The Syndicate

thellama73 wrote:

insertnamehere wrote:We apologize for the delays. Flight 305 will depart shortly.

Not while my tray table is down it won't.

THIS FLIGHT STOPS FOR NO MAN!

(except for me)

All roles have (finally) been sent out.

We apologize for the delays. Flight 305 will depart shortly.

thellama73 wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:

thellama73 wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:DH makes a good point. I wonder if you'd even want to give away your objective.

I only own 87 of your "350 albums everyone should hear." I am going to make my own list, and see how many on it you own.

Only that many?

Which ones?

Naked City, Misplaced Childhood, Oddessey and Oracle, a Ne World Record, the Fat of the Land, The Marble Index, Discipline Disraeli Gears, Koyaanisqatsi, Deep Purple in Rock, For Your Pleasure, Hard Normal Daddy, This Year's Model, Maltid, Emperor Tomato Ketchup, Orbital, Red Queen to Gryphon Three, Tri Repetae, Faust IV, Space Ritual, Halber Mensch, In The Land of Grey and Pink, Octopus, Romantic Warrior, Pawn Hearts (which you rated one star. Why is it on your list?), The Ape of Naples, Buddy Holly, We're Only In It For the Money, The Velvet Underground, Children of God, Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh, Leviathan, Third, Meet the Residents, Holy Diver, Rising, Karma, Houdini, You, The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society, Head Hunters, Rust in Peace, Graceland, Tubular Bells, Ramones, the Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld, Discovery, Secret Treaties, A Night at the Opera, Horses, Wish You Were Here, The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators, Selling England by the Pound, London Calling, Suicide, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, White Light / White Heat, Neu!, Hot Rats, Boston, Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven, Fun House, IN the Court of the Crimson King, Music for 18 Musicians, The Inner Mounting Flame, Thick as a Brick, Blonde on Blonde, Phaedra, Kind of Blue, Rain Dogs, Time Out, Close to the Edge, Moving Pictures, Low, Tago Mago, Led Zeppelin IV, Another Green World, Paranoid, Trout Mask Replica, Red, Pet Sounds, Highway 61 Revisited, Trans Europe Express, Dark Side of the Moon, Velvet Underground and Nico, a Love Supreme, The White Album.

Oddessey and Oracle is criminally underrated, and is one of my favorite albums.

Made wrote:just to make this abundantly clear, role claiming is 100% ok, as long as it done in a role play correct?

DharmaHelper wrote:I think you can say who you are, and hint at your objective but in an in-character way.

DH is correct.

MovingPictures07 wrote:WHO AM I?

Jean Valjean?

A couple of the roles have been sent out. It turns out that coming up with interesting backgrounds and personalities for 9 different characters is fairly hard and time-consuming.

The rest of the roles should go out tomorrow, and the game should also start.

Things should be much smoother once we get off the ground.

DharmaHelper wrote:Plot twist: this is an elaborate prank mafia.

NO HAY BANDA

OK. Roles will be sent out today, and the game will start tomorrow.

thellama73 wrote:Also, are you starting to wish the thread was already locked? :P

Nope. Ask away.

thellama73 wrote:Also, I don't have my role yet.

All good things take time.

thellama73 wrote:

insertnamehere wrote:

thellama73 wrote:

insertnamehere wrote:

Turnip Head wrote:Do the seats recline?

Yes.

Will there be a beverage service and peanuts/pretzels?

Yes to beverages, no to peanuts and pretzels. Come on, this isn't some private chartered plane where the seats are filled with gold. We can only afford so much.

Will the flight attendants show me how to use the seatbelt? I get so confused...

That depends on if your character is under 10 years old.

thellama73 wrote:

insertnamehere wrote:

Turnip Head wrote:Do the seats recline?

Yes.

Will there be a beverage service and peanuts/pretzels?

Yes to beverages, no to peanuts and pretzels. Come on, this isn't some private chartered plane where the seats are filled with gold. We can only afford so much.

Turnip Head wrote:Do the seats recline?

Yes.

Epignosis wrote:I've never been on a plane before so I believe I'm at a severe disadvantage.

Yeah, that won't exactly work to your favor in this game. Have you seen the movie Airplane? That could help you out.

thellama73 wrote:Only one restroom? It's going to get messy.

Two restrooms. The grey cells are both restrooms. One is for men, one is for women, but you are free to use whichever one you like. As long as you are ready for the consequences...

