Inaugural POG Mysterium: Signup and Game Thread - Page 2

I haven't posted visions yet. Just did for Group 2 if you want to see what the cards look like.

I'm working on these now so hopefully will post your visions in the next 30 mins

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10-14-2020 , 12:59 AM

#27

Nicholasp27

27th level thinker

Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 83,058

Hour 1 Visions:

mark

gadarene

d1iabolical

eyebooger

pwns

a misread issue

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10-14-2020 , 01:00 AM

#28

Nicholasp27

27th level thinker

Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 83,058

You are now free to discuss and debate in the thread

Post #6 has the 8 characters in play this game; each of you is a psychic connecting to one of those 6 murdered characters. The vision cards I've given you will help you determine which of the 6 you are.

If you are confident pwns is something he guessed, you can say place correct token on pwns' choice. If you are confident pwns' is not something he guessed, you can say place incorrect token on pwns' choice. If you use the token properly, you'll move up one on the clairvoyant counter, which is used for the final round.

I think the way I posted the images, you should be able to click on them to zoom in and around in browser or tapatalk, desktop or mobile so that you can see everything clearly.

I'm keeping a Ghost Diary so after the game I'll post what I was thinking each hour. It should be interesting.

reminder: you each have 6 clairvoyant tokens so make sure you use them all during the game, but do so wisely

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10-14-2020 , 01:23 AM

#29

Gadarene

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to clarify, eyebooger and AMI have two vision cards after their names

is only the first one the clue for them?

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10-14-2020 , 01:24 AM

#30

Gadarene

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Nun
General
Archaeologist
Postman
Governess
Watchmaker
Bagpiper
Barber

for reference

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10-14-2020 , 01:25 AM

#31

Nicholasp27

27th level thinker

Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 83,058

I can give multiple cards to the same person (up to 7 I guess).

Any cards under your name are yours, even if more than 1.

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10-14-2020 , 01:29 AM

#32

Gadarene

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and wait, we can discuss and collaborate, ok

can the clues be tied to specific things in the card that don't directly relate to the profession -- e.g., the red yarn in the picture of the Governess?

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10-14-2020 , 01:31 AM

#33

Nicholasp27

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Anything in the card or name of card is fair game.

The vision can be for something about the overall card or its color or its scenery or specific items or whatever. It’s pretty interpretive.

Also, I’ve never been the ghost and only played once years ago so I may well suck at this.

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10-14-2020 , 01:32 AM

#34

Gadarene

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i'm not going to be up for too much longer because i have the plague and whatever

but i think i know mark's, mine, and D1iab's so far; those seem reeeeeasonably straightforward?

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10-14-2020 , 01:32 AM

#35

Gadarene

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Originally Posted by Nicholasp27

ah, gotcha

it's a little tougher online where you can't easily refer to the vision cards and the character cards visually at the same time

but that is good to know

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10-14-2020 , 01:33 AM

#36

Nicholasp27

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Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 83,058

I’d say go ahead and say what you think yours is (don’t bold yet if not certain) but maybe give people time to discuss their own first, but we’ll see how it best flows as we play

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10-14-2020 , 01:39 AM

#37

Gadarene

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sorry to keep spamming, but it seems like there's some minor incentive not to be straightforward during the discussion, since if someone makes a particular guess for theirs that you don't think is right, you can use a clairvoyant token and bet that they're incorrect

but i would like to approach this in good faith, at least for the first hour, so i'm going to just say what i'm thinking without any cunning or subterfuge

spoiler I guess if you don't want to see my thoughts before forming your own:

Spoiler:

this is hard

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10-14-2020 , 01:39 AM

#38

Gadarene

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Originally Posted by Nicholasp27

I’d say go ahead and say what you think yours is (don’t bold yet if not certain) but maybe give people time to discuss their own first, but we’ll see how it best flows as we play

well, I spoilered it, anyway

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10-14-2020 , 01:41 AM

#39

Gadarene

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(I assume there's no editing posts)

going to sleep now, will see what people say tomorrow

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10-14-2020 , 01:41 AM

#40

Nicholasp27

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We only win if all 6 of you get your 3 cards within 7 turns and then y’all figure out the final grouping in the last phase.

So I think helping each other is probably the default rather than hoping to bet against each other.

It’s a fully cooperative game; all 7 of us on same team

And editing posts seems fine if needed

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10-14-2020 , 01:49 AM

#41

Gadarene

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cool, this makes more and more sense

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10-14-2020 , 02:14 AM

#42

ArcticKnight

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Originally Posted by Nicholasp27

so we'll make 2 threads for 2 games

if anybody else joins we can do a 3rd game as well

I'm getting it all setup in a Google sheet to make it easier, so we'll probably start tomorrow

Nich, keep me in mind as a sub in game one or two if someone drops out. In the meantime I'll lurk and try to figure out what is going on..

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10-14-2020 , 02:15 AM

#43

Nicholasp27

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Sure, first sub or if a few others join we’ll get a third group going

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10-14-2020 , 04:32 AM

#44

pwnsall

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I thought I was the archeologists!

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10-14-2020 , 04:34 AM

#45

pwnsall

CFBBPC

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Think I'm the postman. Pretty sure

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10-14-2020 , 04:45 AM

#46

D1iabol1cal

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My initial thoughts:

Mark - barber (sharp objects)
Gad - bagpiper (loch ness monster)
Me - archaeologist (Indy)
Eb - nun (death vibes)
Pwns - watchmaker (Dali-esque...melting clocks)
AMI - postman (postcard+house)

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10-14-2020 , 08:00 AM

#47

eyebooger

Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 58,676

First thoughts without looking at others yet:

Spoiler:

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10-14-2020 , 09:58 AM

#48

A missread issue

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Tried to include all answers with non-zero probabilities of being correct, some of them are leaps. I highlighter the most likely ones.

Spoiler:

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10-14-2020 , 10:11 AM

#49

marknfw

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Are these all the clues we get for identity?
Here are my first thoughts:

Mark:
Watchmaker because of the tools
Archaeologist: bullwhip calls back to Indiana Jones

Gad:
Bagpiper: loch ness/scotland connection as mentioned
General: guy wearing armor and a crown

Diab:
Archaeologist: guy running with treasure is reminiscent of Indiana Jones again
Barber: guy with sword behind running man could be trying to cut that spiky hair

Eye:
nun: scarecrow looks to be crucified, amount of people in first pic=none, also the building in the first pic is vaguely similar to the church in the nun card
postman: scarecrow is a man on a post
governess: key on card and in first pic

Pwns:
governess: yarn (strong lean to this)
watchmaker: daliesque as mentioned above

MRI:
general: flags in first pic
governess: house pic, eiffel tower=governess is a euro thing