Quick Fix Game 67: Down the Rabbit-Hole

[Wonko the Sane he/him]

A tie between Quinn and TKN; I like that. Let’s call it a tie between communism and capitalism, eh Red Team?

GG everyone. This might just be my all-time favorite SE game. I had a blast.

[Mat he/him]

@xinoehp512 @|TJ| @Labyrinth one point gang, high fives all around :D.

That went rather poorly for me, but I also played rather poorly, so it checks out :P. My foray back as a villager in game 2 was largely unsuccessful but it happened so that’s something xD Wish our team had actually done things in the final game buuuut I didn’t die so that’s also a win, I think. lowkey jealous of red team though :P.

GGs, all, that was quite entertaining! @Fifth Scholar, @JNV, thanks for running such a delightfully wacky package of a game.

Edit: Those full rules are actually eye opening. Huh.

Edited September 10, 2023 by Matrim's Dice

[The Paradoxical Phenomenon he/him]

15 minutes ago, Fifth Scholar said:

LABYRINTH: I think you just straight-up get Most Unlucky. Your Alice role could have done so much, and you just hit the very few wrong people with it. Thanks for being the prime Guinea Pig in this Wonderland world. 

Lol. I basically just sucked tho. Sorry white.

Sorry I was so gone. There was a death in the family. He wasn’t in my immediate family, but I loved him.

[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

15 minutes ago, Wonko the Sane said:

A tie between Quinn and TKN; I like that. Let’s call it a tie between communism and capitalism, eh Red Team?

GG everyone. This might just be my all-time favorite SE game. I had a blast.

I'll take a tie, though judging from the rest of this game, time travel will take it away somehow. 

8 minutes ago, Labyrinth said:

Lol. I basically just sucked tho. Sorry white.

Sorry I was so gone. There was a death in the family. He wasn’t in my immediate family, but I loved him.

My condolences. 

Edit: What the Fifth is that rules doc

Edited September 10, 2023 by The Known Novel

[JNV]

This was fun to watch and run and the only time I even slightly regretted my decision was when I kept rerunning the same chess game because alternate timelines threw the whole thing out of whack congrats to the winners congrats to the non winners hope you all enjoyed the time shenanigans I certainly did and thanks Fifth for the opportunity it was a great time

[Wonko the Sane he/him]

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 My pawn is on g4. The three squares in front of me are empty. I have the power to make my movement order conditional on one factor now. Do X, but if Y, do Z is the format I can use.

Wow, seriously? That would have been INCREDIBLY useful if we’d been able to get it. Our only pawn advancement bonus was “Sheep’s   Store”, which I’m still fuzzy on the mechanics of.

9 minutes ago, Labyrinth said:

Lol. I basically just sucked tho. Sorry white.

Sorry I was so gone. There was a death in the family. He wasn’t in my immediate family, but I loved him.

I’m so sorry about that, man.

[Mat he/him]

Time shenanigans were fun, I was just so far removed from all of them all the time that it sort of just wasn’t a factor which is really too bad. I have a sense of FOMO reading the docs which is hilarious given the game is over  Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think every single time cursed player was on red team?

[The Paradoxical Phenomenon he/him]

2 minutes ago, Matrim's Dice said:

Time shenanigans were fun, I was just so far removed from all of them all the time that it sort of just wasn’t a factor which is really too bad. I have a sense of FOMO reading the docs which is hilarious given the game is over  Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think every single time cursed player was on red team?

*raises hand*

[Fifth Scholar he/him]

11 minutes ago, Matrim's Dice said:

Time shenanigans were fun, I was just so far removed from all of them all the time that it sort of just wasn’t a factor which is really too bad. I have a sense of FOMO reading the docs which is hilarious given the game is over  Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think every single time cursed player was on red team?

Three apiece. Aman, Labyrinth and Sart were all cursed.

[Wonko the Sane he/him]

11 minutes ago, Matrim's Dice said:

Time shenanigans were fun, I was just so far removed from all of them all the time that it sort of just wasn’t a factor which is really too bad. I have a sense of FOMO reading the docs which is hilarious given the game is over  Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think every single time cursed player was on red team?

You had at least one; your Bishop, who we assumed was Aman because we thought Aman was Time-Cursed, but it turned out to be Sart.

[Experience he/him]

Honestly Fifth, this is probably in my top two favorite games ever. Especially as the game went on. I'm really glad I stuck it through.

Sorry @Matrim's Dice for killing you c1 xD

@Wonko the Sane you are just insane. You ruled this game and just played so well. I really really enjoyed scheming and figuring out time travel with you and @DrakeMarshall especially in the chess doc. 

Go red team and communism!

Just saying, the end of C8 was probably the craziest EoD I have had in any mafia game. Ever. We had everything planned out and then we freaked out last minute and just went crazy. I think I changed my action order like 4 times in that last minute lol.

And hey, 7 points is pretty good all things considered. 

If I could change one thing in the game, I think I would add some more ways to earn points individually, as it feels like a lot of the points were faction dependent, but really idec. It was just so fun. 

Again, thank you @Fifth Scholar and @JNV.

P.S. sorry @_Stick_ for tunneling you so bad during the second mini game

[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

I'm currently reading the white doc, and so far it's using the exact same colors and it's so funny but also messing with my mind.