PLANE MAP:

Oh, alright. But it's going to take me a while to send out the roles. Keep in mind that this is pretty much like running 9 different DnD campaigns at the same time. It's going to take some time for me to set everything up.

S~V~S wrote:Is there an actual aardvark on the plane?

I cannot reveal that information at this time.

DharmaHelper wrote:Will there be a map of the plane available for reference?

Yes.

Made wrote:Is role hinting/claiming allowed? I'm assuming so because we're suppose to rp out person?

You can talk to other passengers, and introduce yourself to them, and even hint at the objectives, but try not to break character while doing so. Try and do this within the context of your role.

Example: "Gee wilikers, that Mr. Sanderson over there looks like he needs his head caved in!"

instead of

"I need to kill Mr. Sanderson in order to fulfill my objective."

DharmaHelper wrote:Maybe more than 2 orders. I've seen games similar to this layout, but instead of "locking" the thread, people are allowed to post, but only in-character and possibly with a limit. (I've not played, I've just seen from the outside in). They also use the "order" mechanic, but I think 4-5 orders rather than 2.

The format and roles of the game make the open thread idea pretty difficult to pull off in this case.

I could definitely see me raising the amount of actions from 2 to 3 or 4, but I want to see how the game works before I make any major changes.

Made wrote:And is there a list of actions we are allow to act?

Nope. You can do any action you want. But it has to be realistic. You can't say "Bob Loblaw pulls out his rocket launcher and visits the moon."

OK, sorry for the brief absence, Christmas was pretty crazy for me. But, I'm back now and hopefully the game can fill up completely.

We just need one more person to do two things.

A: Vote "yes" in the poll.
B: Post the super secret word in the thread.

DharmaHelper wrote:Will there be a better way to communicate and share information? Seems like by the time one person finds something suspicious, and shares it with a sufficient number of people, it would be too late?

You can communicate with more than one person at a time. For example, you could just yell across the plane and every player would hear you.

The game is designed to be fairly chaotic, and you may have to make split second decisions out of the blue without conversing with someone else.

Made wrote:

insertnamehere wrote:2. Well, the game will be played mostly through PM between me and the players. If you decide to walk over to another player and ask them a question, next turn they will read in a PM that a stranger approached them and asked a question. Then they can respond.

so all communication is anonymous? also does talking to someone count as an action?

All communication is anonymous, and talking to someone does count as an action.

Vompatti wrote:

insertnamehere wrote:If you decide to walk over to another player and ask them a question, next turn they will read in a PM that a stranger approached them and asked a question. Then they can respond.

That's not how life works.

YOU'RE NOT HOW LIFE WORKS!!!

Made wrote:

I'm not sure i understand the rules.

1. If we find a person working against the group, what do we do?
2. how do we talk/role play and stuff if the main thread is locked?

1. It's completely your call on how to deal with that person. You could attack them, you could tie them up, you could even organize some sort of a lynch system. It's all up to you on how you want to handle the situation.
2. Well, the game will be played mostly through PM between me and the players. If you decide to walk over to another player and ask them a question, next turn they will read in a PM that a stranger approached them and asked a question. Then they can respond.

Snow Dog wrote:

insertnamehere wrote:Once again, you have to read the rules before you sign up.

Once again? You mean twice?

Sorry, I was saying that about MetalMarsh and Vompatti.

Once again, you have to read the rules before you sign up.

727 is a highly experimental game of "mafia" where the players basically participate in a Role Playing Game, such as Dungeons and Dragons or Call of Cthulhu, but members of the group are actively working against the best interests of the group, and you have to identify and deal with those people. So, think D&D on an airplane, and you have to catch baddies.

So, how does this even work?

It's fairly simple, each day counts as a "turn". Each turn, you can do two things. A: Interact. This could mean that you inspect an item, person, or situation, or maybe you would like to interact with another person on the plane. You can put items in your inventory, and you can also use an item that you currently have in your inventory on another item or person. This could include using a weapon on another person.

aaaaaaaand

B: Move. The Plane is divided into 5 parts, the Cockpit and 5 other sections. There are also 2 small bathrooms at the rear end of the plane. Using up an action, you could move from say, the Cockpit to Section A, or Section D to the Men's Bathroom.

On a turn you can do two separate interactions, move two areas in the plane, or interact and move. It's your call on how to play.

The game will be played, more or less, via PM. There will be a "main thread", but it will be locked. Each "turn", I will PM you about the results of the previous turn, and ask you for your next two actions.

