[SETUP] The Admiral's Election

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[SETUP] The Admiral's Election

Post Post #0 (ISO) » Wed Jan 22, 2020 8:36 pm

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The Admiral's ElectionDemon Pirate
Spider Pirate
Shadow Pirate
Town Warden
4 Vts

Demon Pirate:
You win by reaching a plurality with the town (like serial killer)
You can kill at night

On day 1, if the demon pirate is elected admiral, you will lose your night kill and become a town-aligned innocent child.
On day 1, you can message one player via the moderator once.

Spider Pirate:
You win by reaching a plurality with the town (like serial killer)
You can kill at night

On day 1, if the spider pirate pirate is elected admiral, you will lose your night kill and become a town-aligned innocent child.
On day 1, you can message one player via the moderator once.

Shadow Pirate:
You win by reaching a plurality with the town (like serial killer)
You can kill at night

On day 1, if the shadow pirate is elected admiral, you will lose your night kill and become a town-aligned innocent child.
On day 1, you can message one player via the moderator once.

Warden:
You win with the town and vote like a VT during the day.
On day 1, you can vote to elect one of the three pirates as admiral, changing them into an IC.
During night 1, you can jail a player, protecting them from night kills and preventing them from killing others.
During day 2, the town will have the option to lynch or no lynch your target before the normal day's lynch resolves.

VT:
You win with the town and vote during the day to lynch someone you suspect of being a pirate.
During day 1, you can vote to elect one of the three pirates as admiral, changing them into an IC.

Ran an earlier version of this as a marathon once -- viewtopic.php?f=57&t=79810

The idea of this setup is that each of the named roles has interesting choices to make.
-No one is guaranteed to be forced into a serial killer, but if they claim being a captain they put themselves at risk of being lynched if a different captain is elected after they have claimed.
-Both serial killers (assuming two make it past day 1) have to decide whether to target the IC or not.
-Warden has to decide whether to protect the IC n1 or to make use of the potential double lynch day 2.
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Post Post #1 (ISO) » Thu Jan 23, 2020 10:27 am

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it's not technically mafia

captains should never claim

it's probably a fun little game as is, but it'd be better if reworked somehow to be mafia imo
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Post Post #2 (ISO) » Thu Jan 23, 2020 10:35 am

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Oh yeah captains definitely should not claim

Not sure why it isn't mafia? Town + ~2 ics vs 2 sks is kinda a weird setup but I'd still call it mafia
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Post Post #3 (ISO) » Thu Jan 23, 2020 5:31 pm

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Most people say "mafia" has some kind of valid associative tells. I prefer that vocabulary preference. It's not a universal preference.
I feel like I could play mafia for 800 years and will be interested in trying out the other social deduction games when I turn 830, so this sort of setup would just be one I'm not interested in playing. It may be a good social deduction game though.

I'm not sure "reworked so it becomes mafia" makes sense here, I don't see any path to doing that that doesn't remove the esteem of the setup.
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Post Post #4 (ISO) » Thu Jan 23, 2020 10:36 pm

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In post 3, popsofctown wrote:Most people say "mafia" has some kind of valid associative tells. I prefer that vocabulary preference. It's not a universal preference.
I feel like I could play mafia for 800 years and will be interested in trying out the other social deduction games when I turn 830, so this sort of setup would just be one I'm not interested in playing. It may be a good social deduction game though.

I'm not sure "reworked so it becomes mafia" makes sense here, I don't see any path to doing that that doesn't remove the esteem of the setup.
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Post Post #5 (ISO) » Mon Jan 27, 2020 1:54 pm

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Or just make the scum captains goons instead of sks?
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