherv1, effective immediately.

Fifth Situation Report of Day Two

[6]

Faraday (Porochaz, Lord Gurgi, Yosarian2, Chronopie, inHimshallibe, Me=Weird)

[4]

ooba (ReaperCharlie,

animorpherv1

Flameaxe, singersigner, xvart)

[3]

Chronopie (Faraday, gandalf5166, Erg0)

[1]

Me=Weird (Friend)

Holstered: Andrius, ooba, Robocopter87

With seventeen alive, it will take nine drawn guns to execute someone. Day Two will end no later than 5:00 AM UTC on Tuesday, October 5th.

[Mr. Flay]

Sixth Situation Report of Day Two

[6]

Faraday (Porochaz, Yosarian2, Chronopie, inHimshallibe, Me=Weird, ReaperCharlie)

[3]

Chronopie (Faraday, gandalf5166, Erg0)

[1]

Me=Weird (Friend)

[1]

Friend (Lord Gurgi)

Holstered: Andrius, Flameaxe, ooba, Robocopter87, singersigner, xvart

With seventeen alive, it will take nine drawn guns to execute someone. Day Two will end no later than 5:00 AM UTC on Tuesday, October 5th.

[Mr. Flay]

Seventh Situation Report of Day Two

[7]

Faraday (Yosarian2, Chronopie, inHimshallibe, Me=Weird, ReaperCharlie, ooba, Friend)

[3]

Chronopie (Faraday, gandalf5166, Erg0)

[1]

Friend (Lord Gurgi)

[1]

Me=Weird (xvart)

Holstered: Andrius, Flameaxe, Porochaz, Robocopter87, singersigner

With seventeen alive, it will take nine drawn guns to execute someone. Day Two will end no later than 5:00 AM UTC on Tuesday, October 5th.

[Mr. Flay]

Eighth Situation Report of Day Two

[7]

Faraday (Yosarian2, Chronopie, inHimshallibe, Me=Weird, ReaperCharlie, ooba, Porochaz)

[3]

Chronopie (Faraday, gandalf5166, Erg0)

[2]

Me=Weird (xvart, Friend)

[1]

Friend (Lord Gurgi)

Holstered: Andrius, Flameaxe, Robocopter87, singersigner

With seventeen alive, it will take nine drawn guns to execute someone. Day Two will end no later than 5:00 AM UTC on Tuesday, October 5th.

Several players who have not posted in 72 hours have been poked and prodded.

[Mr. Flay]

Just an update on the clock, since no votes have changed.

[Mr. Flay]

Faraday's stoicism was of little use in the face of so much barely-controlled violence, and another Day ends in gunfire and bloodshed. Upon examining his room, you find nothing leading you any closer to the

bastardi

lurking in your midst...

UNRECRUITED GOON

(Vanilla Role)

Final Situation Report of Day Two

[9]

Faraday (Yosarian2, Chronopie, inHimshallibe, Me=Weird, ReaperCharlie, ooba, Porochaz, Robocopter87, Lord Gurgi)

[3]

Chronopie (Faraday, gandalf5166, Erg0)

[2]

Me=Weird (xvart, Friend)

Holstered: Andrius, Flameaxe, singersigner

It is now Night Two; all Night Actions are due to me no later than midnight Central US Time on Thursday, October 7th.

[Mr. Flay]

Even with your door shut, you can hear the sounds of two cats in heat, going at it hot and heavy...wait, those aren't cats, those are dames! Two women, somewhere in the house, together... and you stuck here by yourself. Pity.

[Mr. Flay]

Dawn's rosy red fingers climb up your spine like some sort of bored feline, shaking you awake and making you wonder what the hell you've gotten yourself into. A quick change of clothes and brush of your hair is all you have time for before someone shouts from down the hall. Peering into

Me=Weird

's room, you discover a blood-soaked bed and a corpse that will tell no tales. However, the money and cell phone on his nightstand make it evident that he was no longer neutral in the turf war consuming the Family business...

RECRUITED GOON

(Scum)

It is now Day Three; with fifteen alive, eight drawn guns will be needed to execute someone.

[Mr. Flay]

First Situation Report of Day Three

[5]

Robocopter87 (inHimshallibe, Flameaxe, xvart, Andrius, gandalf5166)

[1]

ooba (Porochaz)

[1]

singersigner (Friend)

Holstered: Chronopie, Erg0, Lord Gurgi, ooba, ReaperCharlie, Robocopter87, singersigner, Yosarian2

With fifteen alive, it will take eight drawn weapons to kill someone.

