Admin Thread for Tol-in-Gaurhoth LXVI: The Night Guard

[Eönwë]

This is a game in which the entire village chooses who they want to save. Each Day, in addition to voting for whoever you want to lynch, you must also vote for who want to save from being killed in the Night. This game will be set in a village in Middle-Earth (just for your information).


These are the current rules and roles (They may change if there aren't enough players):

Rules and Roles:

Roles:

The Werewolves: The "bad guys" of the game. There will be four of them. When all four are alive, they will be able to vote two players to kill each Night. Once one of them has been eliminated, they will only get one kill per Night.

The Gifteds: There will be three gifteds:
The seer: Each Night the seer votes a player whose identity they wish to uncover. They will be able to tell whether the player is a Werewolf, a Ranger, a Hunter, or an Innocent.

The Ranger: Each Night the Ranger chooses who they want to save from being killed by the Werewolves. The Ranger cannot save themselves or the same person twice in a row.

The Hunter: Each Day the Hunter chooses a target. If they are lynched or Night-killed and their target is a Werewolf, the Werewolf dies. If the target is anything else, then nothing happens.

Warning: There will be some secret and/or modified roles as well.


Lynching:

To Lynch: Each Day, every player must place a Lynch vote. It must be bolded and highlighted with two plus signs in from, like so:

++Eönwë

Once during the game, each player is permitted to abstain from voting, and it must be done like so:

+-Abstain

Warning: If everyone abstains on one Day, a member of the village will be picked at random to be lynched.

One retractable Lynch-Vote is allowed for each player during the course of the game. No multiple lynchings. If there is a tie in voting, the lynchee will be decided randomly by the roll of a die.

Guarding
When a person is guarded, then cannot be killed by the wolves that Night. If the person is a wolf, they may not make any contact at Night with the other Werewolves (therefore they may not PM, and they will not be counted as a living werewolf for that Night). If this wolf is the hunter's target, they will not be killed. If the person is a seer, they can have their dream. If the person is a ranger, they cannot protect anyone. If the person is a hunter, they can still pick someone to hunt, but it will only count during the Day phase, as the hunter will not be able to attacked that Night.

To Guard: Each Day each player must choose someone who they want to be guarded in the Night phase. It must be written like so:

++Guard Eönwë

Two retractable Guard-Votes are allowed per player for the duration of the game. Players cannot vote for themselves. You cannot vote the same player for two or more Days in a row. The same person cannot be guarded more for two or more Days in a row.


Modfire
If you do not vote either way for three consecutive Days, you will be modfired. No exceptions. This includes if you do not Guard-Vote one Day and do not Lynch-Vote the next, etc. If this happens when all the Werewolves are alive, they will only get one Night kill.

Deadline: Deadline will be 22:00 GMT (Which is 23:00 UK time, 18:00 EST and 17:00 CST. If your time-zone is not there then check what time it works out to be here (http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.co.uk/))


And most importantly: Have fun! It's a game.


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Eönwë- Mayor (The Mod)

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Players

Legate of Amon Lanc- the village broker
Inziladun- the village brewer
satansaloser2005- The village librarian (Mistress of the books)
Mnemosyne- the village coquette
A Little Green- the village butcher
wilwarin538- the village barmaid
Pitchwife- the village mason
alonariel- the village blacksmith
Hakon- the village innkeeper
Brinniel- the village witch
Thinlómien- the village chief gardener
Boromir88- the village pig farmer
Nienna- the village potter
Nerwen- a wandering minstrel
Kitanna- the village hermit
Nessa Telrunya- the village seamstress
McCaber- chief (only) miner, head of miners' guild
Nilpaurion Felagund- the village fool
Shastanis Althreduin- the village apothecary
Nogrod- the retired bourgeois


Please choose professions and names (optional) to make to make it more authentic/interesting- this one is set in a village, after all.

You may also post suggestions for the village's name as it currently does not have one.



The game has now started.

[Inziladun]

I'd like to be a brewer. 'A beer so brown' and all that. ;)
I'll have to think on a name.

