Pirate Ninja Robot Zombie Mafia IN SPACE [Concluded]

Yes, I think that without taking Jolt into account you wer SK'

And I suppose that he could win with anyone of those SK

Roles

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Pirate Ninja Robot Zombie: Jolt

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You are the Pirate Ninja Robot Zombie!

You hopped off that meteor and invaded the Good Ship [To Be Named] for one reason, and only one reason: to kill everybody and be really, really awesome. Actually, that’s two reasons, but you’re so awesome it doesn’t even matter!

When you first hopped on the ship, you managed to infect four of its inhabitants, turning them into a Pirate, a Ninja, a Robot, and a Zombie, respectively. You’re a little dim, though, so you kind of forgot who they were. But that’s alright, because you can tell them by their scent.

Special Ability: Conversion

Every night, you may select one player to investigate. After doing so, the next morning you will know whether or not he is a Pirate, Ninja, Robot, Zombie, or none of the above. Additionally, if it happens that the player is a Pirate, Ninja, Robot, or Zombie, he will be converted to your side and become your ally.

Victory Condition

In order for you to win, all Space Cadets must die, and all surviving Pirates, Ninjas, Robots, and/or Zombies must be allied with each other. Since you cannot kill anyone by yourself, you must try to unite the Pirate, Ninja, Robot, and Zombie that you created to your cause.

Pirate: thefluffyone93

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You are the Pirate!

You were once a normal Space Cadet. You were hanging out in your room on the Good Ship [To Be Named] one day when you just blacked out. When you woke up, you realized you had a peg leg, an eyepatch, and a parrot on your shoulder!

Special Ability: Swashbuckle

Since you’re a Pirate now, you figure that you may as well do what pirates do – and that’s kill people and get booty! Every night you can kill a single player.

Victory Condition

In order for you to win, you must be the last player alive.

Ninja: Visorslash

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You are the Ninja!

You were once a normal Space Cadet. You were hanging out in your room on the Good Ship [To Be Named] one day when you just blacked out. When you woke up, you realized you had a katana, a pair of nunchucks, and a super awesome dark blue suit that actually appears darker than black at night time. And it’s ALWAYS night time in space!

Special Ability: Ninjutsu

Since you’re a Ninja now, you figure that you may as well do what ninjas do – and that’s kill people and flip out! Every night you can kill a single player.

Victory Condition

In order for you to win, you must be the last player alive.

Shinobi: Promoted Visorslash

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You have become the Shinobi!

Your experience in the art of death has made you even more skilled at removing your enemies. You are now considered one of the masters of the Ninja tradition – a Shinobi. Not only are you faster, stronger, and stealthier than before, but you have made one crucial improvement: you are no longer prone to bouts of flipping out. The anger is still there, deep inside you, but you have learned to control it and unleash it only when necessary.

Special Ability: Master Ninjutsu

Now that you are a Shinobi, you feel confident that you can kill up to two players every night without breaking your cover.

Victory Condition

In order for you to win, you must be the last player alive.

Robot: BSmith

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You are the Robot!

You were once a normal Space Cadet. You were hanging out in your room on the Good Ship [To Be Named] one day when you just blacked out. When you woke up, you realized you had a metal body, a monotone voice, and a frickin laser beam!

Special Ability: Vaporize

Since you’re a Robot now, you figure that you may as well do what robots do – and that’s kill people and do math! And you’re all out of math. Every night you can kill a single player.

Victory Condition

In order for you to win, you must be the last player alive.

Zombie: Memnon

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You are the Zombie!

You were once a normal Space Cadet. You were hanging out in your room on the Good Ship [To Be Named] one day when you just blacked out. When you woke up, you realized you had a rotting, deteriorating body, maggots in your eyes (which really made it hard to see anything), and a great hunger for – BRAAAAAAAAINNNNSSS… NEED MORE BRAAAAAAAAAAINNNNSSSSS…

Special Ability: Shamble

Since you’re a Zombie now, you figure that you may as well do what zombies do – and that’s kill people and eat – BRAAAAAAAAAAINSSSSS! Ahem. Sorry about that. Every night you can kill a single player.

Victory Condition

In order for you to win, you must be the last player alive undead.

Captain: SalmonSoil

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You are the Captain!

