Harry Stephen Keeler Mafia [SIGNUPS]

#1

“Yet this theory of mine was untenable for two reasons: First, it partakes too much of coincidence - only in the detective stories of badly harassed authors do such unmotivated occurrences take place.”
- Harry Stephen Keeler, Find the Clock

SENSATION!
Get ready for Harry Stephen Keeler Mafia!
The game of crazy coincidences and contrived plot twists set in 1930s Chicago

"Author Harry Stephen Keeler (1890-1967) wrote more than 70 books of what he called "webwork" fiction — mystery novels with highly complex, luridly bizarre and nearly inscrutable plots." - NPR

Promises to be a game like no other!

Disclaimer: This Mafia is based on books originally written and published in 1930s America. They are a product of their time, and may contain certain implicit attitudes, racial or otherwise, that would be considered offensive today. Please try to appreciate that the intent of the game is not to offend, but merely to remain true to the source material.

Roles:

Civilians: Kill All Mafia to Win
Gilrick Sandringham - The Jack of All Trades. Extremely well read and a master of taking on others’ identities. Also completely insane. Gets a different power every night.

Patrick McFee - The Cemetery Superintendent - Can role check the dead.

Tim Waldo - The Burglar - Can steal an item each night.

Mimi LeCompte - The Reptile Queen - Can send her reptiles after people, tormenting them.

John Cooper Jarndyce - The Sensationalist - Can create a scene which will enthrall two players for a day.

Jeff Darrell - The Ace Reporter - Finds out the location of various items, which he can choose to publish in his paper or not.

Philodexter Maxellus - The Poetry Publisher - Can post poems in the thread to share his thoughts.

John Barr - The Inventor of the Barr Bag - Can put one item in the Barr Bag, preventing it from being stolen.

Sophie Kratzenschneiderwümpel - The Litigious Lady - Files lawsuits to extract items from male roles.

Simon Grundt - The Feeble-Minded Detective - Gets info but there is a 50% chance it is wrong.

Casimer Jech - The Antique Dealer - Can trade his items for others each night. If the item is usable, both parties can immediately gain the benefit.

Oliver Oliver - The Wealthy Gad-About-Town - Gives himself BTSC with another player each night.

Luke McCracken - The Cracksman - Searches for the safe or Shrik’s vault, finding a secret inside in addition to any items stored there.

Chief O’Toole - The Police Chief - Can arrest someone each night, nullifying their vote the following day and their ability to use any items.

Sato Okimo - The Japanese Lawyer - Can execute wills, stock certificates and promissory notes.

Mafia: Outnumber Civilians and Celestials to Win
Macleish MacPherson - The Crooked Doctor - Can dispense medicine that does a variety of unsavory and often illegal things.

Ivan Kossakoff - The Strangler - Can silence every night.

Carl von Tresseler - The Blond Beast of Bremen - Kills every night.

Reed Bardeen - The Millionaire Anarchist - Becomes more powerful the more votes he takes (that don’t kill him.)

Gustav Shrik - The Banker - Can store papers in his vault.

Celestials: Survive and Possess All Five Treasures of the Orient to Win
Napoleon Foy - The Laundryman - Can wash another player’s clothes to remove a lynch vote. Clean people are less suspicious.

Wah Hung Fung - The King of Chinatown - Can target one person and learn one item they have.

Li Ling Lee - The Chop Suey Cook - Can feed someone t remove a lynch vote. Food is strength.

Legga the Human Spider - The Circus Performer - Her superior dexterity allows her to dodge one night kill.

Ichabod Chang - The Chinese Thief - Can steal from someone each night.

#2

Players:
1. Epignosis
2. A Person
3. S~V~S
4. Mongoose
5. Turnip Head
6. Metalmarsh89
7. Elohcin
8. MovingPictures07
9. DFaraday
10. Vompatti
11. Golden
12. birdwithteeth11
13. Dom
14. Long Con
15. Bullzeye
16. Black Rock
17. Bea
18. Zombrella
19. rabbit8
20. LizKeen
21. Juliets
22. blindfaeth
23. Canucklehead
24. fingersplints
25. David

Participation Guidelines:
Any player who does not post for three consecutive Day/Night cycles OR who misses four or more Lynch votes (non-consecutive) shall be deemed a non-participant and have his/her P-Score affected accordingly.

#3

Mimi LeCompte - The Reptile Queen - Can send her reptiles after people, tormenting them.

What does this do?

John Cooper Jarndyce - The Sensationalist - Can create a scene which will enthrall two players for a day.

What does this do?

Sato Okimo - The Japanese Lawyer - Can execute wills, stock certificates and promissory notes.

What does this do?

Mafia: Outnumber Civilians and Celestials to Win
Macleish MacPherson - The Crooked Doctor - Can dispense medicine that does a variety of unsavory and often illegal things.

Ivan Kossakoff - The Strangler - Can silence every night.

