You Can't Win-Small Game [Concluded]

[Yoyoma1910]

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A mafia set in the world of the 1926 criminal autobiography of Jack Black.
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The war between the states is now decades past. The inevitable end of the
century shall soon ride upon it's mechanical stallion, bringing uponus the
1900s. In the meantime highwaymen roam the western frontier of these United
States and Canada. Some of them running from their past or themselves. Some
of them run from the encroaching world. Some of them seeking fortunes they
could never dream of obtaining on their family's barren farm.

You are a member of the Johnsons, one of these Yeggmen. No safe is uncrack-
able, no horse untheavable, no faro table honest. Someone amongst you is a
Town Whittler, a Bull: a Lawman, whose goal is to bring you to justice. The
goal of you and your fellow Johnsons is to evade their grasp, and remain free
for another day and another scheme.



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If you enjoy cowboys, disgruntled veterans, women of the evening, crazy drunks, and general mischief, this is a mafia for you.


Role playing encouraged, as everyone will have a role to play. Knowing the book is both helpful and detrimental.

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Small Game 13 playa's
so far: 13

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boudica
777Aries777
Quintus.JC
Caius
YLC
Andres
Tiberius of the Drake
Siguard
CountArach
187Beefyz
Sarathos
ATPG
Reenk Roink

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All roles will be assigned by the dart board at the Milan Lounge.
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--------------------------->>>>>>>>>>Rules<<<<<<<<<<---------------------------

Break the law, but don't break these!

Days will be 48 hours, and nights will be 24.
Orders can be sent in early if desired.

No quoting the host's PMs.
Information gained through abilities should be paraphrased.
This is a Mafia designed for RP, if you can't bluff it, how ever are you going to win You Can't Win.
Besides, why would you be letting a bunch of people all up in your business?


Standard voting procedure for listing and free range, with the addition of speeding up the round.

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vote: Rhubarb Pie

unvote: Rhubarb Pie
vote: Muligan Stew.

You may also Vote: Abstain and Vote: No Lynch. If dead people are distracting you, you can even vote them again. Heck, if you want to vote for a squirrel, I'll even add that to the tally. Maybe you'll end up with something nice in your mulligan stew.

In addition, if when placing your vote, you know for sure it will not change, you can add the term SOLID. In the event everyone is content with their choices, this will let me know that I can end the day early. If you have already voted for someone, but would like to make it concrete: post previous vote:SOLID

Vote: Old Boot SOLID
or later:
previous vote: SOLID

Ties

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Well, I have something very special planned. There will be a shootout!!!! You will each be given a number. Reveal this to noone. To determine the winner of the shootout I will pull that many cards from a deck of 54 (or maybe 53 , 54 is a standard deck and two Jokers). Aces High, Jokers wild. Be careful, some people will of course be playing dirty.

Dead Peoples

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Feel free to post cordially, but please, no dead detectives. You will have been neutralized, please remain neutral... There may even be roles that affect you. Besides, everyone deserves the right to win You Can't Win, even your enemy.

[boudica]

Howdy,

In like Flynn. Don't know the book - likely if truth be told; cuz I can't read none - but ready to lace up mah best boots and paint my face, whurever there's a bar to be danced on.

[Thermal]

Huh..? Hic--- i'll shoe them who cant win, huh...hic-cup

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IN

[Quintus.JC]

What's the point of playing a game you can't even win... well it does seems fun. So I am in.

[Yoyoma1910]

Who said you can't win.




Thank y'all for joining!

Should be lots of fun.

And don't forget what "Canada Bill" Jones said when a friend apporached him and remarked, "Bill, don't you know this game is crooked?" as Bill proceeded to lose his bank roll on a Faro table.

"Yes, but it's the only game in town."

Anyway, you'll all have specific characters with their own personalities, but if you'd care for a bit of inspiration check out this here site:

Old West Scoundrels

[Caius]

I never won, so Im in.

[ULC]

I have the worst luck of anyone on these forums, so if the object here is to lose to win, then I have already won! Bwhahahaa! See, you cannot compete with my inability to win so therefore I win! Bwahaaha!