They say every space ship needs a good Captain, but for some reason you’re not entirely sure why. You’re good with all sorts of nautical things, but especially Pirates. But you’ve never even heard of Pirates in space! That’s just crazy. In fact, you’re pretty sure no one besides you on the Good Ship [To Be Named] would know a Pirate if he walked up and swashbuckled him in the face!

Special Ability: Pardon

Every night, you can investigate one player to see if he is a Pirate. And if he is, the next night you can bribe him with some booty to become a normal Space Cadet and then pardon him for his crimes so he doesn’t have to keep killing people!

Victory Condition

In order for you to win, all threats to the Good Ship [To Be Named] must be eliminated.

Samurai: Seon

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You are the Samurai!

They say every space ship needs a good Samurai, but for some reason you’re not entirely sure why. You’re good with all aspects of Japanese culture, but you especially hate Ninjas. But you’ve never even heard of Ninjas in space! That’s just crazy. In fact, you’re pretty sure no one besides you on the Good Ship [To Be Named] would know a Ninja if he walked up and stabbed him in the face and then flipped out!

Special Ability: Bushido

Every night, you can investigate one player to see if he is a Ninja. And if he is, the next night you can persuade him with your code of honor to become a normal Space Cadet and stop flipping out and killing people!

Victory Condition

In order for you to win, all threats to the Good Ship [To Be Named] must be eliminated.

Engineer: The King

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You are the Engineer!

They say every space ship needs a good Engineer, but for some reason you’re not entirely sure why. You’re good with all kinds of technology, but especially Robots. But you’ve never even heard of Robots in space! That’s just crazy. In fact, you’re pretty sure no one besides you on the Good Ship [To Be Named] would know a Robot if it walked up and laser beamed him in the face!

Special Ability: Reprogram

Every night, you can investigate one player to see if he is a Robot. And if he is, the next night you can reprogram him back into normal Space Cadet-behavior so that he doesn’t keep killing people and doing math!

Victory Condition

In order for you to win, all threats to the Good Ship [To Be Named] must be eliminated.

Exorcist: Major Robert Dump

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You are the Exorcist!

They say every space ship needs a good Exorcist, but for some reason you’re not entirely sure why. You’re good with all kinds of demons and stuff, but especially Zombies. But you’ve never even heard of Zombies in space! That’s just crazy. In fact, you’re pretty sure no one besides you on the Good Ship [To Be Named] would know a Zombie if it walked up and bit him in the face!

Special Ability: Exorcise

Every night, you can investigate one player to see if he is a Zombie. And if he is, the next night you can exorcise him and stop him from eating people’s brains. In fact, you’re so good at exorcisms you can even bring him back to life into a normal Space Cadet!

Victory Condition

In order for you to win, all threats to the Good Ship [To Be Named] must be eliminated.

Space Cadet: Everyone else

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You are a Space Cadet!

Yes, but a simple Space Cadet, living his life on the Good Ship [To Be Named], out on the open space. That is you. You love space. You love everything about space. And why not, what’s not to love about space? It’s big, it’s empty, and above all it’s SPACE. And that’s all there really is to say on the matter.

Except for the fact that some individuals are trying to ruin space, for you and everybody else on this ship. They hate space, and they hate you. And as a Space Cadet, it’s your duty to stop them, for the good of space.

Victory Condition

In order for you to win, all threats to the Good Ship [To Be Named] must be eliminated.

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Commentary

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The game setup. When I realized I might not have enough players to run the new Pokemon game and that I didn’t want to compromise with it, I also realized that I would quickly have to come up with a new game concept to replace it. I didn’t want it to be exceptionally complicated – I wanted it to feel more or less like a vanilla game. At the same time, I wanted to make things fun and unpredictable.

So I went with this setup, and interestingly enough very few of you saw its full potential. There was a Godfather-like character (Jolt, the Pirate Ninja Robot Zombie) who, instead of picking the mafia himself, had to find them and recruit them into his family. He would win as long as there was a mafia victory, no matter who took it. The Pirate Ninja Robot Zombie could scan and convert all in one turn. If the Pirate, Ninja, Robot, and Zombie all died before he did, he would gain the ability to kill at night. If he managed to be successful in getting all four, the town would have to face off against four coordinated kills per night and a five-man voting bloc.

However, I deemed that possibility unlikely. I expect one or two of the serial killers to hit each other before Jolt managed to start putting them together. Even still, 2 or 3 coordinated kills per night is nothing to shake a stick at. Worth noting is that if any of the mafia tried to kill Jolt personally, they would fail and Jolt would be notified of their identities, so he could incorporate them immediately. Jolt was also entirely immune to scans.