How do roles and stuff work? And how does anyone win?

Roles are probably the most important part of the game. Your role is more of a "character" and you will be expected to act and talk like that that character. That's where the "role playing" thing comes from. If your character is 50 year old professor, you probably shouldn't walk around saying "k" and "ture". If your character is a 20 year old mother traveling with her child, you shouldn't immediately abandon your child, grab a parachute, and jump out of the plane. This game would probably fall apart if everyone isn't 100% committed to this. Reply with the word aardvark to show that you understand the rules. This also means no fourth wall breaking. Instead of asking "who do you think is a baddie", say "Have you seen any suspicious characters afoot?" Instead of "do you think inh is bad?", say "Gee, I sure do wonder what bee is up in the golly-gobblin' hussyface of David McCathaway!"

Each person has an inventory which can hold up to 2 objects. Some roles start with objects. You can also pick items up, and trade items to other people.

Each character also has different skills or stats. There are four different skills in 727. Aim, Strength, Piloting, and First Aid. If, for example, you have a gun, and you attempt to shoot at someone, your aim skill will determine how effective you are.

All of the characters, except for the baddies, are working towards a primary objective, which will be posted in the main thread. This objective can and will be changed over time.

Each character has their own personal objective that they have to accomplish also.

You have to accomplish your primary objective, and your personal objective in order to win 727.


If you are interested in playing 727, post the secret word hidden in the rules to show that you have read them.

Thank you, and enjoy your flight.

Metalmarsh89 wrote:

S~V~S wrote:And Metalmarsh, read the rulez.

No, I don't feel like it. What do they say?

NOTE: You need to read the rules for this game. Yes, all of them. This game is fairly bonkers and works dramatically different than any other game of mafia I've ever seen.

A role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting or through a process of structured decision-making or character development. Actions taken within many games succeed or fail according to a formal system of rules and guidelines.

727 is a highly experimental game of "mafia" where the players basically participate in a Role Playing Game, such as Dungeons and Dragons or Call of Cthulhu, but members of the group are actively working against the best interests of the group, and you have to identify and deal with those people. So, think D&D on an airplane, and you have to catch baddies.

So, how does this even work?

It's fairly simple, each day counts as a "turn". Each turn, you can do two things. A: Interact. This could mean that you inspect an item, person, or situation, or maybe you would like to interact with another person on the plane. You can put items in your inventory, and you can also use an item that you currently have in your inventory on another item or person. This could include using a weapon on another person.

aaaaaaaand

B: Move. The Plane is divided into 5 parts, the Cockpit and 5 other sections. There are also 2 small bathrooms at the rear end of the plane. Using up an action, you could move from say, the Cockpit to Section A, or Section D to the Men's Bathroom.

On a turn you can do two separate interactions, move two areas in the plane, or interact and move. It's your call on how to play.

The game will be played, more or less, via PM. There will be a "main thread", but it will be locked. Each "turn", I will PM you about the results of the previous turn, and ask you for your next two actions.

How do roles and stuff work? And how does anyone win?

Roles are probably the most important part of the game. Your role is more of a "character" and you will be expected to act and talk like that that character. That's where the "role playing" thing comes from. If your character is 50 year old professor, you probably shouldn't walk around saying "k" and "ture". If your character is a 20 year old mother traveling with her child, you shouldn't immediately abandon your child, grab a parachute, and jump out of the plane. This game would probably fall apart if everyone isn't 100% committed to this. Reply with the word aardvark to show that you understand the rules. This also means no fourth wall breaking. Instead of asking "who do you think is a baddie", say "Have you seen any suspicious characters afoot?" Instead of "do you think inh is bad?", say "Gee, I sure do wonder what bee is up in the golly-gobblin' hussyface of David McCathaway!"

Each person has an inventory which can hold up to 2 objects. Some roles start with objects. You can also pick items up, and trade items to other people.

Each character also has different skills or stats. There are four different skills in 727. Aim, Strength, Piloting, and First Aid. If, for example, you have a gun, and you attempt to shoot at someone, your aim skill will determine how effective you are.

All of the characters, except for the baddies, are working towards a primary objective, which will be posted in the main thread. This objective can and will be changed over time.

Each character has their own personal objective that they have to accomplish also.

You have to accomplish your primary objective, and your personal objective in order to win 727.


If you are interested in playing 727, post the secret word hidden in the rules to show that you have read them.

Thank you, and enjoy your flight.