The Syndicate

BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This game is based on the John Carpenter film The Thing, which is in turn an adaptation of the 1938 novella Who Goes There?. In both the story and the film, scientists in Antarctica discover an alien spaceship and awaken a creature capable of assimilating itself with a host organism. Once assimilated, the alien being can use the host's memories to disguise itself through the host's normal behavior when in the presence of others. The creature exists on a cellular level and easily spreads to others. The scientists realize that the alien organism could assimilate all life on earth if it escapes the frozen confines of Antarctica. The scientists must sort out which of them is still human and which of them have been assimilated before it's too late.


ROLES
All players in the game are scientists at Outpost 31. Some of them have been assimilated by the alien creature. The number of assimilated players will not be revealed until the game ends. The game will end when either the assimilated players outnumber the humans or the humans eliminate all of the assimilated players.

All players who are human are vanilla civvies.

The assimilated players are more like serial killers with mutual wincons than a true mafia. While all assimilated players work toward the same end, they do not know who each other are nor possess any form of BTSC. The kill rotates between however many assimilated players remain in the game. If an assimilated player attempts to kill another assimilated player during a night phase, the kill will fail and the two will learn each others' identities but they will not gain BTSC.


LYNCHES
This game deviates from the standard lynch format. In the film, one of the scientists takes the lead at hunting down the assimilated among them. During Day 0 and each night phase, players will send a vote via PM for a living player that they think they can trust. Self-voting if forbidden. Whoever wins this secret vote receives a flamethrower the next day. This player will not appear on the lynch poll and they control who dies that day. All players can vote for a player that they want removed from the game during the day phase. The player with the flamethrower can choose to follow the lynch poll or slay someone else of their choosing at the end of the day phase. This may build or fray trust, depending on the result.


RULES AND WHATNOT

Gameplay
1. Days are 24 hours long.
2. Nights are 24 hours long, but nightkill PMs must be sent to the host within 23 hours so night posts can be constructed in a timely fashion.
3. There is no BTSC in this game. Anyone engaging in BTSC will be modkilled.
4. Votes in the lynch poll are the only votes that count. It's helpful but not mandatory that you declare your vote in the thread in a way that stands out to the host.
5. All votes (lynch poll and night phase secret vote) are changeable all the way up to the deadline.
6. Wincons for both sides are dead or alive. The host reserves the right to deny win credit to those players who fail to pull their own weight.
7. Roles will be revealed after a lynch or nightkill. Modkills will not result in a role reveal.

Rules
1)Respect your fellow players, your host, and your MOD.
1a) Don't be an asshat.
1b) Don't get butthurt.
2) If you feel like another player is out of line or making/taking things personal/ly, contact the MOD, ???.
3) No editing or deleting posts.
4) Self-voting is forbidden. If you self-vote, your vote won't count.
5) Off-topic posts should be in OT Green.
6) Dead players are to post in Dead Red.
7) Non-Players should post in Non-Player Blue. We'll have a spectator chat if you're really interested in game details.
8) This is the host's color. Do not post in this color.
9) Participation is mandatory. Anyone who misses two votes AND fails to post during that time will be automatically replaced. If no replacements are available, a modkill may occur. If you sign up, please play. If you can't play, request replacement.

I'm in!

I should point out that this game is flexible in its scope. It will hopefully draw 19 players but it can be run with as few as 13-15 if sign-ups grind to a halt.

I'll have to log myself as a replacement candidate.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Tue Aug 21, 2018 6:44 pm I'll have to log myself as a replacement candidate.

Though I may already know too much about the setup; that just occurred to me.

If so I could probably be the facilitator.

I don't really know the theme but what the hell

This is basically Kingmaker Mafia.

I like it.

I'm in.
Signing up for all the mafia games today.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Tue Aug 21, 2018 6:44 pm

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Tue Aug 21, 2018 6:44 pm I'll have to log myself as a replacement candidate.

Though I may already know too much about the setup; that just occurred to me.

If so I could probably be the facilitator.

Yeah, you know too much. I’m going to have to decree that Jimmy can’t play.

I'll play if it doesn't start for a few weeks.

Maybe for now, when this game gets close enough to full I may be able to switch to yes, depending on timing :3

G-Man wrote: ↑Thu Aug 23, 2018 7:43 pm

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Tue Aug 21, 2018 6:44 pm

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Tue Aug 21, 2018 6:44 pm I'll have to log myself as a replacement candidate.

