The Syndicate

Posted: **Sat Aug 28, 2021 12:26 pm**

A game for up to 24 players (fewer if necessary)

Semi-open setup to be expanded upon when I have time
Entirely pseudo-scientific and entirely theatric

All similarities to Turf Wars purely incidental

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

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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

Posted: **Sat Aug 28, 2021 12:44 pm**

Cool theme!!!

Posted: **Sat Aug 28, 2021 2:12 pm**

This looks dope but the researcher stuff seems bastard so I'll spectate because I'm curious but don't necessarily want to play.

Posted: **Sat Aug 28, 2021 2:46 pm**

I’ll play only if this is role heavy.

Posted: **Sat Aug 28, 2021 2:47 pm**

I won’t play though until the game I’m in finishes first/I die.
So hopefully this will be in sign ups for a good while.

Posted: **Mon Aug 30, 2021 1:17 pm**

love the concept!

Posted: **Tue Aug 31, 2021 10:52 am**

obligatory yes vote from a guest

Posted: **Tue Aug 31, 2021 12:47 pm**

Is it bastard?

Posted: **Tue Aug 31, 2021 1:14 pm**

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.

Posted: **Tue Aug 31, 2021 2:44 pm**

Aaaawwww =(

Posted: **Tue Aug 31, 2021 9:38 pm**

Ah yes I remember learning about this a million times in college haha. I'll probably just watch this one.

Posted: **Tue Aug 31, 2021 10:19 pm**

oh wow this game looks like one of those games that will live in infamy be legendary, like Inception Mafia and Escape from Sockville Penitentiary or any other number of games that are years old that we still talk about today. I volunteer to be one of the mods so I can see this go down up close!

Posted: **Wed Sep 01, 2021 1:50 pm**

This is my favourite prison experiment.

I'm in

Posted: **Fri Sep 03, 2021 8:01 am**

juliets wrote: ↑Tue Aug 31, 2021 10:19 pm oh wow this game looks like one of those games that will live in infamy be legendary, like Inception Mafia and Escape from Sockville Penitentiary or any other number of games that are years old that we still talk about today. I volunteer to be one of the mods so I can see this go down up close!

I will be modding as well

Posted: **Sat Sep 04, 2021 11:41 am**

Most excellent.

Posted: **Wed Sep 08, 2021 8:49 pm**

Can I sign up to only be a researcher?

Posted: **Wed Sep 08, 2021 8:57 pm**

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.

Posted: **Wed Sep 08, 2021 9:58 pm**

Id much prefer researcher but I'll play either way

Posted: **Thu Sep 09, 2021 12:27 am**

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 8:57 pm 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.

I can wait bud.

Posted: **Thu Sep 09, 2021 12:27 am**

I like 3 factions better then 2 Tbh.

Posted: **Sat Sep 11, 2021 1:30 am**

hello. this sounds interesting. think I might can in. depends on date it should start and times for sod/eod.

@Timsup2nothin @MacDougall I am hoping you two might could sign up too. ♡

Posted: **Sat Sep 11, 2021 1:33 am**

wait @Scotty @MartinGG99 you guys signed up as replacer?

but we has to play this! ♡♡

Posted: **Sat Sep 11, 2021 1:38 am**

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.

Posted: **Sat Sep 11, 2021 2:24 am**

DaisyCloud wrote: ↑Sat Sep 11, 2021 1:30 am hello. this sounds interesting. think I might can in. depends on date it should start and times for sod/eod.

@Timsup2nothin @MacDougall I am hoping you two might could sign up too. ♡

ok day day

Posted: **Sat Sep 11, 2021 7:59 am**

DaisyCloud wrote: ↑Sat Sep 11, 2021 1:33 am wait @Scotty @MartinGG99 you guys signed up as replacer?

but we has to play this! ♡♡

This month is a doozy but that’s why I’m down to replace if need be! Also hi Daisy!

Posted: **Sat Sep 11, 2021 10:24 am**

DaisyCloud wrote: ↑Sat Sep 11, 2021 1:33 am wait @Scotty @MartinGG99 you guys signed up as replacer?

but we has to play this! ♡♡

I can only be a replacement, and even then that might not be possible depending on timing. Unfortunately this month (particularly around the weekends) I have quite a bit of studying to do; especially since one of my courses is an excel class that has only 7 weeks to learn and prepare for the microsoft exam which only gives 1 minute and 15 seconds for each task. Not to mention, my 4 other courses as well some of which have significant projects due on the last week of September or first week of October.

