Would you believe they're all bad? - Darthe's Open Setups & Sign-Up Thread

[Darthe]

Here are the words of Eternity (which I wrote when this was a game making fun of Death Stranding back 5-6 years ago).

 

You will not win this game unless you lose it.

You will not lose unless you sacrifice it.

You cannot sacrifice it unless you know the rules of it.

Take these rules. To. The. End. 

 

Life. it's certainly the focus of most mafia games.  Your life? Not so much.  It is definitely important, alignment notwithstanding, but who values it more? Of your life… I cannot say.  What I can say is that mafia comes down to one act, whether it be communal or singular. The… End of your life.  The… Beginning.  

 

Cherish it.  It has value.

 

These…  These are the rules.

 

More importantly, check below for rules.  You may always trust these to be true, even should the truth today be a lie tomorrow.

 

You may claim.

You may self vote.

You may discuss mechanics and try to break the game as you like within the rules set here.

Votes are necessary, un-votes are not.  The only accepted vote format is: Vote: playername

Do not edit your posts anywhere.

Do not discuss this game outside of this thread or discords which I create.  

Do not flame one another.

 

Days last 48 hours, nights last 12.

 

Players:

1. Ithi

2. Dice

3. Turin

4. Nynaeve

5. DPR

6. Verb

7. Lenlo

8. Ed

9. Key

10. Rand

11. Ironeyes

12. Tigraine

13. HHMB

 

 

This game will have an open setup. As you sign up for the game, please vote on which setup you prefer. Setups are subject to minor changes if anyone points out glaring reasons they don't work.  These are meant to be fast, lighthearted games. 

 

Setup 1, Everyone Wins (except those who don't):

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12 jesters with 1x vig shots & 1x activated BPVs. 

1 Cult leader 

 

The cult leader has a restriction: Every time they target a player another player randomly becomes immune to cult conversions, and is not notified of it.  The cult leader converts a back-up cult leader at on D0 who will inherit their powers if they die.  This does trigger making another player recruit immune.
Jesters have two abilities.  They may choose one or the other, but not both, in the same night.

 

Setup 2, Too Evil:

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1 Evil Leader

1 Evil Leader

2 town role cops

1 town role-blocker

2 town masons

5 town 1x vigilantes

 

Each Evil leader may choose nightly between a recurring recruit, or a 1x nexus.  Evil leaders cannot be converted by one another.  Recruits lose all abilities when recruited and die if recruited by the other team. 

Role cops will see "masn/rb/vigilante" respectively for town and "recruit" for recruiters, and "Evil Leader" for Evil Leaders.  They are effectively cops who can also distinguish between a cultist and cult leader.  The message provided to them will only indicate a result, and not reiterate the target of the result. 

 

Setup 3, Move Fast and Break Things

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1 cult leader

3x Jesters

5 town 1x vigilante's

1 town banner-man

1 town cop/banner-man combo (picks between the two each night)

 

Banner-men cannot be recruited. The cult leader selects a back-up cult leader at the start of the game and converts them at game start. The back-up will take the cult leader's abilities if-and-only-if the cult leader is lynched day 1.

 

Jesters may protect themselves from night actions 1x per game on the night of their choosing. This affects bullets, peeks, and conversions.

 

Setup 4, 90's Action Hero Mafia

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1 Mafia Godfather

1 Mafia Roleblocker

 

1 3p Condemner, converts to SK if target dies by another hand.

 

1 Town Cop (receives town or not-town)

1 Town Doctor (can't self-protect)

1 Town Hider

4 Town Vanilla

 

 

Town Wincon: Town wins when there are no remaining non-town players.

Cult Wincon: Cult wins when the number of living players in the cult equal or outnumber the living players not in the cult.

Jester Wincon: Jesters win by getting yourself lynched or surviving until no members of another alignment live. This does mean jesters can function as a defacto (but separate) team.

Mafia Wincon: Mafia wins when they reach parity or majority with the living players.  In a 1v1 where two players represent opposing factions and have lethal abilities to destroy the other, mafia wins the tie-breaker.

