Dragonator

Thanks for a fun game and loved the cute story!! Apologies for my inaction during the first day, I had booked a last minute trip abroad and didn’t realise the game had kicked off, then I thought I had a couple of days clear because I didn’t have a night action, so checked back too late to see my unexpected barrel! Ah well, I would probably have just killed Bob for tying the vote anyway. It’s a pity about the useless investigation, I wasn’t expecting that one. I pushed for Tariq’s lynch by process of elimination as it was too hard to convince people to lynch Shadows first, so in my mind it was take out the second bad person and then the werewolf. Wasn’t expecting Hex to be a baddy! Just how it goes sometimes though, cute game and I think it worked well, many thanks for hosting and thank you to the host’s assistant for the sets and story. It all worked out fine in the end anyway, I Ninjagoed my way out of that mine and the dragon egg was protected, seems fine to me.

So I already said everything I wanted to add, but with the new info on receipt of barrels etc I am leaning towards Adriene. Adriene could have pretended to receive the barrel since I had already said I didn’t open it. Everybody else has found their items in different ways, what are the chances that the same barrel would show up twice? Also, by Adriene’s own process of elimination, given I know I’m a gate seeker that also leads me towards Adriene. I don’t like being led and massive respect to Steve if he has indeed pulled off a complicate ploy, but the simplest explanation does lead us to Steve as a gate seeking investigator, Hex as a gate seeker or possibly the werewolf, Valorie possibly as a framed gate seeker or possibly the werewolf, myself as a gate seeker (although recognising I have zero way of validating that to anyone else) and Adriene as the gate protector, taking an opportunity to claim a gate seeker action and knowing that it probably wouldn’t be questioned as she killed Hal. Who knows, maybe the gate seekers can get an item as well? Vote: Adriene (Tariq j) It would be great to hear what Hex thinks of all of this, do you have any additional info for us Hex?

I found a barrel N1!! I mentioned it! I’m helpful! Hyah!! Oh, but as I said, I was too slow getting out of the rigging to open it and see what was in it. As to Hal’s death, it is interesting! The simplest situation in my mind is that Hal was sane and correct, Valerie for some reason doesn’t want to admit being a werewolf so presumably it is a bad thing, and the scum killed Hal last night to make sure we will focus on Valerie and potentially kill her. So on role claims: Steve: Claimed Town investigator, results N1 Hex (Not Mafia), N2 Hal (unsuccessful) Hex: Not Mafia according to Steve’s night 1 claim, do you have a role you want to claim, Hex? Valorie: "Werewolf" (according to Hal’s N1 result. Hal is now dead and verified as a gate seeker). Has claimed no role but has a D3 one-shot action? Might be good to get more info here. Kai: Hyah! I don’t have a role Adriene: Claiming a one shot block action for N2 obtained from a barrel, which aligns with my finding of a barrel on N1 (although I didn’t open mine). Blocked Valorie on N2, so Valorie was not the N2 killer. It seems like the gate seekers have one-shot rotating roles, perhaps? One random role per night assigned to one of the role-less gate seekers? Dead we have: Alex: Gate Seeker, no other info. Hal: Gate Seeker, claimed Seer and found Valerie to be a werewolf on N1. With the above claims, and particularly with Hal having a role geared towards finding a werewolf, we should be able to figure out a few things. Personally, I think a framer is extremely unlikely given the numbers and supposed roles out there. If there is a framer, who would presumably be a gate protector, then is there also a separate gate protector killer? Seems dubious, more likely they would be the same person and can either choose or alternate framing and killing, perhaps? Let’s start with night one. Steve claimed investigator pretty snappily and wasn’t killed for it last night, which is extremely risky for the gate protectors. One theory could be that Steve and Hex are gay protectors, but why would Steve feel the need to fabricate a role so early to protect his associate? If we believe Steve, then we have to believe that Hex is also a gate seeker as supposedly the framer was busy with someone else on N1. So to me, Steve and Hex are either both gate seekers or both gate protectors. Moving along, we have Kai, Adriene, Valorie and Hex all claiming to have done nothing on N1. One of us is the N1 killer. If we believe Steve, then it is not Hex. If Adriene and I have access to a barrel then I suppose we are in the same boat, unless he saw my mention of it yesterday and is bluffing. I didn’t open mine though so it would be a ballsy bluff, and covering for Valorie wouldn’t make much sense. That leave Valorie for the N1 kill in my mind, hmm. For N2, we have Valorie blocked by Adriene, Steve supposedly investigating Hal (which could be a cover story in case he was spotted in the process of killing Hal?), Hex and I doing nothing? I know I did nothing, which should leave Hex as the killer, but Steve already said Hex is not Mafia so, shockingly, someone is lying. Could it be as simple as Hal being the killer and Hex the framer, with both being werewolves and there is no “Mafia” so to speak? I did find Hal’s phrasing weird, surely the result would be Gate Seeker or Gate Protector (although noting of course the fact of a Seer and the assumption the Gate Protectors are called Werewolves in this scenario). My other theory puts Adriene and Valorie together, with Adriene pretending to block Valorie based on my barrel note yesterday. Unfortunately, I am a wild card! Nobody appears to have done any actions against me and I have nothing I can claim other than that I was the first to see a barrel and Adriene has now verified its existence. Valorie and Steve, do you want to elaborate on how you found your special items?

