The Palace [Concluded]

[Andres]

The Palace



A luxuruous Palace ship in an unnamed South-American country.
Don Fernando Delgado was sitting in one of the rooms in the top floor, playing his cello. It was a nice and warm evening. Perhaps a bit too hot for Don Fernando Delgado's taste, but all in all, a good night. Overlooking the river always made him calm and brough him peace. The window on the opposite site of the room overlooked the village.

A criminal, Western newspapers called him. A ruthless murderer. Responsible for the deaths of countless young americans, they said. While all he was doing, was providing goods. Answering a need. People would always do drugs. He was simply the man who made sure they got what they wanted. It wasn't him who said it was illegal. It wasn't him who ruined countless lives by putting people in jail for something as innocent as having a bit of fun in life.

When you came to think of it, governments were the biggest criminals. They just happened to be the most powerful criminals, using their powers to give themselves an aura of being right and just. But in the end, it was just all about power. Don Fernando Delgado didn't think of himself as a criminal. He was just a powerful businessman, powerful enough to show his middlefinger to the most powerful, but not powerful enough to put the most powerful from their seat and call himself the authority.

While these thoughts were going through his mind, Don Fernando Delgado continued playing, the soft and enjoyable tones going with the flow of the river.

***

Allthough the assignment was very clear and straightforward, the Parchezzis watched the briefing one more time.

They were confident that they would be able to get the job done. Armed to the teeth and dressed as locals, they infiltrated the village.

***

Two black gloved hands closed the small notebook and put it back into a briefcase.

Slowly, the black gloved hands picked up two pistols and holstered them.

He was ready.

***

Welcome to "The Palace". A game in which a benevolent drugs baron ruling the better part of an unnamed South-American country faces the imminent threat almost certain death.

Will he survive and continue his rule or will the assassins' hired by the government of a neighbouring country be succesfull?

It's all up to you!

***

Rules

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

There are three sides in this game: the drugsbaron, his bodyguards and the local villagers ("townies"), the secret role and the assassins ("mafia").

The townies are the innocent people and they have to lynch the mafiosi during the day. The mafiosi will kill two townies each night (in this game, the mafia has two kills each night, regardless of with how many they are. This means that if one mafioso is lynched, the mafia will still have the ability to kill two players each night). When all mafiosi are lynched, the townies win. When all townies are dead, they lose and the mafia will have won.

The secret role is completely secret and no specifics will be revealed at this point. In fact the secret role is so secret, that even the host isn't sure about what it's all about.

Each day or night phase will last approximately 24 hours. This may be extended or shortened due to real life circumstances of the host (that's me).

The townies have to decide during the day by voting who will get lynched. The person with the most votes, will be lynched.

Votes have to be made like this:

Vote : Andres

When you want to switch your vote, you have to do it like this:

Unvote : Andres ; Vote : Secura

Please remember to BOLD YOUR VOTES! UNBOLDED VOTES WILL NOT BE COUNTED! No exceptions will be made. Also, REMEMBER TO UNVOTE BEFORE SWITCHING YOUR VOTE; if you forget to unvote, your vote switch will be ignored. DO NOT EDIT YOUR POST TO ALTER YOUR VOTE. IF YOU ALTER YOUR VOTE, YOU NEED TO MAKE A NEW POST.

One of the townies will play the role of Don Fernando Delgado. The identity of the player playing Don Fernando Delgado will be revealed publically. Don Delgado will direct the lynches and will decide who gets lynched in case of a tie. Don Delgado is the target of the assassins and will be protected by bodyguards. The identity of the bodyguards will not be revealed. The bodyguards do not have special night abilities; they just need to stay alive in order to protect the Don. The bodyguards will know each others' identity.

Notes:

* You're allowed to vote "abstain"; voting "no lynch" will be counted as an abstain vote.
* When a tie is reached, the player playing Don Delgado will decide who gets lynched. In case this player doesn't pm his decision to the host within 12 hours, the host will randomly lynch one of the players in the tie.
* regardless of your role, you are supposed to be active in the thread. Severe inactivity (no strict rule, but you can take not posting for 6 RL days in a row as a basic rule) will be dealt with by WoG ("Wrath of God") which basically means that you'll be killed by the host in a most humiliating way.
* If you can no longer play for whatever reason, please inform the host and he'll try to find a replacement. If no replacement can be found, you will be written out of play (honorable suicide).
* Roles of the dead will not be revealed in thread.
* The dead players can keep playing, but they will no longer have a vote nor any night abilities.

Set-up

- Two or three "mafia": trained hitmen, from a secrect clone program. They aren't a perfect, polished product, but still skillfull enough for this assignment. They get two to three kills each night, depending on amount of sign-ups. Goal is to kill the drug baron and to leave no witnesses.
- One secret role: it"s secret.
- The drug baron : publicly known role, no special abilities, will lead the executions and decide the outcome of the voting in case of a tie. Chosen by the host.
- 3 bodyguards: they need to die first, before a succesful hit on the drug baron can be undertaken. The bodyguards know each others' identity.
- "townies": local villagers, all of them working for the drug baron as small time criminals, trying to make a living

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Sign-ups (29/32)
Riedquat
BSmith
autolycus
Jarema
edse
TinCow
Darth Feather
Makrell
Montmorency
Csargo
The King
Zack
Elite Ferret
Chaotix
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Arjos
White_Eyes:D
Askthepizzaguy
GeneralHankerchief
issaikhaan
Ishmael
TheFlax
a completely inoffensive name
Cornelius
El Barto
robbiecon
Nightbringer
Xenoneb
LazyMcCrow

[Riedquat]

Work in progress?

[BSmith]

In.

[autolycus]

In.

[Jarema]

well...
in

[edse]

In.

[TinCow]

[Darth Feather]

in it is

[Makrell]

In i say, go in to the palace of fun

[Montmorency]

I drink from the chalice.

[Csargo]

In.

[Andres]

OP updated.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

This sounds INteresting..

[Zack]

For our glorious, anonymous nation!

[Ferret]

In.

[Chaotix]

In.

[Gaius Scribonius Curio]

In...

[Arjos]

In ^^

[Askthepizzaguy]

I'm ready for some killin'.

[White_eyes:D]

IN

[GeneralHankerchief]

[seireikhaan]

[Askthepizzaguy]

In case anyone is wondering whether or not to join this game-

This is Andres. Right up there with GH as one of the best game hosts of them all, whose games have been consistently well-written, deceptively simple, and perfectly balanced.

It's classic mafia with an twist only Andres can deliver.

Sign up if you enjoy fun things.

[Andres]

20 is good, but 30 would be better. If you know anyone who might want to try his hands at a game of mafia, then please invite them over to this thread.

[Ishmael]

Looking back at the Island, I have to go in for this.

[Andres]

Welcome!

Sent out some 60 invitations to the people on the invite list and poked Pizza to go looking at the other fora where he hosts games to find some extra bodies. I'll leave this open for sign-ups for a few more days (unless we reach 32 sooner).

[TheFlax]

In. Thank for the invite.

[a completely inoffensive name]

I am in.

[Askthepizzaguy]

I promise to spread the good word in any way I am legally allowed to.

We'll get you closer to your goal.

I would also recommend an ad somewhere in the new Rome II section.... players who don't come to the gameroom are recruitable, after all.

And any good mafia needs recruits. Grunts, if you will... their wetwork today will paint their path to future glory as the don of dons.

[Cornelius]

In!