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[Secretdorf]

Too many times I have betrayed my intention of joining a game for the fear of the player number hitting 10 or 12. This time I can pIN the blame on Fallacy for provoking me.

[sofanthiel]

Thanks for the invitation; however, I do have to inform you that I may not be able to squeeze out as many posts as I usually do on weekends next month.

[heydude6]

I like the idea of the personal invitations. Hell, I'd even like to join. Sadly I'm having a bit of a tough semester and I really can't spare any hours not studying for exams. Mafia has always been a big time commitment and I just don't have that anymore.

I'd be able to join if we started a bit later in the month, but that time would probably be better spent working on the archive anyway.

[FallacyofUrist]

I like the idea of the personal invitations. Hell, I'd even like to join. Sadly I'm having a bit of a tough semester and I really can't spare any hours not studying for exams. Mafia has always been a big time commitment and I just don't have that anymore.

I'll probably be starting it this Saturday or Sunday, maybe Monday if I need extra time for setup balancing. Every time I've rushed setup design in the past, it's gone poorly, so if I feel like I need the extra time at all, I'm going to take it.

I know how school is, though. I'll probably ask Meph to set up a spectator chat in his Discord server, so for you and anyone else that wants to spectate instead of seeing this machine from the inside, ask him about that.

Looks like we're up to thirteen players (I'll update the count shortly). I'll send out one more wave of invitations tonight, and I'll still take signups until the end of Wednesday. I'm pretty excited for the end result, though I'm trying to moderate my complexity addiction for once.

[hector13]

Don’t start a game on a weekend, brah.

[FallacyofUrist]

Monday it is! Okay let me finagle those invites

40 should be a good total.

[Egan_BW]

You got a plan for if they see the invite while the game is halfway done, boss?

[FallacyofUrist]

You got a plan for if they see the invite while the game is halfway done, boss?

Probably accept them anyways until I'm about on my second draft of the setup, and then extend the time before the game starts to rework my setup, lol.

But if the game's started after they see the invite, not much I can do about that.

[Imp]

Hehe, once upon a time people would sign up to be possible replacements.

[FallacyofUrist]

I've started working on the prototype roles, and role brainstorming.

A rough outline of my development process, at least for this game:

Prototype stage. I throw together mockups of each potential role, according to role name and/or theme. Ideas from the prototypes may or may not make it into future drafts, I just need to understand what I'm working with.

First draft. I create the rough shape of the finalized ideas for each role, discarding anything unbalanced, unfitting, or unfun from the prototype.

Second draft. I prune the first-draft roles, simplifying, reducing complexity, keeping in mind wider-game-state balance.

Sanity check. I run through each second draft role and think about how it would feel to actually play it, and try to cover the weird edge cases. May result in roles being reworked or even scrapped and rebuilt.

Final draft.

Game start.

Signups are soft closed, now. Up until I start working on the second draft, I'll still take people, but the roles are actively in development, now.

[Caz]

When does it start? Monday?

[FallacyofUrist]

Monday or later. I've committed to taking extra development time if I need it. The previous FBYORs have been mired in excessive complexity caused at least partially by me rushing the process. I'm still accepting signups until I move onto the second draft development phase, though.

[BlackHeartKabal]

Is it too late to check In?

[FallacyofUrist]

Is it too late to check In?

Nope, I'm starting the second draft tonight, but that's not right now, so you're still more than welcome.

[Imp]

Is it too late to check In?

Woo!  Lucky 14!