The Age of Darkness [Concluded]

In the quiet town of Shrewsbury, the peaceful inhabitants go about their daily work blissfully unaware of what was about to strike their town...

Welcome to The Age of Darkness, a mafia game based on the Middle Ages.

Roles (15! or even 17!!):

Pro town:
Nobles (2)
Soldiers (4)
Brother Cadfael (1)
Monk (2)

Pro mafia:
Team 1:
Ruffians (3)
Team 2:
Assasins (3)

Optional roles (if there are enough players)
Pro mafia:
Thief (1)
Pro town:
Thief catcher (1)


Ruffians and Assasins

Recently, mobs have ruled the streets of Shrewsbury at night. In particular, two groups have immerged.

The Ruffians are a group of thugs who leave their dull daytime lives to cause havok on the streets. They have no motivation other than pent up rage, which they let out on innocents.

The Assasins are a much more sinister and professional group of killers. They are united by criminal pasts. They have learnt that one of the townsfolks in conducting investigations into the recent muggings caused by the Ruffians and fear their past will be uncovered. But they do not know who it is who's nosing around! They have resorted to killing everyone in the town, to save themselves.

These are two mafia teams. Each team kills 1 person per night, and must asign one of their team to perform the kill.

Brother Cadfael

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108717/
Brother Cadfael is the detective. He is also a Monk.

Monks

There are three Monks, including Brother Cadfael. In the same way as masons, they know each other, the town does not know them, and they know each other to be innocent. As well as this, they know that one of their number is the detective. Cadfael cannot reveal his identity to the other monks without revealing his identity to the town, similarly the other Monks cannot reveal that they are not Cadfael. Brother Cadfael also can nominate one person to heal each night.

Soldiers

Soldiers have a protective role. Each Soldier chooses a person to guard at night. If that person is attacked, there is an equal chance of:
1 - The attack being deflected
2 - The mafioso being killed by the Soldier
3 - The mafioso killing the Soldier, but not the target
4 - the mafioso killing both the Soldier and the target

Each Soldier is associated with a Noble

The Soldiers do not know each other, nor do they know their leige Noble (not realistic I know, but for game mechanics it has to be that way)

Nobles

Nobles have no special ability themselves. However, if they die, their Soldiers loose their special ability and become normal villagers.

They do not know the identity of their Soldiers or of each other (again, this needs to be the case for the game to be balanced)

As for the kills themselves, they must fit with the timeframe and be sensible. No stabbing people with cucumbers or blowing them up with gunpowder, this is the Middle Ages. If your kill has an ahistorical part in it, it won't happen. If you have any queries, PM me.

No screenshots of PM's I send you are allowed to be posted. You may, however, quote them.

Please check your calender to see if you are going on vacation for a week or something. If you don't vote two times in a row, you will suffer the Black Death.

Signups:
Sir Moody
Drisos
Kommodus
UltraWar
Craterus
Sasaki Kojiro
Seamus Fermanagh
Kagemusha
Silver Rusher
doc_bean
Myrddraal
Crazed Rabbit
Proletariat
Dutch_Guy
Masy

Signups will close in 48 hours so be quick.

Sign me up please :laugh4:

Shouldn't you wait a little longer? Silver's game is still going on...

Well, Komm's game ended, GH. ~;)

I'm dead in all 'active' games... sign me up! :yes: :egypt:

I'd also like to sign up, but I sense the signup period may go beyond 48 hours, as there are still two games in progress - Silver's and Sasaki's. It's fine with me if you extend it; in fact, it's probably a good thing.

Sign me up

I'd like to play too please.

in.

In, please.

I'm actually brainstorming an involved mafia game of my own for sometime in early '07, this appears to have some of the characteristics I'm aiming for, so it will be instructive and fun.

Heavens, but I adore these little exercises in performative ambiguity.

Im in.:2thumbsup:

Signed.

Not much exciting happening in BH2, so I guess I could handle another game. Sign me up !

I'll wait for one of the two games to finish before I start it; the 48 hours are just a basic guide.