Posted: **Sat Sep 11, 2021 10:09 pm**

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sat Sep 11, 2021 1:38 am 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.

yay! okay! I think I will in despite not knowing. I'm too hyped.

Posted: **Sat Sep 11, 2021 10:10 pm**

MacDougall wrote: ↑Sat Sep 11, 2021 2:24 am
DaisyCloud wrote: ↑Sat Sep 11, 2021 1:30 am hello. this sounds interesting. think I might can in. depends on date it should start and times for sod/eod.

@Timsup2nothin @MacDougall I am hoping you two might could sign up too. ♡
ok day day

yay! we r in it to win it!

Posted: **Sat Sep 11, 2021 10:14 pm**

Scotty wrote: ↑Sat Sep 11, 2021 7:59 am
DaisyCloud wrote: ↑Sat Sep 11, 2021 1:33 am wait @Scotty @MartinGG99 you guys signed up as replacer?

but we has to play this! ♡♡
This month is a doozy but that’s why I’m down to replace if need be! Also hi Daisy!

MartinGG99 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 11, 2021 10:24 am
DaisyCloud wrote: ↑Sat Sep 11, 2021 1:33 am wait @Scotty @MartinGG99 you guys signed up as replacer?

but we has to play this! ♡♡
I can only be a replacement, and even then that might not be possible depending on timing. Unfortunately this month (particularly around the weekends) I have quite a bit of studying to do; especially since one of my courses is an excel class that has only 7 weeks to learn and prepare for the microsoft exam which only gives 1 minute and 15 seconds for each task. Not to mention, my 4 other courses as well some of which have significant projects due on the last week of September or first week of October.

hi hi! oof! I get it guys, rl first. hopefully we can all play together again in the future. ♡♡

gl to you both. hope things settle down. ♡

Posted: **Wed Sep 15, 2021 11:44 am**

This game looks like it needs some love. I'm in.

Posted: **Wed Sep 15, 2021 11:59 am**

Marmot wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 11:44 am This game looks like it needs some love. I'm in.

When I think of feelings associated with the Stanford Prison Experiment, love isn’t one of them

I might have to switch to in soon tho too. Will see where we are in a week

Posted: **Wed Sep 15, 2021 12:00 pm**

Scotty wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 11:59 am
Marmot wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 11:44 am This game looks like it needs some love. I'm in.

When I think of feelings associated with the Stanford Prison Experiment, love isn’t one of them

I might have to switch to in soon tho too. Will see where we are in a week

I'm counting on it taking a week to start, which is why I inned.

Jooooooin uuuuuuuuuus

Posted: **Wed Sep 15, 2021 12:52 pm**

Marmot wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 11:44 am This game looks like it needs some love. I'm in.

Bruh

Posted: **Wed Sep 15, 2021 12:53 pm**

I need my mafia fix. Now that I'm no longer dying horribly, I've gotta step up my game to get my record back from Mac.

Posted: **Sun Sep 19, 2021 8:03 am**

This looks interesting.
Hmm that depends on how many games I'm playing as well.

Posted: **Sun Sep 19, 2021 3:09 pm**

I'm in. Do you have a start date in mind?

Posted: **Sat Sep 25, 2021 11:34 pm**

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.

Posted: **Sat Sep 25, 2021 11:59 pm**

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sat Sep 25, 2021 11:34 pm 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.

No worries, hope you revive the idea at some point in the future!

Posted: **Sun Sep 26, 2021 6:24 am**

Yaya no worries. Hmu when it's time to go again.

Posted: **Sun Sep 26, 2021 6:25 am**

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sat Sep 25, 2021 11:34 pm 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.

I look forward to this flavor in the future...take care of yourself!

Posted: **Sun Sep 26, 2021 11:36 am**

Bummer Jay, I hope you find the time in the future.

Watcha teaching/working on this fall?

Posted: **Sun Sep 26, 2021 3:51 pm**

Does the next Job go into signups then?

Posted: **Mon Sep 27, 2021 10:49 am**

NotAnAxehole wrote: ↑Sun Sep 26, 2021 3:51 pm Does the next Job go into signups then?

Yeah it's usually how it happens. Though I'm sure JJJ will leave this here for a couple days so players know what's going on, then we'll go through the queue to find the next ready/available host.

Posted: **Mon Sep 27, 2021 11:05 am**

Batter Up

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