Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 12:28 am
by JaggedJimmyJay
Factions Alignment in this game is more ambiguous than it is in most standard Mafia games. Pay special attention to the specific enemies for each faction. - The colors for each faction name provide a sort of "spectrum" to indicate, in relative terms, how close a faction is to being most classically "town". The colors represent loose tiers: blue - most classically town cyan - mostly town soft green - somewhat town orange - most classically "independent" red - mostly mafia red-violet - most classically mafia
- This color scale is rough and not necessarily precise, and it does NOT reflect any kind of factional morality. It reflects the relative "alignment" posture of the faction within the full set of factions based upon who they oppose.
- All of the blue, cyan, and soft green factions share one common enemy: the Enclave. The Enclave serves as the game's most appropriate analog for a classical mafia team.
Roles This game is semi-open. Within each faction you may view a vast set of roles that could be in the game. Most of them are not in the game. - All of the real roles are featured somewhere in this role list with the exception of one. The characters featured in the game were semi-randomized within factions apart from those indicated as guaranteed to appear.
- The number of roles listed under each faction has no bearing on the actual number of players within each faction with the exception of the Wastelanders and the Enclave, who each have large populations relative to the rest.
- The characters are listed alphabetically within each faction based upon the first letter of the first word.
Wastelanders Enemies: Enclave, Vault City, Hubologists
The Wastelanders win the game if the Enclave are eliminated and no more than one member of the Vault City and Hubologists factions combined is left alive.
You're a talented hacker residing with the tanker vagrants in San Francisco. You're legendary for your belches.
You are vanilla. You have no special abilities.
Cassidy
You're a tough son of a bitch entering his twilight years, and after too much time under Vault City's boot heel you're ready to find some action.
You are vanilla. You have no special abilities.
Davin
You're the son of Grisham, owner of the Modoc slaughterhouse. You're just waiting for the right person to come rescue you from this shit hole.
You are vanilla. You have no special abilities.
Dogmeat
You're an unexplained echo of decade's past, companion of the Vault Dweller and connoisseur of meat jerky. How you came to be here is anyone's guess.
You are vanilla. You have no special abilities.
Goris
You're a highly intelligent and scholarly deathclaw residing with the Vault 13 tribe. Gruthar, your father, protects the pack from intruders and bigots.
You are vanilla. You have no special abilities.
Harold
You're a wasteland institution, as is the tree growing within you or out of you or god know's what. It's named Herbert. Or Bob.
You are vanilla. You have no special abilities.
Lenny
The settlement of Gecko relies on you to keep everyone patched up and healthy, 'least as much as a bunch of ghouls can be so close to Vault City.
You are vanilla. You have no special abilities.
Marcus
You're a grizzled old remnant of the Master's army from long ago, now entrusted to uphold the law and the peace around the Broken Hills mine.
You are vanilla. You have no special abilities.
Miria
You're the daughter of Grisham and sister of Davin. Nobody can ever ask you to "wait here", because no baby, you wanna come with.
You are vanilla. You have no special abilities.
Myron
The Mordinos used to pay you in handsomely in drugs and women for your exclusive knowledge regarding the production of jet. Now you're an extremely annoying free agent.
You are vanilla. You have no special abilities.
Robodog
Enclave scientists built you to perform routine tasks in servitude of the Navarro base. Upon your escape, however, all you seek is the kindness of a new and better master.
You are vanilla. You have no special abilities.
Skynet
You're a cybernetic companion whose ability to provide assistance depends wholly upon which brain has been installed onto your processor. It seems fairly certain this time it was no Einstein.
You are vanilla. You have no special abilities.
Smiley
You're a skilled gecko trapper of the Klamath settlement, and despite your admirable talents you often seem to find yourself in sticky situations. Sometimes literal goo.
You are vanilla. You have no special abilities.
Sulik
You're a large and extremely strong man of one of the northern tribes. With a sledgehammer you can lay waste to the most terrifying of beasts, at least when you're not communing with the spirits through Grampy Bone.
You are vanilla. You have no special abilities.
The Dragon
You're a martial arts grandmaster among the Shi at San Francisco. Many local residents look to you as a hero and guiding light; indeed their obsession borders on unhealthy.
You are vanilla. You have no special abilities.
Vic
You're a lovable idiot with an overstated skill for repair work and a bit of unfortunate rifle aim. But you sure try.
You are vanilla. You have no special abilities.
New California Republic (NCR) Enemies: Enclave, Vault City, New Reno
The NCR wins the game if the Enclave are eliminated and no more than one member of the Vault City and New Reno factions combined is left alive.
You're a powerful rancher residing in the NCR capital city. You're more willing than many of your peers to see through the dirty work, especially when it comes to dealing with the families of New Reno.
You're a 3-shot faction cop. You and your agents are especially adept at uncovering the plots of the New Reno crime families against the Republic. Three times during the game during any separate night phases, you may select a player. You will be told whether or not that player is with the New Reno faction. With the last shot, one other NCR member will be informed of the same at random if any live.
President Tandi
You've seen a lot in your long life, from your early years in the fledgling village of Shady Sands to your ascent to power in the present day NCR. The Republic is going to be a different place when you're gone.
You're a 4-shot ability blocker. Four times during the game during any separate night phases, you may target a player with an executive order nullifying any actions they perform that night. This does not prevent fatal actions.
Saltbeef Bob
People around town tend to think you're a bit of a nutcase, probably for all of your ramblings about the Vault 13 myth. But you know what you've seen.
You are a 3-shot delayed tracker. Three times during the game, you may select a player. You will wander into the wastes hoping that player will lead you to the mother lode. You'll hurt yourself and forget though, unable to remember what you saw until one day later. You will be told who that player targeted on the day phase one full cycle later (e.g. target was on Night 2, reveal is on Day 4).
Sheriff Dumont
You lead the police force at the NCR capital. You're generally viewed as a fair and impartial man, but woe is anyone who find themselves in the line of fire of your Gauss Rifle.
You are a 1-shot patient vigilante. On any night phase later than Night 2, you may target a player. That player will be killed. You're disciplined with that trigger.
Vice President Carlson
You follow directly under President Tandi in the line of succession, god forbid it ever becomes necessary to enact that. You have a hand in handling many of the NCR's problems of the day from the squatters at Vault 15 to New Reno to the bizarre mutant incursions from the west.
You are a 2-shot medic. It was your service in the Shady Sands militia as a young man that earned you much of your political clout. Twice during the game during any separate night phases, you may select a player. If that player is with the NCR faction, they will be protected from fatal actions that night, and the next day phase they will have one vote secretly removed from them in the elimination poll. If that player is aligned with any other non-enemy faction, they will only be protected from fatal actions that night. If they are aligned with an enemy faction, they will receive no protection.
Zeke
You speak for the squatters at Vault 15 living difficult lives under recent NCR annexation. With direct vault access you're able to coordinate usage and transfer of critical computer parts needed in the capital city.
You're a 1-shot inventor. Technology from the vault can be applied to various different tasks with the proper training and a few kicks in the rights places on the hardware. Once during the game during any night phase, you may select a player. That player will be given a 1-shot ability randomized from the following set: [role block, track, doctor, non-fatal jailkeep, limited role cop].
Additionally, you're a 1-shot spokesman. The squatters look to you for leadership, and at your best you can instill confidence. Once during the game during any night phase, you may select a player. That player will be able to perform their night action, if applicable, without any threat of hindrance (e.g. role block).