[Mr. Flay]

mykonian will be watching the game while I am on vacation - if you have questions and/or role-related PMs, make sure to copy BOTH of us!

[Mr. Flay]

Sixth Situation Report of Day Three

[4]

ooba (xvart, Andrius, Chronopie, ReaperCharlie)

[2]

Friend (Lord Gurgi, Flameaxe)

[1]

Gandalf (Porochaz)

[1]

singersigner (Friend)

[1]

xvart (ooba)

[1]

Yosarian2 (inHimshallibe)

Holstered: Erg0, Robocopter87, singersigner, Yosarian2, gandalf5166

With fifteen alive, it will take eight drawn weapons to kill someone.

[Mr. Flay]

Eighth Situation Report of Day Three

[6]

Friend (Lord Gurgi, Flameaxe, Yosarian2, gandalf5166, ReaperCharlie, xvart)

[2]

ooba (Andrius, Chronopie)

[2]

Gandalf (Porochaz, Friend)

[1]

xvart (ooba)

[1]

Yosarian2 (inHimshallibe)

Holstered: Erg0, Robocopter87, singersigner

With fifteen alive, it will take eight drawn weapons to kill someone.

Day Three ends at midnight on the game clock.

[Mr. Flay]

While you're all standing around, casually aiming large-bore handguns at each other and discussing strategy, nobody quite notices where a rogue shot comes from... but the effect is still the same.

Friend

, who was merely under threat a moment ago, is peppered with several reflexive shots as people's trigger fingers clench at the noise. The others who were aiming at him commit to the action as well, leaving his tattered corpse splayed against the west wall of the room, which is now starting to look rather tattered itself. When the cordite and adrenaline clear a bit, you take the time to discover that he was just who he said - a goon trying to avoid the power struggle and get out alive.

Oh well; at least you'll get an early night's sleep...

UNRECRUITED GOON

(Vanilla Role)

Final Situation Report of Day Three

[8]

Friend (Lord Gurgi, Flameaxe, Yosarian2, gandalf5166, ReaperCharlie, xvart, singersigner,

???

)

[2]

ooba (Andrius, Chronopie)

[2]

Gandalf (Porochaz, Friend)

[1]

xvart (ooba)

[1]

Yosarian2 (inHimshallibe)

Holstered: Erg0, Robocopter87

It is now Night Three; all Night Actions are due to me no later than 8:00 AM Central US Time on Monday, October 25th.

[Mr. Flay]

Due to the need for one or two replacements, Night Three will last somewhat longer than expected. I will post again when I know exactly how long they will need (and who they are, of course). Expect no more than an additional 24-36 hours, though.

::edit::

Katsuki replaces inHimshallibe

, by request.

[Mr. Flay]

Did not end up needing the other replacement, so the

new Night Three deadline is midnight Central US Time today

(that's 16 hours later than originally)

.

[Mr. Flay]

A good night's sleep is important, even in the life of a hardened criminal. You all wake up a bit earlier than usual, with a bit more spring in your step and a bit more... wait,

all

of you? How can that be right?

Despite the improbability of this bunch of wise guys holding their fire, and despite counting several times, all of the strong Roman noses that went to bed yesterday evening have rejoined you in the main room this morning.

No one has been killed on Night Three.

It is now Day Four; with fourteen alive, eight drawn barrels will be needed to execute someone. Day Four will still end at midnight on the game clock, despite the somewhat earlier start.

[Mr. Flay]

First Situation Report of Day Four

[2]

Yosarian2 (Erg0, Katsuki)

[1]

Erg0 (ReaperCharlie)

[1]

Lord Gurgi (xvart)

[1]

xvart (ooba)

Holstered: Andrius, Chronopie, Flameaxe, gandalf5166, Lord Gurgi, Porochaz, Robocopter87, singersigner, Yosarian2

With fourteen alive, it will take eight drawn weapons to kill someone.

[Mr. Flay]

Second Situation Report of Day Four

[2]

Erg0 (ReaperCharlie, Andrius)

[1]

Yosarian2 (Katsuki)

[1]

Lord Gurgi (xvart)

[1]

xvart (ooba)

Holstered: Chronopie, Erg0, Flameaxe, gandalf5166, Lord Gurgi, Porochaz, Robocopter87, singersigner, Yosarian2

With fourteen alive, it will take eight drawn weapons to kill someone.

