2012 Werewolf Scheduling Thread - Now Scheduling December

[JimHalpert]

Originally Posted by Gadarene

Jim and I are still planning on running Mystery Mash 2 -- probably looking at a slot in early March after people have recovered a bit from the awesomeness of HP4.

[officedog]

Originally Posted by Supine

I stole the slowgame spot - make it a slow game if people want to have 1 slow game/month

I'd prefer a regular game. I don't have time for a slow game.

[iversonian]

How does a co-mod work when everyone has to send their PM to one guy?

[Felix the Cat]

Next slow game isn't until the 16th?

ugh

[Oreos]

Originally Posted by iversonian

How does a co-mod work when everyone has to send their PM to one guy?

Everyone has to send their PM to one account, but multiple mods can share an account at the same time. This is one of the advantages of using a gimmick to mod.

[Anarchist]

yummy oreos

[Steve Yzerman fan]

I'd be interested in designing and running a game sometime in the future but I have no experience doing this. Where do you guys get your ideas from in terms of roles and such? I've done a little research and have seen different roles and stuff but any insight you experienced guys could provide would be greatly appreciated

[Anarchist]

Help co-mod a game first before you run your own

[Gabethebabe]

Originally Posted by Steve Yzerman fan

I'd be interested in designing and running a game sometime in the future but I have no experience doing this. Where do you guys get your ideas from in terms of roles and such? I've done a little research and have seen different roles and stuff but any insight you experienced guys could provide would be greatly appreciated

epicmafia.com has a learn section with a pretty nice list of roles. I´ve been through that list multiple times to generate ideas.

Also you need to establish what you want. A crazy high variance game or a low variance well balanced game. In the latter case for every role you design you should consider: can this be broken (or: what can go wrong here)?

I remember looking at the design of a game and there was a unkillable wolf, until it was peeked by one of two villagers. So I asked: what happens if both these villas are killed before this wolf has been found? Lock wolf victory? That was an "oops moment" for the designer. Have an independent person looking at your design is always a good idea.

[officedog]

Originally Posted by Steve Yzerman fan

I'd be interested in designing and running a game sometime in the future but I have no experience doing this. Where do you guys get your ideas from in terms of roles and such? I've done a little research and have seen different roles and stuff but any insight you experienced guys could provide would be greatly appreciated

You're going to laugh at my answer, but here goes.

I like gimmick games. I get ideas for gimmick games when I run across some ridiculous picture on the net. For instance, I found a bunch of stupid class pictures on boing boing and got the idea for a homecoming horror game.

I think of neat roles. I might play a game and think, "ok, that's a cool role, but if I added this, it would be even cooler." I'll design an entire game around a single role. (An example would be my "one-night stand" in my masquerade mishmash--I thought it would be fun to have someone who could be a JOT, but also could flirt their way out of being killed). (OK, I also wanted to have tricks and treats events)

I find a TV show or movie that I like where I could get a lot of fun characters. Only reason I ran the Supernatural game was for the characters and the flavor I could add to the reveals.

For vanilla games, I typically go for goofy. Vanilla games can be kinda boring to run and, to a lesser degree, to play. All that's typically needed of a mod is vote counts and revealing names. If I can find a goofy twist, it makes it more fun to create write ups for it. I've run vanilla games based on Dilbert, a hooker with VD, and hating hipsters.

I'm running a vanilla game next week. I can always use a co-mod, if a nuB wants to learn.

[derwipok]

Originally Posted by Steve Yzerman fan

I'd be interested in designing and running a game sometime in the future but I have no experience doing this. Where do you guys get your ideas from in terms of roles and such? I've done a little research and have seen different roles and stuff but any insight you experienced guys could provide would be greatly appreciated

Ideas come mostly from just playing games.

[Steve Yzerman fan]

Originally Posted by Gabethebabe

epicmafia.com has a learn section with a pretty nice list of roles. I´ve been through that list multiple times to generate ideas.

Also you need to establish what you want. A crazy high variance game or a low variance well balanced game. In the latter case for every role you design you should consider: can this be broken (or: what can go wrong here)?

I remember looking at the design of a game and there was a unkillable wolf, until it was peeked by one of two villagers. So I asked: what happens if both these villas are killed before this wolf has been found? Lock wolf victory? That was an "oops moment" for the designer. Have an independent person looking at your design is always a good idea.

Originally Posted by officedog

You're going to laugh at my answer, but here goes.

I like gimmick games. I get ideas for gimmick games when I run across some ridiculous picture on the net. For instance, I found a bunch of stupid class pictures on boing boing and got the idea for a homecoming horror game.

I think of neat roles. I might play a game and think, "ok, that's a cool role, but if I added this, it would be even cooler." I'll design an entire game around a single role. (An example would be my "one-night stand" in my masquerade mishmash--I thought it would be fun to have someone who could be a JOT, but also could flirt their way out of being killed). (OK, I also wanted to have tricks and treats events)

I find a TV show or movie that I like where I could get a lot of fun characters. Only reason I ran the Supernatural game was for the characters and the flavor I could add to the reveals.

For vanilla games, I typically go for goofy. Vanilla games can be kinda boring to run and, to a lesser degree, to play. All that's typically needed of a mod is vote counts and revealing names. If I can find a goofy twist, it makes it more fun to create write ups for it. I've run vanilla games based on Dilbert, a hooker with VD, and hating hipsters.

I'm running a vanilla game next week. I can always use a co-mod, if a nuB wants to learn.

Thanks for the feedback guys. I'll be playing 2 mishmashes next week so co-modding is probably a bad idea

[officedog]

I was just reminded I promised to run a Survivor mishmash. I'll have to study to remember more about the show, but put me in for an available slot.

[JimHalpert]

Assuming its run at a time where my avatar will be mine again, I look forward to busting out the jumping parvati avatar for that one

[Anarchist]

Village won the South Park game.