The Syndicate

ah hell a map game

Oh what the hell this game looks insane but I'll give it a shot.

Leave your sanity behind when you come to The Syndicate!

Damn, another temptation is to join and see how a map game works, given that I'm considering implementing maps in My-Future-Game-Currently-Still-At-90%-Chances-of-Completely-Imploding-and-Opening-a-Black-Hole.

Ricochet wrote:Damn, another temptation is to join and see how a map game works, given that I'm considering implementing maps in My-Future-Game-Currently-Still-At-90%-Chances-of-Completely-Imploding-and-Opening-a-Black-Hole.

I don't think you want to miss this. Not only are Long Con games always crazy good fun, and the player roster is solid, but I think it might be the only map game in the current queue.

But. I. Shouldn't. Play. No more.

Ricochet wrote:But. I. Shouldn't. Play. No more.

But. you. want. to.

Also, this will be the best map game ever. I don't usually care to toot my own horn, but I have taken my experience hosting and playing previous map games, and used it to inject much more map-fun into it. As much as I can, honestly.

Blank squares are boring, but I don't want to destroy game balance by jamming everything up with overpowered stuff, like too many protections, too much vote-manipulation, too many free kills. So I'm filling a lot of potentially blank squares with information. Minor info, like where you might find a precious item, or an important map square. You'll see, good stuff.

I've never played a map game D:
Is it kinda like Positions but individual rather than group choice?

nutella wrote:I've never played a map game D:
Is it kinda like Positions but individual rather than group choice?

It is nothing like Positions. Everyone has their role, and the thread operates as a normal Mafia game. There is also a 10x10 square map that you will be on, and you can send in a movement each night to explore different squares. If you end up on the same square as another player or players, you will have BTSC with them for that phase. The Mafia nightkills are on a usual kind of schedule, but they have to kill a player that is within two squares of one of the Mafia team. As Mafia members die, the kill range of the rest increases.

Map squares have many different functions, and you can find Items on the map that can benefit you in different ways.

Here's what the map looks like currently. I might add a couple more things.

Is there a bust of Mike Steffler hidden somewhere on this map?

Was going to keep it to one game at a time, but this looks really fun.

I've never played a map game before

Will the game have Action RPG'ish elements?
Like interacting with stuff on your square which will result in you getting new items / info or possible negative stuff like getting trapped in a beartrap?

Metalmarsh89 wrote:Is there a bust of Mike Steffler hidden somewhere on this map?

There will be now.

Matt F wrote:Was going to keep it to one game at a time, but this looks really fun.

I've never played a map game before

Welcome!!!

Typhoony wrote:Will the game have Action RPG'ish elements?
Like interacting with stuff on your square which will result in you getting new items / info or possible negative stuff like getting trapped in a beartrap?

Yes! I'm keeping it relatively simple, but there's things like a place where you need to have an item, to trade it for a special item. There will be "characters" on some squares, but interaction with them will be limited... like talking to a villager in an RPG video game who always says the same thing over and over. I do plan to have a maze in this one. It'll be so easy, I've already technically started it, as in the one I never got finished for Recruitment Mafia.

Will I explode if I move into the wrong square?

Turnip Head wrote:Will I explode if I move into the wrong square?

Only if the beans are bad.

Turnip Head wrote:Will I explode if I move into the wrong square?

I currently have no squares that cause death. Actually, I don't even have a bomb that a player can set as a trap to kill someone. I want to minimize the impact that map stuff has on the overall game flow - for the most part, kills should happen at the same rate, and for the same reasons, as in a regular Mafia game.

Curious, how have you combatted the btsc outing that happened last game where if you didn't out yourself in btsc then you were lynched?

Long Con wrote:

nutella wrote:I've never played a map game D:
Is it kinda like Positions but individual rather than group choice?

It is nothing like Positions. Everyone has their role, and the thread operates as a normal Mafia game. There is also a 10x10 square map that you will be on, and you can send in a movement each night to explore different squares. If you end up on the same square as another player or players, you will have BTSC with them for that phase. The Mafia nightkills are on a usual kind of schedule, but they have to kill a player that is within two squares of one of the Mafia team. As Mafia members die, the kill range of the rest increases.

Map squares have many different functions, and you can find Items on the map that can benefit you in different ways.

Coooool

Dom wrote:Curious, how have you combatted the btsc outing that happened last game where if you didn't out yourself in btsc then you were lynched?

Team affiliation is not revealed with the roles, so outing oneself is not proof that one is a Civvie.

Long Con wrote:

Turnip Head wrote:Will I explode if I move into the wrong square?