Brotherhood of Steel Enemies: Enclave, Vault City, Slaver
The Brotherhood of Steel wins the game if the Enclave are eliminated and no more than one member of the Vault City and Slavers factions combined is left alive.
You're a complex, sentient computer system contained underground at the San Francisco Brotherhood compound capable of performing automated surgeries, to include both bodily repair and cybernetic implants.
You're a 1-shot day surgeon. Once during the game during any day phase, you may operate on a sorely wounded patient, removing two votes from them in the elimination poll.
Separately, you're a 2-shot doctor. Twice during the game during any separate night phases, you may select a player. That player will be protected from fatal actions that night.
Arthur Pendragon
You're a gallant Brotherhood paladin roaming the wastes of northern California on a quest to uncover various pop culture references that the Fallout 2 writers deem worthwhile.
You are a 3-shot grenadier. Three times during the game during any separate night phases, you may hurl the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch at a player. If they are aligned with an enemy faction, they will have one secret vote added to their names in the following day's elimination poll. If they are not aligned with an enemy faction, they will have one vote secretly removed from their name in the following day's poll.
Joshua
You command the Brotherhood outpost located in the Den. You view your duties here as being more reconnaissance and preservationist than recruitment-related, because these people are garbage.
You're a 1-shot vigilante. Sometimes the local morons get too antsy about seeing the tech in your compound, and you're forced to deal with them. Once during the game during any night phase, you may select a player. That player will be killed.
Additionally, you're a 2-shot limited tracker. Twice during the game during any separate night phases you may select a player. You will be told who that player targeted if anyone. This cannot detect fatal actions.
Luke
You command the Brotherhood outpost located at the NCR capital city. You're regarded with some suspicion by the locals who don't understand the importance of the Brotherhood mission.
You're a 2-shot messenger. One of your chief duties is to keep the Brotherhood command to the south appraised of NCR social and technological development. Twice during the game during any separate night phases, you may craft a personal message to be sent to a player you select through the host. The message can be anything.
Separately, you are a 1-shot faction spy. You keep a close eye on the NCR Rangers and their conflict with the Slavers to aid in your own mission. Once during the game during any night phase, you may select a player. You will be told whether or not that player has ever targeted the Slaver during any previous night phase.
Matt
You command the Brotherhood outpost located in San Francisco. Some Shi inhabitants might make good recruits, but your greater purpose here is to monitor the little-known and highly advanced organization known as the Enclave.
You're a potential mason. Each night phase, you may select a player. If that player is the Chosen One, you will be granted behind-the-scenes communication with that player for the remainder of the game while you both live. If that player is Frank Horrigan, you will be killed. You have closely monitored the progress of each, and you know an alliance with the descendant of the Vault Dweller can turn the tide.
Sir Galahad
You're a Brotherhood knight under the command of Paladin Pendragon, serving unbeknownst to yourself as one of the very references your party seeks.
You are a 3-shot broadcaster. Everyone knows when your troupe is on the approach because you won't stop fucking singing. Three times during the game during any separate night phases, you may craft a personal message to the host containing any content you wish. The host will then post that message publicly, without your name, at the start of the following day phase.
Arroyo Enemies: Enclave, Slaver, Hubologists
Arroyo wins the game if the Enclave are eliminated and no more than one member of the Slavers and Hubologists factions combined is left alive.
You're one of the elder members of the tribe, and though you know most others don't like you, you understand that it is their fault. They're all morons, especially your sister's kid.
You're a 2-shot doublevoter. Your spear is among the tribe's sharpest, probably because you hoard all of the flint people need to sharpen their own spears. Twice during the game during any separate day phases, you may indicate to the host that you wish to double your vote. You may still only vote for one player, but it will be worth two votes.
Hakunin
You're the village shaman, respected for your great wisdom and your skill for crafting natural healing salves. You might also have literal supernatural powers. Or maybe I'm just toasted.
You're a 2-shot messenger. Somehow you have seemed to master the talent of invading the dreams of people hundreds of miles away with your typically cryptic nonsense. Twice during the game during any separate night phases, you may craft a personal message to be sent to a player you select through the host. The message can be anything.
Separately, you're a 1-shot healer. Your healing salves are effective, but they also cloud the mind and can cause hallucinations. Once during the game during any night phase, you may select a player. That player will be protected from any fatal actions, but there is a 25% chance their vote the following day phase will be redirected to a random name adjacent in the poll to their intended vote.
Klint
You're a strong and skilled warrior of the village who was entrusted with the critical task of providing training and counsel to the Chosen One before their departure.
You're an obligatory bodyguard. If the Chosen One is targeted with a night kill by an enemy faction, you will sacrifice yourself to preserve the village and your hero and die in their stead. Obviously this may only happen once.
The Chosen One (guaranteed to appear)
You are the Chosen, protagonist of Fallout 2 and great-grandchild of the legendary Vault Dweller. Not everyone in the village understands why you were selected to find the Garden of Eden Creation Kit, but it doesn't matter. You will succeed... unless you get distracted and find something better to do.
You are the protagonist. Before the end of Phase 0, you must choose one tag skill among the following three: combat, stealth, and speech. During each ensuing night phase, you will be granted a one-time use ability related to your tag skill. Each progressive night represents a “level up” in which you'll be able to improve a skill again (any of the three non-consecutively). The nature of the ability you receive will relate in some form to the skill you select, but it will not be revealed to you until you receive it. In that way: *secrets*
The Village Elder
You are the leader and caretaker of the village and the daughter of the Vault Dweller, who came with your mother so long ago from the Holy 13 to found Arroyo.
You're a 1-shot poll remover. You are intensely protective of your people and will stop at nothing to see to their safety. Once during the game during any night phase, you may select a player. That player will not appear in the elimination poll for the following day phase, meaning they will be safe.
Redding Enemies: Enclave, Jagged Jimmy J, Slaver
Redding wins the game if the Enclave are eliminated and no more than one combined between the Slavers faction and Jagged Jimmy J is left alive.
You run the Morningstar Mine in Redding, and a number of the locals rely upon you to make a living and to survive. You keep them happy, even if it means enabling their drug habits.
You're a 3-shot role seeker. Your relationship with jet through your miners gives you special knowledge of its most important providers. Three times during the game during any separate night phases, you may select a player. You will be told whether or not that player is Jagged Jimmy J.
Marge LeBarge
You run the Kokoweef Mine in Redding, and folks around town know you as a pronounced advocate of the NCR. You wish Redding would just be annexed already and that the Republic could see to its protection.
You're a 2-shot inventor. Your mind is the odds on favorite to acquire the coveted Excavator Chip, which will give you a decided technological edge. Twice during the game during any separate night phases, you may select a player. That player will be given a 1-shot ability randomized from the following set: [role block, track, doctor, non-fatal jailkeep, limited role cop].
Mayor Ascorti
You run the Redding casino and town hall, and in the eyes of most the city itself too. Some see you as a bit of a sleaze bag, but you understand what it takes to thrive in the wastes. Fuck 'em.
You're a 3-shot self-appointed mayor. People in town don't always take you seriously, but from the outside looking in folks tend to assume you're in charge. Three times during the game during any separate day phases, you may elect to try to double your vote. If you place a vote for a member of an enemy faction, your vote will indeed double. If you place a vote for a member of any other faction apart from Redding, the vote will be worth one. If you place a vote for a member of Redding, it will be worth zero.