Serial-Killer Wincon: Serial Killers win by eliminating all opposition and making it to the end of the game alive.

Condemner Wincon: Condemners win by eliminating a specific character a player represents in the game.  If the condemner is successful they'll be removed from the game and the game will continue. 

Edited April 19 by Darthe

[Ithillian Turambar]

Oooh Darthe. A cult game?

 

I thought you said you'd do a nice mostly basic game to play first?

 

I don't understand any of the choices but whatever

 

Ok new area unlocked. Option 4 please

 

/in

 

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But actually can we do a basic game?

Edited April 14 by Ithillian Turambar

[dicetosser1]

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if you think I’m choosing ANY of your cult options then you don’t know me at all!!

[Turin Turambar]

OK.  I guess of the choices setup #1.

 

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This is the game we win by having everyone use their vig shots on you, right? Right?

I really don't think there exists a game I can't get lynched in, lolololololol 

[Ithillian Turambar]

  On 4/14/2025 at 10:15 AM, dicetosser1 said:

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if you think I’m choosing ANY of your cult options then you don’t know me at all!!

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I think they are all cult 😞

[Darthe]

🙂 I’ll add an option D for all of you who don’t think cults have sex appeal

[Gudrean]

@Darthe will you have a spec/dead thread I can play along in?

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[Ithillian Turambar]

Vote 4

[Turin Turambar]

VOTE OPTION 4

 

New option means new selection.

[Ithillian Turambar]

There was not a Loot option 😞

[Darthe]

  On 4/14/2025 at 12:27 PM, Gudrean said:

@Darthe will you have a spec/dead thread I can play along in?

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I have a game thread you should play in 😛

[Gudrean]

  On 4/14/2025 at 7:27 PM, Darthe said:

I have a game thread you should play in 😛

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maybe I could hydra with someone?

[Gudrean]

  On 4/14/2025 at 9:19 PM, Gudrean said:

maybe I could hydra with someone?

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apparently per wiki that is not what I thought it meant LOL or am I wrong?

[Turin Turambar]

  On 4/14/2025 at 9:21 PM, Gudrean said:

apparently per wiki that is not what I thought it meant LOL or am I wrong?

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Hydra is generally when two people play as the same slot in a game. Sometimes alternating who does the posting.

[Ithillian Turambar]

It's 80s action movies Gud!

 

Probs gonna be full of Arnies and Sylvesters and stuff

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Gudrean]

What is it called when you play with another person to learn but they are the real player?

[Turin Turambar]

  On 4/14/2025 at 9:25 PM, Gudrean said:

What is it called when you play with another person to learn but they are the real player?

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That's like a ride along. I dunno if it has a real name. Maybe mentor??? Where you just ask questions of the 1 actual player, and chat and stuff?

[Gudrean]

  On 4/14/2025 at 9:38 PM, Turin Turambar said:

That's like a ride along. I dunno if it has a real name. Maybe mentor??? Where you just ask questions of the 1 actual player, and chat and stuff?

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yes for learning purposes and stuffs and maybe they benefit from my insights and intuitions.

[Ithillian Turambar]

Shame Darthe is running this one. He's a good player and mentor

[Ithillian Turambar]

Can I ask why nights are only 12 hours long? Cos timezones might make that a pain for me. 

[Darthe]

That's fair, can be made 24h if people are cool with that.

 

I just wanna run a fast game, keeps the pace high and avoids spamming so much.

[Darthe]

  On 4/14/2025 at 9:19 PM, Gudrean said:

maybe I could hydra with someone?

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Tell your husband to make an account!

[Darthe]

You can hydra together and it's a pretty great time tbh, cause you don't have to hide anything from one another.

[Gudrean]

  On 4/14/2025 at 11:56 PM, Darthe said:

Tell your husband to make an account!

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@Tephulis

[Gudrean]

  On 4/14/2025 at 11:56 PM, Darthe said:

You can hydra together and it's a pretty great time tbh, cause you don't have to hide anything from one another.

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how would that work? we can both post as the same "character/role"?