Hyah!! Sorry about yesterday folks, I was chasing pirates in the rigging and got my leg caught up … but of a situation getting out of that. I don’t have too much to add. I saw a barrel float past the ship last night, but I was too tied up in the rigging to figure out what to do about it, whether to grab it or not, so I was informed that it floated away. Dunno whether that means anything to anyone but, throwing it out there. I seem to be tied up in penalties, so all the werewolf weirdness aside, as I know I’m a good ninja boy and should be saving my own skin for the good of the seekers, I will vote as follows: Vote: Valorie (Shadows) Tie-breaker is all on you Steve!

Day-amn, who needs to be creeping on Steve when you're here Valorie, woow-wie! I'll punch as many trees as it takes to build you a mighty fine timber frame house Valorie, I've got the best wood in town! Do you have a sword Steve? You can show me if you want, is it shiny? I do love shiny big swords, yes I do I do indeed. Great for bashing Gate Protectors!

Wooooo let's go boys and girls, off on another epic Minecraft adventure! I'm gonna bash the first Gate Protector I see, I brought along this shiny diamond pickaxe specially for it! Well, come to think of it maybe a sword would have been better ... anyway, I'm Kai! Possibly some kind of ninja, I'm still establishing how I identify on this adventure, it's ever changing. Um, anyone know why blue dude wants a dragon egg? Sounds a bit dangerous, a bit suspicious, a bit uh, what do they say, sus yes.

Ohai! Let's do this! I brought my shiniest pickaxe!

Where did the baby dragons go? Have they won yet?

Bloodbath? This is a bloodbath? I love bloodbaths! Count me in, this sounds very relaxing. I'll grab some massage oils for later.

This was really fun, thank you so much DD! I had such a good time, the roleplaying was fun and the game was challenging and interesting. Cool set-up, such a pity that the town didn't hit the mark on anything! Good job scum team. I was Torgam.

Greetings, townspeople of Grassmere and noble Dragons of the Forest. In this time of turmoil and uncertainty, you can count on - uh, on... huh, seems I don't have a role yet. What is the temperament of a Dragon? A dragon is cunning, relentless and, when it wants to be, elusive. Some would describe a dragon as arrogant, but when you're hoarding this much gold, who wouldn't be? Who rules the forest? Well that is obviously me, of course. I rule everything around here. Roll for initiative. Hmm had to go dig out my dragon dice for this... interestingly, I rolled a natural 20 as well (Dragon's honour). I have a Lordship modifier of +15 as well so I guess that means I'm awesome. 35 it is!