Painless Doc Johnson
You're the local physician, though it seems your primary job these days is to inspect the jet coming in from New Reno before it goes to the miners. You trust yourself more to do that than Reno's thugs, but you'd really prefer to find a cure to their addiction.
You're a 1-shot doctor. Once during the game during any night phase, you may select a player. That player will be protected from any fatal night actions.
Additionally, you're a 2-shot poisoner. Twice during the game during any separate night phases in which you don't use a doctor shot, you may select a player. At the end of the following night phase, that player will die. They will not be informed of the poison.
Sheriff Marion
You're the law in Redding, and when anyone runs afoul of it you're their first and only encounter before they find themselves locked up. You take your work seriously like a classic sheriff of the wild west, though your bum leg is hampering your effectiveness.
You're a 1-shot conditional vigilante. Your bum leg doesn't stop you from capping highwaymen trying hassling the town. Once during the game during any night phase, you may select a player. That player will be killed. However, if that player is the last living member of their faction, you will deliberately miss with a merciful warning shot. The player will not be notified of your warning shot.
Separately, you're a 2-shot limited doublevoter. You won't put up with much bullshit from the jet-wasted miners around Redding and will always put them in their places unless they all gang up on you. Twice during the game during any separate day phases, you may elect to double your vote. This will not function, however, if you are either tied for the poll lead or in second place.
New Reno Enemies: Enclave, NCR, Jagged Jimmy J
New Reno wins the game if the Enclave are eliminated and no more than one combined between the NCR faction and Jagged Jimmy J is left alive.
You're the feared New Reno crime boss at the head of the Mordino family, residing at the Desperado casino. You control much of the drug flow in the city, and based upon how much you sweat some could swear you partake yourself.
You are a soft vengeful criminal. Your family is known for holding grudges. If you are night killed, your killer will be unable to utilize any ability during the following night phase.
If you are eliminated in a day phase vote, the first two people to place a vote in your final tally will be unable to utilize any ability during the following night phase.
Eldridge
You're the proprietor of the New Reno Arms store, supplying all of the local crime families with powerful munitions and supplies. That might make you the most powerful man in the city... or it might make you a slave to the crime bosses.
You're a 1-shot reckless day vigilante. You love to show off your arsenal, and you don't much care who serves as target practice. Once during the game during any day phase, you may select a player (send a personal message to the host). That player will be killed at end of that day phase. If that player is a member of an enemy faction, there is a 50% chance that a second player will also die. That player will be the member of a non-enemy faction selected at random.
John Bishop
You're the extremely powerful head of the Bishop crime family at the Shark Club casino in Reno. You coordinate with agents between Vault City and the NCR to promote your interests, making powerful allies and enemies alike.
You're a 1-shot slow poisoner. You hire contract kills all the time, but you prefer to keep them as clean as possible to avoid unnecessary implication. Once during the game during any night phase, you may select a player. That player will be poisoned. Two full game cycles later, that player will die (e.g. targeted Night 2, dies at the end of Night 4). The player will not be informed of the poison.
Additionally, you're a 1-shot faction cop. You are not at all fond of NCR meddling, and you remain thoroughly informed of their activities around Reno. Once during the game during any night phase, you may select a player. You will be told whether or not that player is with the NCR.
Louis Salvatore
You're the don of the Salvatore crime family residing at the bar named for you in Reno. You don't have quite the manpower of the Mordinos or Bishops, but your people are armed with powerful laser weapons that more than equalize the playing field.
You're a 2-shot role thief. Your people maintain secretive contact with the Enclave for arms purchases, though you still view them as the enemy. Twice during the game during any night phase, you may select a role ability listed for any member of the Enclave faction other than Charles Curling, Frank Horrigan, or Quincy and use it as described. If an ability relates to an irrelevant mechanic such as a factional night kill, that aspect will be useless to you. This will not take shots away from the Enclave themselves.
Miss Kitty
You run the popular Cat's Paw brothel right under the welcoming arch of classic Reno. While the men in power around town may not quite realize it, you wield immense influence in Reno merely by enslaving the idiot grunts of the crime families to the whims of your incredible... selection.
You are a 3-shot pimp. Three times during any separate night phases, you may select a player. One of your employees will "incapacitate" that player for the night rendering them unable to use any non-lethal abilities or be targeted by any non-lethal abilities.
Orville Wright
You lead the Wright family in New Reno, one often underestimated or just forgotten. You're not even a crime family, at least you don't run it like one. Some of your people run the Temperance Union where alcohol is outlawed, and you don't exactly hire out contract kills.
You're a 1-shot role cop. While your family is not known for its displays of strength, it still operates with an extensive and effective network of informants. Once during the game during any night phase, you may select a player. You will be told that player's role.
Hubologists Enemies: Enclave, Arroyo, Wastelanders
The Hubologists win the game if the Enclave are eliminated and no more than 50% of the members of the Arroyo and Wastelanders factions combined are left alive.
You are second in command at the Hubologist headquarters in San Francisco. You oversee new recruitments and certain financial "wellness" as well as the well-armed protection force serving in the name of the Star Father.
You are a restless spirit. If you are night killed, you will be able to place a vote of your choice in the following day's elimination poll. If you are eliminated due to a day phase vote, you will passively add one vote to the last person who placed a vote for you during the following day's elimination poll. You may not post in the thread during that period. Your recruits speak for you long after you pass to the afterlife upon Quetzel.
AHS-9
You are the ranking and often deified member of the Hubologist organization and religion. You provide the spiritual drive that moves your people onward every day closer and closer to your ultimate goal: a journey to the planet Quetzel aboard your space shuttle where you may reside next to the Star Father. At least, that's what you tell people.
You're a 2-shot limited role cop. In your communes with the Star Father, you believe that you are imbued with the knowledge of the heavens. And you make so very much money waxing prophetic. Twice during the game during any separate night phases, you may select a player. You will be informed of the type of role that player possesses (e.g. protective, disruptive, investigative, deceptive, fatal). "Fatal" applies to vigilantes, poisoners, and any other fatal roles but not night kills.
Separately, you're a 2-shot limited watcher. Twice during the game during any separate night phases, you may select a player. You will be told who targeted that player that night if anyone. This cannot detect fatal actions.
Juan Cruz
You're a Golden Globes pornographic superstar straight out of Reno brought on to aid in Hubologist recruitment along with costar Vikki Goldman. Ohhh celebrities!
You're a 2-shot vote distributor. You're an incredible motivator of people, both the Hubologist recruits seeking the Enlightenment of the Star Father, and of lonely bedroomers with a hormonal surplus. Bonk. Twice during the game during any separate night phases, you may select a player. That player will be granted an extra vote during the following day phase, which they may cast privately for the player of their choice.
The Enlightened One
You're a representative of the Star Father residing at the NCR capital, away from most of your people, doing the great work to spread the word and claim more eager souls for the journey to heaven.
You're an automated tree stump. Though the authorities in the capital don't care for your bizarre astronomical chanting, you have definitely caught the attention of the more vulnerable economic classes feeling disenfranchised from NCR prosperity. They will speak the word when you have gone. If you are killed in the game by any means, you may continue to post. You will be unable to vote, and you will count as being dead by the numbers, but you may continue to post.
Vikki Goldman
You're another Golden Globes porn celebrity taken in by the Hubologist mission. Seemingly everyone in the region knows who you are. Intimately. And there is nobody more persuasive.