[Mr. Flay]

mod, is it possible we could get a clarification on the Loose Cannon role?

Unlikely since it's role-related, but what exactly is the question?

[Mr. Flay]

Just what it is beyond a killing role, I cant find it in the wiki. I didn't think it would be likely but seeing as we would know what roles cop/doc/rb'er etc are if you had put them down instead I was hoping for a brief role description.

Nope, sorry. I've been as specific as I care to be about the roles revealed thus far...

[Mr. Flay]

Third Situation Report of Day Four

[4]

Erg0 (Andrius, Chronopie, Flameaxe, gandalf5166)

[2]

ooba (ReaperCharlie, singersigner)

[1]

Yosarian2 (Katsuki)

[1]

gandalf5166 (Erg0)

[1]

xvart (ooba)

Holstered: Lord Gurgi, Porochaz, Robocopter87, xvart, Yosarian2

With fourteen alive, it will take eight drawn weapons to kill someone.

[Mr. Flay]

I hear and see all the V/LAs. They make me sad, but not sad enough to change deadline.

Katsuki has admitted that they don't have time to play. I am searching for inHim's next replacement...

[Mr. Flay]

Darox replaces Katsuki/inHimshallibe, effective immediately. Deadline of "midnight game time" remains unchanged.

Fourth Situation Report of Day Four

[4]

ooba (ReaperCharlie, singersigner, gandalf5166, xvart)

[3]

Erg0 (Andrius, Chronopie, Flameaxe)

[2]

gandalf5166 (Erg0, ooba)

[1]

Yosarian2 (

Katsuki

Darox)

Holstered: Lord Gurgi, Porochaz, Robocopter87, Yosarian2

With fourteen alive, it will take eight drawn weapons to kill someone.

[Mr. Flay]

Fifth Situation Report of Day Four

[4]

ooba (ReaperCharlie, singersigner, gandalf5166, xvart)

[3]

Erg0 (Andrius, Chronopie, Flameaxe)

[2]

gandalf5166 (Erg0, ooba)

Holstered: Darox, Lord Gurgi, Porochaz, Robocopter87, Yosarian2

With fourteen alive, it will take eight drawn weapons to kill someone.

[Mr. Flay]

Quagmire replaces Erg0, effective immediately. Erg0 has lost effective access to the site and let me know.

[Mr. Flay]

Sixth Situation Report of Day Four

[6]

ooba (ReaperCharlie, singersigner, gandalf5166, xvart, Robocopter87, Chronopie)

[4]

Erg0

Quagmire (Andrius, Flameaxe, Porochaz)

[2]

gandalf5166 (

Erg0

Quagmire, ooba)

Holstered: Darox, Lord Gurgi, Yosarian2

With fourteen alive, it will take eight drawn weapons to kill someone. Day Four may last until 12:59 AM due to the late replacement, but no later.

[Mr. Flay]

Apologies, I wasn't around this weekend to keep you updated, and that's my fault not yours. Therefore and in light of your requests, your "adrenaline rush" will keep you up another 42 hours or so (until 3 AM on the game clock, or click here for 'real' time). Keep in mind that all of this late-night excitement WILL shorten tomorrow considerably!

Seventh Situation Report of Day Four

[7]

ooba (ReaperCharlie, singersigner, gandalf5166, xvart, Robocopter87, Chronopie, Quagmire)

[4]

Quagmire (Andrius, Flameaxe, Porochaz, ooba)

[1]

gandalf5166 (Darox)

Holstered: Lord Gurgi, Yosarian2

With fourteen alive, it will take eight drawn weapons to kill someone. Day Four may last until 3:00 AM due to the late replacement

[Mr. Flay]

Eighth Situation Report of Day Four

[5]

ooba (ReaperCharlie, singersigner, xvart, Robocopter87, Quagmire)

[5]

Quagmire (Andrius, Flameaxe, Porochaz, Chronopie, gandalf5166)

[3]

gandalf5166 (Darox, Lord Gurgi, ooba, )

Holstered: Yosarian2

With fourteen alive, it will take eight drawn weapons to kill someone. Day Four may last as long as 3:00 AM due to the late replacement, though it will shorten Day Five.