Ignoramus asked me for advice on the rules. I've replied to his PM but thought I'd post my ideas here so that other people can give their input:

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Assuming you have 20 players I'd suggest a game like this. (this is quite complicated, but pretty cool)

Roles (15! or even 17!!):

Pro town:
Nobles (2)
Soldiers (4)
Brother Cadfael (1)
Monk (2)

Pro mafia:
Team 1:
Ruffians (3)
Team 2:
Assasins (3)

Optional roles (if there are enough players)
Pro mafia:
Thief (1)
Pro town:
Thief catcher (1)


Ruffians and Assasins

Recently, mobs have ruled the streets of Shrewsbury at night. In particular, two groups have immerged.

The Ruffians are a group of thugs who leave their dull daytime lives to cause havok on the streets. They have no motivation other than pent up rage, which they let out on innocents.

The Assasins are a much more sinister and professional group of killers. They are united by criminal pasts. They have learnt that one of the townsfolks in conducting investigations into the recent muggings caused by the Ruffians and fear their past will be uncovered. But they do not know who it is who's nosing around! They have resorted to killing everyone in the town, to save themselves.

These are two mafia teams. Each team kills 1 person per night, and must asign one of their team to perform the kill.

Brother Cadfael

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108717/
Brother Cadfael is the detective. He is also a Monk.

Monks

There are three Monks, including Brother Cadfael. In the same way as masons, they know each other, the town does not know them, and they know each other to be innocent. As well as this, they know that one of their number is the detective. Cadfael cannot reveal his identity to the other monks without revealing his identity to the town, similarly the other Monks cannot reveal that they are not Cadfael.

Soldiers

Soldiers have a protective role. Each Soldier chooses a person to guard at night. If that person is attacked, there is an equal chance of:
1 - The attack being deflected
2 - The mafioso being killed by the Soldier
3 - The mafioso killing the Soldier, but not the target
4 - the mafioso killing both the Soldier and the target

Each Soldier is associated with a Noble

The Soldiers do not know each other, nor do they know their leige Noble (not realistic I know, but for game mechanics it has to be that way)

Nobles

Nobles have no special ability themselves. However, if they die, their Soldiers loose their special ability and become normal villagers.

They do not know the identity of their Soldiers or of each other (again, this needs to be the case for the game to be balanced)

Optional roles:

Thief
The Thief is a general pro mafia role, and so wins if either mafia team wins.

The Thief chooses to burgle the house of one person per night. If he burgles the house of a role, that person cannot use their ability in the next round as they spend the time clearing the mess, (of course if more than one mafia remains in each team, the other mafia can still perform the team kill)

Thief Catcher
Detective role who can identify the theif, but not the mafia.



I'll do some stats on this configuration to see if it's fair and balanced, it may need tweaking.

What do people think? Too complicated? I think it could be fun! :yes:

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Thanks, Myrddraal. I was thinking that maybe the monks could chose one person to heal, like the doctor in other games.

I'm in, I just got lynched in Silver's game.

CR

The last few Mafia games have really tired me out, to tell you the truth. No offense to Ig, but I'm just going to sit this one out and concentrate on making Mafia V great.

Thanks for understanding. :bow:

Oppinions? on the rule mechanics?

I like the soldier balance. I think you'll run into trouble with the monk/cadfael thing though. In my experience, that kind of secret is hard to keep, and it seems unnecessary. What's the point of a holy brotherhood if you can't say you are a detective or not?

Hmm. I was worried that having two voting allies would give the detective too much power...

Well, there are 6 mafiosos looking to kill whoever they think is voting in a block.

Thats true actually, though it might give the detective a bit too much protection from lynching, without having to reveal...

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Originally Posted by Myrddraal

Thats true actually, though it might give the detective a bit too much protection from lynching, without having to reveal...

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Lots of protection, true, but the detective will need it. The detective and/or lynchings are going to have to wipe out an entire trio to stop half the murders.

