WWJ VI: Return to Midsomer Mawlin - Kill me again - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Mithalwen · 03-20-2006, 01:59 PM

Azaelia
B88
Diamond
Fea
firefoot
Jenny
Kitanna
Kuru
morm
Nogrod
Sleepy
Oddwen
Gil

Mithalwen

JennyHallu · 03-20-2006, 02:07 PM

I was right on Firefoot...Azaelia I would never have guessed. Too American.

JennyHallu · 03-20-2006, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by JennyHallu

I was right on Firefoot...Azaelia I would never have guessed. Too American.

Basically I hadn't a chance to guess any characters from the BBC...And I missed Veronica just because I don't watch that show.

Nogrod · 03-20-2006, 02:33 PM

The character pics were a nice ending to this little saga we had!

Thanks Mith!

PS. I will be supporting retractable votes for the days to come from now on. They really make the difference! (Time-zone problems do not make them even though...)

Boromir88 · 03-20-2006, 02:46 PM

Of coure the night I died I dreamt of Firefoot, luckily my suspicioun of her didn't put her in too much trouble, and a great job to my fellow villagers for finishing out the deed. Firefoot was right it scarily reminded me of WW1 where two wolves were bagged on the first two nights and the lone wolf ended up coming back to win.

I must say, bravo and what a game...sorry it ended so fast Mith

Kitanna · 03-20-2006, 03:10 PM

I was so happy on DAY 1 to learn my alter ego was House. Being House made up for me dying on DAY 3.

Well played by everyone.

Garin · 03-20-2006, 03:14 PM

Now that the wolves have been vanquished I guess I'm allowed to venture into your village and congratulate you all.

Great modding by Mith.

Great wolf-sniffing ability by Boromir.

Great suicide bluff by Diamond, it didn't work when I tried it.

Gil!

Well, Gil's this guy, you see... and ... I'll get back to you.

And Morm ... well Morm sucks.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 03-20-2006, 03:35 PM

Wow. It almost worked.

I knew I was a lost cause and we accepted Kuru as martyr before we even began. Everything left to keeping Kitanna ambiguous, and it almost worked... Watching y'all go after Firefoot made me smile, that being my whole point and all. Sorry 'bout that Firefoot, but I really did need a scapegoat.

If it hadn't been for Boromir and Morm... I mean, y'all played wonderfully, but it was really those two.

Great playing, all, and thanks for talking me into a run, Mith.

Diamond18 · 03-20-2006, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Garin

Great suicide bluff by Diamond, it didn't work when I tried it.

Thanks, Garin. This, incidentally, was my inspiration:

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Mormegil (Cursed Villager) - Cut off his own head rather than having the villagers handle his axe on Day 6

When reading over the grimoire I thought, "That's the way to do it, never let them take you alive!!" Though I really wouldn't describe my action as a bluff. I was just so sure that I was going to die (3 votes and counting at the time) and I wanted the satisfaction of doing it myself. I was aware that there was a chance people would take my post at face value and retract their votes for me, so I did it about an hour and a half before the deadline, rather than just before, but to be honest I thought there was the slimmest, slimmest chance of that happening. Mainly, I just wanted to see "Commited suicide in exasperation" beside my name in the Grimoire.

But of course I didn't want to die if I didn't have to, so seeing that I could kill Kitanna instead made me jump for it.

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Originally Posted by AofZ

And Diamond, just so as you don't swear werewolf off entirely--the first game is usually always the hardest on you as a beginner. You posted, angry that some people had thought you stupid or whatever, so I sincerely hope you didn't get that impression from me, because you most certainly are not!

I'm feeling a lot better now that the result to all that was so unexpectedly positive, heh heh. Unfortunately I was dead wrong about Firefoot, so I'm not so sure you should be assuring me I'm not stupid after all.

However, besides the Fear and Loathing in Midsomer Mawlin episode of yesterDay, the game was a blast.

Next time I want to be a seer or a wolf, though, being in the dark can be a real pain.

The Only Real Estel · 03-20-2006, 03:43 PM

Wow. Shortest...game...ever. Or darn close.

First off – great seering Boro!

Second off – tough luck wolves, having two people like Fea & Khuru can hurt because you both are vets that the seer would want to find out about ASAP.

Despite the short length of the game I didn’t get to keep up with it that well (wish I could have...heck, I wish I could’ve played in it) but those are just two things I picked up on. And of course the great modding by Mith is impossible to overlook.

Fun game!