Which brings me to the four scanners. The Captain, Samurai, Engineer, and Exorcist each had the power to 2-turn scan and convert their counterparts, if they managed to find them. This was both to give the small town an edge over the five kills per night, and to prevent the serial killers (who had a tough job fulfilling their original victory condition, unconverted) to continue having a chance to win after being caught. If the scanners tried to convert an already-converted mafia, they would fail. Even their scans would fail against the PNRZ or an upgraded serial killer. The serial killers would be hard-pressed to win a solo victory, so I wanted to make sure it was a fair game for them and that they had chances to pursue other victory conditions – either the town or the mafia united.

The serial killers themselves were unexpected to remain in play longer than the united mafia and the Pirate Ninja Robot Zombie himself – after all, he did have night-kill and scan immunity, and if he played it cool he could coast to the endgame or until he had done his job and wasn’t essential anymore. Even still, I left a contingency in place in the event that a serial killer was the last living scum – they get an upgrade to two kills per night and scan immunity, to give them more of a chance against the town alone.

The way it played out. As it happened, that upgrade turned out to be crucial to Visorslash’s victory, so I’m glad I left it in the game setup. The way this game played out, I don’t think I would have ever predicted it. At the beginning, I predicted a coalition of three or four mafia against the town, with them either getting caught quickly enough for a town victory (or an interfering serial killer weakening them), or with them being powerful enough to smash the town. Then came the unexpected turn of the godfather-like role, the one who tied everything together, being lynched on day two. Even then, though I predicted a probable town victory, I imagined the three living serial killers would give them a run for their money. Not so. The serial killers turned out to be incredibly effective at killing each other – one per night until there was only one left, and they left that one with half the town still alive to be killed. At this point, I pictured Visorslash becoming the receiving end of an unlucky bandwagon a few rounds down, to another resounding town victory. This particularly annoyed me, because in every other large game I’ve hosted, there was a resounding town victory.

But there was one thing I didn’t take into account. The town was lazy. The only mafia they succeeded in catching themselves was Jolt. And actually, the only reason they lynched him was because Visorslash pushed the lynch himself. So the only scum Visorslash didn’t hand to you on a plate were himself and Fluffy. And Fluffy was killed by BSmith, so the town can’t even claim that as a victory. It was an extremely close game right up until the end because of the frailties of the serial killer role, but I’m glad that in the end the town stayed true to its modus operandi and failed to do anything of note.

The “Path” choices. Well, it’s not fair to say they didn’t do anything. They did have a large impact on the plot (which had no impact on the game). This part of the game I decided to just throw in there after it had started. The concept began in my mind as “I’m too lazy to give this spaceship a name, let’s just let them vote on it.” From there, I noticed it seemed popular, and I thought this might be a great way to keep the town engaged. So I made the game like a choose-your-own-adventure with regards to the plot, which (I think) made it much more fun for me to write. And I hope it made it more engaging for those who didn’t have power roles. It is worth noting that at the start I really just pictured them on the spaceship the whole time, trying to deal with the PNRZ outbreak, like a comedic version of Alien. The concepts of “rogue AI Chaotix” and the “Space Whales and Space Krakens being Lovecraftian eldritch gods” came in part from the exceptional imaginations of players like Zaccino and Fluffy. And of course, the choices you made shaped the course of the game. I think they were all going to wind up in the same place towards the end – they were just becoming different ways to bring you to the next plot point. But in the beginning (especially the choice between the Space Whale and the Asteroid Belt and between the Underwater Ruin and the Surface City) the choices really did send the story off into two branches that weren’t going to meet back up. I can’t say what would have happened because I only planned each stage of the plot when I got to it.

Overall, I had a lot of fun with this game and I think you all did, too. I think, in future games that I host (and I hope, that other people host as well) which have a less-structured plot in mind, I will implement the choose-your-own-adventure system again. That was really a blast.

You're right.....we scum pretty much killed ourselves off....

Imagine if the town wasn't lazy?

Fluffy - you are responsible for this victory.

You were the one who removed the warrior.

You were the agent of your own timely death.

You were the one who unfettered the Shinobi.

You conditioned the ground that Visorslash walked, so that he might make an instrument of the Town-born players and secure their willful subjugation.