I currently have no squares that cause death. Actually, I don't even have a bomb that a player can set as a trap to kill someone. I want to minimize the impact that map stuff has on the overall game flow - for the most part, kills should happen at the same rate, and for the same reasons, as in a regular Mafia game.

Good times.

Who are NANANANANANA_BANANA, Luke11646, and BUGLABUSH?

None of these users have any posts at all on The Syndicate, not even in this thread. I'm not currently considering them to be part of the player list, until I know more about them.

Long Con wrote:Who are NANANANANANA_BANANA, Luke11646, and BUGLABUSH?

None of these users have any posts at all on The Syndicate, not even in this thread. I'm not currently considering them to be part of the player list, until I know more about them.

Damn, you caught me. I was hoping to get 4 roles.

In reality I think they are people who were recruited to play, I see from the DUNE Sign-ups thread that Floyd invited them to play that game too. Maybe they're just a little shy, but it would be nice to have more confirmation that they want to play

Turnip Head wrote:

Long Con wrote:Who are NANANANANANA_BANANA, Luke11646, and BUGLABUSH?

None of these users have any posts at all on The Syndicate, not even in this thread. I'm not currently considering them to be part of the player list, until I know more about them.

Damn, you caught me. I was hoping to get 4 roles.

In reality I think they are people who were recruited to play, I see from the DUNE Sign-ups thread that Floyd invited them to play that game too. Maybe they're just a little shy, but it would be nice to have more confirmation that they want to play

Yes, they are all friends of Floyd, who comes from RYM.

Welcome y'all, don't be shy!

I just want to be sure that all players are going to be here to play before I start the game.

LC, i'm not sure how many more you need but I think Tranq said he would be returning somewhere around the 24th which is tomorrow. I'm sure he'd be willing to become a player rather than an alternate.

juliets wrote:LC, i'm not sure how many more you need but I think Tranq said he would be returning somewhere around the 24th which is tomorrow. I'm sure he'd be willing to become a player rather than an alternate.

I believe the same! Then we will need only one more player... providing that the three folks who have yet to post at all in the Syndicate are legit going to play.

Where is the monkey

We've been trying to get him to play but so far no luck.

nutella wrote:Where is the monkey

I'm drinking a Golden Monkey.

nutella wrote:Where is the monkey

I have entered negotiations.

Metalmarsh89 wrote:

nutella wrote:Where is the monkey

I'm drinking a Golden Monkey.

Shoulda gone with Brass Monkey. Just saying.

G-Man wrote:

Metalmarsh89 wrote:

nutella wrote:Where is the monkey

I'm drinking a Golden Monkey.

Shoulda gone with Brass Monkey. Just saying.

G-Man wrote:

Metalmarsh89 wrote:

nutella wrote:Where is the monkey

I'm drinking a Golden Monkey.

Shoulda gone with Brass Monkey. Just saying.

You're from Pennsylvania! Maybe you've had one before (assuming you drink beer).

Brass Monkey is also a dandy.

I've changed my vote!

Tranq wrote:I've changed my vote!

Yay! One more to go...

nutella wrote:Where is the monkey

My weekends are pretty full nowadays, so don't expect a whole lot of activity from me then. I'll pop in now and then but won't be super active.

Yes, I'm already making excuses before the game starts.

nutella wrote:Where is the monkey

Tranq wrote:I've changed my vote!

We made sure sign ups went slow so you could get back.

Black Rock wrote:

Tranq wrote:I've changed my vote!

We made sure sign ups went slow so you could get back.

Can you make them go fast now?

Juliets just recruited me to play this. Haven't played a map game before but sounds like a new experience!

Give juliets a good spot on the map.

Wow, I guess it's full. LC's at work so.... we'll see what he says when he gets home. I'm just a paper pusher for this one.

Looking forward to this, though never even heard of a map game until I signed up for this.

sig wrote:Looking forward to this, though never even heard of a map game until I signed up for this.

They're pretty stupid. They have wells you can push people in and shit. I don't know why you signed up for this.

Dune doesn't have a map.

Well, it does, but it's in the book.

But it doesn't come into play.

I'm already signed up for Dune, and pushing people in wells sound fun, you should sign up as a replacement Epi so I can push you down a well. :P

sig wrote:I'm already signed up for Dune, and pushing people in wells sound fun, you should sign up as a replacement Epi so I can push you down a well. :P

I'm already in this game.

Ooops judging all day at a martial arts tournament so my brain works even less then usually right know. The good news is I can defiantly push you down a well or some shit then.