You're a 3-shot manipulative celebrity. Three times during the game during any separate night phases, you may select a player. If that player is targeted with a protective role, you are protected in their stead unless they are a member of an enemy faction. If that player is targeted with a disruptive role, that disruption is canceled unless they are a member of an enemy faction. Any other targets (e.g. investigative, fatal, deceptive) are unaffected.
Jagged Jimmy J (guaranteed to appear) Enemies: Enclave, New Reno, Redding
Jagged Jimmy J wins the game if the Enclave are eliminated and no more than one member of the New Reno and Redding factions combined is left alive.
You're a streetwise drug slinger known all over Reno for selling only the very best shit. Or at least you say it's the very best shit. It's probably the very best shit. It doesn't matter, everyone knows you're a prime source and that you never lace your product. It makes you particularly... addictive. And sometimes unpopular among the crime bosses.
*Jagged Jimmy J's role is unrevealed -- secrets.*
Contingency win condition:If the Enclave is eliminated by the end of Night 5, all of the above factions win the game. This supersedes individual faction win conditions.
Slaver (Guaranteed to be one role) Enemies: Arroyo, Redding, Vault City, Brotherhood of Steel
The Slaver wins the game if they survive with at least 80% of the combined members (and at least one each) of the Arroyo, Redding, Vault City, and Brotherhood of Steel factions eliminated
- Provided with a set of viable fake character claims
You run the infamous Slaver's Guild headquartered in the Den. You and all of your people can be readily identified by the slaver tattoos plastered on your foreheads, leaving no doubts to nearly anyone in the wastes that you are not one to fuck with. Your sawed-off shotgun handles everyone else.
You didn't get to where you are without developing a wide array of wasteland survival skills and connections.
Thanks to the protection of your army of thugs, you are 1-shot bulletproof, immune to the first night kill targeted upon you unless it is enhanced by a strongman ability.
You are a 1-shot day vigilante. Once during the game during any day phase, you may select a player (send a personal message to the host). That player will be killed at the end of that day phase.
You are a 1-shot vigilante. Once during the game during any night phase, you may select a player. That player will be killed.
You are a 1-shot doctor. Once during the game during any night phase, you may select a player. That player will be protected from any fatal actions.
You are an intimidator. For every three consecutive day phases in which you do not receive a vote in the final poll tally, you will begin the following phase with one vote automatically removed from you in the elimination poll. These do not stack.
Vortis
You run your own Slaving operation right at the outskirts of the NCR capital city. They won't let you operate within city limits, but they tolerate you outside as long as you limit your stock to the uncivilized tribal populations roaming the region. You also work directly against the NCR Rangers, whose various outposts in the area serve to thwart slavery -- you can't have that (the NCR as a general faction is not your enemy).
Your slaving network covers the breadth of the wastes south of New Reno, where you have gleaned much about the region from captured tribes.
Thanks to the security of your compound and proximity to the NCR capital, you are 2-shot commuter. Twice during the game during any separate night phases, you may enact this ability to render yourself immune to all night actions targeted upon you.
You're a doublevoter. Each day phase vote you place will be worth two votes.
You're a 2-shot poisoner. Twice during the game during any separate night phases, you may select a player. At the end of the following night phase, that player will die. They will not be informed of the poison.
You're a tiebreaker. If any day phase elimination poll ends in a tie, you will be given 10 extra minutes to indicate to the host how you would like to break the tie. If this presents unfair time zone problems, this will instead become a 1-shot passive tie-winner ability. The first time any tie occurs featuring at least one member of any enemy faction, that player will be eliminated. If it's neither or both, it will be randomized. Only one of these abilities will ever exist and that will be determined during Phase 0.
You're a 2-shot limited watcher. Twice during the game during any separate night phase, you may select a player. You will be told who targeted that player that night if anyone. This cannot detect fatal actions.
Vault City Enemies: Wastelanders, NCR, Brotherhood, Slaver
Vault City's win conditions are contingent upon game circumstances: If at least one member of Vault City is alive...:
If the Enclave meets their win condition, Vault City wins the game if at least 60% combined of the players in all enemy factions have been eliminated (must include the Slaver).*
If the Enclave is eliminated, Vault City has not yet met their win condition, and all other living factions have met their win conditions, Vault City will lose.
If the Enclave is eliminated, Vault City has not yet met their win condition, and at least one of but not all the other living factions have met their win conditions (and it's still possible for those others to win), the winning factions will be removed from the game and play will continue until Vault City meets or can no longer meet their win condition. If such removals result in an end game situation, refer to the first win condition*.
If the Enclave is eliminated, Vault City has not yet met their win condition, and no other living factions have met their win conditions, play will continue until Vault City meets or can longer meet their win condition.
If the Enclave meets their win condition and Vault City has not yet met their win condition, Vault City will lose.
If no member of Vault City survives:
If Vault City has no living players, they can still win the game if it ends with at least 80% combined of the players in all enemy factions eliminated (must include the Slaver) as long as a member of Vault City contributed to the majority of day phase eliminations ("chops") of members of enemy factions (minimum of two).
If the Enclave meets their win condition and Vault City has met their win condition (alive or not), Vault City will win and the game will end.
- Granted behind-the-scenes communication
- Granted the opportunity to select a member to deliver a factional kill three times (on any separate nights) during the game (optional). Any member can carry out this kill each night.
- Provided with a set of viable fake character claims
You run the primary supply depot downtown just outside the vault entrance. You keep a rich and healthy stock of medical supplies, armor, ammunition, and books. You're always eager to serve the needs of the citizens of Vault City... and only the citizens of Vault City.
You're a 2-shot vote distributor. Your stock bolsters the combat readiness of many Vault City police personnel. Twice during the game during any separate night phases, you may select a player. That player will be granted one extra vote to be placed in the following day phase's elimination poll. The vote will be sent privately to the host.
Additionally, you're a 1-shot inventor. Once during the game during any night phase, you may select a player. That player will receive a 1-shot ability randomized among the following set: [role block, track, doctor, non-fatal jailkeep, limited role cop].
Dr. Troy
You're the lead physician and medical researcher in Vault City, operating within the original medical bay of Vault 8 itself. You find yourself concerned about the spread of narcotics and meta-amphetamines in the region, and what threat that might pose to Vault City citizenry.
You are a 2-shot doctor. Twice during the game during any separate night phases, you may select a player. That player will be protected from any fatal actions that night. You may target yourself.
Separately, you are a 3-shot limited role cop. With some particularly powerful vault drugs you can glean information from a patient. Three times during any separate night phases you may select a player. You will be informed of the type of role that player possesses (e.g. protective, disruptive, investigative, deceptive, fatal). "Fatal" applies to vigilantes, poisoners, and any other fatal roles but not night kills.
First Citizen Joanne Lynette
You are the chief executive of the Vault City government. You will work tirelessly in the service of your city, but you will not hesitate to eliminate any external threats, be they raiders, mutants, ghouls, or whatever else the wastes might let into your pristine utopia.
You're a 2-shot role cop. Nothing happens in or around Vault City without your knowledge, and nor does anyone pass through the inner city gates without thorough vetting. Twice during the game during any separate night phases, you may select a player. You will be told that player's role.
Proconsul Gregory
You oversee the citizenship examination at the Vault City council building. You administer the test to anyone outside the Vault 8 gene pool seeking the benefits of citizenship, ensuring they have the intellect necessary to thrive among your people. To date, nobody has passed.
You're a 1-shot poll remover. You know very well how to build a test that nobody can solve, even if it means you have to cheat as the proctor. Once during the game during any night phase, you may select a player. That player will be removed from the following day phase elimination poll, keeping them safe.
