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[Nerjin]

The Betting Pool: A Game of Deceit and Cooperation

Goal: The point of the game is to be the last player to have any points.

Process:

1.   A pool of 100 points is split evenly between the players. If not perfectly divisible remaining points are put into the first pot.

2.   One player is secretly given the role of “Thief”. One player is publicly given the “Observer” role. More on this later.

3. A round consists of 3A and 3B. A round lasts three days [excluding weekends] at the end of which 4A, 4B, or 4C can happen.

      3A.   Players may put as many points as they see fit into the Pot. The “Observer” is a player who does not HAVE to put in points. See 4A for consequences of not betting. Points MUST be submitted publicly in the forum.

      3B.   Players must attempt to figure out who the thief is and vote for him by putting his name in red. Example: Nerjin. If you want to change your vote state Unvote names or unvotes not placed in red might not be noticed.

4A.   If the thief was voted on by a majority the pot is doubled and split evenly amongst all players who are not the thief. Only players who contribute receive a pay-off.

     4a. The thief does not immediately get the points and remains the thief. Their points are placed into the “Thief’s Pocket”

     4b. The thief receives the points in  the “Thief’s Pocket” when either 4B or 4C occur. This also causes the “Thief” role to change to another player. The same player cannot be a thief again until two other players have been thieves.

4B.   If the thief is not being voted on by more than a majority than the pool is halved, however the thief gains all of the points from the pot.

4C.   If the thief is tied for most votes, or no votes are cast, than the pot is halved and each player receives an equal share.

5.   A player with 0 points left is eliminated from play.

6.   If player-count is more than 2 repeat steps 2-5 until player count reaches 2 or less. At which point head to step 7.

7.   When only two players are left the player with the most amount of points wins.


Edit: By the way, PMing other players ABOUT the game is illegal unless you also send the PM to me. If you break this rule you will lose ALL of your points.

So if you’re interested simply type “In”. No prior experience necessary. If you have any questions or suggestions to the rules feel free to state so.

The game will start roughly three to four days [not including weekends] after 3 players have signed up.

[GreatWyrmGold]

In.

[Nerjin]

Player List: 1 Player

Current Points in Circulation: 100
Current Pool: 0 Points

• Greatwyrmgold - 50 Points
• Mastahcheese - 50 Points

[Nerjin]

Reserved for the current vote-count and points in circulation.

[GreatWyrmGold]

By the way, if we have 2 players at Step 6 it goes to an infinite loop.

[Nerjin]

By the way, if we have 2 players at Step 6 it goes to an infinite loop.

That's my little way of trapping you all until the end of time.

[mastahcheese]

In.

[RangerCado]

I thought monopoly was already sadistic? (Its true!) Posting to watch.

[10ebbor10]

Just as a question, is there any reason for a person who is not thief/observer to contribute more than one point. After all, the pot is split evenly regardless of what you put in it. So if you enter as few as possible, your profit margins are much larger.

((Solving this is quite easy. Just change evenly to proportionally to the amount contributed.))

[mastahcheese]

Just as a question, is there any reason for a person who is not thief/observer to contribute more than one point. After all, the pot is split evenly regardless of what you put in it. So if you enter as few as possible, your profit margins are much larger.

((Solving this is quite easy. Just change evenly to proportionally to the amount contributed.))

This is a good point.

[GreatWyrmGold]

History of this Game:

I created a game based on a psychological experiment which worked pretty much like this, except without a thief or observer. The "secret" was discovered pretty much immediately.
Nerjin made The Betting Pool.
TBP died.
Then this happened.

[Nerjin]

Just as a question, is there any reason for a person who is not thief/observer to contribute more than one point. After all, the pot is split evenly regardless of what you put in it. So if you enter as few as possible, your profit margins are much larger.

((Solving this is quite easy. Just change evenly to proportionally to the amount contributed.))

I was actually thinking about that today actually. What I was thinking was to have each round require increasingly higher numbers of points. I dunno.