[Nienna]

I'm not sure if I can play yet.... but I am a little bit confused on the night guard thing and the wolves getting to pick 2 players. So the village gets to pick someone to be guarded. Got that. What confuses me is since the wolves will be picking as well and will know who is guarded then they wouldn't try and kill that person so the guard seems kind of pointless... I think there is something major that I'm not understanding probably about the two wolf pick things so maybe if you can explain a little bit?

Also is there a time when you want to start by and a time you are considering for DL?

Thanks!

[Mnemosyne]

I'm in.

I shall be the village coquette.

[A Little Green]

Count me in, please. I'll be the butcher.

[Boromir88]

I am to deliver the message that wilwa would like to be added on with a question mark, she will be gone a few days, and will let you know for sure when she's back.

I wish I could sign-up too, but school started back up, and I'm going to get real busy in a week. Best of luck to ye Eonwe. :D

[Eönwë]

I'm not sure if I can play yet.... but I am a little bit confused on the night guard thing and the wolves getting to pick 2 players. So the village gets to pick someone to be guarded. Got that. What confuses me is since the wolves will be picking as well and will know who is guarded then they wouldn't try and kill that person so the guard seems kind of pointless... I think there is something major that I'm not understanding probably about the two wolf pick things so maybe if you can explain a little bit?

Ok.
You're right about the fact that the wolves know who's being saved. It's just that the village gets to choose someone who definitely won't be wolf killed. That's why we still have a ranger.
The two-wolf-kill thing will only work in a larger village, when there's enough people. I might get rid of it and/or one of our wolves if we don't get enough participants.

Also is there a time when you want to start by and a time you are considering for DL?

Thanks!
DL is 22:00 GMT (it's in the first post). The game will start when there are enough players.

[Pitchwife]

This looks too interesting to miss, and the DL's ideal for me. I'll be the mason.
As for the village name - if it's somewhere in the Shire, I'd suggest Upper Downsbury.

[alonariel]

Sign me up. Can I be the village blacksmith?

[satansaloser2005]

I probably won't be as active this game, just to let you know. The DL may or may not conflict with work (if they ever give me an office and thus trap me there all day....heh). In other news, I think we need a library. Consider me the book mistress. :)

[Hakon]

I will be less active in this game then I was in the last game. I am a bit more busy now but I still have a large amount of time on my hands. Also I will be the innkeeper.

[Brinniel]

Sign me up as the village witch. :Merisu:

Each Day, in addition to voting for whoever you want to lynch, you must also vote for who want to save from being killed in the Night.
Sounds like an interesting concept. Though, is there going to be a rule where we can't vote to guard the same person on consecutive Days? Because while it'll be awesome for the village to have a chance to keep a revealed gifted protected for an extra Night, it'll really suck for the wolves if they can't ever kill the seer if they were to reveal.

[Thinlómien]

Count me in too. Can't resist trying to play with Mnemo and playing with Legate after a long while. Besides, your rules look interesting. (Although - should it be banned to vote yourself in the guard vote? I think that would be sensible and prevent the vote from spreading to everybody voting themselves.) I will be a gardener.

PS. Hakon is twice on the player list. ;)

edit: xed with Brinn, yay! :D

[alonariel]

Boro would like to sign up, and is going to be the village pig farmer.

Where's wilwa? I gotta give her a high five.

[Eönwë]

Sounds like an interesting concept. Though, is there going to be a rule where we can't vote to guard the same person on consecutive Days?

(Although - should it be banned to vote yourself in the guard vote? I think that would be sensible and prevent the vote from spreading to everybody voting themselves.)
Yes and yes.

PS. Hakon is twice on the player list. ;)

:o Fixed


PS. Look for updates in first post

[Nienna]

I'm in but I'm going to be home for a little while and then helping a fabulous person move in :D:cool:

So I'll do my best to be around.

I will be the village potter.

And thanks for the rule clarifications ... everything makes much more sense... my brain just wasn't really working and obviously I missed when you said DL.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

All right, let me be the village broker. I know everybody and everyone, even outside the village, and I can help with anything. For a reasonable price, of course. But my prices are always reasonable.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Sign me up as the village witch. :Merisu:

Will your opening quote be "I sense a soul in search for answers"?
And we already have a butcher...
(Who readst, understand...)

