EW's Back to Basics or semi-open
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Re: EW's Back to Basics or semi-open
Are you going to say whether it's semi open?
Has there been a previous semi open game I can review rather than ask noobish questions?
Has there been a previous semi open game I can review rather than ask noobish questions?
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Re: EW's Back to Basics or semi-open
(ˌsɛmɪˈəʊpən ) adjective. partially open. a semiopen game/election/adoption/valveLoose Canon wrote:Are you going to say whether it's semi open?
Has there been a previous semi open game I can review rather than ask noobish questions?
Noun
Semi-Open Game (plural Semi-Open Games)
Also a type of chess opening, in which White plays 1.e4 (moves their king's pawn to the fourth rank with their first move) and Black breaks symmetry by replying with a move other than 1...e5.
Knowing EW its partially a type of chess opening fun meme but partially a "semi-open" meaning a semi-closed game invite for others
because Semi open is just open, but with some restrictions..
So no, there has not been a previous semi open game you can review rather than ask noobish questions.. but not asking noobish questions is part of the semi-open state of mind you wanna have here
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Re: EW's Back to Basics or semi-open
A semi-open setup is a setup in which some roles are "open", and some aren't.Loose Canon wrote:Are you going to say whether it's semi open?
Has there been a previous semi open game I can review rather than ask noobish questions?
In the setup we're likely to play, D6, I roll a six-sided die 6 times. See here for details: https://wiki.mafiascum.net/index.php?title=D6
Say I roll 1 3 3 5 6 4
1-3 means investigative roles. I rolled this 3 times, so town gets a Role Cop.
4-5 means protective roles. I rolled this 2 times, so town gets a Doctor.
6 means killing roles. I rolled this once, so town gets a Vigilante.
I do the same for mafia roles, where I roll a die equal to the amount of town power roles - 1. Each roll is a mafia power role.
So why is this called semi-open?
1) Say Mafia has no power roles. They know town only has 1 power role, and that this must be a cop.
2) Say you are a Town Jailkeeper. You know 4-5 was rolled 4 times, so town has either a 1-shot vig and an innocent child; or a role oracle and no killing role, or a 2-shot vigilante and no investigative role.
Both mafia and town are thus partially informed about the setup, and the setup becomes more known the more players are forced to claim or die.
I'm personally more fond of matrix setups, but couldn't find one with a reasonable player count that I also like.
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Re: EW's Back to Basics or semi-open
In if you're still accepting applicants
Re: EW's Back to Basics or semi-open
So if you rolled 6 1s, you would get a cop who is informed a random player is town, and no mafia power roles?Extreme Ways wrote:A semi-open setup is a setup in which some roles are "open", and some aren't.Loose Canon wrote:Are you going to say whether it's semi open?
Has there been a previous semi open game I can review rather than ask noobish questions?
In the setup we're likely to play, D6, I roll a six-sided die 6 times. See here for details: https://wiki.mafiascum.net/index.php?title=D6
Say I roll 1 3 3 5 6 4
1-3 means investigative roles. I rolled this 3 times, so town gets a Role Cop.
4-5 means protective roles. I rolled this 2 times, so town gets a Doctor.
6 means killing roles. I rolled this once, so town gets a Vigilante.
I do the same for mafia roles, where I roll a die equal to the amount of town power roles - 1. Each roll is a mafia power role.
So why is this called semi-open?
1) Say Mafia has no power roles. They know town only has 1 power role, and that this must be a cop.
2) Say you are a Town Jailkeeper. You know 4-5 was rolled 4 times, so town has either a 1-shot vig and an innocent child; or a role oracle and no killing role, or a 2-shot vigilante and no investigative role.
Both mafia and town are thus partially informed about the setup, and the setup becomes more known the more players are forced to claim or die.
I'm personally more fond of matrix setups, but couldn't find one with a reasonable player count that I also like.
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Re: EW's Back to Basics or semi-open
wheeeee
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Re: EW's Back to Basics or semi-open
raithe? Is that you?ghxstfolk wrote:wheeeee
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It's my partner.Votanic wrote:raithe? Is that you?ghxstfolk wrote:wheeeee
mountainous my beloved i'm in
I'll send a PM out soon where people can vote between two setups, and start the game in about 48 hours.
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Re: EW's Back to Basics or semi-open
Pfew!! Thank goodness!! And here I was thinking it had something to do with the state of my body in early mornings!!Extreme Ways wrote:A semi-open setup is a setup in which some roles are "open", and some aren't.Loose Canon wrote:Are you going to say whether it's semi open?
Has there been a previous semi open game I can review rather than ask noobish questions?
In the setup we're likely to play, D6, I roll a six-sided die 6 times. See here for details: https://wiki.mafiascum.net/index.php?title=D6
Say I roll 1 3 3 5 6 4
1-3 means investigative roles. I rolled this 3 times, so town gets a Role Cop.
4-5 means protective roles. I rolled this 2 times, so town gets a Doctor.
6 means killing roles. I rolled this once, so town gets a Vigilante.
I do the same for mafia roles, where I roll a die equal to the amount of town power roles - 1. Each roll is a mafia power role.
So why is this called semi-open?
1) Say Mafia has no power roles. They know town only has 1 power role, and that this must be a cop.
2) Say you are a Town Jailkeeper. You know 4-5 was rolled 4 times, so town has either a 1-shot vig and an innocent child; or a role oracle and no killing role, or a 2-shot vigilante and no investigative role.
Both mafia and town are thus partially informed about the setup, and the setup becomes more known the more players are forced to claim or die.
I'm personally more fond of matrix setups, but couldn't find one with a reasonable player count that I also like.
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Re: EW's Back to Basics or semi-open
EW we are 16 players, Loose and Traf have the same numbers. Maybe they want to share a seat?Extreme Ways wrote:My time to host, after having subbed, specced, and subbed out!
Depending on the amount of signups, I will be running a 15p mountainous (12 Vanilla Town, 3 Mafia Goon) or a semi-open setup which fits the playercount. Most likely Mafia will have 24/7 access to chat. I'm going to host things slightly different, so pay attention! In addition to the basic rules below, If no majority is reached at the end of the day, the player with the most votes is lynched instead. In the case of ties, a random player between the tied players will be eliminated.
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Re: EW's Back to Basics or semi-open
Typical mafia mod...
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ghxst will be sub
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Re: EW's Back to Basics or semi-open
So mountainous just means like extremely vanilla? Im all for it
Re: EW's Back to Basics or semi-open
Maybe Kong is of scandinavian origins, like here in Norway in Norwegian the word for king is kong, so our king is Kong HaraldCharle wrote:Amazing that King and Kong are always right after each other
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