Yup. After day 3 there were several alive posters who had less posts than the moderator of the game. No excuse imo.
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Yup. After day 3 there were several alive posters who had less posts than the moderator of the game. No excuse imo.
Absolutely, I agree.
BANISHED
awww cmon buddy, lets hug it out
I was thinking about 2 different ideas for the next game we could try to employ at work today; would anyone be interested in employing either idea/both of them?
One is the "Traveler" variant of Werewolf. In it, there are 2 concurrent games running simultaneously in 2 different rooms (Well, it'd be threads here). After every night phase, one player (The Traveler) in each game takes another player from the same game, and they both "travel" into the other game. The other player keeps his/her role regardless of which game (s)he is in. So, for example, if the person that moved with the Traveler was Mafia/Wolf, (s)he would join the new game's Mafia/Wolves. The transplanted player could be a Doctor, a Cop/Seer, or even just a Vanilla player instead, which admittedly may affect the games' balances, but definitely makes them more exciting!
And, of course, there'd be a Vampiric character on the "Scum" team in each game, who picks another player and turns him/her into a Mafia/Wolf player on the first night phase, so the Traveler isn't necessarily a safe, pro-Town role. It was hard to manage 2 games at once when we did this in real life, but it was a blast to play! We'd need at least 2 GM's working in tandem, so if need be, I can take one of the roles.
There's also the "Train" variant. I've never played it, but players who are killed go into an "afterlife" game (It's called "Train Mafia" because it was developed for use on 2 different trains in the NYC Subway System; here, we'd just have a second thread for our "afterlife" game). Upon death, players are randomly designated to be one of 3-4 different spiritual factions, and instead of voting to kill one another, the dead vote to give a different player a point during each day phase (Night phases are irrelevant when playing in-person). That player's point goes to his/her faction instead of the player, and whichever spiritual faction has the most points at the end of the secondary game wins. It sounds somewhat confusing, and unlike the Traveler variant, I've never played it. We've had people who could do nothing but comb the Dead Thread for a few weeks now, though, so at least that's a way to give those players something to do! I have a link for this one, if anyone's curious. http://www.copenhagengamecollective.org/train-mafia/
One is the "Traveler" variant of Werewolf. In it, there are 2 concurrent games running simultaneously in 2 different rooms (Well, it'd be threads here). After every night phase, one player (The Traveler) in each game takes another player from the same game, and they both "travel" into the other game. The other player keeps his/her role regardless of which game (s)he is in. So, for example, if the person that moved with the Traveler was Mafia/Wolf, (s)he would join the new game's Mafia/Wolves. The transplanted player could be a Doctor, a Cop/Seer, or even just a Vanilla player instead, which admittedly may affect the games' balances, but definitely makes them more exciting!
And, of course, there'd be a Vampiric character on the "Scum" team in each game, who picks another player and turns him/her into a Mafia/Wolf player on the first night phase, so the Traveler isn't necessarily a safe, pro-Town role. It was hard to manage 2 games at once when we did this in real life, but it was a blast to play! We'd need at least 2 GM's working in tandem, so if need be, I can take one of the roles.
There's also the "Train" variant. I've never played it, but players who are killed go into an "afterlife" game (It's called "Train Mafia" because it was developed for use on 2 different trains in the NYC Subway System; here, we'd just have a second thread for our "afterlife" game). Upon death, players are randomly designated to be one of 3-4 different spiritual factions, and instead of voting to kill one another, the dead vote to give a different player a point during each day phase (Night phases are irrelevant when playing in-person). That player's point goes to his/her faction instead of the player, and whichever spiritual faction has the most points at the end of the secondary game wins. It sounds somewhat confusing, and unlike the Traveler variant, I've never played it. We've had people who could do nothing but comb the Dead Thread for a few weeks now, though, so at least that's a way to give those players something to do! I have a link for this one, if anyone's curious. http://www.copenhagengamecollective.org/train-mafia/
So, random thought.
A buddy of mine and I are working on a Mafia game for iOS/Android (we're actually a decent way along and hopefully will have it done relatively soon!). Would any of you guys be interested?
It'll be a chat-variant, with 24-hour day cycles and 24-hour night cycles (or earlier depending on votes and the like - so when majority is reached the day ends, and when everyone has input their night actions, plus a small amount of time to account for fat-fingering, the night ends. Theoretically the game could probably be played in 2 hours if people are quick enough).
It'll be entirely automated, with 12-person games, split between:
- Traditional (Villagers, Goons, Doctor, Cop, Godfather)
- Variants (Planned out variants)
- Chaos (Randomized roles...to an extent)
I think it'd be a great little game to play on the go. Any thoughts?
A buddy of mine and I are working on a Mafia game for iOS/Android (we're actually a decent way along and hopefully will have it done relatively soon!). Would any of you guys be interested?
It'll be a chat-variant, with 24-hour day cycles and 24-hour night cycles (or earlier depending on votes and the like - so when majority is reached the day ends, and when everyone has input their night actions, plus a small amount of time to account for fat-fingering, the night ends. Theoretically the game could probably be played in 2 hours if people are quick enough).
It'll be entirely automated, with 12-person games, split between:
- Traditional (Villagers, Goons, Doctor, Cop, Godfather)
- Variants (Planned out variants)
- Chaos (Randomized roles...to an extent)
I think it'd be a great little game to play on the go. Any thoughts?
