The Syndicate

I'm sorry everyone, but I find myself overwhelmed with a workload I did not entirely anticipate. I don't think I will be able to run this game in the near future as I had expected. I will give this a day or two so everyone can see this message, but then I will remove the game from sign-ups.

@falcon45ca @NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME @MacDougall @Gavial @NotAnAxehole @DrWilgy @DaisyCloud @Marmot @Ruri @GGhana @Dragomir

If you haven't already, I encourage you to check out our other open Job by Epignosis as an alternative. I have a feeling it will be a good one.

Sorry to disappoint. I wouldn't do it if I felt I could run the game properly.

Would be great to have you Daisy. I hope to finally update the first post with role information in the next week. The game may still be a ways off.

I'll give this some time to see how the researcher thing is looking for the crowd. Some folks might be signing up with the belief that they can get a researcher role, so I don't quite want to set the precedent yet that they can be hand-selected. But I won't say it's out of the question either.

Most excellent.

Nobody defines "bastard" the same way. I don't intend it as a "bastard game". It will have some subtle non-standard elements by way of the researchers, but for everyone else it will be a generally standard experience. With wrinkles.

obligatory yes vote from a guest

Prisoners
~ Uninformed majority
~ Aware of all researcher identities
~ Win by successfully removing [voting out/eliminating] the guards from their positions of power
~ Possible prisoner identification numbers listed below


Guards
~ Informed minority
~ May engage in behind-the-scenes communication during all game phases
~ Aware of all researcher identies
~ Psychologically break [kill] one prisoner every night
~ Win by breaking enough prisoners that they are outnumbered or equaled by guards (standard parity win condition for mafia)
~ Provided with fake/safe claims

Researchers
~ Completely informed minority
~ May engage in behind-the-scenes communication during all game phases
~ Aware of all guard and prisoner identities
~ The game will not be a typical "Mafia" experience for these four players, full disclosure
~ Participation in the game thread subject to significant restrictions
~ Players who would prefer not to have such a role may request that in the poll
~ Win the game individually by secret means
~ If numbers need to be reduced, I will likely start here