Open 403 - Donner Party (Game Over)

[Tierce]

The Snowshoe Party

Truckee Lake, Sierra Nevada. December 1846.

Snowbound.

Things have been bad for months. Illness, delays, lost wagons, feuds, deaths. Here, by the lake, three ramshackle cabins, dwindling food stores and a choice: stay or press forward across the snow, in a desperate effort to reach California and bring help to those who choose to stay.

Hunger and Forlorn Hope.

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Welcome to...

Donner Party Mafia

Moderator:

Tierce

Backup Moderator:

TheButtonmen

Original Playerlist:

1. Cogito Ergo Sum
   
2. Xalxe *
   
3. vijay2vasandani
   
4. izakthegoomba
   
5. Phillammon (
   replacing Chimera D2
   )
   
6. saulres
   
7. Guy_Named_Riggs *
   
8. Mortontfrh
   
9. Elmo TeH AzN (
   replacing Fritzler D2
   )
   
10. scotmany12
    
11. Shadoweh
    
12. Glork

Spoiler: Living

1. Phillammon (
   replacing Chimera D2
   ),
   Cannibal Mafia Goon
   , survived the endgame
   
2. Shadoweh,
   Cannibal Serial Killer
   , survived the endgame

Spoiler: Dead

1. Xalxe,
   Vanilla Townie
   , lynched Day 1
   
2. Cogito Ergo Sum,
   ???
   , killed Night 1 (final role reveal:
   Town Dietician
   )
   
3. izakthegoomba,
   ???
   , killed Night 1 (final role reveal:
   Vanilla Townie
   )
   
4. saulres,
   ???
   , killed Night 1 (final role reveal:
   Vanilla Townie
   )
   
5. vijay2vasandani,
   Vanilla Townie
   , lynched Day 2
   
6. Elmo TeH AzN (
   replacing Fritzler D2
   ),
   ???
   , killed Night 2 (final role reveal:
   Vanilla Townie
   )
   
7. Glork,
   ???
   , killed Night 2 (final role reveal:
   Cannibal Mafia Goon
   )
   
8. Guy_Named_Riggs,
   Town Roleblocker
   , lynched Day 3
   
9. scotmany12,
   ???
   , killed Night 3 (final role reveal:
   Cannibal Vigilante
   )
   
10. Mortontfrh,
    Vanilla Townie
    , lynched Day 4

Replacements:

• Elmo TeH AzN
  Phillammon
  
  Dazzy
  creampuffeater
  BBmolla

Events:

• Day 1: Start | End
  Day 2: Start | Phillammon replaces Chimera | Elmo TeH AzN replaces Fritzler | End
  Day 3: Start | End
  Day 4: Start | End
  Game over: Misc

[Tierce]

Game Rules

(shamelessly stolen from Magua)

General Rules

1. The site-wide rules apply. Read them, know them, love them, do not break them.
   
2. Play to win.
   
3. Do not edit or delete your posts in this thread. If there is a problem with a post, such as incorrect formatting, ask me to fix it for you.
   
4. Do not quote communications outside the game thread, including role PMs, quicktopics, etc., in the game thread. This specifically includes PM timestamps. Paraphrasing is allowed. If in doubt, ask.
   
5. Do not use cryptography, invisible text, tiny text, or the like.
   
6. Do not use any form of provable randomness. Claiming you rolled dice and acting on that is fine. Using dice tags is not.
   
7. Do not impersonate or pretend to be the moderator. If I edit a post, I will use the ooc tag. Do not use this tag.
   
8. Unless the moderator has specifically told you it is allowed, do not talk about this game outside of this game thread until it is completed.
   
9. Do not bring outside factors into this game. This includes, among other things, making bets, promises of real life rewards, etc.
   
10. Pretending to break a rule will be treated the same as breaking the rule.
    
11. We're all here to have fun. Tempers may flare, but avoid personal attacks and keep it civil.
    
12. Breaking one of these rules may, at my discretion, result in a modkill. If you are modkilled, you will become a Neutral Survivor, and thus automatically lose. Modkilling may or may not end the game day.
    
13. I reserve the right to change the rules. Rule changes will be posted in thread.

Activity Rules

1. If a player goes 72 real life hours without posting, they may be prodded at my discretion, or upon being asked by another player. Prods will be announced in thread.
   
2. If a player does not respond to their prod within 24 real life hours, is prodded twice in the same game-day, or three times in total within the game, they may be force-replaced at my discretion.
   
3. If you will be V/LA, please alert me in the thread or via PM.
   
4. Each game day will have a deadline of fourteen real life days.
   
5. In the event deadline is reached before a lynch has occurred, the player with the most votes will be lynched.
   If more than one player is tied for most votes, the one who had their final vote placed first will be lynched. In the event that absolutely no votes were cast at all for anyone, random.org will determine a single person to die.
   