Additionally, you're a 1-shot vigilante. Some outsiders fail so miserably that they need to be... sterilized, for the safety of the population. Vault City prevails. Once during the game during any night phase, you may select a player. That player will be killed. This is separate from the factional night kill.
Senior Councilman McClure
You're the head legislator within the Vault City council, and you answer only to the First Citizen. You're a dedicated public servant and even quite tolerant by the standards of your city, but your responsibility is always to your constituents foremost. Vault City prevails.
You are a 2-shot limited watcher. You're privileged to sensitive information given your political posture. Twice during the game during any separate night phases, you may select a player. You will be told who targeted that player that night if anyone. This does not detect fatal actions.
Separately, you are a 1-shot strongman. You are second in the chain of military command and can order precision kills if you must. Once during the game you may elect to make one of your factional kills unstoppable by protections or disruptions (e.g. doctor, jailkeeper, or role blocker, but not commutes). Any member of Vault City may deliver the kill.
The United States of America; the Enclave Enemies: Arroyo, Wastelanders, NCR, New Reno, Redding, Jagged Jimmy J, Brotherhood, Hubologists
The Enclave wins the game if it is no longer possible for any "town" (blue, cyan, or soft green) faction to win the game.
- Granted behind-the-scenes communication
- Select a member to deliver one obligatory factional kill during each night phase. Any member can carry out this kill each night.
- Provided with a set of viable fake character claims
You're an unnamed troop in the vast Enclave military force, bored and disenfranchised from the greater American mission. You oversee a panel at the central communications array at Poseidon, and the only excitement you ever find anymore comes from the random idiots on the mainland that somehow contact you via the wrong radio frequency. You oughta kick their fuckin' asses.
You're a 1-shot communications interceptor. Once in a while you pick up something you're not supposed to hear. Once during the game during any night phase, you may enact this ability to receive three different sets of three-word snippets from any non-Enclave behind-the-scenes-chat source in the game, chosen semi-randomly (from a large but not comprehensive pool devised by the host). This will never feature more than one name, and it may not feature any.
Additionally, you're a conditional neighborizer. During each night phase, you may select a player. If that player is not a member of any enemy faction or a member of the Enclave, you will be granted a specialized behind-the-scenes-chat space with that player. It will open with names obscured (so don't anticipate Discord as the platform), but each of you will be free to say whatever you want. This may only happen once, and it will only last one day phase following the affirmative night phase target.
Dr. Charles Curling
You're a brilliant biologist and virologist serving the great American ambition to return to the mainland. You have studied the forced evolutionary virus or F.E.V. retrieved from the destroyed Mariposa Military Base and learned to mutate its fundamental structure to Enclave needs. The mutant population of the mainland must be eradicated before America can return.
You are a 1-shot mass infector. Once during the game during any night phase, you may release a diluted test batch of your modified F.E.V. onto various mainland targets. All roles belonging to near-human mutant populations (all factions other than the Enclave, Vault City, and Arroyo) will have 15% chance of failure that night.
Additionally, you're a 2-shot antidote. Your familiarity with dangerous pathogens enables you to catch the warning signs early and prevent needless death. Twice during the game during any separate day phases, you may select a player. You will be informed whether or not that player is poisoned, and if they are they will be cured.
Dr. Schreber
You're the head scientist serving at the Navarro base on the Pacific coast. You have worked on some of the Enclave's most sensitive biological projects, including the generation of intelligent deathclaws capable of acting in Enclave combat functions in the place of human beings. Your experiments tend to be rather painful, and you keep your laboratory heavily soundproofed.
You are a 3-shot inventor. Three times during the game during any separate night phases, you may select a player. That player will receive a 1-shot ability randomized among the following set: [role block, track, doctor, non-fatal jailkeep, limited role cop].
Frank Horrigan (guaranteed to appear)
You're a freakish cybernetic mutated monster man, or something like a man, serving at the head of the United States Secret Service. In addition to providing protection for the President, you're tasked with handling certain critical matters on the mainland where pure, unmutated humans should not venture. You're a terrifying motherfucker, and you don't let anyone meet you without understanding that keenly. Semper Fi.
You are the antagonist. You have been primed and constructed to perform a variety of the Enclaves most important and demanding tasks.
You are a 1-shot vigilante. Once during the game during any night phase, you may select a player. That player will be killed. This is separate from the Enclave factional kill.
You are a 2-shot role cop. Twice during the game during any separate night phases, you may select a player. You will be told that player's role.
You are a 1-shot janitor. Once during the game you may elect to janitor your team's factional kill. The killed player's role will not be revealed publicly, but your team will be informed of it privately.
You are a 1-shot doctor. Once during the game during any night phase, you may select a player. That player will be protected from any fatal actions that night.
President Dick Richardson
You are the President of the United States of America. Your Enclave is the last bastion of the once-great American superpower, and it is your charge to bring your people back to their mainland homes where they may rebuild the American Dream. From your massive compound at the Poseidon Energy Oil Rig in the Pacific Ocean, you set in motion the events that will reshape the wasteland of post-apocalyptic America.
As the leader of the free world, you have access to the most classified information and command of the most capable special operatives.
You are a 1-shot role neutralizer. Once during the game during any night phase, you may select a player. That player's role will be permanently nullified and rendered vanilla. This does not function against the Chosen One.
Separately, you are a 1-shot ninja. Once during the game when you deliver the factional kill, you may enact this ability to be immune to investigative roles that might catch you doing so (e.g. tracker or watcher).
Quincy
You're a lead Navarro technician in charge of design and development of new vertibird models. Despite the fact that you oversee some of the Enclave's most sensitive technological advantages over wasteland rivals, you keep the damned plans in an unlocked case.
You're a 2-shot architect. You know as well as anyone how to exploit the design flaws of enemy technology to maximize operation efficiency. Twice during the game during any day phase, you may project the night action of an Enclave teammate. That teammate will be obligated to perform the action you design during the following night phase, and it will not be affected by any kind of role or ability blocks.
Raul
You're a uniquely skilled mechanic and engineer entrusted with the maintenance and construction of Enclave vertibirds. These flying terrors are among the chief tactical advantages that allow Enclave technological power to remain unmatched in the region. You ain't gonna let nobody put a scratch on your girls.
You are a 3-shot tracker. Your birds are always in pristine operating condition, and that enables the Enclave to continue using them for countless reconnaissance sorties. Three times during the game during any separate night phases, you may select a player. You will be told who that player targeted that night if anyone.
Additionally, you're a 3-shot role blocker (1 limited). It's hard for the enemy to do their job when a chopper is raining lead on their position. Three times during the game during any separate night phases, you may select a player. That player's role will not function that night. One of these uses must be a limited block that cannot prevent fatal actions; you may choose which one.
Sergeant Arch Dornan
You're the non-commissioned officer in charge of the ragtag contingent of moorooooons standing guard around the Navarro base. You know your men and women think you're a fucking prick, and you don't give one tiny shit. Discipline will win the war against the mutant scourge. Discipline will resurrect the United States of America.
You're a 2-shot strongman. You're way too dedicated to your mission to allow any barriers to impede its accomplishment. Twice during the game during any separate night phases, you may elect to render the factional night kill immune to protections or disruptions (e.g. doctor, jailkeeper, or role blocker, but not commuter). Any Enclave member may carry out the kill.
