[WW] - The Game of Thrones - GAME OVER - LOYALS WIN

[chrmjenkins]

Think we had more people than usual thanks to your carpet bombing of past players! Anyone know the highest number of players in a game?

We've hit 25 before. Those were the days.

I agree this is the most serious drawback of the game. The first day or two is just random guessing for lynching. When this is played in an in-person format, you can use body language to get some hints, but in an online format those clues are absent.

And no, I do not know how to solve that.

I don't think it needs to be solved. It's a consequence of what makes the games fun - you can crunch numbers all you want, but the core game mechanic is still subterfuge and reading between the lines. That means a lot of arbitrary decisions come out as they are based on guesses and emotions.

If you introduce a mechanic to make the first lynchings more predictable, you're likely going to neuter the mystery component that makes the game compelling. My $0.02.

 

[costabunny]

We've hit 25 before. Those were the days.



I don't think it needs to be solved. It's a consequence of what makes the games fun - you can crunch numbers all you want, but the core game mechanic is still subterfuge and reading between the lines. That means a lot of arbitrary decisions come out as they are based on guesses and emotions.

If you introduce a mechanic to make the first lynchings more predictable, you're likely going to neuter the mystery component that makes the game compelling. My $0.02.

I agree - as long as we all remember its a game and have fun i had fun with this one and am looking forward to the next. I am a bit more up on how the interactions are played out now.

 

[Plutonius]

Is it too late to be enraged that someone dared to slaughter the Queen?!

Sorry, I missed the last few days, guys. Life got busy!!

Great job good guys and try harder next time bad guys.

And what a great job by chrmjenkins - every narrative was top notch.

Are you ready to apologize for leading the bandwagon on me ?

 

[ravenvii]

Great narrative, great game chrmjenkins!

Only negative this game I think is that there's simply too many players. From experience ~16 is the golden number here.

But I'm glad we got so many people interested again!

I'm going to run the next one. It's a quick one, so we can cool down from two big games. It will come with a twist, of course.

Link: https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=18268456#post18268456

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Holy ****. I want to play this game! I don't even care if some roles may be broken or whatnot, we must experiment with this concept. I love it!