Bay 12 Games Forum

Let's get started with the questions, shall we?

1) What do you mean, semi-bastard mod?
The setup that I've got is for 13 players. If there isn't enough interest I can shrink that, but all the balancing has been done with those thirteen roles in mind.

2) How many players?
Read the thread title: January 11th

3) When will it start?
If in a normal mafia everyone knows the rules and the mod is always straightforward, and in a Bastard Mod mafia the mod purposefully lies and nobody knows the rules, a semi-bastard mod mafia is one where some people know some of the rules, and the mod will be flexible with the way things are even if he endeavors to always provide at least a grain of truth. Thus, the town (and mafia) will have to deduce what's going on enough to accomplish their respective goals, without the full-blown mod-wifom of a bastard mod.

4) How long will days be?
No PMs, no hammers. Obviously, given the gametype I can't reveal how many are town/mafia/third party, since that would be telling.

5) Is this how you'll be answering things in-game?
I'm fine with some flexibility in the day deadlines, but would think that in the absence of heated discussion there would only be a single 24-hour extension by popular demand. I'd like to keep the times firm in the absence of almost everyone saying that they want more or less time.

6) Will there be any day extensions?
In the spirit, certainly. Confusing, but solvable. The actual game, of course, will be a bit less transparent than these. If you pay attention, you might even get some hints pre-game.

7) Can you give us any more information?
Days will last 72 hours, nights will last 24 hours. Weekend time counts for half time. Night actions that are not submitted will be assumed nothing rather than delaying the game.


I hope that that answers everything. If you've got more questions, feel free to ask them below, and go ahead and sign up. What have you got to lose?


Currently Living Players (3/13):
Vector Won Day 7, Mao Zedong
Apostolic Nihilist Lynched Day 3, Paul Dirac
Pandarsenic Killed Night 1, Ikari Shinji
Zai Killed Night 5, Pierre-Simon LaPlace
Toonyman Killed Night 4, Salvador Dali
Redwarrior0 Lynched Day 4, Kurt Godel
Shades Killed Night 3, Rene Magritte
LASD Won Day 7, Paul Erdos
Leafsnail Lynched Day 1, Lewis Caroll
Nirur Torir Killed Night 6, Maurits Cornelis Escher
Alsark Lynched Day 2, Lain Iwakura
GlyphGryph Lynched Day 5, The New Number Two
Halmie Neruz Lynched Day 7, Vanilla Townie

Timing:
Day 1 began 1/11 at 10:30am board time, and will run until 1/14 at 10:30am board time in the absence of extensions or shortening.
Day 1 resumed from being frozen at 10:15am board time on 1/17, and is expected to run to 10:30pm board time on 1/19.
Day 1 was extended, and will end at 10:30 pm board time on 1/20.
Night 1 began midnight 1/21, and will run to midnight (or slightly after) 1/22
Day 2 began at 10:30am board time on 1/23 and will run until 10:30 am 1/26
Day 2 was extended, and will now run until 10:30am on 1/27
Night 2 began at 10:30am board time on 1/27 and will run to 10:30am board time on 1/28
Day 3 began at 11:00am board time on 1/28 and will run to 11:00am (or thereabouts) on 2/1
Night 3 begain at 10:30am board time on 2/1 and will run to 10:30am on 2/2

So, I've been lurking here for a while, and (somewhat inspired by Mephansteras's Paranormal Mafia), I've decided to try my hand at running and describing a game.

For those of you unfamiliar with it, Delta Green is a setting mixing modern conspiracy theories in with H.P. Lovecraft's Cthluhu, so expect a combination of area 51-esqe conspiracies mixed with mind-breaking Things That Man Was Not Meant To Know.

In the interest of maintaining paranoia, I was going to hide all non-standard town roles, IE roles that a normal townie wouldn't know about. Role descriptions may mention other roles, though. The Town will have a Cop, and if numbers permit a Doctor and a Reporter. Obviously, the other factions will have power roles as well.

As with most of the Mafias running now, PMs are allowed as long as you copy me on all messages and never quote things that I've sent. Speaking after death, either by posting or by sending PMs, is a Bad Thing and will result in Bad Things happening. The exception to this is a single message that will be found by your intended recipient(s) after your death. Once dead, PM it to me and I'll make sure it is delivered. Dead players will have their roles described, but not named in a pro/anti town manner. In most cases, it should be fairly clear, but in some it may not be.

Days will last for 48 hours, nights will last for 24. Days may end early if most people have voted and there is a long period of inactivity. Signups will continue for one week, with the game starting with Day One on June 6th.

Please vote in red, and unvote before changing your vote. It will make record-keeping much easier.

