Game moderator: penguin_alien
Game back-up mod: Cabd
Game reviews: Cabd, Cephrir, and Syryana
Warehouse 13 is the lucky thirteenth iteration of the World's Attic, if most of the items in the attic were Artifacts trying to make your day significantly more complicated. Interacting with this not-so-dusty collection are various Agents, Caretakers, Regents, and innocent bystanders. Those yard sale deals can really haunt you...
Of course, that collection is an irresistible lure to certain unsavory characters. And we've gathered some untold number of Artifacts at a dusty crossroads in South Dakota--a surefire way to attract those with the best of intentions alongside those with the worst. So come see who's shown up to this impromptu melange of oddities. Maybe you'll get to hold an Artifact. And maybe you'll survive the experience.
1) There is only one anti-town faction in play for this game (Mafia). There are four Mafia-aligned players.
2) This game uses a Night phase and a Day phase. The Day phase is split up into two sections: Morning and Afternoon. Morning will have a 48 hour deadline and Afternoon will have a 192 hour (eight day) deadline. Night will be 48 hours.
3) There will be a Night 0 in this game. It will last 48 hours. No factional kill will be available to the Mafia team for this Night phase only.
4) A significant mechanic in this game is the distribution of Artifacts. The abilities they grant are all one-shot and work by the following rules:
5) Elimination in this game will be referred to as Bronzing by the mods and for the purposes of all role- and Artifact-related information. Bronzing is decided by majority vote, defined as (50% + 1) rounded down of living players.
6) There may be mechanics that change the number of votes required to Bronze; these will always be known to the affected players.
7) The page count limit for each Day phase will be equal to 5 x # of living players (mod posts subtracted from the count). After that point, each living player may make a single post that must contain a vote for the remainder of the Day phase. Posting beyond that will result in a mod kill (Canceled by SyFy). This count includes Morning and Afternoon phases combined.
8) Vote counts are intended to be posted at least every 24 hours, more frequently as judged necessary by the mods. Requests for vote counts made in the game thread will not be honored; please PM the mod or post in a factional PT if requesting a vote count.
9) Please note the win conditions specified in the sample Role PMs. They may be slightly different from what is normally seen.
10) If you've actually read all this so far, you now know that the Role PM confirmation phrase is 'Endless Wonder' because I'm corny that way.
11) Day talk will be enabled.
12) In the event abilities used by a Town player and a Mafia player 'clash,' the Mafia player's action will take priority.
13) All flips will be Character Name, aligned with {Town, Mafia}, Town/Mafia [role name], in possession of (Artifact inventory with flavor names only listed) has been Bronzed.
General Rules and Information
General Behavioral Expectations:
• All site-wide rules are to be followed. Loophole hunting is not appreciated--there are no loophole Artifacts in play.
• Personal attacks on any basis are prohibited. Excessive vulgarity will also be stomped upon. When in doubt, err on the side of being civil and respectful.
***If you feel someone has crossed a line into a personal attack, or if you are concerned about another player's mental state, contact the mod and the back-up mod immediately. Whoever sees it first will intervene. Do not escalate in the game thread. I'm not interested in the gamestate becoming toxic.
• Play to your win condition. Gambits, yes; trying to sabotage your faction, no.
• Do not discuss this game anywhere outside the game thread and designated PTs. Do not discuss ongoing games in any spaces for this game. When in doubt, ask the mod before posting or just don't do it.
Game Play, Voting, Bronzing, and Night Actions:
• Do not quote mod communications anywhere in the thread. That includes role PMs and PM exchanges with the mod.
This is my bolded color
(#FF8000) so do not use it for any purposes, particularly impersonating me.
• If you see errors in the vote count or other administrivia, you may PM me or post in the thread (using the bold tag and '@Mod') requesting a fix.
• Claiming to be an anti-town player sharing an alignment with another living player in the game is a modkillable offense regardless of one's actual alignment or whether the statement was intended to be taken seriously.
