Xocrates TWG: GAME OVER: Humans Win
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zach wrote:Mix and match
Reading through that, I liked the idea that the roles are revealed on death so long as the coroner is alive.
Screw you, man! I talked the HELL out of my one day of life. And I still think Jordy just searched the forums of TWG games, spotted Icepick's one where someone else came up with the pl*n and decided to rip it off, knowing that it failed.Xarlaxas wrote:One of the funniest things, in my opinion, was that it seems like the specials were the most quiet players, while the wolves were quite talkative this time,
I've been wanting to say this for an entire game: No one playing this game can count votes worth shit!also, I really have no idea why Jordy decided to go kamikaze to save me. . . .
Takes fine balancing to make something like that work. However, games where it turns out everyone is a wolf have been awesomely confusing and also plain awesome. Like this game.microchip08 wrote:It was nice having a majority of players being special, though. Would a fully-special TWG work?
Xocrates wrote:Reading through that, I liked the idea that the roles are revealed on death so long as the coroner is alive.
I missed that. Interesting.
Anyway, I think some inspiration can be achieved from that article, surely.
This was a fun game. I need to learn to attract less attention, though.
microchip08, if you don't mind me asking ... why did you scry me on the first night?
That was quite fun! Sorry for the attempted noms, Feud, but I had /no/ idea who to eat, and you hadn't yet made that (quite humanizing) revelation. It also explained my slaying of zjoere, and (possibly) causing the games such rapid end.
There was one thing I didn't approve of, however: the way my role was implemented. Aside from Xocrates saying the rogue should help the wolves, there's no /reason/ for me to choose one side over another.
Consider: Every other player in the game has one goal, which is to survive. They also all have a faction that their very existence counts towards, thus making defined teams that are secondary to that goal, but have the same requirements.
The rogue does not have such a defined faction, and is not stated to win on survival. I chose to play as though that was the goal, however, since I found it overly odd (and not so fun) to have one player whose goal is not the same.
I found that it made the most sense to ally with the humans, as their confirmed roles made a good center to rally around and my counter-wolfy powers did come in handy. If the role is retained, I would recommend modifying it to either have the explicit goal of survival, or have a more firm basis for working with the other wolves.
(Also, thanks for not killing me off at the end, Xocrates. )
EDIT: One last thing, my experience was that it's /extremely/ difficult for the rogue wolf to find other wolves. If that is kept as the main goal, it's likely to be somewhat frustrating for the rogue in the future.
There was one thing I didn't approve of, however: the way my role was implemented. Aside from Xocrates saying the rogue should help the wolves, there's no /reason/ for me to choose one side over another.
Consider: Every other player in the game has one goal, which is to survive. They also all have a faction that their very existence counts towards, thus making defined teams that are secondary to that goal, but have the same requirements.
The rogue does not have such a defined faction, and is not stated to win on survival. I chose to play as though that was the goal, however, since I found it overly odd (and not so fun) to have one player whose goal is not the same.
I found that it made the most sense to ally with the humans, as their confirmed roles made a good center to rally around and my counter-wolfy powers did come in handy. If the role is retained, I would recommend modifying it to either have the explicit goal of survival, or have a more firm basis for working with the other wolves.
(Also, thanks for not killing me off at the end, Xocrates. )
EDIT: One last thing, my experience was that it's /extremely/ difficult for the rogue wolf to find other wolves. If that is kept as the main goal, it's likely to be somewhat frustrating for the rogue in the future.
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I'll keep that in mind. However the goal here was mostly to make the Traitor role more interesting by giving it a more active participation, and as such your criticisms apply to that role as well, and while I do believe I've succeeded in making the role more interesting, to me your experience serves pretty darn well to highlight how useless that particular role tends to be.
You make a very good case regarding the survivability issue, and it's certainly something I'll keep in mind when revising/creating roles.
I'll keep that in mind. However the goal here was mostly to make the Traitor role more interesting by giving it a more active participation, and as such your criticisms apply to that role as well, and while I do believe I've succeeded in making the role more interesting, to me your experience serves pretty darn well to highlight how useless that particular role tends to be.
You make a very good case regarding the survivability issue, and it's certainly something I'll keep in mind when revising/creating roles.
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The best thing for the seer is probably to find a special human as soon as possible, as that's less suspicious than someone saying "hey, I know you're human" as any wolf would know that too. . . .
I think you talked the most out of all the specials, Mas, even though you died so quickly. I do agree that people seem to have some trouble vis-a-vis counting, but I find I get a lot more interested in tallying things up when my life is on the line. . . . Also, why are you never on Steam anymore? ;-;
Yeah, I like the idea of role revelation on death while the coroner is alive, though he'd still be unknown unless he is killed? Otherwise he'd be the first target for wolves.
EDIT: Don't forget roles like the Masons and so on, those would give the humans some agency, but obviously it couldn't encompass all the innocents.
I think you talked the most out of all the specials, Mas, even though you died so quickly. I do agree that people seem to have some trouble vis-a-vis counting, but I find I get a lot more interested in tallying things up when my life is on the line. . . . Also, why are you never on Steam anymore? ;-;
Yeah, I like the idea of role revelation on death while the coroner is alive, though he'd still be unknown unless he is killed? Otherwise he'd be the first target for wolves.
EDIT: Don't forget roles like the Masons and so on, those would give the humans some agency, but obviously it couldn't encompass all the innocents.
Oh, right. This was our (Shwart!!'s and my) priority list on who to nom at night:
This list was then further refined, leading in microchip08's upbumping on the list. Seer + GA would have been nom'd very early, had us wolves been more organised (and hadn't I been scryed on the first night)
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shinygerbil > microchip08 > Xarlaxas > Feud > ynbniar > Cooper42 > MrBunsy > Foxsake
This list was then further refined, leading in microchip08's upbumping on the list. Seer + GA would have been nom'd very early, had us wolves been more organised (and hadn't I been scryed on the first night)
zach wrote:Oh, right. This was our (Shwart!!'s and my) priority list on who to nom at night:
Ah, two things. One, I didn't find you until late in day 3 (and even that was blind 'luck'), and two, I still wasn't exactly on your side. I'd already kinda allied with the humans.
Although, granted, they were /not/ as proactive in involving me in plans.
I pretty much ended up playing both sides, without /specifically/ betraying either... which, honestly, was a blast. The role was extremely fun in that regard. It just isn't at all how it was meant to be played.
Could the traitor role not be spiced up in more conventional ways, such as acting as a roleblocker, or being able to be 'turned' into a werewolf if they are the target of a werewolf kill?
Or, if the traitor is givien a killing option at night like they were this time, the Serial Killer orle tends to work well. It makes games a lot shorter, but it's a more fun (if difficult) role to play.
Or, if the traitor is givien a killing option at night like they were this time, the Serial Killer orle tends to work well. It makes games a lot shorter, but it's a more fun (if difficult) role to play.
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