How do you guys like them? I'm gonna be picking up two or three for my fiancee and I. Unless I hear otherwise (she's completely new) it'll be white, red and green. The Duel Decks seemed like a cool idea but a bit over the head of a beginner.
I think people are too stuck on the "balance" of this game.
Yeah, it's insanely swingy when you have six killing groups floating around. But just because it is swingy doesn't mean it isn't fun. Balance is definately an important part of mafia, but jesus this game was a blast. I mean, no group really had a significantly good chance at success, everyone was running around like a chicken with it's head cut off, and it made for a very entertaining game that was very true to the flavor.
Not telling the scum that they were scum was probably one of the biggest eff ups I've ever seen, but otherwise, I'm fine with the way this game was set-up.
Edit: nice setup, bluesoul. Very true to the source material. But how would you have dealt with a multiple-townie endgame? Kill off random people like you did here?
Actually, what I did in endgame was not random, but true to the canon of Battle Royale. In the manga, it's mentioned that Sho was not to be alive at the end of the program for any reason whatsoever as it would set a bad precedent in the face of the Republic's homosexuality laws. So the endgame played out as it would've in the actual BR world.
Multiple townies would've won the game, and then proceeded to Bonus Blocks where they all became SKs.
I don't see how the mass claim doomed the town, what doomed the town was TMT making a brilliant kill to take out 3 players with one shot. They just all happened to be townies. There were more town than scum alive at the beginning of the last day so I'm not going to take criticism in regards to balance very seriously. By the very nature of the flavor this was going to be a fast-paced, chaotic game, and it was.
Put it another way. The town outnumbered the scum by 3 at the beginning of the game with 27. At the beginning of the last day, with 9 alive...the town outnumbered the scum by 1, the exact same advantage they had at the start.
I probably do owe Mitsuko's gang an apology. The PMs were rushed and the rolenames copied straight from my notes, where I used Protown exclusively to simplify counting numbers and factions and the like. I also did not get any questions from anyone in your group, though, and if someone would've asked I would've elaborated for everyone in the group. J_B/DYH's role PM read very similar to yours but he asked questions and understood, and shared the info with his team.
Block 5:
Some One Hides
TMT kills minineko (success)
Emo_Pinata kills TMT (success)
Block 1 had Cubus, who was told that a successful poisoning was always lethal, going after minineko, who could not die as long as MMoD was alive. Immovable object meets unstoppable force, I had to rationalize that Yukie could've taken care of Shuya even through poisoning.
Also, the 13 boys and 13 girls comment. Some of you have probably noticed there aren't 13 and 13 and Sakamochi. Why would you believe anything that guy said? He killed two of your classmates.
By the way, it wasn't my group that shot SO. Was it TMT?
No, TMT killed minineko, who brought the game from 8 to 7 and lynch from 5 to 4. Some One was suddenly the hammer vote instead of L-1 on kpaca, so kpaca died and Some One died to the SS ability.
One thing I'll mention because I don't think he will, is this was Maxx's very first game of Mafia so congratulate him on not only playing a solid game and winning but also surviving to endgame.
Also thank loran16 for stepping up, without his help we'd probably be looking at Mod Abandoned instead of Game Over.
And...thank all of you guys for playing. Hopefully you got to enjoy yourselves a little.
It was insane how long they had been there, Yoshio Akamatsu thought to himself as he walked through the forest on light feet, or at least did as good a job of thinking as he could do in this Hell. The sun was setting and the cool, medicinal smell of cypress and the salty brine smell of the ocean did little to help the reek of dead bodies and burnt and decaying flesh the hung like a miasma in the glade. He'd been surviving though, and that was what he was best at. The clever Satomi Noda, the exuberant Yukiko Kitano, the terrified Yuko Sakaki, even kind Shuya Nanahara were all threats to him. Threats he quite happily dispensed with. So caught up in his reverie, was he, that he didn't here the footsteps behind him until it was too late.