Carl von Tresseler - The Blond Beast of Bremen - Kills every night.

Reed Bardeen - The Millionaire Anarchist - Becomes more powerful the more votes he takes (that don’t kill him.)

Gustav Shrik - The Banker - Can store papers in his vault.

Do they have BTSC? What happens to the kill if Carl von Tresseler dies? In what way does Reed Bardeen becomes more powerful?

#4

Epignosis wrote:Mimi LeCompte - The Reptile Queen - Can send her reptiles after people, tormenting them.

What does this do?

John Cooper Jarndyce - The Sensationalist - Can create a scene which will enthrall two players for a day.

What does this do?

Sato Okimo - The Japanese Lawyer - Can execute wills, stock certificates and promissory notes.

What does this do?

Mafia: Outnumber Civilians and Celestials to Win
Macleish MacPherson - The Crooked Doctor - Can dispense medicine that does a variety of unsavory and often illegal things.

Ivan Kossakoff - The Strangler - Can silence every night.

Carl von Tresseler - The Blond Beast of Bremen - Kills every night.

Reed Bardeen - The Millionaire Anarchist - Becomes more powerful the more votes he takes (that don’t kill him.)

Gustav Shrik - The Banker - Can store papers in his vault.

Do they have BTSC? What happens to the kill if Carl von Tresseler dies? In what way does Reed Bardeen becomes more powerful?

Some people put *secrets* after role powers they don't want to reveal. I prefer vaguely worded powers.

The Mafia does have BTSC, and the kill will pass to another player if Von Tresseler dies.

#5

In and i lurve sock puppets. Even though I am the most likely to mess it up, lol .

#6

A little birdy told me this game was in signups so I came here to say yes.

#7

S~V~S wrote:In and i lurve sock puppets. Even though I am the most likely to mess it up, lol .

is this a sock puppet game? I don't see that anywhere but I might be missing it

#8

Carl von Tresseler - Vanilla

I prefer printed Secrets... I think it's more fair to have a 'known' unknown aspect than something that promotes wild speculation.

#9

fingersplints wrote:
S~V~S wrote:In and i lurve sock puppets. Even though I am the most likely to mess it up, lol .
is this a sock puppet game? I don't see that anywhere but I might be missing it

No you vote on it when you sign up. If people actually would skip playing because of it, I appear to be the only one so far to pick that option. I can change it if it is that important, I would rather have you play <3

#10

I am a maybe, depending on start time!
I dunno if I've ever played a sock puppet game, but it seems intriguing and would be happy either way.

#11

I'm only in if sockpuppets win

#12

I wouldn't mind being a sock for a little while.

#13

My original plan was to use sock puppets, but certain people (you know who you are) gave me a lot of pushback on it, so I decided to be Democratic about it. Whichever option has the most votes when we fill up, that is the way it will be.

#14

I have no opinion either way, but there wasn't an option to reflect apathy.

#15

thellama73 wrote:My original plan was to use sock puppets, but certain people (you know who you are) gave me a lot of pushback on it

Was it me? I bet it was me.

#16

A Person wrote:A little birdy told me this game was in signups so I came here to say yes.

Was it me? I bet it was me.

#17

But Mooooooongooooooooose, sockpuppet games are the BEST!

#18

Mongoose wrote:
A Person wrote:A little birdy told me this game was in signups so I came here to say yes.
Was it me? I bet it was me.

Yes! It was you as a matter of fact!

#19

Llama is a tease

#20

S~V~S wrote:Llama is a tease

Don't worry, your preferred option will win.

#21

Epignosis wrote:I have no opinion either way, but there wasn't an option to reflect apathy.

This is my true stance on the matter.

#22

Turnip Head wrote:But Mooooooongooooooooose, sockpuppet games are the BEST!

I haaaaaaate sock puppetry!

#23

Sounds fun llama, but I'll never have time to finish it before going away for a month.

#24

Golden wrote:Sounds fun llama, but I'll never have time to finish it before going away for a month.

We could promise to kill you on Day 1, if that helps.

#25

thellama73 wrote:
Golden wrote:Sounds fun llama, but I'll never have time to finish it before going away for a month.
We could promise to kill you on Day 1, if that helps.

Llama just admitted to being bad everyone. Even though he's the host. Lynch him, ok?

#26

I'm in!

I'm indifferent as to sockpuppet accounts, but I voted Yes only because I didn't see an "I'm definitely in but indifferent about sockpuppet accounts" option, and I've never actually gotten to play a sockpuppet game at my own site yet. Isn't that weird?

#27

Everyone who is apathetic about sockpuppets should vote for sockpuppets IMO

#28

Mongoose wrote:
Turnip Head wrote:But Mooooooongooooooooose, sockpuppet games are the BEST!
I haaaaaaate sock puppetry!

Yeah I'm not a big fan either, my vote was not an indifferent vote but rather a stance.

MovingPictures07 wrote:I'm in!

