Clue - Game Over

[Thurhame]

I saw a request for this in some thread, so here it is!

Spoiler: Player List

1. Blackberry
   
2. Cluebot
   
3. Sudo_Nym
   
4. Mitillos
   
5. Aronis
   
6. RedCoyote

Spoiler: Suggestion History

Round 1

Blackberry: Miss Scarlet , Wrench , Ballroom	Cluebot: card
Cluebot: Prof. Plum , Wrench , Lounge	Sudo_Nym: card
Sudo_Nym: Miss Scarlet , Candlestick , Dining Room	Mitillos: card
Mitillos: Mrs. Peacock , Rope , Billiard Room	Aronis: pass	RedCoyote: pass	Blackberry: pass	Cluebot: card
Aronis: Prof. Plum , Knife , Kitchen	RedCoyote: pass	Blackberry: pass	Cluebot: pass	Sudo_Nym: card
RedCoyote: Mr. Green , Rope , Study	Blackberry: card

Round 2

Blackberry: Mrs. White , Rope , Library	Cluebot: pass	Sudo_Nym: card
Cluebot: Mrs. Peacock , Rope , Kitchen	Sudo_Nym: card
Sudo_Nym: Mrs. White , Revolver , Conservatory	Mitillos: card
Mitillos: Col. Mustard , Lead Pipe , Library	Aronis: pass	RedCoyote: card
Aronis: Miss Scarlet , Candlestick , Library	RedCoyote: pass	Blackberry: pass	Cluebot: card
RedCoyote: Mrs. Peacock , Revolver , Kitchen	Blackberry: pass	Cluebot: pass	Sudo_Nym: pass	Mitillos: pass	Aronis: card

Round 3

Blackberry: Mr. Green , Knife , Kitchen	Cluebot: pass	Sudo_Nym: pass	Mitillos: pass	Aronis: card
Cluebot: Mrs. Peacock , Knife , Library	Sudo_Nym: card
Sudo_Nym: Mrs. Peacock , Wrench , Lounge	Mitillos: pass	Aronis: pass	RedCoyote: pass	Blackberry: pass	Cluebot: pass
Mitillos: Mrs. White , Knife , Lounge	Aronis: card
Aronis: Col. Mustard , Knife , Billiard Room	RedCoyote: pass	Blackberry: card
RedCoyote: Mrs. Peacock , Lead Pipe , Library	Blackberry: pass	Cluebot: pass	Sudo_Nym: card

Spoiler: Rules

Objective

• To discover the culprit, weapon, and scene of the crime before the other players.

Cards

• There are 21 cards representing 6 suspects, 6 weapons, and 9 rooms.
  
• At the beginning of the game, 1 card of each type is set aside as the
  solution
  .
  
• The remaining 18 cards are randomly dealt out to the players as clues.

Suggestions

• A
  suggestion
  consists of stating 1 suspect, 1 weapon, and 1 room.
  
• Each round, each player may make 1 suggestion (simultaneously, via PM).
  
• A suggestion is
  disproven
  if a player other than the one making the suggestion holds one of the suggested cards.
  
• The player making the suggestion is shown the card which disproves the suggestion (via mod PM).
  
• Only one player may disprove a given suggestion, and only one card may be shown to disprove it. The player is decided by a round-robin "turn order" determined at setup. The card is decided by the order in which they were dealt.
  
• At the end of each round, I will announce all suggestions, as well as if (and by whom) they were disproven.

Accusation

• An
  accusation
  consists of publicly declaring 1 suspect, 1 weapon, and 1 room to be the solution.
  
• Any player may make an accusation at any time.
  
• If the accusation is correct, that player wins the game.
  
• If the accusation is incorrect, the game continues, but the player who made the accusation is eliminated (can not make any more suggestions or accusations).

I made the rounds simultaneous and the card choice automatic to improve game speed; let me know what you think.

Mitillos

is the winner!

[Thurhame]

No, I automatically show whichever card they were dealt first. For example, Player C is dealt "Lounge, Knife, Dining Room." Player B suggests "Mustard, Knife, Lounge." My PM to Player B says, "Player C shows you Lounge."

Do you have a suggestion how I could make it clearer in the rules above?

[Thurhame]

Static. Sorry for being unclear. I reworded the rules to make it clearer.

[Thurhame]

Bump. If we don't get six people by Monday, we'll start with five. If that happens, I'll either add a suspect and weapon, or remove one each of suspect/weapon/room, to make the cards/player come out even.

[Thurhame]

Great, that makes enough people.