"I feel like I should thank you for doing such dirty work," a female voice said from behind him. He then heard a gun being cocked.
"Mitsuko..." he said in a shaking voice, knowing he'd have to be very careful if he wanted to survive this encounter. "We've both done such a good job surviving so far. Stay with me, we can take out Sho and Mitsuru together."
She bit her lip in thought for a moment. "You interest me, Yoshio. Why in the world do you think I would want to be anywhere near you? But I've been on the move for four days now so maybe we can watch each other's backs while we sleep. Fine, turn around."
Yoshio then quickly spun and pulled the gun out from his coat, sending a wild shot at Mitsuko. She gasped and dove to the right, quickly getting up and taking a shot at the now-fleeing Akamatsu. Yoshio ran desperately, dodging between trees, making sudden turns and trying to put as many obstacles between him and Souma. A bullet whizzed by him, grazing his left ear. He gasped and made a quick dart to the right, looking back for any sign of his pursuant. As he was looking back, he didn't notice the root on the ground that sent him tumbling headlong into a sturdy cedar tree.
So hurt and disoriented was he that he could only watch as Mitsuko caught up with him. He stared uncomprehendingly as she dumped the spent ammo clip from her pistol, reached into her pocket and produced a single bullet, which she loaded in the chamber. Quietly, she raised her arm and cocked the gun.
"Please..." was the last word Yoshio Akamatsu uttered, lost in the sharp report of Mitsuko Souma's shot.
The Mad Tapper, Yoshio Akamatsu, Daykilling SK, is dead from gunshot.
"Well done, Souma." a new voice uttered from behind her. "But you should've known by know that the Kiriyama family was going to win this."
She turned and was met with not only Mitsuru Numai but also that disgusting Sho Tsukioka. How did he make it this far, she wondered, but remembered that he had a reputation for being an expert at stalking, usually stalking the boys he longed for.
"Did it feel good to kill Yoshio, Mitsuko-san?" Sho asked in his little gay voice, the one he put on to irritate others. "Killing is so vulgar, so very vulgar."
"F*** off, Sho. You've already lost this game, didn't anyone tell you?" Souma replied in an acid tone.
A look of confusion covered his face, but he quickly recovered. "Such a pretty face. It's a shame Mitsuru here will have to put a bullet through it. If I weren't so hot for that hunky Shogo Kawada, I would even let you pleasure me."
"Kawada is dead, and I'm the one that killed him, you pathetic little boy."
There was only silence, and a stunned look on the face of Sho, which contorted into a look of rage as he pulled out his own gun, a tiny Derringer pistol, and fired, taking her through the right eye and into the brain. The gun slid nervelessly from Mitsuko Souma's hands as she fell to the loamy earth.
Emo_Pinata, Mitsuko Souma, Mitsuko Souma's Gang Godfather, is dead from gunshot.
The two Kiriyama boys wearily made their way back to the school at the center of the island where the nightmare began. They threw away their guns in front of each other and left their packs, now travelling completely unarmed. No more mindless blood would be shed by students.
"Ahh, the victor returns!", the insane man greeted Mitsuru, then his eyes fell upon Sho. "Oh...make that victors! Please, come inside, we have to get you boys cleaned up for the boat ride and the press!" The guards split the two of them up, and each student was led into a separate room.
Mitsuru Numai blinked as he entered what appeared to be an old break room. His eyes immediately fell upon the platter of sandwiches and bottles of soda sitting on a plain particleboard table. He picked up a sandwich and started tucking in, drinking a soda and feeling much better as he plopped down on the beat-up couch. He stretched out and let out a shaky breath, trying to collect himself from the madness of the past days.
There was a tap on the door, and the insane man that they'd all met when the nightmare started entered quietly.
"Let's get that collar off of you," he said, holding up an oddly-shaped key. Mitsuru nodded eagerly. "Just bend your head down, the key goes in the back."
