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[FallacyofUrist]

The four robed figures stood in the cave, glum and grim.

"One of us has to be colluding with those damned investigators."


This is a mini-mafia setup designed to run quickly.

There are four players - three Cultists, and one Snitch.

The Cultists all win if they Execute the Snitch.

The Snitch wins if they are not Executed.

The game will operate over the course of 72 hours from its start. Each player will have one vote, which may be placed on other players and moved at will. When the duration ends, whichever player has the most votes placed on them will be Executed.

When the game starts, all the roles will be distributed via PM. Players may not directly quote their PM message or edit the posts they make in the thread.

Finally, after the first 24 hours of the game have passed, the Snitch must privately choose one Cultist player to Kill, which will be resolved once the second 24 hours of the game have passed. The Killed player will be removed from play and will no longer be able to vote or be Executed. Which player is Killed will be publicly revealed. (They can still win.)


Signups:

• Maximum Spin
• sofanthiel
• Knightwing64
• Quarque

[Maximum Spin]

In.

[sofanthiel]

Hey!  If you guys allow newbies, I'm IN.

[Knightwing64]

IN

[FallacyofUrist]

Hey!  If you guys allow newbies, I'm IN.

That we do. We'll take anyone at this point.

Just need one more person.

[Quarque]

Ok, I'd like to try this kind of game so I'm IN.

This game will be short indeed. If we execute the wrong person in round 1, the snitch will kill another cultist and with just 1 cultist left, the snitch cannot be outvoted any more.

This is bad news, because from reading previous games I've noticed that Knightwing says almost nothing, meaning that you can never get a better read on him than 25% Snitch. Which would help to get us killed and right quick. So Knightwing, if you could please be a little more active this game, that would be appreciated.

[Egan_BW]

I think if you miss the execute you just lose immediately.

Also, Gate of Dreams When?

[FallacyofUrist]

I think if you miss the execute you just lose immediately.

Correct.

It's a single-phase game. The Snitch kills someone, then the two remaining Cultists have to use the interactions in the thread and the information of who the Snitch chose to kill, to figure out who to Execute.


Signups closed. Game starts tonight.

Also, Gate of Dreams When?

AAAAAAAAAA

[FallacyofUrist]

It becomes increasingly clear that you cannot verify your identities through hearsay alone.

But your instincts, the prickling on your neck, tell you something is wrong here.

One of you is not a member of your holy and arcane order.

Maximum Spin (0):
sofanthiel (0):
Knightwing64 (0):
Quarque (0):

Not Voting (4): Maximum Spin, sofanthiel, Knightwing64, Quarque

The game has begun. The first 24 hours will have ended Friday, 1:20 AM Central time. The second 24 hours will have ended Saturday, 1:20 AM Central time. The third 24 hours will have ended Sunday, 1:20 AM Central time, and at that point the game will be over.

[Quarque]

All right, Knightwing64 I'm voting on you.

[sofanthiel]

So, what's our strategy here?  Does anyone have any ideas?

[Maximum Spin]

Right now, my strategy is that Quarque is the snitch.

[Quarque]

So, what's our strategy here?  Does anyone have any ideas?

Well we should talk to each other and hope that the snitch betrays themselves somehow, basically. Randomly accusing someone for no reason and hoping it teases out a response is one way to do it.

Mix with gut feelings for best result.

Right now, my strategy is that Quarque is the snitch.

I'm guessing you're doing the same here. Frankly I had been hoping for a more original opening from the only experienced player in the room.

Unvote, for now. Still hoping you will participate in some way this time, Knightwing.

For the moment, my bet would be
sofanthiel as 80% cult and 20% snitch, the innocuous opening feels sort of genuine.
Maximum Spin as 67% cult and 33% snitch. Standard opening doesn't mean anything.
That leaves Knightwing as 47% snitch for the moment.

[sofanthiel]

Well we should talk to each other and hope that the snitch betrays themselves somehow, basically. Randomly accusing someone for no reason and hoping it teases out a response is one way to do it.

Sounds reasonable, but wouldn't a generic "I know what you're trying to do here, and it's not me." be enough to pretty much completely combat this approach?  Being able to tell if someone is lying without seeing their live response, meaning the accusant has plenty of time to plan out exactly what to type, is already (at least in my unexperienced opinion) nigh impossible.  On top of that, no kills or decisions have been made whatsoever, so there is no real reason to suspect anyone enough to vote them out.  That's kinda the whole idea behind day 1 in regular mafia; no one actually gets lynched as people get to know each other.  Alas, we have to vote for someone.

If I had to make a decision right now, it'd probably be Knightwing, on the grounds of them not saying anything at all.  Not even a reaction to the accusation made against them, which can be a strategy in and of itself, or maybe they just didn't have an opportunity to engage yet?  Guess we'll see!

[Maximum Spin]

Being able to tell if someone is lying without seeing their live response, meaning the accusant has plenty of time to plan out exactly what to type, is already (at least in my unexperienced opinion) nigh impossible.

Oddly enough, it isn't.