6. Each night will have a deadline of three real life days.
   
7. If a player has a night action, but does not submit a choice before deadline, they will perform no action.
   
   
8. I may extend deadlines in the event replacements must be found, at my discretion. This will be announced in thread.

Voting Rules

1. Votes must be at the beginning of a new line and bolded, and in the format of VOTE: Player name or
   VOTE: Playername
   . Abbreviations, missing punctuation, and misspellings will be accepted as long as it is obvious to me who is being voted for. If I perceive it as a vote, it counts as a vote.
   
2. Unvoting is nice, but is not necessary.
   
3. Once a majority of votes is reached (# of players / 2 + 1, rounded down), that person is lynched.
   
4. All living players, including the lynchee, may continue to post until I lock the thread.
   
5. If you are dead, that is it. Do not post. Not even a "Bah" post.

Setup Rules

1. You may not vote for no lynch.
   
   
2. Cannibal:
   All night-killers in this game are Cannibals. The effect of this is to hide the role/alignment of their targets from the town, as so:
   

   1. When a Cannibal night-kills someone, she takes the body and puts it in her larder, resulting in no role/alignment reveal to the town for that kill. The Cannibal who performed the kill learns the role/alignment reveal via her result PM.
      
   2. If a Cannibal night-kills another Cannibal, she takes all the bodies her target had, learning all the role/alignment information her target knew. This will include her target's night-kill target from that same night, if applicable.
      
   3. If more than one Cannibal night-kills the same target, they will all learn the target's role/alignment information. They will not learn that their target was killed multiple times.
      
   4. If two Cannibals night-kill each other, and are not in turn night-killed by yet another Cannibal, their role/alignment information, and that of all the bodies they possessed, is revealed to the town.

   
   
   
3. The Cannibal mechanic has no effect on lynches. The role/alignment of the lynchee is always revealed to the town. If a Cannibal is lynched, the role/alignment information of all her bodies is also revealed.
   
4. This is an Open Setup. The amount of each role, and the role PMs, are all described in the next post and can also be found in the Donner Party wiki page. There are no hidden mechanics or roles. If there are any questions about how the mechanics work, I will answer them.

[Tierce]

Setup

• 6 Vanilla Townies
  1 Town Dietician (modified Gunsmith)
  1 Town Roleblocker
  1 Cannibal Vigilante
  
  
  2 Cannibal Mafia Goons
  
  
  1 Cannibal Serial Killer

Role PMs

Spoiler: Vanilla Townie role PM

"One more step. One more. Another. One more step..."

Welcome,

[Player Name]

, you are a

Vanilla Townie

.

Abilities:

• Your weapon is your vote, you have no night actions.

Win condition:

You win when all threats to the town are eliminated and there is at least one town-aligned player alive.


The game thread is here.
Please confirm your role and alignment via PM.

Good luck.

Spoiler: Town Dietician (modified Gunsmith) role PM

"It's in their eyes, when they take too long to look away. Everyone else feels defeated, but not them."

Welcome,

[Player Name]

, you are a

Town Dietician

.

Abilities:

• Each night phase, you may investigate one player by PM'ing the mod. You will receive results in the form of
  Cannibal
  ,
  Not Cannibal
  or
  No Result
  .

Win condition:

You win when all threats to the town are eliminated and there is at least one town-aligned player alive.


The game thread is here.
Please confirm your role and alignment via PM.

Good luck.

Spoiler: Town Roleblocker role PM

"Enough."

Welcome,

[Player Name]

, you are a

Town Roleblocker

.

Abilities:

• Each night you may choose to roleblock a player, which will prevent them from using an action. The only exception to this is if you target the Serial Killer--they will bypass your block the first time this happens.

Win condition:

You win when all threats to the town are eliminated and there is at least one town-aligned player alive.


The game thread is here.
Please confirm your role and alignment via PM.

Good luck.

Spoiler: Cannibal Vigilante role PM

"The children are hungry."

Welcome,

[Player Name]

, you are a

Cannibal Vigilante

.

Abilities:

• Cannibal night-kill: Each night phase, you may perform your night-kill. You will receive back either a PM indicating that the target did not die, or a PM containing their role/alignment information, and if they were a Cannibal, the role/alignment of all bodies they possessed when they were killed.
  
• The role/alignment of your night-kill targets is not shared with the town.

Win condition:

You win when all threats to the town are eliminated and there is at least one town-aligned player alive.


The game thread is here.
Please confirm your role and alignment via PM.

Good luck.

Spoiler: Cannibal Mafia Goon role PM

"Their lands. Their money. Our food."

Welcome,

[Player Name]

, you are a

Cannibal Mafia Goon

, along with your partner,

[Partner Name]

.