Mitsuru obliged as the man fiddled with the collar for a second, and then it came off with a heavy click. He rubbed his sore neck muscles as the man watched him closely.
"I wanted to congratulate you again on surviving the Program."
"Well, sir, if it wasn't for Sho and I sticking together we probably wouldn't have made it out of there either."
The man ignored that. "The newspapers and TV are going to have your picture everywhere, you know. This was a very special Program, as I said, a sign from God. You and your family are going to be very well-off now."
Mitsuru looked up with a smile, "That'll be great for Sho, his dad's been trying to stop working at that gay bar for years."
The insane man blinked and gave Mitsuru a confused look. "I'm sorry, were we talking about someone?"
Mitsuru curbed his irritation with the man. "Yes, Zuki, err, my friend Sho Tsukioka in the other room."
"Ah...no, I am afraid not, young man." The insane man said with what may have even been genuine sorrow. "You see, your gay friend, and his family, have been long in violation of the Republic's laws against homosexuality.
There was a thunderous detonation from somewhere in the building, and Mitsuru knew all he needed to know.
"...And his family?" Mitsuru Numai asked sadly.
"I have it on the very best of authority that they were dealt with the morning before last."
Mitsuru sighed, shook his head to clear his thoughts, and stood up. The man stood up with him and motioned for the door.
"Let's go. You're going to be very famous now."
Maxx, Sho Tsukioka, Kazuo Kiriyama's gang is dead, Eliminated by the Republic of Greater East Asia.
Apokalypse Kid, Mitsuru Numai, Kazuo Kiriyama's gang is the sole survivor of Battle Royale.
Jack_Bauer, Rook, sandsoft_blue, Apokalypse Kid, and Maxx have won the game.
You guys be sure and thank Loran for being such an awesome mod and awesome guy in general, this game probably would've stalled out and died if not for him. I believe everything is up to date. I'm trying to catch up myself but if there were other votes please just re-vote.
I've had an RL situation come up that's rather rough; without getting into details, I was robbed at gunpoint and I'm currently going to pack my stuff up and move because it seems to happen frequently around here. Loran16 and I have been talking about the game quite a bit after his death, he's offered to co-mod the game for a while. I believe I'll be able to keep up but anything Loran says should be taken at this point as something from a mod. Anyone with CB actions needs to PM both myself and loran16 on them. If you've already sent them there is no need to resend them, he'll be brought up to speed by me.
Also hi.
Well said.
Well said.
Actually, what I did in endgame was not random, but true to the canon of Battle Royale. In the manga, it's mentioned that Sho was not to be alive at the end of the program for any reason whatsoever as it would set a bad precedent in the face of the Republic's homosexuality laws. So the endgame played out as it would've in the actual BR world.
Multiple townies would've won the game, and then proceeded to Bonus Blocks where they all became SKs.
I don't see how the mass claim doomed the town, what doomed the town was TMT making a brilliant kill to take out 3 players with one shot. They just all happened to be townies. There were more town than scum alive at the beginning of the last day so I'm not going to take criticism in regards to balance very seriously. By the very nature of the flavor this was going to be a fast-paced, chaotic game, and it was.
Put it another way. The town outnumbered the scum by 3 at the beginning of the game with 27. At the beginning of the last day, with 9 alive...the town outnumbered the scum by 1, the exact same advantage they had at the start.