-Estel-

Kuruharan · 03-20-2006, 03:52 PM

Let that be a lesson to all future wolves about what can go wrong if you try a "wolves attempt to turn on each other" strategy.

Mithalwen · 03-21-2006, 06:49 AM

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Originally Posted by The Only Real Estel

Second off – tough luck wolves, having two people like Fea & Khuru can hurt because you both are vets that the seer would want to find out about ASAP.

-Estel-

I would say that given the impressive line up it would have been hard to draw three wolves without including two people who would be priorities for a seer.... and some who might not have been priorities at the beginning will now be I am sure. Actually I think it was the overall strength of the group that made the game.

mormegil · 03-21-2006, 07:54 AM

Mith,

Are you going to do the awards? I really enjoyed that in MM1 and would like to see it reprised, albeit this was a short game.

Mithalwen · 03-21-2006, 11:19 AM

Yes but it may have to be tomorrow....

JennyHallu · 03-21-2006, 11:32 AM

Sounds good, I'll be looking forward to it.

Mithalwen · 03-21-2006, 12:24 PM

Night 1 Boromir88 as youall know now dreamt of Fea. Since the game started on March 15 the title was one of the opportunistic references used. The chamomile tea bit was a small homage to the Squatter of Amon Rudh refering to his comments about a certain type of novel in a recent "Which Downer am I " post. here . The rest is picking up on elements from the original MM game.

The secong part was just clues to the player's identities - the UK ones unfortunately being a bit obscure for the predominantly North American group of players. A witless silence was a nod to the French and Saunders parody of "Silent Witness" (cf Oddwen)

Day One

Boromir and Mormegil fight it out for the least in character player.
Jenny stays in character.
The paranoid moderator who vetoed anagrams thinks everyone is deliberately winding her up.
Fea who got away with some outrageous play as a wolf in MM1 pushes her luck.

So...

The Icarus Award goes to Feanor of the Peredhil

And for the seeming random, casual vote that turned out to be a catalyst for the hat-trick -

"The Poisoned Chalice" award goes to Sleepy Ranger

A "random" vote due to time constraints is a possible seer tactic so this, I guess cost Sleepy his life that night and protected the Seer.

when I checked in a lunchtime, it looked like Nogrod or maybe gil was for the chop. Slightly sad that Nogrod was seemingly being lynched for not being a native speaker (though it took me a while to realise that!!! - I too thought he was just extremely fierce in Kitanna's game!!!).

I wonder what would have happened if Fea had been around... but anyway Fea talked herself from the gallows and caused "Ad Hoc " lynching No1 with apologies to Messrs Pratchett and Adams.

So Nogrod gets the Hobbyhorse award for championing so effectively retractable votes. He doesn't get the Maths prize.

On the subject of things equine, Gil-galad gets the Shergar Award - now Gil-galad can't be here tonight to accept the award ...

Day 2

Rather obvious references to Sleepy's character in his death.

Boromir gets less than subtle and earns himself The Phantom Award for modesty

Mormegil gets the Sidney Carton award for attempted self sacrifice though his attempt was foiled...

by Boromir
. He gets a Treebeard Medal for condemning hastiness

to be continued

Gil-Galad · 03-20-2006, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Mithalwen

Azaelia
B88
Diamond
Fea
firefoot
Jenny
Kitanna
Kuru
morm
Nogrod
Sleepy
Oddwen
Gil

Mithalwen

i am Batman right?

Diamond18 · 03-20-2006, 11:37 PM

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Gil-Galad the eccentric heir to Wayne Manor covered the body with his cape.

I think so.

Sleepy Ranger · 03-21-2006, 05:49 AM

Good game people! Alas I had to die so soon but hey I killed a wolf before I did!

*007 Theme plays*

^_^

Mithalwen · 03-21-2006, 06:35 AM

Gil was Robin this time...or maybe Batman.. I had intended to have all new chars but then I let Nogrod be Clouseau until I changed him to Poirot...... and I couldn't decide whether to let Robin be the heir to the original Gil Batman of MM1 or to continue the reincarnation conceit..whatever.... it all ended too quickly for much character development - which in a way is a pity becasue there was a lot of stuff I was saving that I never needed.

Zali - you were Inspector Tom Barnaby of the inspirational ITV series "The Midsomer Murders" - which if you ever get a chance to see it features Orlando Bloom getting run through with a pitchfork in pre Legolas days in an early episode.
The actor was also "Bergerac" (another missed joke) but that is going back a bit.

Has everyone else been identified?