[Experience he/him]

Ok what is the rule doc? xD

Anyway I found the real rule doc linked in the spreadsheet so time to figure this crazy game out.

[Wonko the Sane he/him]

Bandersnatch doc:

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Hmm… Don’t love that. Wonko is trying to figure out if my role is Slithy Tove or just Tove.

Of course, my role is actually Bandersnatch Tove, which is awkward. To Slithy or not to Slithy, that is the question.

Hah! I knew it would catch people.  @_Stick_, see, it wasn’t obvious how to lie through it.

[Experience he/him]

Also if anyone wants to come up with a ruleset with crazy time travel shenanigans™ with me, I am so down. This is probably one of my favorite game mechanics ever.

[Wonko the Sane he/him]

Rules doc:

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If queens of opposite colours share a space or are adjacent at the end of a round of moves, they will castle, each moving two squares in a random direction.

Oh, what the… Fifth, I swear, if this had happened, I would have torn my hair out. XD

[DrakeMarshall he/him]

What a lovely spec doc font

[Wonko the Sane he/him]

Alright, @Fifth Scholar @JNV, I can’t find it anywhere in the rules doc: why on Earth wasn’t Drake also Haigha?

Edited September 10, 2023 by Wonko the Sane

[Stick. she/her]

Team Red was fun, I did pretty much nothing and got absolutely carried by the rest of the team \o/ I haven’t seen that level of coordination and drive in a doc in a while. 

Thanks for running the game fifth and JNV - I am/was in a severe mafia burnout as a culmination of the last four months playing champs but this was a refreshing and chill game that I managed to low-effort my way through  

Quin winning is hilarious. 

[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

4 minutes ago, _Stick_ said:

Quin winning is hilarious.

Hey! I think I win on criteria .

[Kasimir he/him]

1 hour ago, Wonko the Sane said:

Alright, @Fifth Scholar @JNV, I can’t find it anywhere in the rules doc: why on Earth wasn’t Drake also Haigha?

There can only be one.

As much as the mental image of Haigha!Drake was hilarious af, it was not to be  

[DrakeMarshall he/him]

1 minute ago, Kasimir said:

There can only be one.

As much as the mental image of Haigha!Drake was hilarious af, it was not to be  

Alas

I think I did a fair job with the hand I was dealt and I will be content in that

I'm mostly just impressed Wonko was able to find anything but memes in the rules doc.

 

Anyways bravo Fifth/JNV for finding just about the right mix of absurdity and logic for this game.

I always enjoy a good SE game, and I am always ready for it to be over by the time it is over, and as such I will now peace out.

[Archer he/him]

8 hours ago, Wonko the Sane said:

Wow, seriously? That would have been INCREDIBLY useful if we’d been able to get it. Our only pawn advancement bonus was “Sheep’s   Store”, which I’m still fuzzy on the mechanics of.

I’m so sorry about that, man.

Would have been useful if I hadn't DIED

8 hours ago, Labyrinth said:

Lol. I basically just sucked tho. Sorry white.

Sorry I was so gone. There was a death in the family. He wasn’t in my immediate family, but I loved him.

My condolences 

9 hours ago, Matrim's Dice said:

@xinoehp512 @|TJ| @Labyrinth one point gang, high fives all around :D.

That went rather poorly for me, but I also played rather poorly, so it checks out :P. My foray back as a villager in game 2 was largely unsuccessful but it happened so that’s something xD Wish our team had actually done things in the final game buuuut I didn’t die so that’s also a win, I think. lowkey jealous of red team though :P.

GGs, all, that was quite entertaining! @Fifth Scholar, @JNV, thanks for running such a delightfully wacky package of a game.

Edit: Those full rules are actually eye opening. Huh.

Imagine only getting one point smh. Should have gotten a flamingo 

I don't know where I got the flamingo 

Stuff just happens sometimes

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And judging by Archer’s last-minute switch, they have NOT put as much thought into this as we have, so I doubt they’re coordinating their actions enough to cluster like that

I am offend! 

even if it's true  It was a struggle to get vote pairs in place, and y'all were quick to the draw to start cycles. Well played! 

 

Anyway, thanks for driving the clowncar, Fifth, JNV, and Mentor Araris. My only rule change suggestion would be to reverse the order of the mini games, making the more individual win ones later in the game. 

I'd also like to know how many points Wonko would have won for a victory in the second mini game. Spent a lot of time pondering that

[Wonko the Sane he/him]

10 hours ago, DrakeMarshall said:

I'm mostly just impressed Wonko was able to find anything but memes in the rules doc.

There’s a real rules doc hidden on the bottom of the score page of the GM spreadsheet.

4 hours ago, Archer said:

Would have been useful if I hadn't DIED

I’m pretty sure you’d have been able to use that contingency action when moving other pieces, too. Though it seems like your team didn’t realize that you could do that until near the end of the game? I’d wondered why your pawns were moving so much.

[Fifth Scholar he/him]

46 minutes ago, Wonko the Sane said:

I’m pretty sure you’d have been able to use that contingency action when moving other pieces, too. Though it seems like your team didn’t realize that you could do that until near the end of the game? I’d wondered why your pawns were moving so much.

Nope. It’s a Pawn ability, not a role, and was therefore locked to the Pawn. In a similar way, Haigha doesn’t let you traffic your rook through your Queen even if you’d submitted the action for XP.