Priority:
Hiding
Poisoning
Roleblocking
Doctoring
Killing
Inspecting
Block 1:
Cubus Poisons Minineko (null unless mmod dies block 2)
Unolego roleblocks Emo_Pinata (success)
Infinis protects Seppel (success)
Emo_Pinata kills CropCircles (null, rb)
Minineko kills Rook (success)
Apokalypse Kid kills Dagger (success)
Samoht Tracks Cyan (null, dead)
Loran Inspects RobRoy (town)
(Paranoid) desCoures inspects LampDwellr (scum)
RobRoy inspects Minineko (town)
Block 2:
Infinis Protects Loran16 (success)
Cubus Poisons RobRoy (success)
Apokalypse Kid kills Seppel (success)
Samoht tracks kpaca (null)
Emo_Pinata kills loran16 (null, doc)
andelijah kills loran16 (null, doc)
Loran inspects Jack_Bauer (scum)
RobRoy inspects andelijah (scum)
Block 3:
Some One Hides
RobRoy dies of poison
The Fallen One Roleblocks Maxx (success)
Emo_Pinata kills Infinis (success)
andelijah kills Infinis (success)
Maxx kills Infinis (null, rb)
Samoht tracks Jack_Bauer (null)
Block 4:
Maxx roleblocks Minineko (success)
Emo_Pinata kills MMoD (success)
Block 5:
Some One Hides
TMT kills minineko (success)
Emo_Pinata kills TMT (success)
Block 1 had Cubus, who was told that a successful poisoning was always lethal, going after minineko, who could not die as long as MMoD was alive. Immovable object meets unstoppable force, I had to rationalize that Yukie could've taken care of Shuya even through poisoning.
Also, the 13 boys and 13 girls comment. Some of you have probably noticed there aren't 13 and 13 and Sakamochi. Why would you believe anything that guy said? He killed two of your classmates.
No, TMT killed minineko, who brought the game from 8 to 7 and lynch from 5 to 4. Some One was suddenly the hammer vote instead of L-1 on kpaca, so kpaca died and Some One died to the SS ability.
Also thank loran16 for stepping up, without his help we'd probably be looking at Mod Abandoned instead of Game Over.
And...thank all of you guys for playing. Hopefully you got to enjoy yourselves a little.
"I feel like I should thank you for doing such dirty work," a female voice said from behind him. He then heard a gun being cocked.
"Mitsuko..." he said in a shaking voice, knowing he'd have to be very careful if he wanted to survive this encounter. "We've both done such a good job surviving so far. Stay with me, we can take out Sho and Mitsuru together."
She bit her lip in thought for a moment. "You interest me, Yoshio. Why in the world do you think I would want to be anywhere near you? But I've been on the move for four days now so maybe we can watch each other's backs while we sleep. Fine, turn around."
Yoshio then quickly spun and pulled the gun out from his coat, sending a wild shot at Mitsuko. She gasped and dove to the right, quickly getting up and taking a shot at the now-fleeing Akamatsu. Yoshio ran desperately, dodging between trees, making sudden turns and trying to put as many obstacles between him and Souma. A bullet whizzed by him, grazing his left ear. He gasped and made a quick dart to the right, looking back for any sign of his pursuant. As he was looking back, he didn't notice the root on the ground that sent him tumbling headlong into a sturdy cedar tree.
So hurt and disoriented was he that he could only watch as Mitsuko caught up with him. He stared uncomprehendingly as she dumped the spent ammo clip from her pistol, reached into her pocket and produced a single bullet, which she loaded in the chamber. Quietly, she raised her arm and cocked the gun.
"Please..." was the last word Yoshio Akamatsu uttered, lost in the sharp report of Mitsuko Souma's shot.
The Mad Tapper, Yoshio Akamatsu, Daykilling SK, is dead from gunshot.
"Well done, Souma." a new voice uttered from behind her. "But you should've known by know that the Kiriyama family was going to win this."
She turned and was met with not only Mitsuru Numai but also that disgusting Sho Tsukioka. How did he make it this far, she wondered, but remembered that he had a reputation for being an expert at stalking, usually stalking the boys he longed for.
"Did it feel good to kill Yoshio, Mitsuko-san?" Sho asked in his little gay voice, the one he put on to irritate others. "Killing is so vulgar, so very vulgar."
"F*** off, Sho. You've already lost this game, didn't anyone tell you?" Souma replied in an acid tone.