Additionally, you're a 2-shot discipliner. You ensure your people remain at their posts unmoving until they are relieved, no exceptions. Twice during the game during any separate night phases, you may select a player. That player will lose the right to change their vote during the following day phase. Whichever vote they place first will be the vote they place last. They will be informed at the start of the day of this restriction.
Vice President Daniel Bird
You're one heartbeat away from the American Presidency, and frankly, that's not something that many Enclave citizens or troops find encouraging. P-O-T-A-T-O-E
You are a 1-shot long commuter. They don't let you out of your office much, but that makes it very difficult for others to reach you. Once during the game during any night phase, you may enact this ability to be unaffected by any night actions targeting you. If you do so, you may not perform the factional kill either that night phase or the next.
Separately, you are a 2-shot messenger. At least you can still communicate from your terminal. Twice during the game during any separate night phases, you may craft a personal message. You may then select a player to receive that message from the host the following day phase. The message can be anything you want.
Assurances I promise that each of the following points is true and will always be true within this game. - No player will ever change from one alignment or faction to another.
- No roles will have hidden features unless specifically indicated with *secrets*. Any such role secrets will be known to the player receiving the role; they just won't be visible on the role list.
- Each faction contains at least one player. That is the only numeral guarantee.
How the hell does the game end?
1) Enclave destroyed by the end of Night 5 -- all blue, cyan, and soft green factions win. Slaver and Vault City may or may not win pending circumstances.
2) Enclave destroyed, Slaver is dead, and Vault City cannot achieve win condition.
3) Enclave destroyed and Vault City has achieved win condition.
4) Enclave and Vault City are both destroyed.
5) Enclave meets win condition.
6) Any other eventualities, if applicable, are assessed by the host case-by-case and a sensible endgame is determined. No endgame will be allowed featuring only "town" (blue, cyan, and soft green) factions -- if all others are eliminated, regardless of win condition, the game will end. If the game is active, at least one non-"town" player is alive (Slaver, Vault City, and/or Enclave).
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 1:07 am
by JaggedJimmyJay
Game rules and guidelines
1. The most important rule is to always remember that we are playing a game together on an Internet forum. Be kind and considerate as you are also being competitive, and be mindful of how your words might be received by others beyond the scope of a Mafia game.
2. Do not engage in behind-the-scenes-communication (BTSC) with other player(s) unless your role gives you the explicit right to do so.
3. You may not edit or delete any posts in the game thread.
4. It is legal to claim roles and to reveal role-related information publicly.
5. You may not target yourself with night actions unless otherwise stated.
6. It is legal for players with any roles to target the same player during consecutive night phases except for those with roles that can prevent fatal actions.
7. Players with BTSC may not submit night actions on behalf of one another. All actions must be submitted by the players performing them either by direct host contact or visible word of agreement.
8. @sabie12 is your Facilitator a.k.a. Moderator on Duty for this game. She's great. If you're getting irritated, frustrated, or pissed off, then I encourage you to send her a private message. She'll talk through it with you. She'll keep an eye on the game as play proceeds as well.
9. If you're dead, then please do not post anything remotely on-topic in the game thread. If you want to make an off-hand and off-topic comment, use this dead-read color. Please do not abuse this privilege by posting frequently. You're dead.
10. The same goes for non-players, who should use this non-player-blue color. Keep it off-topic.
11. Votes can be changed at will unless otherwise stated.
12. All roles will be revealed to the degree I deem appropriate when players are either eliminated via day phase poll or killed.
13. I will use this font. You can use it too if you want. Just don't impersonate the host.
14. All members of winning factions will be declared winners, dead or alive, unless otherwise stated.
Super cereal host warning about angleshooting
Don't. We all know what straight-up cheating looks like (posting screenshots of host communications, illegal BTSC, etc). I don't care for anything that even remotely resembles cheating. Play both within the rules and within the authentic spirit of Mafia -- to sort the game exclusively with the content of this game thread, any legal BTSC, and/or your own role card. If you are considering something that you think might skirt the line, please ask me first.
Participation standard
I don't like to establish any hard-line standard for participation, by post count or whatever. Still, it is important that everyone make a reasonable effort to participate in the game. At least a few posts per day phase would be a bare minimum. If I feel that any player is not participating enough to keep play entirely fair, then I will seek replacements. I will resort to modkills if I must. The later we get into the game, the less inclined I will be to rely on any replacement. If something comes up and you will be unable to post for some manageable period, please let me know and we can work with that. If your computer explodes or your power fails, please try to at least shoot me a one-line alert on Discord.
Game cycles and voting procedures
1. Day phases will last approximately 48 hours and night phases will last approximately 24 hours. I will adhere to this as strictly as possible, but if life forces me to make adjustments then I will do so. We will begin with a 24-hour Day 0 with a five-posts-per-player post cap. There will be no cap during any ensuing day phases.
2. The game thread will be locked during night phases.
3. I will need all night actions submitted to me at least one hour prior to the night phase end time to ensure that I am able to process them efficiently.
4. Any players with behind-the-scenes-communication (BTSC) may engage in such communication during all phases of the game.
5. All voting will be decided by plurality at the day phase deadlines. There is no majority or hammer vote.
6. In the event of a tied vote, the elimination will be decided at random among all tied players.
7. IT IS OBLIGATORY THAT YOU PLACE YOUR VOTE IN THE POLL AND CALL IT IN THE GAME THREAD WITH THE [ VOTE ]PLAYERNAME[ /VOTE ] TAGS. Since the poll does not record voting order, it is essential that players follow this rule so that everyone has a fair chance of assessing vote history in proper sequence. I will be a stickler about this.
JJJ's party pooper rule about asking the host questions
Please do so via private message. If I deem the question to both warrant an answer and be of public interest, I will answer publicly. If I deem the question to warrant an answer for your private interest, I will answer privately. If I deem the question to not warrant an answer, I will send you smarmy shrug emojis.
You can contact me on-site or via Discord. JaggedJimmyJay#5544
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:58 am
by JaggedJimmyJay
War.
War never changes.
The end of the world occurred pretty much as we had predicted.
Too many humans, not enough space or resources to go around.
The details are trivial and pointless.
The reasons, as always... purely human ones.
The Earth was nearly wiped clean of life.
A great cleansing, an atomic spark struck by human hands quickly raged out of control.
Spears of nuclear fire rained from the skies.
Continents were swallowed in flames and fell beneath the boiling oceans.
Humanity was almost extinguished.
The spirits becoming part of the background radiation that blanketed the Earth.
A quiet darkness fell across the planet, lasting many years.
Few survived the devastation.
Some had been fortunate enough to reach safety, taking shelter in great underground vaults.
When the great darkness passed these vaults opened, and their inhabitants emerged to begin their lives again.
One of the northern tribes claims they are descended from one such vault.
They hold that their founder and ancestor, one known as the Vault Dweller, once saved the world from a great evil.
According to their legend, this evil arose in the far south.
It corrupted all it touched, twisting men inside, turning them into beasts.
Only through the bravery of this Vault Dweller was the evil destroyed.
But in so doing, they lost many of their friends and suffered greatly -- sacrificing much of themself to save the world.
When at last they returned to the home they had fought so hard to protect, they were cast out... exiled.
In confronting that which they feared they had become something else in their eyes, and no longer their champion.
Forsaken by their people, they strode into the wasteland.
They traveled far to the north, until they came to the great canyons.
There they founded a small village, Arroyo, where they lived out the rest of their years.
And so for a generation since its founding, Arroyo has lived in peace.
Its canyons sheltering it from the outside world.
It is home. Your home.