Well although I had to write two off the cuff death scenes (Diamond was going to be martyred a la Joan of Arc) I think this proves the excitement value of retractable votes and that you don't need a lot of extra characters to make a good game - that isn't a criticism of the games that do have them, I loved being a guardian and liked the wild card aspect of the mytho, but I think this makes it more of a challenge for the ordos.

Despite Boromir's strike rate it could have still gone the other way as the original WW game shows. Also the ill-starred Kitanna was just as successful a Seer as Boromir as far as dreams go in MM1 but was far less successful at being believed.

I hope that you don't feel shortchanged but this turned out to be an espresso game rather than a latte......

03-20-2006, 01:59 PM	#1
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,463	Dramatis Personae Azaelia B88 Diamond Fea firefoot Jenny Kitanna Kuru morm Nogrod Sleepy Oddwen Gil Mithalwen __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace Last edited by Mithalwen; 03-20-2006 at 02:15 PM.

03-20-2006, 02:07 PM	#2
JennyHallu The Pearl, The Lily Maid Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In my luxury Barrow, snuggled up in a pile of satin pillows, eating fresh fruit. Posts: 1,628	I was right on Firefoot...Azaelia I would never have guessed. Too American. __________________ <=== Lookee, lookee, lots of IM handles!

03-20-2006, 02:33 PM	#4
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	The character pics were a nice ending to this little saga we had! Thanks Mith! PS. I will be supporting retractable votes for the days to come from now on. They really make the difference! (Time-zone problems do not make them even though...) __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...

03-20-2006, 02:46 PM	#5
Boromir88 Laconic Loreman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,522	Of coure the night I died I dreamt of Firefoot, luckily my suspicioun of her didn't put her in too much trouble, and a great job to my fellow villagers for finishing out the deed. Firefoot was right it scarily reminded me of WW1 where two wolves were bagged on the first two nights and the lone wolf ended up coming back to win. I must say, bravo and what a game...sorry it ended so fast Mith __________________ Fenris Penguin

03-20-2006, 03:10 PM	#6
Kitanna Child of the West Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Watching President Fillmore ride a unicorn Posts: 2,132	I was so happy on DAY 1 to learn my alter ego was House. Being House made up for me dying on DAY 3. Well played by everyone. __________________ "Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." - Mark Twain

03-20-2006, 03:14 PM	#7
Garin Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ciudad de Lago del Sal Posts: 331	Now that the wolves have been vanquished I guess I'm allowed to venture into your village and congratulate you all. Great modding by Mith. Great wolf-sniffing ability by Boromir. Great suicide bluff by Diamond, it didn't work when I tried it. Gil! Well, Gil's this guy, you see... and ... I'll get back to you. And Morm ... well Morm sucks. __________________ I am a sick man ... I am a spiteful man. I am an unpleasant man. I think my liver is diseased. Fyodor Dostoevsky "Notes From the Underground"

03-20-2006, 03:35 PM	#8
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Wow. It almost worked. I knew I was a lost cause and we accepted Kuru as martyr before we even began. Everything left to keeping Kitanna ambiguous, and it almost worked... Watching y'all go after Firefoot made me smile, that being my whole point and all. Sorry 'bout that Firefoot, but I really did need a scapegoat. If it hadn't been for Boromir and Morm... I mean, y'all played wonderfully, but it was really those two. Great playing, all, and thanks for talking me into a run, Mith.

03-20-2006, 03:43 PM	#10
The Only Real Estel Raffish Rapscallion Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Far from the 'Downs, it seems :-( Posts: 2,835	Wow. Shortest...game...ever. Or darn close. First off – great seering Boro! Second off – tough luck wolves, having two people like Fea & Khuru can hurt because you both are vets that the seer would want to find out about ASAP. Despite the short length of the game I didn’t get to keep up with it that well (wish I could have...heck, I wish I could’ve played in it) but those are just two things I picked up on. And of course the great modding by Mith is impossible to overlook. Fun game! -Estel-

03-20-2006, 03:52 PM	#11
Kuruharan Regal Dwarven Shade Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Remote Dwarven Hold Posts: 3,594	Let that be a lesson to all future wolves about what can go wrong if you try a "wolves attempt to turn on each other" strategy. __________________ ...finding a path that cannot be found, walking a road that cannot be seen, climbing a ladder that was never placed, or reading a paragraph that has no...