Hi all! Nice to poke my head out of the castle once in a while and see what's going on down here in the township. Maybe I'll stick around for a while, working from home makes it a bit easier to tab out of work and into Mafia. That said, I was incredibly busy throughout the time I was alive with work going on and was somewhat mortified by the amount of posting I had to try and catch up on each day. So I struggled a bit, but nevertheless it was fun to come back. Actually I had the most fun once I was dead! I definitely don't have much of a recollection of the "EB meta" and didn't have any intention of posting in any particular way. I had a bit of fun with my character, waited for something solid to dig my teeth into as I usually do, but sadly was taken out before there was much analysis to be done. I saw no point in over-analysing posting styles in the first couple of days, there is certainly some things to learn there but not nearly enough to justify the amount of discussion that went on. I scrolled through a lot of it by skim reading and I am sure most players did the same. Bob you did a great job, thank you! No worries about making me vanilla, it's good to change things up and challenge players to adapt. I had never heard of role madness so the suggestion that I made the claim without being properly briefed by my scum team could have been true. I doubt the scum team were that disorganised though, they did a good job.

Fully supportive of a Heroica 2.0 if there is enough interest, just let me know what I can do to help. In the meantime, you guys could always try out different rules in a sandbox-style one-off roleplay game/adventure, could be a good way to test things.

Welcome! This sounds great, would love to see our community represented in this.

Rubber stamp has been inked and stamped! I do love a good stamping.

@Bonaparte Could you add me to the event PM please? Flights are a touch pricey so I am looking at flying in first thing Sunday morning and joining you all around 11am (after dumping my bag in a locker somewhere). Would be good to see the schedule so I can work out logistics.

Oh very convenient!

Fair advice, I'll book in at the place next door. I am a late addition after all! All things going well I'll have a lot more notice for next year.

Oheyyy, what's the chalet situation like, anyone got space or looking to put one together? If not I'll have a look at the nearby hotels but worth a shot.

Just looking into finding my way over to the Event now that I am (somewhat) settled in London. Hoping to join for the whole thing! Will post in the accommodation topic to see if any late joiners want to put together a chalet otherwise I am sure I can figure out something.

Awesome review as always Fangy, thanks for your efforts!! I love the dragon costume, can't wait to get several. And that unicorn guy has a very cool shield.

No epic death scene for me though, how disappointing! I feel cheated out of a dramatic final scene! *dramatic hair swish* Well played Lord Duvors, and hard to catch you out when you could clearly choose whether or not to use your kill action.

[new post] Actually, rewind a moment. A thought occurs to me. I really would like to just finish this, but I see a way that I can prove myself. Let me live, and tonight I'll block either Glenn or Roger, instead of Finn. Assuming the person I block lives (and we can even guarantee it if Roger protects Glenn and I block Glenn), that person can confirm that they were blocked, which would prove I am not the killer. If the killer also kills one of us (which I assume Finn would take the opportunity to do so), that makes it even easier for the 2 surviving town to convict him tomorrow. If not, it does no harm. Look at it this way. You convict me now, the killer kills someone tonight, and it is game over. Let me live, at worst we lose one person tonight, still have 3 left tomorrow and can have another go at lynching, hopefully with slightly better information. Doesn't matter to me either way but, if the remaining town do actually want to survive this, do at least consider it. To assess the potential outcomes of not convicting me: Nobody dies, I block Glenn, Glenn confirms he was blocked. Gives us slightly better info, at least proves I'm not the scum killer and indicates someone else is (given that Gopher was killed we know somebody is). One person dies, likely either myself or Roger (if he protects Glenn). If Roger dies, Glenn confirms I blocked him, we lynch Finn. If I die, you can lynch Finn. If Finn dies... not sure about that one. Probably lynch me I guess. Worst case: one person dies (either Finn or Roger), Glenn states he was not blocked, and the two remaining people can lynch me. If you are confident I am the last scum, then this is a no-risk test. Convicting me: Game over town, game over. Figuratively of course, this is no game. *hairswish* Glenn I think of everyone here, you are probably the most reasonable. Do consider it.

Would be pretty weird to block my own teammate on the first night though right? Anyway, stop trying to take my spotlight! This is my monologue time, you had your chance for discussion, Scummy McScum pants!