And the one game that I did play I was mauled striaght away for being the only person who knows Ray's tell... =( Jared On 5/20/08, Katarina Whimsy <kdsorceress@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I think this is a big part of what started the games of Silent Werewolf at > Origins last year. There were a whole group of us who tended to be more > serious players, and the handicap of not being able to speak made it less > likely for people to act on impulse --you weren't going to get involved with > the game if you weren't going to treat it seriously. > > ~Sor/Kat > > > On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 6:14 PM, Michael Kelley <mwkelley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Nimrod Jones <nimrod.jones@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > That sounds like how we always play it and almost every group I've ever > run for. At some conventions it's not unheard of to lynch someone just for > attempting to use logic. Sure, after a rowdy game or two people sometimes > settle down into trying to "deduce", but not as often as impulse mob-rule > knee-jerk lynchings. > > > > > > Played my first convention-sized game of Werewolf at GenCon last summer, > and so of course I got lynched in the first round under wacky circumstances. > Typically, at the end of the first night spiel the moderator mock-dies from > horrible Werewolf attack, thus kicking off the first round of lynching. The > mod of this game thought it'd be funnier to say: "You awaken to discover > that your turnip patch has been ravaged in the night. It must be the work > of.... VEGETARIAN WEREWOLVES!!" > > > > Everyone cracks up but my friend Bill is quicker on the draw and shouts > (from across the circle): "Hey, Mike's a vegetarian. Get 'im!" > > Me: "What? Wait! But--" > > [nine hands shoot up] > > Moderator: "LYNCHED!" > > Me: "Arrrgh!" > > [I was a villager, of course.] > > > > The rest of the games were much more strategic, though. Playing AYaWW with > Andy L & an ever-shifting crowd of about 40 people was one of my highlights > of the con that year. > > > > -- Mike Wheatberry > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Rabbits mailing list > > Rabbits@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/rabbits > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Rabbits mailing list > Rabbits@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/rabbits > > -- Jared