The Syndicate

Epignosis wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2019 9:36 pmDay 1 is important, but it's the least important Day phase. Your video amounts to, "Do stuff." Anybody can do that. I get that people complain about anybody who does things on Day 1, and that's a mistake. They shouldn't. But Day 1 is the least valuable Day. That doesn't make it not valuable.

I would tend to think that comparing day phases by their relative value is somewhat goofy. I would summarize my thoughts there simply: the most important day phase of the game is the current day phase. So, on Day 1, Day 1 is the most important (and it should be treated with urgency accordingly).

Epignosis wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2019 9:36 pmMy problem is with people who survive to the endgame scenario, and do fucking nothing. To me, doing nothing Day 1 is more forgivable than holding a Day 8 endgame spot and doing nothing.

I figure that effort early is usually [not always] predictive of effort later. I agree that a dead thread at the end of a game is a losing prospect; that's not a controversial assertion.

My belief:

A game which is paced adequately on Day 1 may hold that pace effectively until the game ends or it may not; that depends upon who is killed and when.

A game that is slow on Day 1 will almost certainly remain slow throughout its full duration.

I threw this together earlier today. Sometimes my methods draw questions, and I find myself saying many of the same things across various games (to the point of tedium for myself and quite likely others). In the future I can just reference this thing.

If anyone's bored enough to view such geekery, please do. Argue with me if you think you have a more effective approach. I am more open than I might appear. I believe Day 1 strategies are often microcosmic of Mafia strategies in general (particularly for civilians).