[Mnemosyne]

Can't resist trying to play with Mnemo

"Try" is, of course, the operative word here... *searches for "madcap" smiley to insert but cannot find*

[Aganzir]

Sign me up with a questionmark, please. It's way too long since I last played, but I don't know how busy I'm going to be when school starts.

[Thinlómien]

By the way, even if we get enough players soon, can we please not start until next week? :) Agan and I will be absent for the weekend.

[Boromir88]

Boro would like to sign up, and is going to be the village pig farmer.


I have chosen to be a fuller and a muckraker before...so pig farming actually might be a step up. If you thought I'd get flustered you'll have to do better than pig farming. Your other suggestion may have done it, then again mayhaps not. :p

[Nerwen]

Count me in. I'm a wandering minstrel staying at the inn.

[Kitanna]

Sign me up. It's been a long while since my last WW game. I'll be the village hermit. Cranky and weird, living with some cats.

[satansaloser2005]

Sign me up. It's been a long while since my last WW game. I'll be the village hermit. Cranky and weird, living with some cats.

Dear, you're supposed to have a game role, not tell us your life story. ;)

And in other news....

*pounces*

Yay for Kit playing! I bugged Roa on facebook so maybe she'll be tempted over here too. :D

[wilwarin538]

Where's wilwa? I gotta give her a high five.

*high fives back* (not sure why we're high fiveing though, haha....)

Eonwe, you may remove the question mark, I am most definitely in. This game looks really cool, I love the little twists you came up with! Could definitely not pass this on up! :D

This has to be my last one though, I need to learn some self control :p

Oh, hmmm, occupation....I shall be the village barmaid! :smokin:

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Oh, hmmm, occupation....I shall be the village barmaid! :smokin:

Wonderful. So all we need anymore is only a peg-legged boy. Is Form not playing? He could have been the archbishop.

[satansaloser2005]

Wonderful. So all we need anymore is only a peg-legged boy. Is Form not playing? He could have been the archbishop.

I bet we could twist his arm....:Merisu:

[Eönwë]

By the way, even if we get enough players soon, can we please not start until next week? :) Agan and I will be absent for the weekend.

We'll see how long it takes first...

Wonderful. So all we need anymore is only a peg-legged boy. Is Form not playing? He could have been the archbishop.

Sadly not. He's told me that he can't.

[satansaloser2005]

Sadly not. He's told me that he can't.

But....but....but....but....


:'(

[Nessa Telrunya]

Hmm.. Sounds like fun! Are we going to be very in-character? I would like to play, and you can sign me up as the village seamstress! :D

[Eönwë]

Sounds like fun! Are we going to be very in-character?

I'm not going to force you (plural- see, this is when the word ye comes in handy) to, but by all means do, especially on the first Day.

[Eönwë]

And the game thread (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=15675) is up to give you a bit of a taster.

[Kitanna]

Warning: There will be some secret and modified roles as well.



Will you be letting us in on how many secret roles there will be? Or is just going to be something that reveals itself over the course of the game?

Dear, you're supposed to have a game role, not tell us your life story.
I've been pretty absent from WW for a while, I expected a warmer welcome. You're ever so cruel Sally. *cries* :p

How close are we to starting this game? Eonwe said it'd start when there were enough players, but how many is enough? I ask because I'm going to be away from a computer for a couple of days starting tomorrow and I'd hate to come back Monday night and see the day has progressed without me.

[Eönwë]

How close are we to starting this game? Eonwe said it'd start when there were enough players, but how many is enough? I ask because I'm going to be away from a computer for a couple of days starting tomorrow and I'd hate to come back Monday night and see the day has progressed without me.

Well, I was hoping for quite a large village, but it seems that we may, at most get a few players. I was thinking of leaving it open for people to sign up for another 36 hours from the time of the DL today, and then starting the game the day after tomorrow at DL. However, please state your preferences (this goes for all of you) as I am willing to change it if enough people want to.