:bow:

As for town being lazy: it is of course true.
But it is also worth remembering that it is harder to catch SK than mafia, because you cannot look at associations between players

Good jorb Visor, you earned your victory Safety Dance.

And Chaotix, your write-ups always crack me up. Keep being funny or I'll smack you.

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Originally Posted by thefluffyone93

You're right.....we scum pretty much killed ourselves off....

Imagine if the town wasn't lazy?

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I do NOT want to go through another singularity.

I loved 'path' choices. I would like to see more stuff like that.
And it would become just hilarious if choices have any real effect on gameplay (minimal one, like founding an item that gives one-time block ability, and then voting for giving it to one player). Or even larger effect, like splitting players into two groups for one day... but it will be harder to balance I believe

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Originally Posted by Montmorency

Fluffy - you are responsible for this victory.

You were the one who removed the warrior.

You were the agent of your own timely death.

You were the one who unfettered the Shinobi.

You conditioned the ground that Visorslash walked, so that he might make an instrument of the Town-born players and secure their willful subjugation.


:bow:

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YARGH!!!
I'LL TAKE WHAT I CAN GET MATEY!!

This was a great game and the updates were beyond awesome. You have some serious creativity Chaotix. Not only were we playing a game, but we were reading a story at the same time, which made it even more awesome.

Seeing Jolt’s ability now I am even more sad that all the SKs had to languish on our own the entire game.

Congrats of course go to Visor. It was a nearly impossible role we had, to be the last ones standing, but you did it quite well. I just wish we hadn’t had so much collateral damage between all of us!

Chaotix should write a book.

A space book.

The updates and writing were great btw

I liked this game. Write ups were good.

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Originally Posted by Jarema

As for town being lazy: it is of course true.
But it is also worth remembering that it is harder to catch SK than mafia, because you cannot look at associations between players

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Yes, but you can look for things like sliding along, easy votes (like my one on wew), that kind of thing. It's not that different to lynching your mafia partner D1/2. :tongue:

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Originally Posted by Jarema

I loved 'path' choices. I would like to see more stuff like that.
And it would become just hilarious if choices have any real effect on gameplay (minimal one, like founding an item that gives one-time block ability, and then voting for giving it to one player). Or even larger effect, like splitting players into two groups for one day... but it will be harder to balance I believe

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There was a game with a split town (NOTW: Only the Strong, which was a good game, and there was also the split town introduced for a couple of phases in: A Bridge Zhou Far)

ABZF was fun.

What is actually most sad about this whole game is that I got lynched over no reason. That is sad indeed.

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Originally Posted by Visorslash

Yes, but you can look for things like sliding along, easy votes (like my one on wew), that kind of thing. It's not that different to lynching your mafia partner D1/2. :tongue:

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thats what i called you out on...unfortunately i was trying to save myself at that point and nobody would listen to me.
Congrats Visor. Its very difficult to win as a SK and you pulled it off. :2thumbsup:
Great write ups Chaotix. Thanks for hosting :bow:

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Originally Posted by Visorslash

But still loses. :tongue:

You were right (as I told Chaotix earlier) I don't make it to the endgame much.

But I was able to convince Classical, and thats all that matters.

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I was tossing between you and Jarema and choose wrongly. Well done.

Thanks for the compliments everyone.

I'm glad you enjoyed this as much as I did. :bow:

I demand Pirate Ninja Robot Zombies in the next CoV game. :tongue:

Chaotix.

I demand due royalties for coming up with the idea for this game.

1) The last game I hosted, was based on the idea of whoever is mafia wants to host next.
2) You were mafia.
3) In that game, the narrator discussed pirates, ninjas, robots, and zombies.
4) The next game you hosted was this one.


Money plz.