[Mr. Flay]

Getting too much sleep can apparently be bad for you - everyone seemed groggy and off their game for much of the day, and the night dragged on... and on... and on. Finally, enough of you were done with waiting and put an end to your misery (and a very sudden start to

gandalf

's) by unloading your hand cannons in his direction. As his body slumped down the increasingly pockmarked wall, you get the sinking sensation that it's going to get worse before it gets better...

UNRECRUITED GOON

(Vanilla Role)

Final Situation Report of Day Four:

[8]

gandalf5166 (Darox, Lord Gurgi, ooba, ReaperCharlie, Flameaxe, singersigner, Porochaz, Yosarian2)

[3]

ooba (xvart, Robocopter87, Quagmire)

[3]

Quagmire (Andrius, Chronopie, gandalf5166)

Holstered: nobody!

It is now Night Five; any and all Night Actions are due to me by midnight on Friday, November 19th.

[Mr. Flay]

Dawn comes and goes, and most of you are still snoring. Those of you who are not, have your own stories to tell... but like the saying goes, dead men tell no tales, and

ooba

is now one of those very dead men. By the time you all belatedly waken, you find his door forced open and a single gunshot to the chest having pierced his passionate but uncompromised heart.

UNRECRUITED LOOSE CANNON

(Killing Role)

It is now Day Five; with twelve alive, it will take seven drawn barrels to kill somebody. Your late start does not stop the fact that midnight will come on Sunday, December 5th

.

[Mr. Flay]

First Situation Report of Day Five

[5]

Quagmire (xvart, Andrius, Chronopie, Flameaxe, ReaperCharlie)

[1]

Andrius (Lord Gurgi)

Holstered: Darox, Porochaz, Quagmire, Robocopter87, singersigner, Yosarian2

With twelve alive, it will take seven drawn barrels to kill somebody.

[Mr. Flay]

Stop insulting each other or you'll get to see if you're flame-retardant.

[Mr. Flay]

Waking late put everyone in a murderously foul mood, and soon many of your barrels were aimed at

Quagmire

. He sat down in a leather-backed chair in the corner of the room and met each of you eye-to-eye. "You really think this is a good idea? You little

pecore

won't last a week on your own."

Nevertheless, the hail of bullets put an end to his aspirations, and an early finish to the day's excitement.

PORFIRIO CALAGESI, SON OF BASTIANO CALAGESI

(Recruiter)

Final Situation Report of Day Five:

[7]

Quagmire (xvart, Andrius, Chronopie, Flameaxe, ReaperCharlie, Porochaz, Yosarian2)

[/b]

[1]

Andrius (Lord Gurgi)

Holstered: Darox, Quagmire, Robocopter87, singersigner

It is now Night Five; any and all Night Actions are due to me by midnight on Monday, November 29th.

[Mr. Flay]

Maybe it's all the overeating from the holidays. Maybe it was the elation at finally dealing with one of the Sons making your lives so miserable. Whatever the cause, you wake up to find that everyone is back and ready for action again this morning. In addition, the early afternoon 'nap' helps you all wake up sooner.

No one has been killed on Night Five.

It is now Day Six; with eleven alive, six drawn barrels will be needed to execute someone. Day Six will still end at midnight on the game clock, despite the early wakeup call.

[Mr. Flay]

First Situation Report of Day Six

[1]

Robocopter87 (ReaperCharlie)

[1]

Lord Gurgi (Chronopie)

Holstered: Andrius, Darox, Flameaxe, Lord Gurgi, Porochaz, Robocopter87, singersigner, xvart, Yosarian2

With eleven alive, it will take six drawn barrels to kill somebody.

[Mr. Flay]

Second Situation Report of Day Six

[1]

Robocopter87 (ReaperCharlie)

[1]

Lord Gurgi (Chronopie)

[1]

xvart (Yosarian2)

Holstered: Andrius, Darox, Flameaxe, Lord Gurgi, Porochaz, Robocopter87, singersigner, xvart

With eleven alive, it will take six drawn barrels to kill somebody.

[Mr. Flay]

Third Situation Report of Day Six

[3]

Robocopter87 (ReaperCharlie, Chronopie, Lord Gurgi)

[1]

xvart (Yosarian2)

Holstered: Andrius, Darox, Flameaxe, Porochaz, Robocopter87, singersigner, xvart

With eleven alive, it will take six drawn barrels to kill somebody.