[McCaber]

So my work schedule just cleared up, and I'm ahead of where I want as far as writing A Full Moon Over Innsmouth goes... hmm.

Sign me up. I shall be the chief (and only) miner of the village, as well as the head of the miner's guild.

[Eönwë]

Sign me up. I shall be the chief (and only) miner of the village, as well as the head of the miner's guild.

Love it :D

In fact, I love all of your (plural that is again) professions, I just never got a chance to say so.

[Boromir88]

I'm good with any starting day, as long as the DL doesn't change. ;)

[alonariel]

I might be available this weekend so any time after today works for me : )

[Eönwë]

I'm good with any starting day, as long as the DL doesn't change. ;)

I might be available this weekend so any time after today works for me : )

Good, good

[Pitchwife]

The Game Thread looks very promising! You're making this a hard one for the wolves, aren't you?
And if that person is a wolf, then he or she will not be able to join his or her fellows, which will lead to less carnage in the Night.
I think this could do with some explanation. Exactly how will it affect the Nightly kills if, say, one wolf of four is Guarded? Does it mean there will be only one kill that Night, same as if there were only three wolves left? And what about Nightly PMing?

Great that you put Form in the narration! That way his spirit will be with us, even though he can't play (sadly).
And I'm all for being in character as much as possible! I love that about the early games, as far as I've read 'em.

Do I need to mention that I'm also beginning to get very curious about those secret/modified roles?

[Eönwë]

I think this could do with some explanation. Exactly how will it affect the Nightly kills if, say, one wolf of four is Guarded? Does it mean there will be only one kill that Night, same as if there were only three wolves left? And what about Nightly PMing?

Basically, the wolf is has to act as an ordo for the Night (The seer will still see him/her as a wolf). I can't say anything else for certain yet, because it depends on the number of people playing. And I can't tell you too much anyway. :p

[Eönwë]

Anyone who wishes to play who has not signed up must sign up within the next 36 hours.


Now don't say I didn't warn you...

[wilwarin538]

Uhm, Eonwe, your Game Thread went up twice, just incase you hadn't seen....

Getting very very excited for this! Gonna be fun, love the secret roles, makes it so crazy!!! :D

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

With the understanding that I shall not be responsible for headaches and frustrations, I'm in.

Village fool already taken?

[Eönwë]

Village fool already taken?
Do you mean like jester or like this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNBNqUdqm1E)? :p

[Shastanis Althreduin]

May I sneak in and sign up? As the village apothecary?

[Boromir88]

As an advanced warning Monday and Tuesday I won't be here for long, which means I'll be pretty much inactive.

[Eönwë]

Sign ups are now closed.

Roles will be sent out before the beginning of Night 1 (22:00 GMT) today.

[Eönwë]

Remember to go invisible

[Eönwë]

All roles have been sent out. If you have any trouble with anything, PM me.

Night 1 will start in about 2 hours.

[Eönwë]

It has begun.

[Aganzir]

Sorry but I don't think I have time to play.

[alonariel]

Just wanted to let you know I won't be around for the first several hours of Day 1 much.

[Pitchwife]

Same here, due to the necessary evils of sleep and work, but I'll be around from about 1300 GMT to DL.

[satansaloser2005]

Unexpected recent circumstances dictate that I miss most of the Day. (Aka rubbish life is complicated.) I'll be around, but not much. Sorry.

[Eönwë]

Day 1 hath begun.

[Eönwë]

Boro- Nogrod signed up for the game by PM.

[Boromir88]

Boro- Nogrod signed up for the game by PM.

Haha thanks, I was more or less just looking for something else to say besides offering you a pig. :p

[Brinniel]

Just so everyone knows, while I will be able to be around, my participation will be limited this week, specifically the first two Days. I'm packing up to fly cross country on the 2nd and then I'll be in the process of moving into an apartment. Once I arrive, I think my time will be better, in between moving the furniture...though I probably still won't have time for those long analyses that take me hours to write. I feel quite awful about my participation level these past few games, so I'll definitely try to do better this time around. This past month I've been moving one place to another and it's been quite hellish, so I'll be glad to be done with it. :rolleyes:

[wilwarin538]

said it on the game thread, but suppose I should here as well. I'm only going to be around for the next hour, and then only for the hour before DL. Unexpected work stuff. :rolleyes:

[Nienna]

Alona would like me to let you all know that her laptop is being repaired so she won't be able to post until toMorrow. She apologizes.