A look of confusion covered his face, but he quickly recovered. "Such a pretty face. It's a shame Mitsuru here will have to put a bullet through it. If I weren't so hot for that hunky Shogo Kawada, I would even let you pleasure me."
"Kawada is dead, and I'm the one that killed him, you pathetic little boy."
There was only silence, and a stunned look on the face of Sho, which contorted into a look of rage as he pulled out his own gun, a tiny Derringer pistol, and fired, taking her through the right eye and into the brain. The gun slid nervelessly from Mitsuko Souma's hands as she fell to the loamy earth.
Emo_Pinata, Mitsuko Souma, Mitsuko Souma's Gang Godfather, is dead from gunshot.
The two Kiriyama boys wearily made their way back to the school at the center of the island where the nightmare began. They threw away their guns in front of each other and left their packs, now travelling completely unarmed. No more mindless blood would be shed by students.
"Ahh, the victor returns!", the insane man greeted Mitsuru, then his eyes fell upon Sho. "Oh...make that victors! Please, come inside, we have to get you boys cleaned up for the boat ride and the press!" The guards split the two of them up, and each student was led into a separate room.
Mitsuru Numai blinked as he entered what appeared to be an old break room. His eyes immediately fell upon the platter of sandwiches and bottles of soda sitting on a plain particleboard table. He picked up a sandwich and started tucking in, drinking a soda and feeling much better as he plopped down on the beat-up couch. He stretched out and let out a shaky breath, trying to collect himself from the madness of the past days.
There was a tap on the door, and the insane man that they'd all met when the nightmare started entered quietly.
"Let's get that collar off of you," he said, holding up an oddly-shaped key. Mitsuru nodded eagerly. "Just bend your head down, the key goes in the back."
Mitsuru obliged as the man fiddled with the collar for a second, and then it came off with a heavy click. He rubbed his sore neck muscles as the man watched him closely.
"I wanted to congratulate you again on surviving the Program."
"Well, sir, if it wasn't for Sho and I sticking together we probably wouldn't have made it out of there either."
The man ignored that. "The newspapers and TV are going to have your picture everywhere, you know. This was a very special Program, as I said, a sign from God. You and your family are going to be very well-off now."
Mitsuru looked up with a smile, "That'll be great for Sho, his dad's been trying to stop working at that gay bar for years."
The insane man blinked and gave Mitsuru a confused look. "I'm sorry, were we talking about someone?"
Mitsuru curbed his irritation with the man. "Yes, Zuki, err, my friend Sho Tsukioka in the other room."
"Ah...no, I am afraid not, young man." The insane man said with what may have even been genuine sorrow. "You see, your gay friend, and his family, have been long in violation of the Republic's laws against homosexuality.
There was a thunderous detonation from somewhere in the building, and Mitsuru knew all he needed to know.
"...And his family?" Mitsuru Numai asked sadly.
"I have it on the very best of authority that they were dealt with the morning before last."
Mitsuru sighed, shook his head to clear his thoughts, and stood up. The man stood up with him and motioned for the door.
"Let's go. You're going to be very famous now."
Maxx, Sho Tsukioka, Kazuo Kiriyama's gang is dead, Eliminated by the Republic of Greater East Asia.
Apokalypse Kid, Mitsuru Numai, Kazuo Kiriyama's gang is the sole survivor of Battle Royale.
Jack_Bauer, Rook, sandsoft_blue, Apokalypse Kid, and Maxx have won the game.
Action scene forthcoming, no posting.
Apokalypse Kid - 1 (LampDwellr)
LampDwellr - 1 (Apokalypse Kid)
Game proceeds as normal.
You guys be sure and thank Loran for being such an awesome mod and awesome guy in general, this game probably would've stalled out and died if not for him. I believe everything is up to date. I'm trying to catch up myself but if there were other votes please just re-vote.
10 students remaining.
I appreciate the concern but I'm not leaving, just taking some insurance against having limited access for a little while.