Stick. she/her Posted June 11, 2022 Posted June 11, 2022 Thanks Fifth and Kas! But I barely got to do anything. Would’ve been a different game had that night gone my way 1
Archer he/him Posted June 11, 2022 Posted June 11, 2022 Hey! Where's the Copper?? :/ (Answer: it was Araris, but still grrr) 6 hours ago, Steeldancer said: This game was insane. It was a lot of fun. I would like to apologize to Archer, I was very tempted to take my vote off near the end. But killing you allowed a lot of things then to get cleared up. No worries. At that point I'd decided we had the luxery of assuming a four person elim team, which put the Synod kill at risk if we didn't use it that round. In a 4 elim world, you pretty much had to be evil, so by not disputing my assassination very hard, I directed the generic kills towards you, which theoretically both gave me an elim flip for my troubles and saved me the hassle of having to fight an exe that was going to be largely influenced by reasonable PoE. I was okay taking the lazy way out in that situation. :P. Good game, all. Shoutout to the players that carried the team. I feel like I didn't try very hard in the rounds when I knew my vote didn't matter and then - well I'm glad y'all didn't follow me onto Araris. Looking at those actions, we should have submitted more kills N1, ouch. What's up with that elim kill on Steel? Anyway, thanks for running this GMs and IM. I had fun
Kasimir he/him Posted June 11, 2022 Posted June 11, 2022 58 minutes ago, Archer said: Hey! Where's the Copper?? :/ (Answer: it was Araris, but still grrr) Copper was Mat. Araris saved up to do a Tin scan. Which is still an alignment scan, just triggers faster than Copper so is easier to pull off. Made some pretty good metalmind choices, even if Fifth and I were going nuts with how Araris actually stated the wrong fill con for Steel and not a single person noticed or called him out on it (including Araris...) I believe we have half a medal for Alv for being the first player to notice that Araris was a FF.
Kasimir he/him Posted June 11, 2022 Posted June 11, 2022 16 minutes ago, Ashbringer said: I’m… alive? Did you particularly want to die?
Ashbringer he/him Posted June 11, 2022 Posted June 11, 2022 7 minutes ago, Kasimir said: Did you particularly want to die? I don’t know… but Faleast wants that spike back Might write something tomorrow, I got to make some plans.
Alvron Posted June 11, 2022 Posted June 11, 2022 14 hours ago, Steeldancer said: It's ok, I forgive you Alvron. I always enjoy playing with you. Wait, what's the third? Obviously, the Link incident, but... I don't remember a third time. I enjoy playing with you too. In fact, you’re one of my favourite people to play with. MR26. During the game I decided to see just how accurate I am as a village vigilante. Turns out not as accurate as I thought I was. LG12: Haelbarde QF14: Ripplegylf, Curious Anamaximder, Luna, Firemuffin, Clanky LG40: Bugsy, Phattamer MR26: Steeldancer LG48: Araris LG57: Xinoehp512 LG78: Illwei, Araris, TJ Shade, Purplewhiteandgold, Kaylakrue, Attic_gremlin LG86: Stick 12 hours ago, The Unknown Novel said: I could retrofit it fairly easily. Would probably be an open action game where everything is a fifty fifty with a horrible backfire if it goes wrong. This would be a very fun Break Tank. Sounds right up my alley. If you do decide to turn it into a game, I hope I’m around to play it. 7 hours ago, Kasimir said: I believe we have half a medal for Alv for being the first player to notice that Araris was a FF. Seriously? I was the first? Wow. I blame Araris for being who he is and still slipping under my radar despite my best efforts.