[Mr. Flay]

As your numbers dwindled, the tensions rose, and the early morning awakening gave way to a late morning cloud of cordite. Whether xvart meant to or not, his twitchy finger spelled the doom of one of the oldest and most respected members of your n'drina.

Having watched yourselves murder

Robocopter87

, you realize that as dark as things have looked up until now, they can only get worse with his voice of wisdom and reason silenced, although you do have cause to recall his final words:

"

It must get darker before the dawn.

"

SALVATORE, CONSLIGLIERE

(Cult Doctor)

Final Situation Report of Day Six

[6]

Robocopter87 (ReaperCharlie, Chronopie, Lord Gurgi, Flameaxe, Andrius, xvart)

[1]

xvart (Yosarian2)

Holstered: Darox, Porochaz, Robocopter87, singersigner

It is now Night Six; any and all remaining Night Actions are due to me by midnight on Friday, December 10th.

[Mr. Flay]

Late in the evening, those of you who were actually sleeping hear a commotion down the hall. With weary familiarity, everyone grabs their sidearm and converges on the living room, where you see

Andrius

staring bleary-eyed at Flameaxe. "What do you mean, 'played well'? You think this is some sort of fucking

game

, sporcaccione?"

"On the contrary, I am taking this deadly serious, little boy. My livelihood is at stake after all... as is yours, after a fashion. I'm simply informing you that while your efforts to keep me out of business have been impressive, the farce is over. I offer you one last honor: die with your dignity."

With a disbelieving stare on his face, you see Andrius get onto his knees and face the wall. A single shot to the base of the neck ends his inquisitive and desperate search for peace.

UNRECRUITED ENFORCER

(Investigative Role)

Flameaxe turns with a small smile on his face, and holsters his gun. "Ah - this saves me the trouble of waking you. Good. Lord Gurgi, I'd like to make you an offer. Past sins will be forgiven, even including your rather lackluster efforts to extract yourself of the Family. All I ask is that you sign up now, and help eliminate my brother's remaining associates." Gurgi quickly agrees, looking around to see what else will happen.

Flameaxe turns then to singersigner. "As for you... will also join me unreservedly, and help reunify this family before another dawn?" singer shrugs. "If there's somebody who needs killing, I'm your man."

Flameaxe's smile grows a little larger. "Precisely the case, in fact. I was certain that when this whole debacle started, and my father - may his soul rest in peace - was murdered by those filthy townies, I would come out on top. My name, you see... it means 'victory'. And for that to be achieved, I need remove only one more obstacle:

xvart

."

xvart's eyes go wide and he reaches for his gun, but before it can even clear his holster he is taken down in a hail of gunfire. His body joins the others in the basement, and the slow process of cleaning up the villa, reorganizing the troops, and wreaking revenge on the Town of Cerenzia begins.

RECRUITED BODYGUARD

(Protective Role)

Vittorio Calagesi

(

Flameaxe

)

and his underlings Ignazio

(

Me=Weird

, Goon),

Tirone

(

Yosarian2

, Goon),

Raul

(

ReaperCharlie

, Enforcer),

Carla

(

Chronopie

, Moll),

Zito

(

Darox

, Goon),

Ysabel

(

Porochaz

, Moll),

Leone

(

Lord Gurgi

, Goon)

and

Eduardo[/b] (

singersigner

, Loose Cannon)

win the game!

Full actions and commentary/QTs tonight; talk amongst yourselves first.

(if anyone objects to me revealing a QT they were in, PM me TODAY)

[Mr. Flay]

Don't feel bad. Your wagon was scum-driven. It's not like you got lynched by townies.

QFT.

Okay, so I think I can do a sum-up post for this game when I say: This fucking game.

Long version:

Something went wrong here. I'm not certain the setup was all that flawed, though I'm thankful for the changes my reviewers (mykonian and Max) encouraged me to do, they helped immensely.

I underestimated the change to site meta, for one. I was worried about flakers (and I

still

had to find

*7*

replacements, tyvm) and should have been more concerned about problematic personalities. To his credit, I think Furc did a pretty good job, and I mention him specifically because I saw some prior game problems and asked him to 'rein it in a bit'. He said he would, and I feel he acquitted himself fairly well.

