hoods in open setups?

[bugspray]

is there a way to utilize hoods in open setups?


i dont see a way to not compromoise the role of your partner. i suppose it could be interesting like having it be

neighbor in hood with antiic but tpr enabler scum
where you have someone who is confirmed scum from day one but if you lynch them suddenly all of your power roles lose their juice.

this would absolutely be "balanced" for 11 town 4 scum because kill the antiic and then after an nk it's suddenly "mountainous" but with more info which could cause it to lean either way depending on cleverness which seems really interesting


is there a way to include hoods in open setups without having it be akin to masons or doing some buggy setup like that?

[OkaPoka]

make hood distribution distinct from role/alignment distribution

[bugspray]

but in an open game if there are random hoods then won't it no longer be open?

[OkaPoka]

i was suggesting making the hood generation mechanic a part of the core gameplay i.e. "get a room" mechanic

or dancing etc.

[Datisi]

then it would be a semi-open if you randomize alignments in some fashion

alternatively you could try something like the Conspiracy game that was run recently by Hectic

where there are multiple hoods, some of them have scum and some don't

pedit: oh oka was going for something other than what i thought
well ye that is a possibility too

[callforjudgement]

Neighbourizers work just fine in Opens (although they effectively confirm the person with the role as town; it's normally unwise to neighbourize anyone as scum in an Open). So if you want a neighbourhood, that's one way to do it.

Neighbourizer Inventor would work even better. (In general, Inventors are a good way to get round known role/alignment issues in open setups.)

[FakeGod]

make an attic PT where you can lock up your crazy uncle for a day