With only one detective, a large safety net would probably help.

inz

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Originally Posted by Seamus Fermanagh

Lots of protection, true, but the detective will need it. The detective and/or lynchings are going to have to wipe out an entire trio to stop half the murders.

With only one detective, a large safety net would probably help.

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I agree. I'm also wondering if the nobles can't be somehow known to everyone? It'd make them a huge lightning rod, but it could also allow the game to start out with 2 known innocents. The soldiers would have to decide how many of them, if any, should try to protect their noble whereas the mobs would have to determine whether or not killing a noble is worth the risk. Also, it just makes sense that everyone would know who a noble is. Maybe it could even be a non-voting role like the CoP?

Regardless, sign me up.

Okay, well, now that I'm dead in Godfather, I can play just one game again (my own personal rule). For all those that analyze posting/playing style, as I admitted halfway through Godfather, my early 'newbieshness' wasn't really an act. When people started making fun of me, I did ramp it up to be coy, but I really didn't understand how to play the game.

When I'm much quieter at the beginning, accept that I've learned some about how the game is played and please don't lynch me out of hand. I'm clearly innocent now, and I'm telling you I'm not planning on posting anywhere near as much.

IN.

Yeah, I should say, if I'm townie in this game I'll probably be changing my posting style somewhat to appear less guilty. Although not too much, gotta keep the game interesting you know ~D

Sasaki:

Maybe, just maybe, if you changed your

Icon, Org-name, Sig, posting style, and base language used

maybe you might not be a lightning rod for trouble.:laugh4:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I am innocent! wtf!

At least I have fun ~D

Scary thing is, my average posts per day has jumped up about .75 since these started. When you've been here almost 3 years that's alot.

I just found out I have to fly to Japan on Monday.

I'm out.

Well, this certainly sounds good.

So I'm in, let's hope this game can generate as much players and excitement as the other (Mafia-type) games.

:balloon2:

Me too please.

So when is the game due to start ?

:balloon2:

Now. Sign-ups are closed. Each one of you will have been sent a role by me. The process was completely random.

PM's please.

So there will most likely be murdered to people, soon? One by each 'mafia squad'?

This must be going to be an intresting game!:book: :balloon2: :egypt:

Here's the alive list:

Sir Moody
Drisos
Kommodus
UltraWar
Craterus
Sasaki Kojiro
Seamus Fermanagh
Kagemusha
Silver Rusher
doc_bean
Myrddraal
Crazed Rabbit
Proletariat
Dutch_Guy
Masy

I think it's safe to say that the mafia were chosen alphabetically. Therefore:

Craterus, Crazed Rabbit, doc_bean, and Drisos are certainly mafia.

Lol.

Crazed Rabbit

I'm inclined to believe Sasaki, considering he didn't list me as guilty.

Well, if you think he's innocent, then he's guilty, right?
~;p
Crazed Rabbit

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Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro

I think it's safe to say that the mafia were chosen alphabetically. Therefore:

Craterus, Crazed Rabbit, doc_bean, and Drisos are certainly mafia.

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That sounds feasible. :2thumbsup:

:rtwno:

While this may be impractical with other players, we might want to consider setting up a pool on Kojiro. :laugh4: I'll take murdered, Night #2.

darn...missed the deadline...

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Originally Posted by Crazed Rabbit

Well, if you think he's innocent, then he's guilty, right?
~;p
Crazed Rabbit

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Same could be said for you :tongue3:

Oh and Seamus, I'll take Lynched: Round 3 for $500

With the reason: "well he could be guilty...I don't think we can risk leaving him alive" for $300

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Originally Posted by Seamus Fermanagh

While this may be impractical with other players, we might want to consider setting up a pool on Kojiro. :laugh4: I'll take murdered, Night #2.

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Oh and before I forget, I find it HIGHLY suspicious that you would make a bet assuming I'll be killed on Night #2. Maybe you KNOW I'll be killed on Night #2, eh, Mafioso!!!!!

:stare: :stare: :stare:

Bet: 2p that the reason for Sasaki's lynching will be "Sigurd is guilty, so let's vote for Sasaki".

