Tol-in-Gaurhoth (Isle of Werewolves)

[Rikae]

Hmmm, perhaps someone should PM Volo...

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Originally Posted by Rikae

Hmmm, perhaps someone should PM Volo...

Then don't say "someone" and do it!

*turns back to the wardrobe, pulls out a furry coat and takes it on* Howl!

[Thinlómien]

And if you can't reach him, just inform me and I'll call him. (I know him from RL.)

As far as I know he should be able to mod the game and I think he'll pop up here quite soon - he usually doesn't have long breaks from the computer...

[Volo]

Umm... Menel's game ended too quickly.

Are people still really willing to play WW? Because the next game will be complicated and I'll need many players.

I'll try to post the discussion thread tomorrow.

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by Volo

Are people still really willing to play WW? Because the next game will be complicated and I'll need many players.

I'm all for complicated things, but Menel's promise to have a lot of strange things on board might have been a reason for the slow starting of the game (and the number of players eventually reached) so someone might try a good old basic game for a change too?

If you Volo think this is coming too soon maybe someone would like to try a traditional one before it?

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by Nogrod

If you Volo think this is coming too soon maybe someone would like to try a traditional one before it?

I rather agree.

Recently, sign ups have been slow, meaning that games requiring a lot of players have taken a long time to get off the ground. While there is a central core of frequent players, and a reasonable amount of "fresh blood" ( ), interest has waned somewhat from the peak of Werewolfdom on the Downs, when Werewolf Junior was in full swing and games were frequently fully subscribed within a day or so.

While I understand that games with many and assorted roles require a lot of players, such an approach is not integral to the game. The first game we played here (at the beginning of this very thread, I believe) had something like nine players, three Wolves, one Seer and no other Gifteds. The second, as I recall, had something like twelve players, with three Wolves, a Seer, a Guardian (Ranger) and a Hunter.

That's not to say that there shouldn't be games with multiple roles and multiple baddies, but they tend to require more players and I therefore suspect that sign-up will be slow.

My suggestion would be to run shorter and longer games in sequence, with sign-up for the longer games starting towards the end of the shorter games. We should be pretty skilled now in predicting roughly how long games are likely to last, based on the number of players, so it could work quite well.

That said, I am rather inclined to don my Werewolfing boots once more and give my new avvie a run out. Looking forward to seeing your proposed rules, Volo.

Also, I would quite like to put myself down for my second bout of modding, given that it's been quite a while. Is there a "waiting list for the waiting list", or might I be added to the end?

[Rikae]

SPM, I think it was supposed to be a five person list, and now it's down to three! I was getting worried WW would die - it's good you're interested in modding!

That would make the list:
Volo
Morm
Rikae
SPM

Volo, sign me up for your game! ...please....

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man

My suggestion would be to run shorter and longer games in sequence, with sign-up for the longer games starting towards the end of the shorter games. We should be pretty skilled now in predicting roughly how long games are likely to last, based on the number of players, so it could work quite well.

Well I think actually what took the longest, at least what I have seen, was the time when waiting for enough people to sign up...

Anyway, I hope you didn't think for a second that I wouldn't sign for this one, now did you?