03-21-2006, 07:54 AM	#13
mormegil Maundering Mage Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,651	Mith, Are you going to do the awards? I really enjoyed that in MM1 and would like to see it reprised, albeit this was a short game. __________________ “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

03-21-2006, 11:19 AM	#14
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,463	Yes but it may have to be tomorrow.... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

03-21-2006, 11:32 AM	#15
JennyHallu The Pearl, The Lily Maid Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In my luxury Barrow, snuggled up in a pile of satin pillows, eating fresh fruit. Posts: 1,628	Sounds good, I'll be looking forward to it. __________________ <=== Lookee, lookee, lots of IM handles!

03-21-2006, 12:24 PM	#16
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,463	Moderator Notes and Awards. Night 1 Boromir88 as youall know now dreamt of Fea. Since the game started on March 15 the title was one of the opportunistic references used. The chamomile tea bit was a small homage to the Squatter of Amon Rudh refering to his comments about a certain type of novel in a recent "Which Downer am I " post. here . The rest is picking up on elements from the original MM game. The secong part was just clues to the player's identities - the UK ones unfortunately being a bit obscure for the predominantly North American group of players. A witless silence was a nod to the French and Saunders parody of "Silent Witness" (cf Oddwen) Day One Boromir and Mormegil fight it out for the least in character player. Jenny stays in character. The paranoid moderator who vetoed anagrams thinks everyone is deliberately winding her up. Fea who got away with some outrageous play as a wolf in MM1 pushes her luck. So... The Icarus Award goes to Feanor of the Peredhil And for the seeming random, casual vote that turned out to be a catalyst for the hat-trick - "The Poisoned Chalice" award goes to Sleepy Ranger A "random" vote due to time constraints is a possible seer tactic so this, I guess cost Sleepy his life that night and protected the Seer. when I checked in a lunchtime, it looked like Nogrod or maybe gil was for the chop. Slightly sad that Nogrod was seemingly being lynched for not being a native speaker (though it took me a while to realise that!!! - I too thought he was just extremely fierce in Kitanna's game!!!). I wonder what would have happened if Fea had been around... but anyway Fea talked herself from the gallows and caused "Ad Hoc " lynching No1 with apologies to Messrs Pratchett and Adams. So Nogrod gets the Hobbyhorse award for championing so effectively retractable votes. He doesn't get the Maths prize. On the subject of things equine, Gil-galad gets the Shergar Award - now Gil-galad can't be here tonight to accept the award ... Day 2 Rather obvious references to Sleepy's character in his death. Boromir gets less than subtle and earns himself The Phantom Award for modesty Mormegil gets the Sidney Carton award for attempted self sacrifice though his attempt was foiled... by Boromir . He gets a Treebeard Medal for condemning hastiness to be continued __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace Last edited by Mithalwen; 03-22-2006 at 12:38 PM.

03-21-2006, 05:49 AM	#19
Sleepy Ranger Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: On the field, kissing the 'Downs crest Posts: 1,654	Good game people! Alas I had to die so soon but hey I killed a wolf before I did! 007 Theme plays ^_^ __________________ And tonight we can truly say, together we're invincible... Middle-Earth Football World Cup 2007

03-21-2006, 06:35 AM	#20
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,463	Gil was Robin this time...or maybe Batman.. I had intended to have all new chars but then I let Nogrod be Clouseau until I changed him to Poirot...... and I couldn't decide whether to let Robin be the heir to the original Gil Batman of MM1 or to continue the reincarnation conceit..whatever.... it all ended too quickly for much character development - which in a way is a pity becasue there was a lot of stuff I was saving that I never needed. Zali - you were Inspector Tom Barnaby of the inspirational ITV series "The Midsomer Murders" - which if you ever get a chance to see it features Orlando Bloom getting run through with a pitchfork in pre Legolas days in an early episode. The actor was also "Bergerac" (another missed joke) but that is going back a bit. Has everyone else been identified? Well although I had to write two off the cuff death scenes (Diamond was going to be martyred a la Joan of Arc) I think this proves the excitement value of retractable votes and that you don't need a lot of extra characters to make a good game - that isn't a criticism of the games that do have them, I loved being a guardian and liked the wild card aspect of the mytho, but I think this makes it more of a challenge for the ordos. Despite Boromir's strike rate it could have still gone the other way as the original WW game shows. Also the ill-starred Kitanna was just as successful a Seer as Boromir as far as dreams go in MM1 but was far less successful at being believed. I hope that you don't feel shortchanged but this turned out to be an espresso game rather than a latte...... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace Last edited by Mithalwen; 03-21-2006 at 06:52 AM.

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