---Quick Overview---
Im sure many here have seen the movie 'the thing' it is personally one of my favorite horror movies, and as such i have designed a mafia style game off of its contents. This is my first organized mafia game, however those who play in my tournaments know that i stick to what i start and we will make this an enjoyable experience
Do to the kill rate of 3 players per day/night I have made this a 18 player game, if this ends up too many i may lower it---Basic Rules---
1) I am in charge of organizing, randomizing, and handleing any and all complaits in the thread, if you need any clarification on anything feel free to PM me and I will get to you ASAP
2) Durring each 'day' time you will have an opportunity to state your case, defend your actions, and of course, vote on who you belive is 'the thing' (voting will be left open until a popular vote is achieved, this is subject to change if days are drawn out too long)
3) When voteing on who you think 'the thing' is be sure your vote is in bold or it will not be counted
4) You may unvote and revote as often as you like, as long as a definate accusation has not been finalized. Make sure all Unvote's are bold as well
5) At Night time (48 hour period) I will need actions submitted to me by 1) The Thing, 2) The Rougue 3) The Doctor
6) You may not edit any posts, the only posts which can be edited are posts made by me. If you need to change something make a new post and tell of your mistype
7) MOST IMPORTANT RULE - if you die DO NOT give out game info, or you will be blacklisted from future projects of mine
8 ) in the event of a tie: In the event of a tie the top voted for players will be voted on again, and only those players, if your name was not a part of the tie you are safe and whomever voted for you MUST vote for one of the others
---Advanced Clarification---
1) The Roles
The Thing (1+ player): This is similar to the mafia role in other games, when night roles around you have the ability to pick 1 player to kill, The Twist to this is, much like the movie, you have a chance to assimilate the person, but each night that passes your chances grow smaller (Note: when you have more then 1 thing, you still only pick a single player, you may PM each other to talk between yourselves as to who you pick) (Note2: you also play everything else out as a normal civilian durring the day) (Note3: If you attack a player who is under the watchfull eye of the doctor, your turn is wasted and noone dies from your hand)
--1st night 100% chance Turn into a 'thing', 0% chance the player dies
--2nd night 50% chance Turn into a 'thing', 50% chance the player dies
--3rd night 25% chance Turn into a 'thing', 75% chance the player dies
--4th night 12.5% chance Turn into a 'thing', 87.5% chance the player dies
--5th night (and all following nights) 10% chance Turn into a 'thing', 90% chance the player dies
GOAL: To kill/assimilate all other players
Rogue (1 player): This player will pick 1 person per night to kill, this is off of his/her own judgment as to who 'the thing' is, but if you make your actions known, your fellow people will kill you for taking the lives without trial (Note: you also play everything else out as a normal civilian durring the day)
GOAL: to kill the Thing by any means
Doctor (1 player): Has the ability to save the life of one player every night (Cannot choose himself) by 'staying the night' with someone, the thing will be forced to avoid them. However you do not wish to make your possision known, or else the thing will certainly attempt to take you down right away! (Note: you also play everything else out as a normal civilian durring the day)
GOAL: to kill the
The Researchers (everyone else): You play the part of the civilians, Durring the day time you will attempt to proove to your fellows that you are NOT the thing in desguise, while at the same time trying to choose another to kill
GOAL: to kill the Thing through popular vote
---The Alive Players---
Its Bolt
animorpherv1
spaceghst44
nagerous
F1fth
---The Dead Players---
Skoffin (Killed VIA lynch) Human
Fircoal (Killed VIA Rogue) Human
switchblade (Killed VIA lynch) Human
pmchugh (Killed VIA attempted assimilation) Human
william18 (Killed VIA lynch) Human
LSU Tiger Josh (Killed VIA attempted assimilation) Human
ga7 (Killed VIA lynch) Human
/ (Killed VIA Rogue) Human
Ace1217 (Killed VIA attempted assimilation) Rogue
Stroop (Killed VIA lynch) Human
spiesr (Killed VIA attempted assimilation) Doc
sam_levi_11 (Killed VIA lynch) Human
Thezzaruz (Killed VIA attempted assimilation) Human
The Story so far
Introduction
The Diary of Brandon (Games NPC/Point of view character)
November 1st, 2008
Today is the day we head off, I have said my goodbys to friends and family, leaving them behind will be the hardest part... That and the hard winters im told antarctica has. I have decided to keep a journal day to day to give to my daughter when i return, hopefully when she is old enough to read and understand she will like it. There are 18 other passengers on the trip with me, most of them seem pretty cool, but living with these complete strangers for the next 6 months will be hard.
November 2nd, 2008
Its first dawn now, and we just arrived at the base. Of course down here when the sun rises and falls is totally off from what its like at home. Ill write more tomarrow, Its time to unpack
November 3rd, 2008
Just finished up with dinner, most of the guys are drinking right now, ive never been much of a drinker, so i wanted to come talk to you, Im missing home already, but the guys here are fun, we saw out the old team, most of them seemed warn down... though i guess we are going to look the same when we finish up. The Captain and leutenant are here too, they have to stay all year round so they have been here for six months already, no wonder they look so stiff.
