Thanks Dan! I love neighbors and secret chats too! My first ever game was as a mason and it sparked a love for out of thread talks and sharing of ideas. They can add so much to a game.
L.B. (Jeff) Jefferies you are a skilled photographer who just has a bit of trouble moving around right now. You're a bit nosy, but your neighbors will mostly forgive that given your awesome photography chops.
You are Vanilla Town
Please confirm here and reply with who you want to open your neighbor chat with.
Good luck!
Hello Rodemy,
As Mr. Rodgers you are the friendliest, most neighborly neighbor of all the neighbors. You made it cool to want to be a neighbor, had a fascinating love of toy trains, and a killer cardigan collection.
You are Vanilla Town
Please confirm here and reply with who you want to open your neighbor chat with.
Good luck!
Hello tomsloger,
You are Smokey; you're a bit down on your luck. Sure you like the herb, but who doesn't? It's not your fault you're short a couple Benjamins because you smoked what you should have sold. Doesn't make you a bad guy, just unlucky.
You are Vanilla Town
Please confirm here and reply with who you want to open your neighbor chat with.
Good luck!
Hello Bur,
As Arabella Doreen Figg you're almost anonymous but you have a secret. You're a witch! Well a squibb at least, but that counts. You're reliable and and trusted by some very poweful people.
You are Vanilla Town
Please confirm here and reply with who you want to open your neighbor chat with.
Good luck!
Hello Ecophagy,
You're Samwise Gamgee, a trusty reliable sort of chap. The kind who'd go the extra mile to help a friend who is feeling the weight of the world on his shoulders. Sure you're more a employee than a neighbor, but you do live in the same neck of the woods, so it counts.
You are Town Jailkeeper
Each night you may target 1 player. During that night that player cannot perform any actions and will be protected from any killing actions targeting that player.
Please confirm here and reply with who you want to open your neighbor chat with.
Good luck!
Mafia PM
Hello Dan,
You are Alf Stewart. You're a venerable patriarch of an Aussie family that can never escape drama. You've had some many brushes with death in you're long, windy, drama filled life. Thankfully no one actually knows you because no one watches your show actually talks to you.
You are Mafia Goon
Please confirm here and reply with who you want to open your neighbor chat with. Here is your link to the scum chat.
Link to scum chat here.
Good luck!
Mafia PM
Hello Vezokpiraka,
You are Woodrow W. Wilson (Wilson) Jr. and you're a bit shy, but you're always ready with some sage advice. Your neighbors might not recognize you walking down the street, but they've all come to you asking for a tip or two before.
You are Mafia Goon
Please confirm here and reply with who you want to open your neighbor chat with. Here is your link to the scum chat.
Good luck!
I've already shared some of my thoughts in the dead chat but I want to expand on some of them here. First town played this really well. The tom/eco/shadow triangle of chats gave them a lot of insight and control over the game. For example tom and Eco were both more suspicious of Rodemy in the early going but Shadow based off his chat was working hard to try and clear Rod to them. And then using the chats to clear Shadow with the JK N2 worked really well for town.
What didn't work this game? Well quite a few things unfortunately. First and most obviously the flavor. I tried for a weird mismatch of TV and movie references and wanted to write some lighthearted scenes to accompany it. Unfortunately I lacked the skill/nerve to actually put out what I was writing. It was bad and not funny and I knew it. Could have posted it anyway but I also was struggling to write it in the first place and found it easier just to drop it and punt on flavor. Also on flavor I wanted to put a character from this long running Australian soap opera neighbors in, but I got my long running Aussie soaps mixed up and put a character from Home and Away in instead. Oops >_>
On the game function itself my refusal to use IC's made this game entirely too swingy. Ecophagy has some really good points about this in the dead chat, but basically the JK is useless if town doesn't lynch scum D1. It can be CC'd after that in LyLo which undermines it's impact as an anchor, and blocking a kill doesn't even extend the game a phase. It worked out very well for town this game with the Claim and CC coming in D1 and town lynching scum over the JK allowing a clear, but this was pretty much the absolute best case scenario for it.