Kasimir he/him Posted June 11, 2022 Posted June 11, 2022 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Alvron said: Seriously? I was the first? Wow. I blame Araris for being who he is and still slipping under my radar despite my best efforts. Yeah, this one I can confirm. Araris told Archer that he wasn't going to send more PMs as he wanted his vote to count. That's decidedly not the fill condition for Steel and after Archer mentioned it in thread, Araris didn't dispute this. Since Araris claimed the PMs, it basically entailed he had to be FF - that, alongside the fact that if he was a Ferring, he couldn't tap and fill at the same time (though this one is less problematic if you read the rules creatively.) The really wild thing was, Araris himself doesn't qualify for half the medal because he didn't notice the Steel fill condition issue... Neither did Elan, who, to be clear, was a Steelrunner who'd filled... Fifth and I kept going "Someone's got to realise this, right?" And no one did until you, and Araris had sort of claimed more openly by then in the PM... Anyway my own AAR for this will wait until Fifth's thoughts are out, and also I need sleep. Been one hell of a week. Edited June 11, 2022 by Kasimir 3
Kasimir he/him Posted June 19, 2022 Posted June 19, 2022 I'm going to get this AAR up before I forget about this game. Apologies, Fifth After-Action Report Surprisingly or otherwise, this one is less involved. More brief thoughts than anything particularly detailed. Probably because I'm tired >> Distro Commentary A lot of times in a game, especially when either team more or less near-sweeps, you have to ask if the game is balanced or if the distro was just volatile. I do think this can be somewhat complex as a game, so is not as easy to balance. I think tapping/storing is neat, requires players to be careful about concealing themselves (or to not care, I suppose), and creates ability scarcity as a result of player choices. Another element of tapping/storing I liked is that it was a neat way of making the scans de facto oneshots without us actually saying so - given the player group size and the store rate, it was very unlikely that a player was getting off a fulltap scan twice. The two distro thoughts Fifth and I had were: A. whether or not to go with a two-player team that was really beefed up (ideally two FFs) and/or B. whether to have the Synod compromised. I leaned towards preferring a compromised Synod; Fifth favoured an uncompromised Synod. I don't really feel bad about the decision to give the Elims three players. I think it could have been complicated in a different world - as it was, Stick's death was the beginning of their troubles because JNV would come under some suspicion after that. The coin tosses could lead to a very different world: Mat nearly died, as did Araris, which could have shifted the game's landscape quite a bit, especially since Araris dying meant that Stick survived. So there is that amount of volatility there. Pewter I think is balanced by player choice, since Striker chose to store for the fulltap rather than tap, which, fair enough, but I think that's something to keep in mind if trying to balance with a FF. Players can have a lot of options, but how they choose to use them is key, and that's not something a GM can always anticipate. I do think the Village's ability to get three scans off near the end and Elan's good use of her PM ability really helped to narrow down the PoE towards the end. In a game of this size, I'm feeling eh about this. I don't think that's a big deal in a group with a bigger player size, but I do think it's worth noting as that can be quite the power spike for the Village as a way of closing out the game, especially coupled with the Synod kill. Equally though, Mat and Araris were fairly fragile. Araris had to decide in the Day if he was going pewter. I'm leaning towards "I might like one less Tin or fewer starting charges" for one of the three scans, but I also think player choice mattered (Araris could've filled a different metal, and again, Mat fragility.) All in all, no strong feelings, some weak ones. Actions Economy Players took less advantage of the guaranteed kill than expected, whereas Ash being the last Elim meant that in terms of actions economy, he started to be very hard-pressed. I think JNV being the last Elim might have made things a little less tight, but admittedly, the Village had the capacity to softclear a number of other players so I don't see that as a big deal. Doggo Adoption Shame on y'all except Elan, why are you okay with letting four sad doggos rough it alone Synod No strong thoughts on the Synod either. We did expect some potential in-Synod shooting, and Steel figuring the Synod might actually not be compromised after all was fairly helpful for the Village. Synod kill was used to narrow PoE so that was ok for the Village, even if not optimal. Synod doc was a little dead, but I'm not terribly surprised by it. 4
Araris Valerian he/him Posted June 19, 2022 Posted June 19, 2022 2 hours ago, Kasimir said: Shame on y'all except Elan, why are you okay with letting four sad doggos rough it alone I don't think Artwyn would have had the energy to properly take care of them.
Devotary of Spontaneity Posted February 15, 2023 Posted February 15, 2023 Congratulations to the village for winning, and thank you to Fifth Scholar and Kasimir for running the game. As always, if anyone would like to try their hand at running a game, please get ahold of Wilson, Devotary of Spontaneity, Elbereth, Araris Valerian, Elandera, or StrikerEZ, or post in the GM Signups & Discussion Thread. Not only will we get you added to the list, but we'd also be more than willing to help out in any way we can. You can also ask questions and get some hints and feedback from everyone in our Art of Game Creation thread. With all the games that we've run so far, we have plenty of experienced GMs that can help you refine any game you're thinking about. If you would rather keep some detail secret, or are self-conscious about posting in thread (there's really no need to be; while we do slaughter each other, we are very polite about it), then I'm sure one of our fantastic committee members (Amanuensis, STINK, Sart, Fifth Scholar, Straw, Archer, and Kasimir) would be more than willing to help you out in private. Thanks again to everyone that played, and we look forward to killing seeing you in future games!
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