Abilities:

• Factional communication: At any time in the game, you may talk with your partner here [QuickTopic link].
  
• Cannibal night-kill: Each night phase, one of you or your partner may perform the factional night-kill. You will receive back either a PM indicating that the target did not die, or a PM containing their role/alignment information, and if they were a Cannibal, the role/alignment of all bodies they possessed when they were killed.
  
• The role/alignment of your night-kill targets is not shared with the town.

Win condition:

You win when all other killers are dead and you control 50% of the town or nothing can prevent this from occurring.


The game thread is here.
Please confirm your role and alignment via PM.

Good luck.

Spoiler: Cannibal Serial Killer role PM

"They don't deserve to survive. I'm the only one who is strong enough."

Welcome,

[Player Name]

, you are a

Cannibal Serial Killer

.

Abilities:

• Cannibal night-kill: Each night phase, you may perform your night-kill. You will receive back either a PM indicating that the target did not die, or a PM containing their role/alignment information, and if they were a Cannibal, the role/alignment of all bodies they possessed when they were killed.
  
• The role/alignment of your night-kill targets is not shared with the town.
  
• One-shot Night-kill Immunity: The first night you are targeted for a night-kill (even if you're targeted more than once), you will not die. You are not notified that this has occurred.
  
• One-shot Roleblocker Immunity: The first night you are targeted by the Roleblocker, the roleblock on you will fail. You are not notified that this has occurred.

Win condition:

You win when you are the last player alive or nothing can prevent this from occurring.


The game thread is here.
Please confirm your role and alignment via PM.

Good luck.

[Tierce]

All role PMs have been sent out. Day 1 will start when 9 players have confirmed.

[Tierce]

The Company

The day dawns clear, snow frozen hard beneath your feet. It's now or never; deep winter is just beyond the corner and this is the best weather you can hope for until Spring. The group ties their makeshift oxhide snowshoes to their feet, packs what little food can be spared by those who stay behind, and sets off toward the mountain pass.

Day 1 starts now.

izakthegoomba is V/LA until Sunday night (May 20th).

With 12 alive, it takes 7 votes to lynch.

The deadline is June 2 at 1:30 AM GMT (DST). Countdown to deadline: (expired on 2012-06-02 01:30:00)

[Xalxe]

VOTE: Mortonfrh

I don't know you.

[Mortontfrh]

Vote: Xalxe

because OMGUS in RVS is fun.

[vijay2vasandani]

VOTE: Mortontfrh because bandwagoning in RVS is fun.

[scotmany12]

Vote: Glork

Wouldn't be much of an antiglork if I didn't try to put an end to him right now.

[Glork]

Vote: scotmany12

[Fritzler]

Vote: CES

It is his fault CPE can't play, which makes me want to cry.

[Guy_Named_Riggs]

Vote: Fritzler

because I had your favorite role in the Worlds Wost game

[Glork]

Vote: CES

It is his fault CPE can't play, which makes me want to cry.

wait really?

Vote: CES

[Chimera]

VOTE: Xalxe for having a hard to pronounce name. :/

[saulres]

Vote: izak

Because how dare he go on V/LA when a game's about to start.

[Fritzler]

Vote: CES

It is his fault CPE can't play, which makes me want to cry.

wait really?

Vote: CES

No lie. CPE can't play because of CES's disgusting pre-in.

[Xalxe]

Changed my mind.

UNVOTE: Mortontfrh
VOTE: Guy_Named_Riggs for having his win/loss record in his signature.

[saulres]

I could get behind that, for different reasons.

Vote: G_N_R

for talking about ongoing games.

[vijay2vasandani]

Changed my mind.

UNVOTE: Mortontfrh
VOTE: Guy_Named_Riggs for having his win/loss record in his signature.

Are you going to say he has self-esteem issues too? XD

VOTE: Xalxe

[Cogito Ergo Sum]

Vote: Xalxe

[Xalxe]

WHEEEE WAGON

Mission accomplished.

vijay

: Are you aware that was the third vote?

CES

: Are you aware that was the third vote? Why didn't you say anything besides the vote?

[Cogito Ergo Sum]

You're boring.

[Glork]

You're boring.

Vote: Xalxe

This wagon is suddenly excellent.

[Glork]

EBWOP: Totes quoted the wrong post. Meant to quote Post 20. Phone posting fail.

[saulres]

WHEEEE WAGON

Mission accomplished.

vijay

: Are you aware that was the

third

vote?

CES

: Are you aware that was the

third

vote? Why didn't you say anything besides the vote?

itt Xalxe doesn't count.

But boring? Oh my cult leader, how far you have fallen to be thought of as "boring".

vijay, why did you grow Xalxe's wagon? Feels opportunistic.

Glork, your vote might make some sense in a closed setup, but I don't see what you're aiming for in this game by bringing Xalxe to L-2.