The other major problems with this game revolved around the chats. First it was inherently more fun for some players because they had more chats. There was a popularity contest aspect to the game and having 3 chats makes the game a lot more fun than just having one. Second the chats depressed in thread activity especially for people with multiple chats exacerbating the previous problem for people with only one chat. Games should be fun and I'm a bit disappointed this game was inherently less fun for some people because of the set up (going beyond some people hating rolling scum). I don't regret this game at all and very much enjoyed reading this and do think this was a fun game overall, I'd just be reluctant to run this set up back even if the swinginess was addressed.
Hope everyone had a good time! I really enjoyed reading this game, thanks for playing everyone!
QT was down and appears to be back online. Due to the down time I'm extending N1 a few hours. Please inform me of there are any furthwr problems with QT between now and then. I will work on alternative methods in the meantime so we have a backup going forward.
Things had started to deteriorate in the neighborhood. Tensions were high and no one could be trusted. Someone shouted "we don't even know his face! How can we trust someone we've never seen?" The cry was quickly taken up and the circle tighten around Wilson. Then silence.
Vezokpiraka has been lynched. He was Woodrow W. Wilson (Wilson) Jr. mafia goon.
It is now N1. D2 will start Thursday at 12:01 a.m. EST. You have ubtil then to submit night actions. You may post in your neighborhoods freely overnight.
That is a lynch. It is now twilight. You may continue posting until the flip is revealed shortly. Please urgently let me know if there is a mistake in the vote count.
Shadow/tom QT
Shadow/tom discord
Shadow/Eco
Shadow/Rodemy
Eco/tom
Eco/Bur
tom/vezok
Bur/Dan
Scum chat
Dead Chat
L.B. (Jeff) Jefferies you are a skilled photographer who just has a bit of trouble moving around right now. You're a bit nosy, but your neighbors will mostly forgive that given your awesome photography chops.
You are Vanilla Town
Please confirm here and reply with who you want to open your neighbor chat with.
Good luck!
As Mr. Rodgers you are the friendliest, most neighborly neighbor of all the neighbors. You made it cool to want to be a neighbor, had a fascinating love of toy trains, and a killer cardigan collection.
You are Vanilla Town
Please confirm here and reply with who you want to open your neighbor chat with.
Good luck!
You are Smokey; you're a bit down on your luck. Sure you like the herb, but who doesn't? It's not your fault you're short a couple Benjamins because you smoked what you should have sold. Doesn't make you a bad guy, just unlucky.
You are Vanilla Town
Please confirm here and reply with who you want to open your neighbor chat with.
Good luck!
As Arabella Doreen Figg you're almost anonymous but you have a secret. You're a witch! Well a squibb at least, but that counts. You're reliable and and trusted by some very poweful people.
You are Vanilla Town
Please confirm here and reply with who you want to open your neighbor chat with.
Good luck!
You're Samwise Gamgee, a trusty reliable sort of chap. The kind who'd go the extra mile to help a friend who is feeling the weight of the world on his shoulders. Sure you're more a employee than a neighbor, but you do live in the same neck of the woods, so it counts.
You are Town Jailkeeper
Each night you may target 1 player. During that night that player cannot perform any actions and will be protected from any killing actions targeting that player.
Please confirm here and reply with who you want to open your neighbor chat with.
Good luck!
Hello Dan,
You are Alf Stewart. You're a venerable patriarch of an Aussie family that can never escape drama. You've had some many brushes with death in you're long, windy, drama filled life. Thankfully no one actually knows you because no one watches your show actually talks to you.
You are Mafia Goon
Please confirm here and reply with who you want to open your neighbor chat with. Here is your link to the scum chat.
Link to scum chat here.
Good luck!
Hello Vezokpiraka,
You are Woodrow W. Wilson (Wilson) Jr. and you're a bit shy, but you're always ready with some sage advice. Your neighbors might not recognize you walking down the street, but they've all come to you asking for a tip or two before.