I'm indifferent as to sockpuppet accounts, but I voted Yes only because I didn't see an "I'm definitely in but indifferent about sockpuppet accounts" option, and I've never actually gotten to play a sockpuppet game at my own site yet. Isn't that weird?

You are literally a sock, so yes.

#29

Since you all I asked, I hate sock puppet games because everyone immediately knows who I am but I don't know who anyone else is. Also, I'm always the first to mispost from the wrong account.

#30

Mongoose wrote:Since you all I asked, I hate sock puppet games because everyone immediately knows who I am but I don't know who anyone else is. Also, I'm always the first to mispost from the wrong account.

Flase. It's always SVS.

#31

I've emailed Vomps, so maybe he will get his fine Finnish butt here.

#32

How about if the people who vote for sock accounts get sock accounts, and everybody else doesn't?

#33

thellama73 wrote:How about if the people who vote for sock accounts get sock accounts, and everybody else doesn't?

Haha :P This reminds me though. If the sockpuppet option wins, this would be the first time we have an actual player list for the game, right? The other sockpuppet games have had anonymous signups.

#34

Turnip Head wrote:
thellama73 wrote:How about if the people who vote for sock accounts get sock accounts, and everybody else doesn't?
Haha :P This reminds me though. If the sockpuppet option wins, this would be the first time we have an actual player list for the game, right? The other sockpuppet games have had anonymous signups.

This is a good point. I believe you are correct.

So people would at least have a pool of players from which the true identities must come.

#35

That takes some of the fun out of it, but I love sockpuppet games so much that I guess I don't care

#36

thellama73 wrote:How about if the people who vote for sock accounts get sock accounts, and everybody else doesn't?

Well, people are gonna know who I am either way...

...I'd prefer to know who they are as well.

#37

thellama73 wrote:How about if the people who vote for sock accounts get sock accounts, and everybody else doesn't?

Actually, if sock puppets win, can I just not have a sock puppet account? Let's spare the pretense. It will be a lot less onerous for me to sign in and out of the multiple accounts.

#38

Turnip Head wrote:That takes some of the fun out of it, but I love sockpuppet games so much that I guess I don't care

I don't think it makes that much of a difference, honestly.

Mongoose wrote:
thellama73 wrote:How about if the people who vote for sock accounts get sock accounts, and everybody else doesn't?
Actually, if sock puppets win, can I just not have a sock puppet account? Let's spare the pretense. It will be a lot less onerous for me to sign in and out of the multiple accounts.

I will give you a sock account called "Scoop Chang, reporter from the Beijing Bugle" and everyone will know it is you.

#39

Mongoose wrote:Also, I'm always the first to mispost from the wrong account.

Yeah but that's why we like you. Protip: Open an internet browser you don't use and use it only for the sock account, that way you can't mix them up.

#40

I use the site's dark background for my sock account and the light blue theme for my normal account, that way I know which account I'm using just by how the site looks

#41

Turnip Head wrote:I use the site's dark background for my sock account and the light blue theme for my normal account, that way I know which account I'm using just by how the site looks

You are the smartest Turnip in the land.

#42

Canucklehead, change your maybe to a yes. I want you in my game.

#43

Like Mongoose, I abhor sock puppet games. I'll play if there is no puppetry.

#44

DFaraday wrote:Like Mongoose, I abhor sock puppet games. I'll play if there is no puppetry.

Great! But vote against them so we can play together!

#45

Mongoose wrote:
DFaraday wrote:Like Mongoose, I abhor sock puppet games. I'll play if there is no puppetry.
Great! But vote against them so we can play together!

Done and done.

#46

DFaraday wrote:
Mongoose wrote:
DFaraday wrote:Like Mongoose, I abhor sock puppet games. I'll play if there is no puppetry.
Great! But vote against them so we can play together!
Done and done.

#47

Mongoose wrote:
DFaraday wrote:Like Mongoose, I abhor sock puppet games. I'll play if there is no puppetry.
Great! But vote against them so we can play together!

Well, I will be happy to play if we have socks or not, I just love the extra layer of fun, and I was expecting it in this game, BUT if it means people will not play, I will change my vote if need be to ensure that they play.

#48

S~V~S wrote:
Mongoose wrote:
DFaraday wrote:Like Mongoose, I abhor sock puppet games. I'll play if there is no puppetry.
Great! But vote against them so we can play together!
Well, I will be happy to play if we have socks or not, I just love the extra layer of fun, and I was expecting it in this game, BUT if it means people will not play, I will change my vote if need be to ensure that they play.

Same.

#49

I'll still play if the sock puppets win (I want y'all to have fun k), I just might be a tad whiny about it for a spell.

#50

Personally, I prefer if the host just decides whether it will be sock or not. Then there's no worries, no pressure. Furthermore, when you run a sock game in sign ups, we usually sign up by PM and vote Yes by sock, so that no one even knows who is playing.

Two cents worth.

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