[Pitchwife]

Is anybody else having problems with the forum server? I've been getting repeated time-out messages for about an hour now whenever I'm refreshing or going from one page of the thread to another. No problem with other websites. If I vanish from the game without a trace between now and DL, this will be the reason. Just so you won't hold it against me.

[A Little Green]

Is anybody else having problems with the forum server? I've been getting repeated time-out messages for about an hour now whenever I'm refreshing or going from one page of the thread to another. No problem with other websites. If I vanish from the game without a trace between now and DL, this will be the reason. Just so you won't hold it against me.Yes, it does that to me too, but (at least this far) only for relatively short periods of time.

[satansaloser2005]

Hey Steve! Just in case you didn't see it on the game thread....

If there's a ranger save will you let us know that specifically? Or will you just narrate that there was only one death (or none) and leave us to guess?

[Eönwë]

Hey Steve! Just in case you didn't see it on the game thread....

If there's a ranger save will you let us know that specifically? Or will you just narrate that there was only one death (or none) and leave us to guess?

I will mention that there was a save.

[satansaloser2005]

I will mention that there was a save.

Thanks for clarifying! :D

[Pitchwife]

Just caught up, and have to be off to work now, but I'll be back a couple of hours before deadline.

[Nogrod]

Just FYI, I'm still alive and kicking but it will take a few hours before I can post anything. Sorry.

But then I should be able to hang around...

[Eönwë]

Just a few notes that I forgot to write in the rules:

-If a ranger is Night Guarded then xe cannot save anyone.

-If Night Guarded, the hunter can still select a target for the next Day, but it will be of no use in the Night, as xe will not be attacked.

[wilwarin538]

Can the Ranger protect himself???


And what if a wolf is guarded by the village, the Hunter chooses that wolf, and then the Hunter dies? Does that wolf still go down with the Hunter or no?

[Eönwë]

Can the Ranger protect himself???


And what if a wolf is guarded by the village, the Hunter chooses that wolf, and then the Hunter dies? Does that wolf still go down with the Hunter or no?

No and no.


Hmm.... ok, let me update the rules (more detail- on other stuff too).


edit: wait, I did say the first one in the rules.

[Eönwë]

Just a note: The narrations do not give any clues about roles.

And I'm sorry about making you wait so long. I had to go urgently and only came back about 45 minutes ago (to write the narration).

[satansaloser2005]

Steve, that narration....was made of awesome with a side of winsauce. :D

[Eönwë]

Thank you, Sally. :D

I'm glad you liked it. ;)

[Eönwë]

If alonariel does not vote toDay, she will be modfired. As stated in the rules, this means that the wolves will only get one kill toNight. Logically, this would mean that whether the person who is guarded toNight is a wolf or not, they will still get their kill (there will be a minimum of 2-3 left).

[satansaloser2005]

Sorry again for not being around toward the end of the Day. Computer issues, so I didn't get to catch up much either. Off to do that now, I think. :)

[Eönwë]

A question: How gory am I allowed to make the narrations?

[Inziladun]

A question: How gory am I allowed to make the narrations?

If you're asking me, feel free to make it as graphically gory as you like. ;)

[Inziladun]

Just saw it. I like it quite well. :cool:

[Eönwë]

Just saw it. I like it quite well. :cool:

Thank you.

I haven't gone gory yet.

[Boromir88]

I am very sorry for not making the deadline. I was a tour guide for the opening of a new high school until 3, and then I was going to come back to post and get ready for the dinner at 6, but I lost track of time and before I knew it was approaching 5:30. Me's a terribly sorry. :(

[McCaber]

I'm sorry for not voting for the second day in a row. Out of nowhere I had to go and give someone a ride and I didn't have time to throw out a poorly-thought and poorly-explained vote.