But the scars left by the war have not yet healed.
And the Earth has not forgotten.
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
I projected yesterday a 6:00 PM EDT Saturday start. I am moving that to an official 5:00 PM EDT start to maximize my own evening time. Day 0 will be 25 hours long, and cycles will still end at 6:00 PM EDT. I will try to send role cards a day ahead, so sometime this evening. Anyone with behind-the-scenes-communication (BTSC) will be allowed to engage in such communication immediately.
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 7:20 pm
by JaggedJimmyJay
Sample vanilla "town" role card:
You are Eric of the Wastelanders.
You're a stanky bastard attracting all the flies uptown in Broken Hills. For some reason you need a role playing game protagonist's help to get better air conditioning in your home to make the flies go away.
You are vanilla. You have no special abilities.
Enemies: Enclave, Vault City, Hubologists
The Wastelanders win the game if the Enclave are eliminated and no more than one member of the Vault City and Hubologists factions combined is left alive.
Factional "alignment spectrum" by color
Restated just for ease of access:
blue - most classically town cyan - mostly town soft green - somewhat town orange - most classically "independent" red - mostly mafia red-violet - most classically mafia
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All role cards should be distributed. If you did not receive one that you expected, please inform me privately as soon as possible. If you have any immediate questions about your role cards or the game in general, this is a great time to ask me.
The game thread will remain locked until 5:00 PM EDT tomorrow, just under 23 hours from now.
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 9:21 pm
by JaggedJimmyJay
There are some roles labeled "inventor" featuring this set of abilities: [role block, track, doctor, non-fatal jailkeep, limited role cop]. I will explain in greater detail what these mean:
Role block - Once during the game during any night phase, you may select a player. That player's role will not function.
Track - Once during the game during any night phase, you may select a player. You will be told who that player targeted that night if anyone.
Doctor - Once during the game during any night phase, you may select a player. That player will be protected from fatal actions that night.
Non-fatal jailkeep - Once during the game during any night phase, you may select a player. That player will be protected from all night actions and blocked from performing any night actions. This does not apply to fatal actions either by protection or by block (e.g. factional night kill).
Limited role cop - Once during the game during any night phase, you may select a player. You will be informed of the type of role that player possesses (e.g. protective, disruptive, investigative, deceptive, fatal). "Fatal" applies to vigilantes, poisoners, and any other fatal roles but not night kills.
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:04 pm
by JaggedJimmyJay
JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 9:21 pmLimited role cop - Once during the game during any night phase, you may select a player. You will be informed of the type of role that player possesses (e.g. protective, disruptive, investigative, deceptive, fatal). "Fatal" applies to vigilantes, poisoners, and any other fatal roles but not night kills.
Addendum -- for all possible iterations of this ability, a player with multiple role abilities would register only as "multiple".
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
It's been over 150 years since the war. If you're still young enough to be out roaming the wastes, chances are your grandpa's grandpa wasn't even born yet when the bombs dropped, or else he was still shitting himself on the kitchen floor. Nobody thinks about life in those terms anymore. Whatever came before all that went down happened so long ago that the only one's who can remember a damn thing are those fucking ghouls, at least the ones with functioning brains.
This is our world now; this is our wasteland. Really, folks out here aren't too bad, if you know who to talk to. Just don't go making friends. Even the kindest, softest people left are interested in survival first. Some of these self-proclaimed "nations" out here like to pretend they are interested in cooperation and prosperity, but make no mistake. They don't trust a damn soul, and neither should you.
Day 0 begins now and will last 25 hours until 6:00 PM EDT Sunday. No player may make more than 5 posts in the game thread during Day 0. This period is primarily intended to give players a chance to check in and familiarize themselves with the game. The remainder of the game will have no post caps.
You may begin posting.
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 6:01 pm
by Urist
Hey all! I just wanted to start by thanking our wonderful host for this wonderful game. There's no way he knows this, but I've been a big fan of this theme since I was just a young man trying to make my way in the world, so it means so so so much to me to see a fellow fan put so much effort into making this game a reality. Honestly, I was almost in tears signing up for this game, I didn't even read anything other than the game's title, that's how indescribably ecstatic I was to see this theme game run. And it's just because, when I was in my young teens, this really had a massive formative effect on my development, and it's a large part of who I am today. The themes it explored were unlike anything I had previously encountered in my admittedly short existence, and every time I replayed it I would discover some new surprise waiting for me. I remember when it first came out, it was before the whole online downloading thing, so I got to the store an hour early to ensure I got my copy. And when I first held that disc in my hands, oh my, I practically floated home, I was jubilant. I immediately ran to my room, and with shaking hands I barely managed to insert the disc and turn it on. That was the first time I pulled an all-nighter. Every day for weeks, I would rush home after school and just play it for hours and hours. If it weren't for my mother with her heart of gold, that first week I would surely have forgotten to eat most nights, I was just lost in another world. My greatest possession from those days is still tucked away in a box somewhere: a one-of-a-kind poster signed by the artists. I won't get too much into how I managed to secure that treasure, but I will say that there might have been a little bit of stalking involved. I'm not even ashamed to admit it, I was just wholly obsessed. As a child of divorce, I would go spend every other week with my father, and I made sure to pack up my whole system with all the cords and peripherals to ensure I was able to play it over at his place as well. I introduced him to it, and I could tell he didn't really understand why I liked it so much, but he was so sweet to go along with it anyway and pretend he did. I don't think I fully understood what he felt until I became a father myself. And I know that the world is moving on from this genre, kids these days are into more fast-paced stuff, so I'll likely have the same experience he had when my own children are older. Anyway, I guess this is just a roundabout way for me to say thank you to Jay for making a game based on Fall Out Boy's iconic second album, it really means the world to me, and I look forward to playing it with all of you!
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 6:01 pm
by MartinGG99
hi everyone I'm here to check in
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 6:02 pm
by MartinGG99
can't wait for D1 to begin
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 6:02 pm
by KZA
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 6:02 pm
by TonyStarkPrime
maphia
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 6:02 pm
by MartinGG99
in other news I'm going to avoid self-brain injury for trying to find specific factional alignments unless I need to
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 6:02 pm
by c4e5g3d5
Hey guys, metadiving is a huge PITA and so is figuring out whether NAI playstyle stuff is actually NAI playstyle stuff or not, so everyone gimme some playstyle cliffnotes. Here are mine.
Pros: Bunch o' stuff. Cons: Can't brown nose for shit. Can't PR read for shit. Gameplan: Make bad reads until I can make good reads. Misc.: *deep inhale*
The shortest cycle length ever to be run on my home site was one 3/1 game, and most cycle lengths are things like 10/2 and 14/2, so TS cycles are definitely pretty fast for me. I've played a few 2/1 games on MU, so I can still keep up with reading for sure, and I can still make reads for sure, but don't expect me to highpost unless I really want to. For the same reason, I'm not so experienced with the live interaction side of this time format, which is something I'm hoping to learn more about.
My home site doesn't have pages, just long scrolls of posts, which actually makes wallposts easier to read than quintaposts n stuff. Wallposting is a habit I've been told to break on a couple of sites with actual pages. Will work on that.
Esooa is the only player here that I've played with before (I mean, who hasn't played with Esooa before at this point?), but I'm sorta familiar with spf's playstyle because I read G6. I'm also familiar with the playstyles of some other players here for reasons I can't talk about.