You are Mafia Goon
Please confirm here and reply with who you want to open your neighbor chat with. Here is your link to the scum chat.
Good luck!
I've already shared some of my thoughts in the dead chat but I want to expand on some of them here. First town played this really well. The tom/eco/shadow triangle of chats gave them a lot of insight and control over the game. For example tom and Eco were both more suspicious of Rodemy in the early going but Shadow based off his chat was working hard to try and clear Rod to them. And then using the chats to clear Shadow with the JK N2 worked really well for town.
What didn't work this game? Well quite a few things unfortunately. First and most obviously the flavor. I tried for a weird mismatch of TV and movie references and wanted to write some lighthearted scenes to accompany it. Unfortunately I lacked the skill/nerve to actually put out what I was writing. It was bad and not funny and I knew it. Could have posted it anyway but I also was struggling to write it in the first place and found it easier just to drop it and punt on flavor. Also on flavor I wanted to put a character from this long running Australian soap opera neighbors in, but I got my long running Aussie soaps mixed up and put a character from Home and Away in instead. Oops >_>
On the game function itself my refusal to use IC's made this game entirely too swingy. Ecophagy has some really good points about this in the dead chat, but basically the JK is useless if town doesn't lynch scum D1. It can be CC'd after that in LyLo which undermines it's impact as an anchor, and blocking a kill doesn't even extend the game a phase. It worked out very well for town this game with the Claim and CC coming in D1 and town lynching scum over the JK allowing a clear, but this was pretty much the absolute best case scenario for it.
The other major problems with this game revolved around the chats. First it was inherently more fun for some players because they had more chats. There was a popularity contest aspect to the game and having 3 chats makes the game a lot more fun than just having one. Second the chats depressed in thread activity especially for people with multiple chats exacerbating the previous problem for people with only one chat. Games should be fun and I'm a bit disappointed this game was inherently less fun for some people because of the set up (going beyond some people hating rolling scum). I don't regret this game at all and very much enjoyed reading this and do think this was a fun game overall, I'd just be reluctant to run this set up back even if the swinginess was addressed.
Hope everyone had a good time! I really enjoyed reading this game, thanks for playing everyone!
Dan was a mafia goon .
Town wins!
Post game and chat links to come. Congrats to town and thanks to everyone for making this such an easy game to host!
Ganderin_Dan (1): Rodemy
Rodemy (1):Ganderin_Dan
Not Voting (1): tomsloger
With 3 alive it takes 2 to lynch.
It is now D3. With 3 alive it takes 2 to lynch.
You have 1 week.
Bur (3): tomsloger, shadowlancerx, Rodemy
Note voting 2: Bur, Ganderin_Dan
Bur has been lynched. He was Arabella Doreen Figg Vanilla Town.
Day 3 will start on 12:01 a.m. EST Monday the 23rd.
It is now D2. You have until Friday the 27th at 1201 Midnight EST. With 5 Alive it takes 3 to lynch. You may now post.
Vezokpiraka has been lynched. He was Woodrow W. Wilson (Wilson) Jr. mafia goon.
It is now N1. D2 will start Thursday at 12:01 a.m. EST. You have ubtil then to submit night actions. You may post in your neighborhoods freely overnight.
Vezokpiraka (4): Ecophagy, tomsloger, Ganderin_Dan, shadowlancerx
Ecophagy (2): Vezokpiraka, Rodemny
Note voting 1: Bur
That is a lynch. It is now twilight. You may continue posting until the flip is revealed shortly. Please urgently let me know if there is a mistake in the vote count.
Vezokpiraka (1): Ecophagy
Ecophagy (1): Vezokpiraka
Shadowlancerx (2): Rodemny, tomsloger
Note voting 3: Bur, Ganderin_Dan, shadowlancerx
With 7 alive it takes four to lynch.
VC done on phone and I'm pretty sure I missed a vote but can't find it. Let me know if I'm missing something.
Deadline is in roughly 24 hours.