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Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro

Oh and before I forget, I find it HIGHLY suspicious that you would make a bet assuming I'll be killed on Night #2. Maybe you KNOW I'll be killed on Night #2, eh, Mafioso!!!!!

:stare: :stare: :stare:

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Tssk, tssk, tssk. I respect you far too much dear friend -- you'd go night #1 were I some dastardly assassin. :beam:

...now, please excuse me while I go and find that flesh-toned steel collar I'm likely to need.:2thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by Seamus Fermanagh

Tssk, tssk, tssk. I respect you far too much dear friend -- you'd go night #1 were I some dastardly assassin. :beam:

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This is just to good a frame up for a mafioso to resist.

If you're not dead after this round you're guilty ! :beam:

:balloon2:

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Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro

Same could be said for you :tongue3:

Oh and Seamus, I'll take Lynched: Round 3 for $500

With the reason: "well he could be guilty...I don't think we can risk leaving him alive" for $300

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Isn't that my line?:inquisitive:

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Originally Posted by Dutch_guy

This is just too good a frame up for a mafioso to resist.

If you're not dead after this round you're guilty ! :beam:

:balloon2:

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Only the good die young.

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Originally Posted by Dutch_guy

This is just to good a frame up for a mafioso to resist.

If you're not dead after this round you're guilty ! :beam:

:balloon2:

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Doesn't it seem a little early to you to be making serious accusation of this manner? I think I can be totally non-hypocrital in saying this makes you look very suspicious.

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Originally Posted by Xiahou

Regardless, sign me up.

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Do I have BO or something? :fainting:

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Originally Posted by Xiahou

Do I have BO or something? :fainting:

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So your not on the list, eh? Forgotton, were you? Could you be more suspicious?! :stare:

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Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro

Doesn't it seem a little early to you to be making serious accusation of this manner? I think I can be totally non-hypocrital in saying this makes you look very suspicious.

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That's it, Sasaki. Throughout this game you have always appeared very suspicious, and combined with your Sasakiness this makes you a definite mafioso, not matter what argument you can come up with.

Vote: Sasaki

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Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro

Doesn't it seem a little early to you to be making serious accusation of this manner? I think I can be totally non-hypocrital in saying this makes you look very suspicious.

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Only mafioso would have the balls to underline a word this early on....

Now That's something a townie just doesn't do, damnit !

:balloon2:

...the Gameroom: Making bricks without straw, OR clay, since 2006.

Drisos is guilty!

Haven't you noticed, under his avatar it says, Weird Organism, but even more telling, it says 'Senior Member'!!! Definately a mafioso, and Seamus, you're acting very suspiciously...

lol! am I missing something or are Sasaki and Myddraal using slightly far-fetched reasons to accuse me?:dizzy2: :embarassed: :inquisitive: :inquisitive:

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Originally Posted by Myrddraal

Drisos is guilty!

Haven't you noticed, under his avatar it says, Weird Organism, but even more telling, it says 'Senior Member'!!! Definately a mafioso, and Seamus, you're acting very suspiciously...

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How'd he manage the posthumous double murders? THAT would be a really tough mafioso trick to out-wit!

OF COURSE I'm goint to be viewed with suspicion for a while, I was arguing along the same line as Sasaki for a couple of days. His aura of suspicion is all too easily transferrable.:beam:

Just so everyone knows:

There are:

3 ruffians
3 assassins
2 monks
1 Brother Cadfael
4 soldiers
2 nobles

I still am waiting on PM's from some people.

One and a half hours left for your remaining PM's.

Day breaks in Shrewsbury. All is quiet.

Masy had just come home to his house and started to cook himself some pottage, when an arrow shot threw the air and landed on his table. Hurrying outside to investigate, he found no trace of his attackers. Still feeling anxious about his safety, he sat down and started to eat his dinner. After a few mouthfuls, he realised that something wasn't right, and on closer examination, he discovered to his horror a mouse head covered with the plague. With a groan he fell to the floor-dead.