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 6:03 pm
by TonyStarkPrime
Someoone read the setup and tell me what to look out for
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 6:03 pm
by MartinGG99
and finally
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 6:03 pm
by MartinGG99
I hit post-cap before everyone else so you're all scum and I am absolutely volume cleared
I'm joking, obviously
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 6:04 pm
by TonyStarkPrime
c4e5g3d5 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 27, 2021 6:02 pm
Hey guys, metadiving is a huge PITA and so is figuring out whether NAI playstyle stuff is actually NAI playstyle stuff or not, so everyone gimme some playstyle cliffnotes. Here are mine.
Pros: Bunch o' stuff. Cons: Can't brown nose for shit. Can't PR read for shit. Gameplan: Make bad reads until I can make good reads. Misc.: *deep inhale*
The shortest cycle length ever to be run on my home site was one 3/1 game, and most cycle lengths are things like 10/2 and 14/2, so TS cycles are definitely pretty fast for me. I've played a few 2/1 games on MU, so I can still keep up with reading for sure, and I can still make reads for sure, but don't expect me to highpost unless I really want to. For the same reason, I'm not so experienced with the live interaction side of this time format, which is something I'm hoping to learn more about.
My home site doesn't have pages, just long scrolls of posts, which actually makes wallposts easier to read than quintaposts n stuff. Wallposting is a habit I've been told to break on a couple of sites with actual pages. Will work on that.
Esooa is the only player here that I've played with before (I mean, who hasn't played with Esooa before at this point?), but I'm sorta familiar with spf's playstyle because I read G6. I'm also familiar with the playstyles of some other players here for reasons I can't talk about.
twtbaw
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 6:04 pm
by TonyStarkPrime
MartinGG99 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 27, 2021 6:03 pm
I hit post-cap before everyone else so you're all scum and I am absolutely volume cleared
I'm joking, obviously
wait there's a post count
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 6:09 pm
by staypositivefriend
im gay
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 6:09 pm
by KZA
the boyzzzz
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 6:11 pm
by Gavial
Hey well it looks like this game started!
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 6:12 pm
by Gavial
TonyStarkPrime wrote: ↑Sat Feb 27, 2021 6:03 pm
Someoone read the setup and tell me what to look out for
Scum.
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 6:12 pm
by sabie12
Hey everyone! I'm your friendly neighborhood MoD for this game! Mafia is a fun game, but we know it can sometimes get a little frustrating. If at any time you're feeling frustrated or upset with anything going on in the game please feel free to reach out to me via PM on here or on discord. I, also, may also reach out to you just to check in. Hope you all have fun out there in the wasteland!
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 6:13 pm
by KZA
c4e5g3d5 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 27, 2021 6:02 pm
Hey guys, metadiving is a huge PITA and so is figuring out whether NAI playstyle stuff is actually NAI playstyle stuff or not, so everyone gimme some playstyle cliffnotes. Here are mine.
Pros: Bunch o' stuff. Cons: Can't brown nose for shit. Can't PR read for shit. Gameplan: Make bad reads until I can make good reads. Misc.: *deep inhale*
The shortest cycle length ever to be run on my home site was one 3/1 game, and most cycle lengths are things like 10/2 and 14/2, so TS cycles are definitely pretty fast for me. I've played a few 2/1 games on MU, so I can still keep up with reading for sure, and I can still make reads for sure, but don't expect me to highpost unless I really want to. For the same reason, I'm not so experienced with the live interaction side of this time format, which is something I'm hoping to learn more about.
My home site doesn't have pages, just long scrolls of posts, which actually makes wallposts easier to read than quintaposts n stuff. Wallposting is a habit I've been told to break on a couple of sites with actual pages. Will work on that.
Esooa is the only player here that I've played with before (I mean, who hasn't played with Esooa before at this point?), but I'm sorta familiar with spf's playstyle because I read G6. I'm also familiar with the playstyles of some other players here for reasons I can't talk about.
Pros: I'm KZA Cons: Gameplan: Shitpost Misc.:
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 6:36 pm
by Gavial
Shitposting is an interesting strat.
But the real question is, how do you plan to use it?
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 6:37 pm
by KZA
@ChopChop like this!
I only have 1 post left for D0 so I need to save it for a Grogu gif or something so see you all in a bit
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 7:11 pm
by falcon45ca
I'm town.
Book it Danno, book it real good.
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 7:13 pm
by Rej
hey checking in
will come back later
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 7:13 pm
by Esooa
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Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 7:26 pm
by Long Con
Pros: Most likely to scumslip if mafia
Cons: Long
Gameplan: Read along and shake my head until someone does something that triggers me, proceed into tunnel
Misc.: Gameplay improves as game progresses
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 7:43 pm
by Esooa
@c4e5g3d5 do my pros and cons for a town read
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 7:47 pm
by reywaS
Wut wut
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 7:56 pm
by Poison
Urist wrote: ↑Sat Feb 27, 2021 6:01 pm
Hey all! I just wanted to start by thanking our wonderful host for this wonderful game. There's no way he knows this, but I've been a big fan of this theme since I was just a young man trying to make my way in the world, so it means so so so much to me to see a fellow fan put so much effort into making this game a reality. Honestly, I was almost in tears signing up for this game, I didn't even read anything other than the game's title, that's how indescribably ecstatic I was to see this theme game run. And it's just because, when I was in my young teens, this really had a massive formative effect on my development, and it's a large part of who I am today. The themes it explored were unlike anything I had previously encountered in my admittedly short existence, and every time I replayed it I would discover some new surprise waiting for me. I remember when it first came out, it was before the whole online downloading thing, so I got to the store an hour early to ensure I got my copy. And when I first held that disc in my hands, oh my, I practically floated home, I was jubilant. I immediately ran to my room, and with shaking hands I barely managed to insert the disc and turn it on. That was the first time I pulled an all-nighter. Every day for weeks, I would rush home after school and just play it for hours and hours. If it weren't for my mother with her heart of gold, that first week I would surely have forgotten to eat most nights, I was just lost in another world. My greatest possession from those days is still tucked away in a box somewhere: a one-of-a-kind poster signed by the artists. I won't get too much into how I managed to secure that treasure, but I will say that there might have been a little bit of stalking involved. I'm not even ashamed to admit it, I was just wholly obsessed. As a child of divorce, I would go spend every other week with my father, and I made sure to pack up my whole system with all the cords and peripherals to ensure I was able to play it over at his place as well. I introduced him to it, and I could tell he didn't really understand why I liked it so much, but he was so sweet to go along with it anyway and pretend he did. I don't think I fully understood what he felt until I became a father myself. And I know that the world is moving on from this genre, kids these days are into more fast-paced stuff, so I'll likely have the same experience he had when my own children are older. Anyway, I guess this is just a roundabout way for me to say thank you to Jay for making a game based on Fall Out Boy's iconic second album, it really means the world to me, and I look forward to playing it with all of you!
I- I am sleeping. I ain't reading this.
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 7:57 pm
by c4e5g3d5
Esooa wrote: ↑Sat Feb 27, 2021 7:43 pm
@c4e5g3d5 do my pros and cons for a town read
Pros: Plays too much mafia Cons: Plays too much mafia
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 8:00 pm
by falcon45ca
FYI this game is a lot harder to play when you're using a urinal
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 8:04 pm
by NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME
D0
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 8:04 pm
by NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME
Post
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 8:04 pm
by NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME
Caps
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 8:04 pm
by NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME
Are
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 8:04 pm
by NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME
Dumb
Re: Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Mafia Game [Pre-game]
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