Vengeance lynches and personality clashes, though... what a mess that threw into Day One. People, you have GOT to leave out-of-this-game stuff out of games! It's distracting to the town, it multiplies the opportunities scum have to divide you, and creates noise instead of signal. That plus some serious spamming made Day One very hard on Town, despite the fact that you were 17/20 players (both Sons started Night Zero without allies and got the chance to recruit, as someone who was still town guessed), but they both tried to recruit Seraphim, so you started Day One 17:2:1. I'll make a separate post with (I think) all of the Night Actions and how they resolved, but this post is mostly analysis.

After that, you (town) ran into some bad, bad luck/choices on Night One. One Loose Cannon shot another, a second Loose Cannon shot a Bodyguard (again due to personality conflicts, as far as I could tell), and both Enforcers investigated a Loose Cannon, who functioned like Millers for the purposes of determining allegiance. The schtick of their role is that they'd come up unreadable to Enforcers, but were unrecruitable by Sons. They were

supposed

to be the fallback for town getting behind the recruitment curve, but instead by N2 they were all used up!

Still, all was not lost. Robo did the right thing in maintaining protection on the same person all game; I kept waiting for scum to try to kill Robo, but they never did! Don't remember if it was a Townie or Recruit who said Day Six that there was no "flavor reason for a Cult Doc", but I wanted to smack them. If anything, there should have been two roles that could stop recruitment. After Quagmire died, the dead QT lit up, and there was a fairly good chance that town could have nailed Flameaxe as well if they'd not played into RecruitedCharlie's hands. They'd still have been up against a large scumteam, but Yos2 was already revealed, RC probably would have gone down, and Andrius was still fairly safe, depending on if xvart wanted to score town points by protecting him once. For some reason though, they totally ignored both Robo AND Andrius...

Molls/roleblockers couldn't stop recruitments, by the way, only kills and other role actions. They DID stop Sons from talking in their QT though if they blocked them, which eventually became an unexpected strength of their role. I had a ridiculous amount of fun coming up with 'flavor' for their night action confirmation PMs, and then of course there's the night they confirmed each other...

I'm sure there are other questions, but let me get a post together with all Night Actions and then I'll answer more directed inquiries. Also, here's the Green Room: http://www.quicktopic.com/45/H/iGBYtbLMY9K

[Mr. Flay]

Night Zero:

• vezokpiraka talked sense into ReaperCharlie through a note under the door, which he duly ignored (not told it existed).
  
• animorpherv1 recruited Seraphim (no possibility of failure, so processed immediately)
  
• ooba considered whether to fire N0, since he is a "Loose Cannon", but opted not to.
  
• dramonic stood guard on Yosarian2 (no effect)
  
• Andrius investigated ReaperCharlie, finding him unaligned.
  
• Chronopie blocked Yosarian2 (no effect)
  
• Erg0 also wanted to recruit Seraphim, but was too late. (Seraphim didn't get notice of this until just before dawn, for balance reasons)
  
• ReaperCharlie wanted to investigate Faraday, but was stopped by the bodyguard. He was also investigated in turn by Andrius.
  xvart stood guard on Faraday, preventing RC's investigation.
  
• Porochaz chose not to block anyone.
  
• Furcolow forgot to send in a choice in time; if he'd managed to, he and Andrius both would have investigated ReaperCharlie.

End of N0 tally: 17 town, 2 Vittorio, 1 Porfirio

Night One:

• dramonic stood guard on Andrius, before being killed himself.
  
• Andrius investigated ooba, finding nothing decisive.
  
• ReaperCharlie also investigated ooba.
  
• Erg0 recruited xvart.
  
• zwet killed dramonic.
  
• vezokpiraka talked sense into Andrius (no effect).
  
• xvart wanted to stand guard on Erg0, but was otherwise occupied.
  
• Porochaz blocked Friend (no effect).
  
• ooba killed zwetschenwasser
  
• Chronopie blocked xvart from guarding Erg0.
  
• animorpherv1 recruited Yosarian2 into his faction

End of N1 tally: 12 town, 3 Vittorio, 2 Porfirio

Night Two:

• Andrius investigated Gurgi, finding him unaligned.
  
• RC also investigated Gurgi, finding him unaligned.
  
• Chronopie wanted to roleblock M=W, but was blocked instead.
  
• Flameaxe recruited ReaperCharlie into his faction.
  
• Erg0 sent xvart to kill Me=Weird
  
• Robocopter talked sense into Andrius (no effect).
  
• Porochaz chose to block Chronopie, causing a 'scene'.
  
• xvart skipped his regular night action to kill Me=Weird, providing the first scum-kill of the game.

