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[Jim Groovester]

Now that the game has started and I am now responsible for teaching seven of you how to play a game, I will say the following first.

I will be a completely impartial source of advice that I will freely give at every opportunity, whether I am asked for it or I decide to give it on my own. You can trust that everything I have to say will be given in good faith, even if it comes at a personal cost to me in this game. If you do not listen to what I have to say, for any reason, you will severely hamper your ability to learn how to play the game. So, to reiterate,

Listen to what I tell you.

If you don't, then what's the point of me being here?

For those of you who don't know what to do, games usually start with the Random Vote Stage. You should pick a target randomly, vote them, and ask them a question. The sole purpose of this is to get conversation going when there would otherwise be no reason to do that. I'll start.

Dsarker, I've never seen you around here before, so answer me a question. Let's say you're a Roleblocker. How would you pick a target?

Ideally you should ask game related questions in the RVS. Asking what kind of flavor of ice cream is a player's favorite does absolutely nothing to help you find scum, which is your primary goal.

And because it bears repeating: Your primary goal is to find scum. Everything you do should help you towards that goal. And I do mean everything.

If you're scum, you will obviously have a different goal: Avoid detection until the end of the game. The best way to do this is to look like you are trying to find scum.

Since many of you are going to have no idea what to do and will mangle scumhunting in just about every possible way, it does you no good to hold back. So be bold, and just do the best you can. Ask lots of questions, try to get a good feel for how the game is played. I'll be there to help you when you go wrong.

If you played a Beginner's Game before you probably recognize this spiel, but it's good all the same.

My favourite role.

Generally you shouldn't answer questions not directed at you.

[ShoesandHats]

Also, Andrew, I don't know yet. I haven't played before.

[Dsarker]

RVS?

As for roleblocker...what does that do?

[Jim Groovester]

Also, Andrew, I don't know yet. I haven't played before.

This doesn't look like a random vote with a question directed at anybody.

Why are you voting Andrew425? The wrong answer is because he's voting you.

RVS?

As for roleblocker...what does that do?

I explained what the RVS was. It's the Random Vote Stage.

The roleblocker prevents his target from performing his action during the night phase. For example, if the roleblocker targeted the cop, the cop would get no result during the night.

[ShoesandHats]

What? I thought he was addressing me, not voting me. I was just trying to address him.

[Dsarker]

Oh. Okay, I didn't know what the abbreviation was for.

[Jim Groovester]

Red = votes

Blue = FoSes

Bold = Attention.

That's what we typically use.

Oh. Okay, I didn't know what the abbreviation was for.

Great.

Your answer to my question?

[Andrew425]

Andrew425, you've played before. How did it go for you?

It went fairly horrible, I didn't understand the rules and asked a bunch of stupid questions, trying to save face I blundered along until I got night killed.

ShoesandHats

Seeing as this is your first time playing, who do you suspect so far and why?

Caz

Who would you want as your fellow scum and why?

Remalle

If you were the doctor how would you pick a target to save?

[Dsarker]

I've got no idea. I wouldn't use it until I had a reasonably decent idea of who was who.

[Jim Groovester]

The question implies that you're scum, because Roleblocker is a mafia exclusive role. There's also no advantage to not using it and no disadvantage to using it, since the target is unaware that they're roleblocked unless they actually have a role. Regardless, you don't know whether the block was successful.

So you wouldn't use it, even though there's no reason not to? And what does this reasonably decent idea of who was who entail?

[ShoesandHats]

Andrew

So far, I don't entirely know who to suspect. Dsarker seems to be dodging the questions about being a roleblocker a bit, though.

[Dsarker]

Oh, okay. Why do only mafia have roleblock?

I was assuming it was a townie ability.

[Jim Groovester]

Andrew

So far, I don't entirely know who to suspect. Dsarker seems to be dodging the questions about being a roleblocker a bit, though.

Then start trying to find that out.

You're available. Ask somebody a question.

Oh, okay. Why do only mafia have roleblock?

I was assuming it was a townie ability.

It's in the rules in the opening post.

*cough*Maybe you should go read them.*cough*

This also doesn't answer my question.

[Dsarker]

If it was a mafia role, they've know who the mafia were, wouldn't they? In which case, I'd use it on a different person each night who wasn't mafia.

[Dsarker]

Huh. So it is.

So what does the godfather do? Just look like a townie? Does he get the other mafia stuff?

In which case...


We have a 42% chance of lynching a mafia.