And now, our story.
Dateline: Innsmouth, a coastal village in New England

Brutal Murder leaves Village Shocked, Horrified
   Police have launched an investigation into the brutal slaying of Innsmouth resident Norma Smith, who was found dead in her house this morning. Despite her age, rumors are flying that this was not a natural death. Early reports from the coroner's office indicate that there was evidence of extensive surgery prior to her death, and several modifications to her skeletal structure, the purpose of which is currently unknown. A panel of concerned citizens has assembled to confront this strange happening and seek out those responsible for the atrocity. The killer must be found!

Anyone interested?

Current Players:
Boksi
Inaluct
Archangel
Emperor_Jonathan
Org
Pandarsenic
chaoticjosh
Teferi

So, with the Circle templates and the recent Mac Dwarfers thread that Martin started, I thought I'd throw this out there as someone who likes to program in my free time:

What kinds of autohotkey/applescript scripts would people be interested in? I'll try to fulfill whatever requests come in.

"Halt!" cried Tosid Vodsazir. "This shall be the site."

The other six looked out from the wagon and down the mountainside. Below them, a stream burbled happily through clay soil, trees dotted the hillsides, and green grass grew thick upon the ground. Above them, though, they could see a plateau, twisted trees long dead tied to blacked earth and stagnant, murky ponds. A malignant place, rumored to be caused by an ancient evil long buried beneath the mountains, an evil so terrible that the dead walked the land freely near them. The mountains themselves were named "The Unnameable Point", and the forest "The Forest of Funerals".

The brook was no safer, the dwarves knew, despite its inviting greenery. Many nights on their trek from Endoksobìr had been spent, not in restful sleep, but huddled in the wagon listening to the deep howls of the wolves, both lower and more savage than the howls of the wolves of their homeland.

And yet it was here that Queen Lektadlòr had ordered a fort built. It was to be, she said, a fortress unmatched by any throughout the land, to secure a vital corridor between the mountainhomes and the Bewildering Oceans. Tosid had objected, of course. The site was wholly unsuitable, surrounded by untamed wilds on all sides and with the Unnameable Point looming over it like an axe waiting to fall. He wasn't the right dwarf to lead, he insisted. There were other, more qualified dwarves available, ones from the court who knew how to lead dwarves with a gentle but firm hand. He'd do something wrong, and the entire expedition would be for nothing.

But the queen had held firm. The site was a bit harsh, it was true, but the location had all of the resources he could possibly want: Flux and sand had been reported by the scouts, and the mountains themselves were known to house ample magma. With the brook for running water, there was nothing that he would want for. Furthermore, his experience with mechanics would give him the perfect background to create a well-organized and smoothly running fortress, which was exactly what was needed if he was to accomplish the Queen's goals: Wall off the Forest of Funerals, tame the wilderness, and provide a forward outpost to hold off the Orcs when they turned their attention from the Unions of Responsibility to the dwarves further south. And, she reminded him, it was only with much negotiation and maneuvering that she had managed to take the honor of administering this fortress for the Braided Lenses. Eshtân Fikodniral had been extremely vocal in insisting that the expedition be lead by The Fence of Taking, claiming that the expedition would surely be lost without her clan's superior combat experience, and would no doubt jump at the chance to take over.

And so, eventually Tosid's sense of duty won out, and he had agreed to lead the expedition for the glory of the Braided Lenses and the Theater of Beards. For months, they had skirted the edges of The Virtuous Towers, who's cliffs had long sheltered the five dwarven nations that lived within, hidden from the wars outside. Through the Cruel Skull-Fields, across the Prairies of Impaling, around the Stinky Murk, and over the Gilded Hill, until at last they had arrived at Udilorshar, Lanternwebs.

Tosid looked over the dwarves before him. Sigun Dumatigath and Mosus Bidoksibrek, both competent miners. Kikrost Dakaskûbuk, their carpenter and guard. Uvash Ottansazir, their mason. Zaneg Sibreknekut, their armorsmith. Stinthäd Umåmfath, their farmer. And of course, himself, Tosid Vodsazir, mechanic-turned-expedition-leader. He raised his arm.

"Strike the Earth!"

Embark Location

The Forest of Funerals

I recently embarked on an area with an underground magma pipe. After a bit of digging, I found a warm wall, got the "you have discovered a magma pipe" message, and then... Nothing. The pipe didn't reveal itself, I've just got a tunnel a few tiles into obsidian in Gabbro with a single warm tile at the end. This is in sharp contrast to normally, when it reveals the pipe in all of it's fire imp-filled goodness and allows me to plan how to tap it.

A possible cause for this is that I've excavated part of the area directly above the magma pipe, which might be interfering with the auto-reveal of it.

I can provide a save if it's wanted, though unfortunately not pre-discovery.