End of N2 tally: 11 town, 3 Vittorio, 2 Porfirio

Night Three:

• Porochaz blocked xvart from doing anything.
  
• Flameaxe tried to recruit the already-recruited xvart; not only did it not work, but he was blocked from talking about it, due to Chronopie.
  
• Robocopter talked sense into Andrius again (no effect except deterrence).
  
• Chronopie roleblocked Flameaxe (didn't stop the recruit attempt, but does stop him from talking that night).
  
• Andrius investigated Yosarian2, providing him with his first guilty of the game.
  
• xvart misses any chance at an action, due to being blocked.
  
• Erg0 tried to recruit the other recruiter (which of course fails).
  
• ReaperCharlie investigated Chronopie, finding him unaligned.

End of N3 tally: 9 town, 3 Vittorio, 2 Porfirio

Night Four:

• Flameaxe recruited Chronopie.
  
• Andrius tried to investigate Quagmire/Erg0, but was stopped by seeing xvart looming outside the door.
  
• Chronopie blocked Quagmire, making her the first role to 'score' a hit with both Sons!
  
• Robocopter talked sense into Andrius again (no effect except deterrence).
  
• ReaperCharlie investigates Darox, finding him also unaligned.
  
• Porochaz ALSO blocked Quagmire (no real effect by the time it resolves, but amusing as hell).
  
• xvart gives up his protection to kill ooba. He also registers the attempt of Andrius to stop by, but doesn't identify him.

End of N4 tally: 6 town, 4 Vittorio, 2 Porfirio - now it's starting to get pretty grim.

Night Five:

• Andrius wants to investigate xvart, turning up another guilty party.
  
• Porochaz blocks xvart.
  
• Flameaxe recruits Darox.
  
• xvart tries to kill Yos2, but is blocked instead.
  
• Robocopter talked sense into Andrius again (no effect except deterrence).
  
• ReaperCharlie investigates Porochaz, finding him unaligned.
  
• Chronopie also blocks xvart.

End of N5 tally: 5 town, 5 Vittorio, 1 Porfirio goon by himself

Night Six:

• Andrius wanted to investigate Lord Gurgi, then switched to Darox. Both are guilty, not that it matters.
  
• Flameaxe decided to recruit Porochaz (and singersigner and Lord Gurgi in endgame). Andrius and xvart get to die honorably with their current win conditions.
  
• Chronopie blocked xvart.
  
• Porochaz, once recruited, was going to be directed to block Lord Gurgi.
  
• ReaperCharlie wanted to investigated singersigner.
  
• xvart never even got a chance to send in his action...

End of N6 tally: 3 town, 6 Vittorio, 1 Porfirio (game over, endgame triggered)

Realistically, I could have called game after Day Six's mislynch, but I wanted to see what would happen that night. In theory, xvart could have slipped through and killed Flameaxe, then gone on to be a pseudo-Vig for town to help destroy Vittorio's faction during the days, though he probably would have been lynched or NKed in the end. With both blockers on Vittorio's side by the end of that Night, though, victory was assured, so I called game out of sheer mercy. Gurgi and singer both got the option to refuse recruitment in endgame, in which case they would have died like Andrius and lost with Town. I did it that way because Cult games cause a bad endgame effect if you're part of a shrinking town... if endgame is only supposed to 'avoid delaying the inevitable', then there should realistically be a chance to recruit each remaining player. Hence, Andrius died as the "Day Seven lynch", and then the other two were recruited (although Loose Cannons shouldn't be, technically, and singersigner may cause problems someday down the line...

[Mr. Flay]

Oh, also several people tried to pump me for information about how Night Actions would resolve. Mostly I stuck to Natural Action Resolution, but it made sense that the Recruiters (and hence the Consigliere) would act first, so they'd have a chance to change their recruit's action for that Night, and talk with them. So I had to wait until both the Consigliere AND the Sons had their choices in, and the Molls who might end up blocking the Consigliere, not that his protection ever did anything but deterrence. All other actions were 'resolved' at Dawn like a normal game, though the flavor text hinted otherwise: seductions, protections, then beatings and killings. Also, as previously mentioned, if a roleblocker blocked a Recruit or Son, they were denied access to their QT as soon as I was sure of NAR.

Sons who tried to recruit the same player on the same Night were resolved in order of who got their choice in first... I thought about giving the player a legitimate 'choice', but discarded it as too powerful. vezok was no problem for getting the Cult Doccing in on time, though I had to poke Robocopter a couple of times once he jumped into that role... sorry man, I couldn't tell you

why

.