[The next couple pages are missing]
November 10th, 2008
... and the storms are starting to pick up, blizzards are more frequent and more hazardus every day, making travel almost impossible, and at night with temperatures dipping below -40 without windchill, we arent allowed outside... God im so bored, they have VHS tapes here which have seen better days, some checkers and chess... but nothing to do, i thought a research team would do more... research! I just wish we had something to do
November 17th, 2008
I havnt written in a while, because nothing has happened, but today some crazy stuff went down! alright so we were just eating lunch like any other day, condensed soup, when we hear a chopper outside, keep in mind the weather we have been having, everyone rushed to the window to check it out. The captain yelled out it was a swiss chopper just before it started letting off rounds! but not at us, at this dog, a husky, running along the snowy field, the damn mutt ran straight into the bunch of us as the chopper landed with a wet slap of snow. and these two guys came rushing out, with machine guns! Needless to say i ducked behind a snow drift with everone else, its hard to say what happened next because i didnt see it, but there was gun fire, an explosion, and when i got up again the hellocopter was on fire, both men were dead, and our leutenant had a bullet through his leg! God i wished something exciting would have happened, but who woulda though it. I just wonder what made them go so crazy...
November 18th, 2008 [The following passage is stained with bloody fingerprints]
something... happened today... that dog... the one the swiss were chaseing, something happened... I--I dont know how to explain it, we were in the mess hall again, it was late watching TV, playing some poker, i had just won a big hand when we heard the dogs start barking, and not just barking, like... screaming is the only way i can explain it, before long everyone was on edge and we went to the kennels and... and... It wasnt human! that much im sure of, oh god the dogs... they were torn to pieces! when we opened the kennel two of them ran past us, but the rest... the rest... and in the corner of the cage it was this thing... I couldnt help but think it looked like the old anime Akira, when his body went crazy at the end but, my god the smell, rotten flesh and blood everywhare! we burned the damn thing, killed it good, but once we did we saw one of the mangled dogs start to get up and... change, just like the thing was... 'the thing' thats the only way i can describe it, we burned all the dog bodies just to be safe, the doctor and captain are working around the clock on the body but... god im scared... im going to try and sleep now...
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Day 1
He awoke in a cold sweat, the horrors of the night before weighing deeply in his mind, It was still dark outside but that could mean anything, but his sleepless night tells him that its still early. Brandon shammbles from bed and dresses before making his way to the chow hall to find that most of the other researchers are already there, and everyone was silent. The young reseracher pulled out an apple and sat down, but he couldnt find the will to eat, not after what he saw...
Everyone else seemed just as shaken as he was, and this day above all others was the most quite it had been... or ever would be again.
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Night 1
That night was even harder then the night before, Brandon tried his best to sleep, but the atmosphere had somehow cast a more horrific feal then the creature itself. Earlier in the day all the members of the team (save 1) were present, Fircoal had stayed in the brig, sick to his stomach, though everyone else had the same sickening feeling. The Night was quiet, far too quiet for the young mans tastes, normally the night life would be alive with laughter and game play, but tonight only still and darkness remained. After only a brief stint of sleep lasting only an hour he awoke to what could only be heard of as the sounds of a struggle coming from down the hall. Was he just imagining it? he must have and closed his eyes once more. Then a short gasp and the new researcher sprung to his feet and ran down the hall just in time to see a vegue shadow sail down the long steel pathway and duck out of site. It was far to dark to see who or what it was, nor to see from whare it came... but one thing was certain, brandon would spend the rest of the night with the door locked, and his lights on.
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Day 2
The remainder of his night was sleepless, he just kept thinking about the sounds, and that dark shadow he saw sprint down the hall. Brandon knew something happened that night, but he had no proof, and was worried the others would find him crazy.
As he made his way into the mess hall as he had done countless days before, everyone seemed about as sleepless as he himself was, blood shot eyes, and unshaved beards all around, and for the second day straight, the room was silent... Until the leutenant crashed in with something in his hands.
"What is this?!" he called out, still have feverish from his leg wound as he through the bundled cloth across the ground. By this time it was obvious what it was... They were blood stained pants, standard issue to everone. Quickly while in his half delerious state he pulled out his gun just to be taken down by the captain himself. The assisstant was ordered to be kept under guard for evaluation, but the sight of the blood stained cloths would weigh on everyones mind... SOMETHING had happened last night, everyone knew it...
] but as another bit of advice, you should also make unvotes bold so it's easier for you to read. As well, another rule should be when you're dead, no revealing game info. And I'm sure that you *might* make a mistake, so you should say that the mod can only edit.