The governor of the town, Sir Ignoramus, assembled the villagers in the morning and addressed the crowd: "Last night one of our villagers was horribly poisoned in his house. Methinks that this villain is among us. I intend to make an example of this barbarian! Let each of you cast his vote for the guilty! Return tomorrow morning, and your victim shall be hung, drawn, and quartered!"

Players may now vote. Voting ends in 24 hours.

How to vote:
Type Vote: and the name of the person you wish to vote for to be executed all in bold. Example: Vote: Silver Rusher. Instead of the person's name, you may also put Abstain or No Lynch. If you Vote: Abstain it basically means you don't vote but you also don't get a warning. If you Vote: No Lynch it means you vote for nobody to be executed at all.

Status List

Killed
Masy

Still alive:
Sir Moody
Drisos
Kommodus
UltraWar
Craterus
Sasaki Kojiro
Seamus Fermanagh
Kagemusha
Silver Rusher
doc_bean
Myrddraal
Crazed Rabbit
Proletariat
Dutch_Guy

I'm guessing someone was late with their pm's.

Vote:doc_bean haven't seen him around, he could be with the group that didn't get their kill in.

I was around, check the backroom, Arena or Hard and software forum, I tend to post there occasionally and am pretty sure I posted somewhere yesterday.

Ok unvote

uhhh

Vote:Dutch_Guy same reason nah forget that there are three for each group, there must be some other reason they didn't get the pm in.

unvote

Vote: Abstain

until someone can comeup with anything reasonable - id do some digging myself but im at work

Maybe prevented kills (by soldiers or monks) don't get mentioned ?

How do those work Ig ?

Vote: Abstain for the time being, waiting for things to develop a bit

So no one out of the tree of one of the mafia teams sent a PM? :dizzy2: Don't mind though, it'll give us more executions.

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Originally Posted by Sir Moody

until someone can comeup with anything reasonable - id do some digging myself but im at work

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I think Sasaki's was "anything reasonable".

Vote: UltraWar seems inactive so a good chance that it that's the reason for the non-kill ultrwar is mafia..

So the other mafia group didnt kill anybody on first round. Hmm..Two options.They have somekind of completely twisted plan or then they are just not that bright.Or both.vote abstain for now.Maybe their second move is to release their identiteties..:laugh4:

unless i counted wrong theres only 15 players so is it possible Ig recuced the number of "mafia" families to just one? - any word on this Ig?

oh and i couldnt make head nor tail of Sas's post so it doesnt count as anything reasonable :help: :laugh4:

Sasaki seems to be changing his vote, this should be picked up as it could mean that he has something to do with the killing of Masy

Vote: Sasaki Kojiro

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3 ruffians
3 assassins
2 monks
1 Brother Cadfael
4 soldiers
2 nobles

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We have six baddies (or 5 if Masy was one), and 9 good guys (or 8).

A purely random vote will make us more likely to kill a good guy.

An interesting hypothesis: one of the killers didn't get their pm in on time.

Vote:Craterus

Just for some discussion, ya know.

CR

Vote:UltraWar

Lurkers have always seemed more suspicious to me.

Balls! First time I've been killed this early...well, I guess it's a compliment, as I'm seen as a threat ya know:2thumbsup:

So, am I allowed to post help and comments once I'm dead Ignoramus?

Vote: Abstain

It's early yet to lodge a vote, though I am inclined to trend toward a lurker removal policy as have some of the others above. As is usual, there is little information to go on at the outset.


Moderator note:

Title should now read (in play)

I don't know why, but I am strangely compelled to vote for Sasaki.

Sorry, Sasaki, I know everybody always votes for you in mafia games but this time... meh.

Vote: Sasaki Kojiro

Vote:Myrddraal

Vote: Sasaki

omg I'm innocent wtf!

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Originally Posted by Myrddraal

Vote: Sasaki

omg I'm innocent wtf!

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YOU STOLE MY LINE :furious3:


ok now that you've at least posted, unvote, Vote:Kommodus

To maintain balance in the voting:

unvote

Vote:Craterus