• When placing a vote, it is not necessary to unvote first or to put your vote on a new line. However, votes must be submitted in bold like this:
VOTE: penguin_alien
or like this: VOTE: penguin_alien or like this:
VOTE: PA
. I will accept any votes in these formats so long as I can tell the intended target from the abbreviation used. If I think it's a vote, it's a vote.
• Bronzings (or decisions to no-Bronze) require a majority of the votes in play.
• No cryptography is permitted. Do not use temporary information (signature, avatar, etc.) to convey game information.
• Discussion may continue in twilight.
• All factional decisions must either be agreed upon by all living members of that faction or be resolved as outlined for that faction. Action control may be proxy'd to another player in your PT by PMing the mod or posting your permission therein.
• Once you are killed, do not post in the game thread. This includes ‘Bah!’ posts.
• Game actions may be PMed to me or posted in bold in the appropriate PTs. If you know you will be V/LA during the night phase, you may send in a conditional night action in advance.
• There exists the possibility of mod errors or disagreements about mod decisions. Unless overridden by list/site mods, my decisions are final. You may take it up with me post-game should you so choose.
Activity Parameters and Mod Communication:
• Prods will be sent out by PM to players who have not posted within the past 48 hours. Players receiving prods have 24 hours to post before I will start looking for a replacement. If the day ends before you can respond in-thread, you must PM me within the allotted time. Don't prodge; you know what I'm talking about.
• Three prods in one game day phase or four prods overall will result in my replacing you.
• If the site had downtime of more than three hours, time will be added to the relevant deadlines to compensate equal to that lost to the downtime.
• While you are welcome to post about any issues that arise in the thread (use bold to get my attention, please) you may also PM me concerning any problems. Use your best judgment here, and I will endeavor to do the same. Questions may be answered publicly if it is something the full game should know. It is likely questions will be answered with "I will not answer that". This also applies to issues with me or my modding or other players. I do not fix tags or formatting issues in non-mod game posts.
• If you go on V/LA, please PM me.
• Night phases will always run their full allotted time unless all living players PM me or post in a PT that they are ready for the night phase to end.
• Alterations to these rules will be announced in-thread and PMed to all players in the event they become necessary either due to unforeseen circumstances or my own oversights.
Violations of these rules will result in a warning for a first offense and a potential forced-replacement or modkill for subsequent offenses depending on circumstances. I reserve the right to skip the warning for particularly willful or egregious violations.
Modkills will happen in a way to punish the player's faction as far as timing and phase progression is concerned. These will only happen after consultations with the listmods. A modkilled player will become a neutral survivor.
Disclaimer: All flavor is for entertainment only. It does not reflect or have bearing on game activity. There may be spoilers for the show within, large and small.
As the sun drops down into the fields to the west, a crowd slowly coalesces at a dusty crossroads in South Dakota. Some greet one another happily, while others are more reserved, assessing the growing mass of characters. A faint barking is added to the cacophony, and the murmur of voices falls off when Trailer reaches the fringes of the group, still barking with seeming urgency.
"What's wrong, Trailer? Timmy down a well?" "Where's a fez when you need one?"
Everyone follows Trailer down the road a few hundred yards until he stopped by a large scrub bush. Half-hidden behind the mass were two shiny figures, one tiny and one human-sized, the latter clutching a wooden door in his metal hand.
"Pete!" "Not that Pete!" "...I thought that ferret got eaten by a coyote years ago?"
The hubbub grows when the larger figure is identified.
"Marcus Diamond!" "What was he up to?" "Is he really Bronzed or will he come back awake?"
"...we should make sure."
With that, several scientifically-minded folks start prodding the Bronze statue of Marcus. Several vengeance-minded folks prod it a bit more vigorously. With their feet. Or maybe they're just kicking it.
"Okay, not faking, definitely dead."
Someone looks thoughtfully at the door on the ground. "That looks like it might be an Artifact. Should we snag that in case we need it?"
While the ensuing debate features voices in favor and voices opposed, the final decision is that corpses, even Bronzed corpses, even Bronzed corpses of real jerks, shouldn't be looted. No desecrating the statues of the dead.
