Open 178 - Assassin in the Palace ~Over @ 232~

[Starbuck]

"Assassin loose in the palace! Assassin loose in the palace!" screamed the guard, as he burst through the doors of the guard barracks. He was bleeding profusely from his chest. The other guards gathered around him and laid him gently on the nearest cot.

"Tell us what you know, brother," they said.

"An assassin...," he gasped for breath, "the one that we feared.....He's stolen....a guard's uniform and mask."

Laboring for breath, he added, "At all costs.....you must.....protect.......the king....."

At the last word, he passed away.

Luckily enough for the guards, they had anticipated an attack like this and had dressed the king as one of their own. They all knew who he was, but they weren't lucky enough to know or be able to trust each other. They must kill the assassin before the assassin got to the king!

Still in the Barracks - 4/9

Vaya

Crazy

Buried in the Castle Cemetary - 5/9

DeathNote - Castle Guard committed suicide Day 1
Deuxieme Octopus - Castle Guard Lynched Day 2
Kdub - Castle Guard Lynched Day 3
ZazieR - Castle Guard Lynched Day 4
Tarballs - Castle Guard Lynched Day 5

Lynx The Antithesis - Assassin Lynched Day 6

ElectricBadger - Castle Guard Killed By the Assassin

Game Links

Day 1 Begins, Vote Counts: 1

Day 1 Ends/Day 2 Begins, Vote Counts: 1,2, 3

Day 2 Ends/Day 3 Begins, Vote Counts: 1, 2

Day 3 Ends/Day 4 Begins, Vote Counts: 1, 2, 3

Day 4 Ends/Day 5 Begins, Vote Counts: 1, 2

Day 5 Ends/Day 6 Begins, Vote Counts: 1

Day 6 Ends

Replacement info

N/A - because you guys are awesome!

[Starbuck]

The Setup

Rules Specific to this Set-Up

1. Do not reveal the identity of the king. Do not pretend to do so.

2. Do not pretend to have a suicide kill if you don't have one.

BREAKING EITHER OR BOTH OF THE ABOVE RULES WILL RESULT IN AN IMMEDIATE MODKILL

3. Any attack by the assassin

MUST

be made by PM to me. If the assassin is lynched, they may still send it by PM. Remember that the assassin wins even if he kills the king after being lynched.

Role PMs

Assassin:

You are the assassin. You have infiltrated the castle guard and are charged with attempt to kill the king. Victory is yours when the king is dead. At any point during the game (including immediately after your lynch), you may PM me the name of a player whom you wish to kill in a suicide attack. This attack will kill you and end the game.

You win when the king is dead, regardless of whether you are dead or alive.

King:

You are the king. You know that everyone else is not the king. However, there is an assassin who is trying to kill you. Your goal is not to let that happen.

You win when the assassin is dead and has used his kill and you still live.

Guard:

You are a guard, charged to protect King ________. Your job would be too easy if there weren’t an assassin trying to eliminate your poor king. You don’t want that to happen, of course. You’d be out of a job.

You win when the assassin is dead and has used his kill and the king is still alive.

[Starbuck]

Rules and Guidelines

(stolen/inspired by Light-kun, Aegor, afatchic & VRK)

General

1. Play to win.
2. Enjoy yourselves.
3. Mafia, as a game, is supposed to get heated, but please don't resort to insulting/mean/harassing language to any other players.
4. Please type in

black font ONLY.

You may bold, italicize, underline, increase size, etc., but all text should be black.
5. Breadcrumbs are allowed, however do not post any encrypted messages or small or hidden messages. Also DO NOT edit or delete previously posted messages.
6. I will not edit posts as a general rule, except to answer questions. However, if tags need to be fixed and the player requests that I fix them (I will take “Oh, crap! The tags!” as a request).
7. Please

bold

everything to which you want me to pay special attention. I will probably be reading the entire game, but for good measure bold mod requests or questions.
8. If you notice any mod-errors, please kindly point them out for me and I will fix it ASAP. If you do not correct me, it will count however I have it posted.

Private Messages/Privacy

1. No communication of ANY kind at ANY time outside of the thread regarding the game.
2. You may not quote anything in a mod PM verbatim (you can summarize, ex: "It said I'm a townie!") or even pretend to do so.
3. If you have a role with a Night action your choices are due to me by the posted deadline. If I do not receive your choice via PM by the posted deadline you will forfeit your actions.
4. Do not hesitate to PM me with any questions that you have.