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

Had a really fun time trying to access the net yesterday, so yeah.

Sorry about that.

[Pitchwife]

Sorry for not participating toDay. I had just logged in and begun to write a post when I got a phone-call from a friend with rather nasty personal problems, which had to take priority and took 2-3 hours. After that, I don't have a clear mind for WW right now.

[Nienna]

*hugs*

[Pitchwife]

*hugs back*:)

[Nogrod]

All the best Pitchie. Well understood.

[Nienna]

*raises hand* ... Master Steve... ummm did you count Sally's vote?... because if not I believe that Boro had more votes... unless I'm missing something... You are allowed to not tell me... just wondering...

[satansaloser2005]

*hugs Pitchie tightly*

Sorry about that, dear. Hope everything gets sorted.

[satansaloser2005]

So did anyone else just scroll down and see "Wilwa: innocent" and then have a shock when they actually read the narration? Or was it just me?


Anyway, I dunno how I'll be on participation toMorrow, so I just wanted to give you all a heads up.

[wilwarin538]

So did anyone else just scroll down and see "Wilwa: innocent" and then have a shock when they actually read the narration? Or was it just me?


I did. First "what?! I'm dead?" then, "wait, was I not the hunter??". haha, surprising thing to come home to. :p

k, it from me since I'm dead :p. Good luck with the rest of the game guys!

[Inziladun]

I did. First "what?! I'm dead?" then, "wait, was I not the hunter??". haha, surprising thing to come home to. :p

k, it from me since I'm dead :p. Good luck with the rest of the game guys!

They'll need all the luck they can get. Terrible odds, now. Tsk. :rolleyes:

[satansaloser2005]

They'll need all the luck they can get. Terrible odds, now. Tsk. :rolleyes:

Shut it, you canine corpse. ;)


I can imagine, Wilwa.

Also, Steve, a rehash of Nienna's question if you don't mind.

[Eönwë]

*raises hand* ... Master Steve... ummm did you count Sally's vote?... because if not I believe that Boro had more votes... unless I'm missing something... You are allowed to not tell me... just wondering...

I was just trying to see if I could catch you all out! :p


No, it would appear that trying to mod a WW game during school-time was not such a good idea...:rolleyes: Anyway, all fixed now.

[Nogrod]

Anyway, all fixed now.Hey?!?! :confused:

[satansaloser2005]

Heh. Poor Noggins.

[Eönwë]

Hey?!?! :confused:

Boro got one more guard vote than you.

[satansaloser2005]

Boro got one more guard vote than you.

If ya like, Nog, you can blame my internet. I tried to submit my vote like three minutes before the DL but it refused to load the page so I was late.

[Pitchwife]

Thanks for your kind responses, everybody! You're really a sweet bunch of people, do you know that?:)
Yes, I think everything's getting sorted - it's just that my friend had been having those problems for years and never mentioned them before, so I was rather taken aback. But it seems like she's getting better now.
I'll be back tomorrow!

[Eönwë]

Sorry for not participating toDay. I had just logged in and begun to write a post when I got a phone-call from a friend with rather nasty personal problems, which had to take priority and took 2-3 hours. After that, I don't have a clear mind for WW right now.

Well, obviously, RL takes priority by miles.

Yes, I think everything's getting sorted - it's just that my friend had been having those problems for years and never mentioned them before, so I was rather taken aback. But it seems like she's getting better now.
I'll be back tomorrow!

Well, I hope it all works out.

And I'm glad to have you back so soon, Pitchie.

[Shastanis Althreduin]

Just wanted to apologize for disappearing off the face of the earth (most especially to Eonwe) - beginning rehearsals + car being towed + court preparations + financial issues = one great heaping pile of distraction that resulted in me completely forgetting about the internet for a week. :( Sorry.

[Pitchwife]

Hey, Shasta, sounds like you've had a rather stressy and rotten time - sorry to hear that. Hope everything's going to be all right, and look forward to seeing you in the next game!