In the fading light, one hesitant voice pops up. "Should we try to unBronze them in that station over there?" indicating a looming Bronzing booth. The others look, first at Pete the ferret, then at Marcus Diamond, and then back at Pete the ferret. As one they move to the Bronzed ferret and convey him over to the station. Only to find that the 'unBronze' knob has been snapped clean off.
It would seem Bronzing is somewhat less than reversible for the time being. On that unsettling note, the sun slips below the horizon, leaving everyone in shadowy gloom. Hardly an atmosphere conducive to making weighty decisions. They would have to wait until morning to decide how to proceed.
Syryana, Pete the ferret, aligned with Town,
Vanilla Townie
, in possession of no Artifacts, has been Bronzed!
Dandelion Wine, Marcus Diamond, aligned with Mafia,
Mafia Goon
, in possession of
Mr. Rogers' Front Door
, has been Bronzed!
No players will be eliminated during Night 0.
Night 0 starts now and will end in (expired on 2021-02-20 15:05:47)
Trailer romps happily among the sleeping people. A new day! Time to get up and see what's new!
Some people don't seem overly enthused at the prospect. A cold nose in their ears convinces them that they're better off up and at 'em than sleeping in.
With everyone (more or less) awake, Trailer bounds over to his latest find.
Lucretia's Comb
, up for grabs. "All right, we're adults here. We can decide what to do with this in a fair and reasonable manner. How about we vote on it?"
Left unsaid is that this task is far preferable to dealing with the murderous faction among them who dispatched Pete the ferret and Marcus Diamond. All in good time.
Morning 1 will end in (expired on 2021-02-22 15:17:03)
With 17 players alive, it takes 9 votes to deliver
Lucretia's Comb
to a player. If no one receives that many votes by deadline, plurality rules will apply. Plurality here means whoever has the highest number of votes. If there is a tie, whoever reached that number first will receive the Artifact.
In post 1, penguin_alien wrote:8) Vote counts are intended to be posted at least every 24 hours, more frequently as judged necessary by the mods. Requests for vote counts made in the game thread will not be honored; please PM the mod or post in a factional PT if requesting a vote count.
To head this off in the interest of clarity, no mechanics in a game I run will ever require or allow anyone to be misgendered. I've been on the other side of that via carelessness on this board and IRL growing up (as a cis person to be clear, not trying to appropriate others' experiences). I'm not interested in causing anyone trauma beyond the normal stress of playing Mafia games. If anyone ever feels otherwise I'm happy to address it as best I can or facilitate a replace-out as needed.
The shadows stretch long, but the assembled people still sway back and forth, unable to decide who to commit to Bronzing. With only a sliver of the sun remaining above the horizon (and Trailer nosing them repeatedly) they finally agree. One consensus choice for Bronzing, in a first stab at eliminating the evil amongst them.
The hapless target squawks angrily as hands push her toward the Bronzing machine. While the target's identity is still hard to discern, the voice is somehow familiar. "I do declare, this is no way to treat a lady! I certainly had nothing to do with any Bronzing ambushes!"
"How do you know they were ambushed?"
"I...uh..." Dark blonde hair becomes clearer to the onlookers. "Don't Bronze me! I thought we were working together!"
The crowd is not dissuaded. The Bronzing machine looms closer. As she is almost fully shoved inside, she gives one last plea. "Are y'all serious about this?"
"As a heart attack!"
With a final push, she clears the threshold and the door slams shut. A push of a button, and Sally Stukowski is rendered in an outraged Bronze.
mastina, Sally Stukowski, aligned with Mafia,
Mafia Goon
, in possession of no Artifacts, has been Bronzed!
Night 1 will not start until I find a replacement for quiet. When Night 1 starts, it will last 48 hours and I will post the deadline here and send it by PM.
It would seem that people didn't get as much rest overnight as they did the first night, before they'd started teaming up to throw people in the Bronzing machine in the light of day. Or were some folks up and about overnight for a bonus round?
Trailer stretches awake to find his head resting on a Bronzed leg. Yup, definitely some extracurricular activity overnight. But as he turns to alert the group, his right hindpaw hits another chunk of metal. A second Bronzing victim? And then his left hindpaw hits a third solid object...but with a
clink
not a
clunk
. A
Freezing Snowglobe
: something good to bring to the humans!