Oh, btw,

[Andres]

[Thermal]

I have the worst luck of anyone on these forums, so if the object here is to lose to win, then I have already won! Bwhahahaa! See, you cannot compete with my inability to win so therefore I win! Bwahaaha!

Oh, btw,

y'recoon? i never won beither hic--

[Tiberius of the Drake]

innage

[Yoyoma1910]

My goodness, seven already.

There's still room for a few more, but it looks like we'll be moseying on into the sunset at around high-noon-thirtyish on either Wednesday or possibly Thursday.


Glad to see some of you are already drunk, feeling down on your luck, and/or brought your own hat.
Now all's you'll be needing to do is pinch yourselves some ponies, mark your cards, paint a couple of lead bars gold, and we'll be ready to ride.

[Sigurd]

I don't know the book...
But I always wanted to sit around a camp fire eating beans, farting and telling stories of women.

In

[CountArach]

Yee-haw!

[Beefy187]

In

[Askthepizzaguy]

Put me down as an alternate. I'll step up if someone drops out or is about to be WOG'ed.

I am busy hosting and playing atm, and you guys need a break from me.

[Yoyoma1910]

Opening post has been updated.



Thank you everyone who has joined! Remember to check your boots for before slipping them on.

We have two more possible slots.

[Thermal]

uhh....burp* me join, hic--

[Yoyoma1910]

I believe you may be seeing double, there sir.


Don't forget your newspaper-sleeping-bag.

[Sarathos]

I will make this my comeback game, count me in.

Btw, its a deck of 52, 2 jokers makes it 54.

[Yoyoma1910]

I will make this my comeback game, count me in.

Btw, its a deck of 52, 2 jokers makes it 54.

Yes... but I might have a deck of 51.

[Askthepizzaguy]

What the heck.

This looks interesting enough. Keep in mind I am usually absent for a 2 day stretch at a time, but I sometimes adjust my routine to meet my mafia commitments. I'll vote early and change my vote later if I see fit, and send in night orders (if any) ahead of time. So consider me a regular, if not always present, player.

If I have trouble meeting all my commitments, I recommend we still have an alternate who steps in for me, and I'll step back and be a reserve player.

That should give you your necessary amount of players, and if someone else really really wants in I may step aside for them. Hows that sound?

[Yoyoma1910]

And that makes twelve sailors in our little ship of fools.
I'm very happy to have you all aboard. Lunch will be served at 12:30 sharp, and diner at 7.



We'll be embarking on our journey Thursday, early afternoon Central Time.


If anyone has any problems let me know, I'm pretty flexible.


Mister, there's a caravan parked out back
Restless hoping for a Christian rider
The black book, a grappling hook
A hangman's noose on a burnt out tree
Guess we must be getting close to Tombstone.

-Ship Of Fools John Cale

[boudica]

Yes... but I might have a deck of 51.

..playing solitaire til dawn?

[Andres]

I don't know the book...
But I always wanted to sit around a camp fire eating beans, farting and telling stories of women.

In

If Sigurd is going to fart, then, then, then (it is "then" and not "than", is it? Stupid language, having two words sounding exaclty the same, but written differently. *** shakes fist at the English language ***)...

*** farts and laughs hysterically ***

[CountArach]

'Then' is correct.

'Than' is used in the sense of "My fart was louder than Sigurd's" - it is a comparative.

[Caius]

When will be starting?

[Sarathos]

If Sigurd is going to fart, then, then, then (it is "then" and not "than", is it? Stupid language, having two words sounding exaclty the same, but written differently. *** shakes fist at the English language ***)...

And they don't actually sound the same, the 'e' and 'a' have different phonetic sounds and very different semantically. Though if you think that is hard, you have only just begun, wait till you get to 'affect' and 'effect'....

[Reenk Roink]

If I still may

[CountArach]

I just noticed the Dead people posting section and I can tell you from experience - if anything causes the game to die it will be not letting dead people post constructively.

[boudica]

I just noticed the Dead people posting section and I can tell you from experience - if anything causes the game to die it will be not letting dead people post constructively.

But it's only a small game, and as it has people who are up for roleplay I hope it won't die - and also:

Feel free to post cordially, but please, no dead detectives. You will have been neutralized, please remain neutral... There may even be roles that affect you.