[Mr. Flay]

I do think having two recruiters balanced the game a bit, in that only about 5 out of 10 opportunities to recruit were successful before Quag died. And yes, the Consigliere was unrecruitable as well, so if the Loose Cannons hadn't offed each other, Town would have been in a LOT better shape. Making the LCs double-shot might have helped, in that case... but it also might have made them too powerful. This was, by design, a swingy setup, that I tried to force to resolve by skill more than luck. Unfortunately, there seemed to be precious little skill to go around...

[Mr. Flay]

No, Loose Cannons didn't know they were unrecruitable, though it was hinted at.

The personality conflict was masked by the sheer volume of posts. Oldbies who expected regular posting, VIs who were posting unhelpfully, and spammers who were posting INCESSANTLY all grated on each other. In the end, you compromised on a rather crap lynch (yes yes, I know, D1 sucks, but 4 claims?!?).

Bribery was solely in the game to avoid a D1 loss for a Son. Anybody who did that was going to get vigged/dogpiled the next day, so it either bought you one extra Night, or avoided a total rout for their side. It's not like a normal lynchproof where Town might ignore that person from then on, because at least one other role (plus any of their recruits) knew the power existed out there. And the whole POINT of the game was to see what dueling recruiters would do to the dynamic, not a traditional Cult vs. Town game.

As for the claim that the Cult Recruiters were too powerful, look at what they were up against: 2 Sane Cops, 2 Roleblockers, 3 unrecruitable Vigs, 2 Doctors, an unrecruitable rival, and an unrecruitable Cult Doc. The game could VERY easily have swung the other way, it just didn't.

[Mr. Flay]

It would have, yes. That's the other reason LCs were there - even in LyLo, they could force the count past bare majority.

[Mr. Flay]

Yeah, I considered that a null tell, Sera. Replacing out is hardly ever going to enhance your role's win condition.

I appreciate all the constructive criticism (by which I mean, practically all of it!) you guys are making. I definitely erred on the side of too few ways to rid yourselves of the Cult Recruiters. Bribery may need to work differently, I'm still not sure it needs to be removed. I hate when some faction can be booted D1/N1 from a game, and in this case it would have thrown the entire setup into a cocked hat...

Yos, you and I are going to have to agree to disagree about Day One. From my perspective, everybody went after EVERYBODY (you had like... 5 vote leaders, and 4 role claims), and Furcolow was picked more or less at random, and the other people with his role refused to corroborate him (because they were mad at him I guess?). Seriously, he wasn't going to be a recruiter with that partial roleclaim, and in a cult game role/lack of role isn't really the reason you lynch somebody, but lynching a claimed Cop!?

Succession II??? Good lord you people are demanding! I've already got to run War in Heaven III/War Is Hell sometime... but yeah, I'll think about a way to make it work with most of the mechanics revealed. Hell, as RC says, it may work better, in that people spend less time on setup speculation.

RC, I'm not going to post all the flavor PMs, they weren't as impressive as yours. And the first post already does have links to everything that happened...

[Mr. Flay]

Also, I wanted to ask, what did people think of the Day Clock??

I'm trying to figure out a way to make it NOT suck for late-game days next time I use it, but overall I really liked the semi-bankable deadline aspect of it. The clock was kind of a pain in the keister, though....

[Mr. Flay]

Items would just consolidate power for cult groups faster... they'd be able to pass them off if one person was likely to be Tracked, etc. Town wouldn't trust anyone enough to trade an item.

I like the modification to bribe, though... not sure I'll use it, but I like the theory behind limiting it.[/modwifom]

[Mr. Flay]

Also, here's the posting graph for Succession Mafia I. I've bitched quite a bit about activity, but to be fair it was really Day One that went overboard... the rest of the game met my usual expectation of "between X and 3X posts/day, X = # of living players".


And none of that really compares with WiH II, which was pushing 300-400 posts/day at times. So... sorry?

[Mr. Flay]

What, the graph? Yeah, the basic methodology is already in a public Google Doc, but I need to add a few recent enhancements.

[Mr. Flay]

I just do it myself (as the game goes on normally, after the fact for monster games like this). It took all of about 30 minutes, tops.

I'm sure there IS a way to do it automagically, but I'm not that smart.