The rest of the group isn't far behind in noticing the two Bronzed figures. Their elation at eliminating an enemy the day before falls in the face of the new casualties. "That's low, offing civilians!" "She was married to Pete, didn't she suffer enough?" "Her? What about him, years in an interdimensional limbo?" "...talking to Pete can feel a lot like yelling into the void."
"All right, time to get serious. Looks like we're going to have to make some cold, hard decisions this morning..."
sangres, Amanda Lattimer, aligned with Town,
Vanilla Townie
, in possession of no Artifacts, has been Bronzed!
Kitty Trauma Team, Joshua Donovan, aligned with Town,
Vanilla Townie
, in possession of no Artifacts, has been Bronzed!
Morning 1 will end in (expired on 2021-03-07 22:46:44)
With 14 players alive, it takes 8 votes to deliver
Freezing Snowglobe
to a player. If no one receives that many votes by deadline, plurality rules will apply. Plurality here means whoever has the highest number of votes. If there is a tie, whoever reached that number first will receive the Artifact.
Not voting (14): Tammy, borkjerfkin, SirCakez, Lady Lambdadelta, Bell, Titus, Spiffeh, GreyICE, PookyTheMagicalBear, MathBlade, DrippingGoofball, Prism, Dunnstral, Battle Mage
Plumbing emergency here at Medea the Alien. I'll get a vote count up before the morning, but I may not respond quickly to issues in the next 12 hours, nor will my backup mod (husband for those who don't follow my life on Page Six). Don't leave me
another shitstorm
a mess to return to here. Escalate to Untrod Tripod if there's an urgent matter. Thanks!
Five statues look on as the group debates who will join their number. People drift back and forth, coalescing into small groups that dissolve and reform once more. But slowly, a knot grows.
One man finds himself at the center of that mass, and as it drifts closer to the Bronzing machine, it is unclear how much he is being herded and how much he is walking along with his executioners. But the swirl of people gains focus, until it deposits him at the door to the Bronzing machine.
As he walks in stoically, features unchanging, a voice calls out from the crowd. "Are you a villain?"
Turning around and looking out toward the dimming horizon, he utters two words. "No, ma'am."
DrippingGoofball, Mrs. Frederic's Bodyguard, aligned with Town,
Town One-Shot Bulletproof Bodyguard
, in possession of no Artifacts, has been Bronzed!
Night 2 begins now and ends in (expired on 2021-03-15 22:17:56)
Trailer wakes up to the warmth of the sun on his back. He shakes off the dust settled on his fur from the night before and heads out to check on the small statue garden growing next to the Bronzing machine.
Woof! Rrrruff, ruff!
Soon no one else is sleeping either as they congregate to see what's drawn Trailer's attention this time. A statue that, as the sun crests the horizon, has a jeweled glint in its Bronzed hair. And Trailer is also adorned, but he has a far more modest scarf. Hands quickly relieve him of his makeshift collar. The crowd mourns. But there's a time to mourn, and a time to distribute Artifacts.
And a time to toss people in the Bronzing machine.
Lady Lambdadelta, Abigail Chow, aligned with Town,
Morning 3 will end in (expired on 2021-03-17 23:54:27)
With 12 players alive, it takes 7 votes to deliver
Primo Levi's Scarf
to a player. If no one receives that many votes by deadline, plurality rules will apply. Plurality here means whoever has the highest number of votes. If there is a tie, whoever reached that number first will receive the Artifact.
With minimal coaxing, Trailer is convinced to sniff an outstretched hand and hardly notices when his scarf is removed. He is then promptly distracted by a thirteen-lined ground squirrel and gives chase. Would that the non-metallized people could find their attention drawn away from their grisly task so easily...
An accusation has been made that I am running an bastard game without advertising it as such. I have passed on a notification of the situation to the listmod (T-Bone in this case) and will wait to hear how they would like the situation handled before proceeding with the game. Lost time will be added on to the deadline in this specific case.