Though I may already know too much about the setup; that just occurred to me.

If so I could probably be the facilitator.

Yeah, you know too much. I’m going to have to decree that Jimmy can’t play.

No problemo.

Hey I guess.

Ok let's fill this up.

Will we ever have a side mission again?

Perhaps not.

I think a good thing to be mindful of during these lull periods is that games may struggle to reach the requisite number indefinitely. A window of participation, with the capacity to reduce the required number, is a big help when you run into a wall. It is not a requirement of course, just something that can be beneficial in a stall.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Thu Sep 27, 2018 7:08 pm I think a good thing to be mindful of during these lull periods is that games may struggle to reach the requisite number indefinitely. A window of participation, with the capacity to reduce the required number, is a big help when you run into a wall. It is not a requirement of course, just something that can be beneficial in a stall.

I think the problem is that we are all used to following normal game numbers based on their type (20 for side mission, 25-30 for job), except those numbers are harder to achieve nowadays (with everybody getting involved in frivolous activities like jobs and children). So yeah, your point applies here, we should accept that our game may not have a normal player number.

For all it's worth my Hogwarts setup can be played with any number, since it's a modular game. But I hope this game here starts before that one.

This game can run successfully with as few as 15 players. We just need two more, though I should probably check with all the ‘Yes’ folks to make sure they’re still able to play.

15 or 20 it dont matter, I'm gonna win anyway.

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Sat Sep 29, 2018 12:44 pm 15 or 20 it dont matter, I'm gonna win anyway.

Only if you are in a team with me.

eh. we can attempt

Guys let's get this game off the road plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Plenty of dead folks from the Job that may be interested, somebody tag a few

[mention]poutanko[/mention] Sign up!

novaselinenever wrote: ↑Sat Oct 13, 2018 7:23 am @poutanko Sign up!

Ay thanks!
Hop in ~

poutanko wrote: ↑Sat Oct 13, 2018 7:51 am

novaselinenever wrote: ↑Sat Oct 13, 2018 7:23 am @poutanko Sign up!

Ay thanks!
Hop in ~

You should vote "Yes" in the poll to make it easier to track.

How do you like our emojis here? No blob and cat ones

novaselinenever wrote: ↑Sat Oct 13, 2018 7:55 am

poutanko wrote: ↑Sat Oct 13, 2018 7:51 am

novaselinenever wrote: ↑Sat Oct 13, 2018 7:23 am @poutanko Sign up!

Ay thanks!
Hop in ~

You should vote "Yes" in the poll to make it easier to track.

How do you like our emojis here? No blob and cat ones

Ow wait

Yea I miss blob and cat and dank

novaselinenever wrote: ↑Sat Oct 13, 2018 7:55 am

poutanko wrote: ↑Sat Oct 13, 2018 7:51 am

novaselinenever wrote: ↑Sat Oct 13, 2018 7:23 am @poutanko Sign up!

Ay thanks!
Hop in ~

You should vote "Yes" in the poll to make it easier to track.

How do you like our emojis here? No blob and cat ones

Ow wait

Yea I miss blob and cat and dank

...sorry double post D:
I have trouble getting logged off every time I want to reply something (can't open 2 tabs too) :catdefeat

I've had this problem a few times and other people had it too. Not sure what triggers it.

[mention]Jackofhearts2005[/mention] be number 15 plz

Then we can have the minimum players

Okay then. This game will begin Wednesday night. I am slammed with a backlog of work at the office and I have a number of time commitment conflicts in the coming five or six days but we’ll work through it together. More people can sign up in the meantime if they wish. I’m not locking it down until late tomorrow night.

I’m liking our player line up

Should be a good game

G-Man wrote: ↑Mon Oct 15, 2018 10:00 pm Okay then. This game will begin Wednesday night. I am slammed with a backlog of work at the office and I have a number of time commitment conflicts in the coming five or six days but we’ll work through it together. More people can sign up in the meantime if they wish. I’m not locking it down until late tomorrow night.

Oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy

Sign-ups are now closed. I will send out roles to you folks sometime tomorrow afternoon (my time). The game will probably start closer to 10:00 pm tomorrow but we'll shorten some of the nights to try to keep things reasonable (for me anyway). Day 0 will last 24-ish hours and remember that this is a 24/24 setup.

Thank you for signing up. I hope you all have fun.

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Oh btw Red Dead 2 comes out next Friday so this game better end quick