Generating turn order and sending out cards. As a reminder, the standard deck consists of:

• Suspects: Miss Scarlet, Col. Mustard, Mrs. White, Mr. Green, Mrs. Peacock, Prof. Plum
  
• Weapons: Candlestick, Knife, Lead Pipe, Revolver, Rope, Wrench
  
• Rooms: Lounge, Dining Room, Kitchen, Ball Room, Conservatory, Billiard Room, Library, Study, Hall

Alternative spellings/wordings are accepted, as long as it's clear what you're referring to.

[Thurhame]

Here is the ordered player list:

1. Blackberry
   
2. Cluebot
   
3. Sudo_Nym
   
4. Mitillos
   
5. Aronis
   
6. RedCoyote

[Thurhame]

The cards are dealt, and Round 1 has begun! Please PM me your suggestions.

[Thurhame]

Correct. All suggestions for the round are made simultaneously.

[Thurhame]

All suggestions are in! And here are the results:

Blackberry: Miss Scarlet , Wrench , Ballroom	Cluebot: card
Cluebot: Prof. Plum , Wrench , Lounge	Sudo_Nym: card
Sudo_Nym: Miss Scarlet , Candlestick , Dining Room	Mitillos: card
Mitillos: Mrs. Peacock , Rope , Billiard Room	Aronis: pass	RedCoyote: pass	Blackberry: pass	Cluebot: card
Aronis: Prof. Plum , Knife , Kitchen	RedCoyote: pass	Blackberry: pass	Cluebot: pass	Sudo_Nym: card
RedCoyote: Mr. Green , Rope , Study	Blackberry: card

You may now begin Round 2 suggestions.

[Thurhame]

Waiting on one person.

[Thurhame]

Round 2 results are in:

Blackberry: Mrs. White , Rope , Library	Cluebot: pass	Sudo_Nym: card
Cluebot: Mrs. Peacock , Rope , Kitchen	Sudo_Nym: card
Sudo_Nym: Mrs. White , Revolver , Conservatory	Mitillos: card
Mitillos: Col. Mustard , Lead Pipe , Library	Aronis: pass	RedCoyote: card
Aronis: Miss Scarlet , Candlestick , Library	RedCoyote: pass	Blackberry: pass	Cluebot: card
RedCoyote: Mrs. Peacock , Revolver , Kitchen	Blackberry: pass	Cluebot: pass	Sudo_Nym: pass	Mitillos: pass	Aronis: card

You may now begin Round 3 suggestions.

[Thurhame]

Waiting on one person.

[Thurhame]

For a Clue-playing robot, Cluebot sure is slow.

Cluebot was first. I'm waiting on Aronis.

[Thurhame]

Sorry for the lateness. Round 3 results are in:

Blackberry: Mr. Green , Knife , Kitchen	Cluebot: pass	Sudo_Nym: pass	Mitillos: pass	Aronis: card
Cluebot: Mrs. Peacock , Knife , Library	Sudo_Nym: card
Sudo_Nym: Mrs. Peacock , Wrench , Lounge	Mitillos: pass	Aronis: pass	RedCoyote: pass	Blackberry: pass	Cluebot: pass
Mitillos: Mrs. White , Knife , Lounge	Aronis: card
Aronis: Col. Mustard , Knife , Billiard Room	RedCoyote: pass	Blackberry: card
RedCoyote: Mrs. Peacock , Lead Pipe , Library	Blackberry: pass	Cluebot: pass	Sudo_Nym: card

You may now begin Round 4 suggestions.

[Thurhame]

Accuse:

Mrs. Peacock

with the

Wrench

, in the

Lounge

Correct

. Mitillos wins.

The "quickest on the draw" thing is a problem, but it's not a problem with the simultaneous rule, it's a problem with playing on a forum. The simultaneous rule just makes it more likely to occur.

I like Mitillos's suggestion of not declaring the accusation immediately and giving others time to accuse as well. However, the very act of accusing itself gives other people information; I don't think someone who wouldn't have accused without the prior accusation should win. How about making accusations PMs instead of posting them in thread? Then a day or two after the first accusation I could give the win to all who accused correctly.

@RedCoyote: I like playing on a board too, but there's no way I'm going to try to run that on a forum.

[Thurhame]

@Mitillos, Blackberry: By the way, how did you figure it out? According to my calculations, the only ones who actually knew the solution after that round were Cluebot, Sudo, and Aronis.

[Thurhame]

It looks like I missed the plum-knife-kitchen suggestion.

That means Sudo's lucky suggestion gave

everyone

the solution