Werewolf Four and Thirty: Bloodbath in the Anduin Vale

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by TGWBS

Hmmm. But it should have been "your" as the sentence was in the second person. If you say "their" it becomes third person, meaning you're talking to everybody except those who will die at the hands of their companions.

Ah, but the final part of the sentence is refereable only to a proportion of those being addressed, ie those who would die at the hands of their companions. This creates a subset of the audience, who were therefore referred to in the third person to distinguish them from the full group. Perfectly understandable, whether strictly grammatically correct or not, in my view.

Originally Posted by Mithalwen

Oh and a linguistician is someone pickier about language than a lawyer...

... as opposed to a linguinistician, who is someone who measures pasta ...

Originally Posted by Mithalwen

I don't think I used trickery. Obeying "Phantom's Law" everything I said was true or potentially true ...

But surely the words "phantom" and "trickery" are synonymous in a Werewolf context ...?

Originally Posted by Volo

Good law!

Although one which is not appropriate in all circumstances, for example when one is asked directly whether one is a Werewolf.

Originally Posted by Mithalwen

Oh I wanted to say how much I enjoyed my death scene. Having been summarily killed in my first game, I do appreciate a good death - and I doubt I will ever again be as silver tongued.

You're welcome. It was fun writing it.

Originally Posted by TGWBS

Re: the randomizer (to balance the game)
What did you use? Did you create some sort of programme or algorithm (wouldn't put it past you) or did you just use some sort of random number generator and lots of time?

Er, surely you know me better than to think me capable of creating a program, let alone an algorithm. My computer programming days ended when BASIC went out of common use ...

I used the randomiser recommended by Volo in the aftermath of his game:

RANDOM.ORG

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by Mithalwen

... and was I a wolf chosen by fate or the moderator?

Why, the moderator of course.

The Wolf teams were largely chosen, based on a mix of experience. I selected you and Nogrod to be the alpha/mentor Wolves for your respective teams.

[Mithalwen]

Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man

Why, the moderator of course.

The Wolf teams were largely chosen, based on a mix of experience. I selected you and Nogrod to be the alpha/mentor Wolves for your respective teams.

That was mean....


And had I been asked the question directly I probably would have gone the "I'm Brian of Nazareth and so's my wife route." If you say no they won't believe you, but if you say yes htey can't believe you are telling the truth. Frankly I am lousy at strategy but quite good at creating havoc......

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by Fea

Lynch mob: "Are you a wolf?"

Wolf: "The problem with this question is that if you've already made up your mind, you won't believe me when I say 'no.'"

Astute lynch mob member: "So are you saying that you are not a Wolf?"

Wolf: "Er, yes ... no ... I mean ... Gmmph!*"

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* Sound of Wolf being lynched

Originally Posted by Mith

That was mean....

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man

Although one which is not appropriate in all circumstances, for example when one is asked directly whether one is a Werewolf.

Easy enough to deal with. You offer perfectly true irrelevant information that makes it look like you've answered the question.

Example:

Parent unaware that child is taking a nine hour road trip before reaching a substantially closer destination: "What time will you reach her house?"

Child planning to keep parent unaware: "It's a two and a half hour drive from here."

Same theory works for:

Lynch mob: "Are you a wolf?"

Wolf: "The problem with this question is that if you've already made up your mind, you won't believe me when I say 'no.'"