I'd give it a shot if you need help testing it in iOS. It sounds like you basically want to make Epic Mafia but in app form. If you're up for stat tracking, I'd go for a "ranked" Traditional mode(Both Mafia and werewolf themes), and less serious role madness and bastard games. You'll have to make a lot of pre-created games, or have weighted roles so it can randomize a game and still have it fair.
Yeah, I'd keep track of W/L records for both Town and Mafia. Ranked play might be further down the line though.
Traditional would just be the one variant, while the other two have differing forms. One pulls from a set list of planned-out roles, while the other one simply picks from a pool of all of the roles (with some caveats - like if it pulls an Arsonist, then it would also pull a Firefighter, etc.), that way there is some balance to it.
EDIT: Missed the part about weighted roles. Yes, that will also be taken into account.
I'd be willing to try an Android version.
The major thing I have to keep in mind is that we won't be having moderators - so only roles that can be strictly automated will be included. Considering the size of my team (2), we don't have the bandwidth to actually moderate 
EDIT: Also, we're strictly doing "Mafia" for the time being. I plan on adding "Werewolf" eventually, but one thing at a time.
EDIT: Also, we're strictly doing "Mafia" for the time being. I plan on adding "Werewolf" eventually, but one thing at a time.
What's "One Night" mode?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pShkPBBNAi8
It's a more recent variant of Werewolf that plays in 10 minutes, making it a very cool bite-sized version that you can play again and again.
Huh. So it's basically a one-shot deal - if they lynch a villager, Werewolves win. If they lynch a Werewolf, Town wins. Regardless of who's left.
Might not be a bad idea.
Table Flip, (a side project of the Game Grumps) also played it with Mega64, which was pretty funny. Link is here.
It's also designed to run entirely without a moderator already. Normally all you do is decide what roles to include so everyone knows, shuffle, then go. 1 round doesn't last more than 10 or 15 minutes usually.
So everyone knows what roles are available at the outset? I mean, yes, they don't choose all of them, but yeah.
Though it's not like it matters since there really aren't any night actions.
It's definitely something I'll consider adding. Doesn't seem like it would be too difficult to throw in there.
Not sure how much you looked into it. Say you had 6 people playing. You'd have 9 role cards shuffled together, with 3ish being Werewolves. Each person gets a card, then the remainder go face down in the middle. You then have a series of night actions that occur in a specific order, some of which interact with the cards in the middle, or other player's cards. Nobody moderates this, and there's an app specifically for telling people what order to go in. After you wake back up, you don't get to look at your card again. So while you know what roles are possible, you have no idea which ones were actually in play. You can even end up with all 6 players as town.
I guess that video I watched didn't really explain the concept of night actions in this version. I'll look into it further.
Watch the one I linked. It explains most of the roles and the game pretty well.
Will do, thanks!
RobotNinjaHornets
Banned
Fucking knew it
lets not talk about it here but, really?
Yeah, I thought the identities were the other way around.
That's two children you all have murdered. I hope you're happy.
You monster
No worries. I totally fucked up the previous day and would've gotten voted out for it in any other game.
This purifying truth fire that burned down our house is pretty refreshing.
Anyway, for the guys who just came out of the AC game and may have missed it, I'll repost:
So, random thought.
A buddy of mine and I are working on a Mafia game for iOS/Android (we're actually a decent way along and hopefully will have it done relatively soon!). Would any of you guys be interested?
It'll be a chat-variant, with 24-hour day cycles and 24-hour night cycles (or earlier depending on votes and the like - so when majority is reached the day ends, and when everyone has input their night actions, plus a small amount of time to account for fat-fingering, the night ends. Theoretically the game could probably be played in 2 hours if people are quick enough).
It'll be entirely automated, with 12-person games, split between:
- Traditional (Villagers, Goons, Doctor, Cop, Godfather)
- Variants (Planned out variants)
- Chaos (Randomized roles...to an extent)
I think it'd be a great little game to play on the go. Any thoughts?
So, random thought.
A buddy of mine and I are working on a Mafia game for iOS/Android (we're actually a decent way along and hopefully will have it done relatively soon!). Would any of you guys be interested?
It'll be a chat-variant, with 24-hour day cycles and 24-hour night cycles (or earlier depending on votes and the like - so when majority is reached the day ends, and when everyone has input their night actions, plus a small amount of time to account for fat-fingering, the night ends. Theoretically the game could probably be played in 2 hours if people are quick enough).
It'll be entirely automated, with 12-person games, split between:
- Traditional (Villagers, Goons, Doctor, Cop, Godfather)
- Variants (Planned out variants)
- Chaos (Randomized roles...to an extent)
I think it'd be a great little game to play on the go. Any thoughts?
I think I'd like to make a configurable mafia back-end that manages game state, role randomization, house rules, etc, and then a variety of front ends so you could use it in a chat based game or to power a bot in a forum or chat bot in a live video game.
So we're definitely going to be developing a back end to handle all of the game states and randomization (and house rules are covered by the "variant" mode). The front ends for now that we are shooting for are iOS and Android. Maybe PC/Mac in the future.
Forum bots...maybe. Again, this is all tied to having a moderator-less version of the game, so while it's doable, it does leave a few roles up in the air as to whether or not they are viable.
You guys make me sick. He was just a child. A child! That's no justice.
Why do you hate the Happy Home Academy anyway? All they're doing is providing people with affordable, high-quality living space.
like what sort of roles are you thinking would be difficult?
Just a lot of the more complex ones, like the Traveler mentioned above. There really aren't too many.