Re: [pbmserv-dev] Werewolf!

[Lyman Hurd <lhurd@yahoo.com>]

The website for the commercial version of the game
suggests 8-15 players.  Beyond that it may be worth
starting another game (rather than adding a werewolf).

I strongly suggest we make it synchronous with defined
default behavior.  I.e., if only one werewolf
responds, perhaps his/her choice goes.  If the seer
doesn't pick anyone during the turn, they get no
information.

I believe that if the game is allowed to drag much
more than say 2 days realtime per virtual day it may
well lose much of its appeal (IMHO).

Lyman

PS Sign me up for the first game.


--- Richard Rognlie <rrognlie@gamerz.net> wrote:
> It's coming along...
> 
> I have 2 variants that will be supported when I'm
> done...
> 
> -angel       this person can "protect" another
> villager (or themselves)
> -masons      these villagers all know each other to
> NOT be werewolves.
> 
> If the angel is protecting the selected victim of
> the werewolves, nobody
> dies that night.  so if you're playing with the
> angel, the angel can
> "protect" the seer.
> 
> I'm tentatively making the number of masons ~1/4 of
> the total player
> population.  
> 
> in a minimum 7 player game.
> 
>     2 werewolves
>     1 seer
>     (opt) 2 masons
>     (opt) 1 angel
>     1-4 "normal" villagers (depending on whether
> masons and/or angel
>                             are in play)
> 
> (at what point do I increase to 3 werewolves?)
> 
> Timing wise, I plan on doing the following...
> 
> At night, each of the players that *can* do
> something, 'select' their
> target.  If the werewolves do not agree, the player
> selecting 2nd is
> told what the 1st werewolf selected.
> 
> Perhaps the 1st werewolf to select implies a "howl"
> to the the
> other werewolves...
> 
> Werewolves can "howl" to send private message to
> each other in
> the context of the game.  
> 
> If playing without the angel option, if the
> werewolves select the 
> seer, it will not await the seer's selection since
> the seer will
> soon be announced as deceased.
> 
> Once all the selections are done, it will be "day",
> and the results
> of the prior night announced.  (or should the seer
> be told immediate
> if their selected body is/isn't a werewolf?)
> 
> during the day, players "chat" to converse.  and
> then "vote" (can we
> overload "select" here?) to choose the day's
> lynching victim.
> 
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
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