Further proof of copyright infringement, I mean err umm tasteful homage:

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Originally Posted by Askthepizzaguy

Askthepizzaguy: "What? Oh, yeah. Ummm.... and then there was a whole boat.... full of like... zombie pirate ninjas. And the zombie pirates were all.... like... flipping out and tossing ninja stars everywhere, and going 'yarrr' and stuff. And then there was another boat full of like... ghost jesters. And they started firin' their lasers at each other, because they had lasers. And then there was a robot vampire cult that showed up from... the sky, and they began biting everyone and turned them into cyber-vampires. But there was also a renegade vampire who was all "I'm not like the others, I'm a warrior for the side of righteousness and peace and love" and he started un-vampiring everyone with his anti-vampire... um... phaser pistol. But before that happened, he was out walking around and like, buying a coffee, and the dude behind the counter kept messing up his order, so he asked to see the manager, and the guy was all "I am the manager!" but then this really hot chick showed up and she had a katana, and totally ran off the coffee guy, and then they fell in love and it was magical, but the ghost jesters arrived right then and they started... being all.... ghostly. And causing hijinks. And just when things started being like, it can't get any worse, that's when the boat full of zombie pirates crashed into the cafe and began battling the ghost jesters. So the renegade vampire and his katana girl started fighting them all, back to back, and just when it looked like they would win, the head cyber-vampire robot showed up and he had the biggest and baddest robot anyone had ever seen, ever, and he said "Well done Bitey the Renegade Vampire (his name was Bitey, I forgot to mention that), well done, but you didn't count on the baddest robot of them all crashing your little party." and so Bitey had to come up with a plan, and he threw down a smoke bomb and it made everyone cough, and he escaped out the back door, and they were being chased by the cyber-vampire-robot, which had missile launchers. But then they turned the wrong corner and got trapped in a net somehow, and it was all over for Bitey and his katana babe, and the cyber robot vampire was all "I have you now" and then that's when Bitey remembered he had super powers and used his X-ray vision to see the enemy's weak spot and then he teleported inside the big robot and shot magical fire breath at the robot's reactor core, and it exploded but before that happened he teleported outside and grabbed his babe and then they teleported to the other side of the planet, and the shockwave made the whole planet shake, but the robot vampire cult was defeated, along with the zombie pirate ninjas, but not the ghost jesters because they're already dead, so they didn't die from the big esplosions."

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1) Pirates
2) Ninjas
3) Zombies
4) Robots
5) A guy who runs around deconverting things.


~:pimp: I'm just saying my writeups contain awesomeness too, that's all. They even predict the future.

But he did acknowledge this.

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At the moment, Askthepizzaguy was reading a particularly engaging account of Space Mafia that boasted of Pirates, Ninjas, Robots, and Zombies, whatever those were. What intrigued him was that this account, at a glance, seemed remarkably similar to the situation that the crew of the Galactic Chutzpah was in at the mome

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Originally Posted by Pizza Cadet

Hey, wait a minute… this reminds of a game I hosted that one time…”

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Acknowledgement is not a royalty check in my universe.

I want cash moneh.

Like others have said - good, funny game, alright you're a great host and nonchalant so stop rubbing it in our noses.

ZOIDBERG!

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Originally Posted by Askthepizzaguy

Chaotix.

I demand due royalties for coming up with the idea for this game.

1) The last game I hosted, was based on the idea of whoever is mafia wants to host next.
2) You were mafia.
3) In that game, the narrator discussed pirates, ninjas, robots, and zombies.
4) The next game you hosted was this one.


Money plz.

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Sure thing ATPG. I would be happy to provide you 10% of all the cash monehs that I acquired through this game.

This game was a non-profit venture, so the total profit amounts to $0.00.

That means your royalties come to a grand total of $0.00 x 10% = $0.00.

Would you like a check, or do you have a Paypal account I can forward it to?

I'm also suing you for portraying me as several thousand pounds overweight.

I demand moneh because I want some.

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Originally Posted by Chaotix

Sure thing ATPG. I would be happy to provide you 10% of all the cash monehs that I acquired through this game.

This game was a non-profit venture, so the total profit amounts to $0.00.

That means your royalties come to a grand total of $0.00 x 10% = $0.00.

Would you like a check, or do you have a Paypal account I can forward it to?

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Make it 50% and we have a deal.

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Originally Posted by Askthepizzaguy

Make it 50% and we have a deal.

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Hmm...

You drive a hard bargain, Mr. Guy.

33%, and I'll go no higher.

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Originally Posted by Chaotix

I'll go no higher.

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Give it a minute, maaaan. It's really good :daisy: :smoking:

Lay off the bong and get a job, hippie.

I do have a job. I'm like... some kind of writer. For mafia games and stuff. I don't get paid but it's really rewarding. That's like a job, right?

I'm also suing Zack for suing Chaotix.

I'm filing a class-action lawsuit on you for illegally suing Zack because you can't sue people for suing people unless you win first.