Lynching/Voting/Deadlines

1. A majority (½ # of living players +1, rounded down) of votes is required to lynch. Once majority is reached, the lynch occurs and no further vote/unvotes will be considered.
2. The vote format is as follows:

Vote: Starbuck

. Votes not in this format will not be counted. You may abbreviate players' names appropriately.
3. Unvoting follows the same format

Unvote: Starbuck

(the name is optional, but preferred). You must unvote before voting, or the vote will not count.
4. You can vote for a no-lynch, which will end the Day phase with no lynch, using the format:

Vote: No Lynch

.
5. Each day will have a deadline equal to the number of players multiplied times 3. This will be days=3n, where n=number of players.
7. I may give a deadline extension if a majority of the players PM me asking for one; as well as if I think it is needed.
8. Once you are dead, you are dead. You can make one "Bah!" post, but that will be all until postgame.

Activity/Prodding/Replacements

1. Typing /in for any game means that you are committing yourself to that game, so please treat it as such.
2. Any player who hasn't posted in 72 hours will be prodded. From there, they have 24 hours to open their prod. After three prods, the player will be replaced. If two days pass, the player will be replaced.
3. If you know you will be inactive for more than a three-day period, please inform me either in thread or by sending me a PM. Posting in the V/LA thread is meaningless because I don't read it.


If there is a serious infraction of these rules, of the site rules, or of the integrity and spirit of the game, I reserve the right to replace someone. Again, I would rather never do this.

[Starbuck]

The game will start when all players have confirmed. There is NO discussion at all until then.

[Starbuck]

All players have confirmed.

Please remember the rules about prods/replacement. I hope that activity isn't an issue, but be aware that there is some standard for this game.

Everyone understand the setup-specific rules? Good! Let us begin...

Day 1 has begun. There are 9 players, and 5 votes make a lynch.

[ZazieR]

Vote Crazy

obv.

[Crazy]

Vote Zazie

obv.

[ZazieR]

OMGUS, because you know that I can read you?

[ElectricBadger]

Hey all - nice to see a couple faces again!

Vote Kdub

[Deuxieme Octopus]

vote: lynx

i'm still sore about that last one...

[Crazy]

OMGUS, because you know that I can read you?

If you're the assassin, then you'll find out who the King is from me very quickly, yes?

(On another note, we should never vote anybody just for voting for the King. That's a very easy way to lose.)

[Kdub]

Vote: Deuxieme Octopus

because I can't pronounce his name.

[DeathNote]

Vote: Badger

for voting for the Kin... ohh wait...


Nevermind

Unvote

[Crazy]

Unvote
Vote DeathNote

[ZazieR]

OMGUS, because you know that I can read you?

If you're the assassin, then you'll find out who the King is from me very quickly, yes?

(On another note, we should never vote anybody just for voting for the King. That's a very easy way to lose.)

I've already told you your meta. If you're town and if I'm the assassin, there's no point in me voting you for such reason. So no.
Will you now answer my question?

[ZazieR]

Unvote
Vote DeathNote

What did you just say?

[Crazy]

I've already told you your meta. If you're town and if I'm the assassin, there's no point in me voting you for such reason. So no.
Will you now answer my question?

In which case why did you vote me in the first place? Since I hadn't posted yet, you'd have no idea that I was the assassin! Not that I am.

And it wasn't OMGUS, I would have voted you anyway.

What did you just say?

I don't think what DeathNote said is something that town would be likely to say.

[ZazieR]

Crazy

, are you having a Phase of Denial?

Also, DN has a pretty good tell that can say more about his allignment. Will point it out if it gets shown.

[Lynx The Antithesis]

vote: lynx

i'm still sore about that last one...

You should be because you're the worst player I've ever played with...ever

On another note, we should never vote anybody just for voting for the King. That's a very easy way to lose.)

Yeah of course because we'd be handing the game right to the assassin. In fact, people shouldn't even mention the king or outright defend him strongly because it could make it extremely obvious which player he is. We should just proceed normally with hunting. One blatant slipup from one player could cost everyone. And I know there are players who are capable of doing that.

Also, DN has a pretty good tell that can say more about his allignment. Will point it out if it gets shown.

What do you mean point it out if it gets shown?

[Lynx The Antithesis]

Oh and retaliation

Vote:Deuxieme Octopus

Once a scum, always a scum.

[Starbuck]

Vote Count

Deuxieme Octopus (2) - Kdub, Lynx The Antithesis
Crazy (1) - Zazier
DeathNote (1) - Crazy
Kdub (1) - ElectricBadger
Lynx The Antithesis (1) - Deuxieme Octopus



Not Voting: DeathNote, Tarballs, Vaya


5 to lynch

Deadline November 19th, 4 am EST

[ElectricBadger]

You should be because you're the worst player I've ever played with...ever

Not really a good way to start the game, especially if you're likely to be on the same side.

unvote, vote Lynx

[DeathNote]

So we going to vote people based on grudges of past games? Can we be more professional than that guys?

[Lynx The Antithesis]

I was only kidding with the boy about his play being bad. Just a friendly stab, nothing more.

[Deuxieme Octopus]

unvote, vote: ElectricBadger
FoS: DeatNote

lynx was kidding, sheesh, get over it.