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Godspeed You! Black Emperor Mafia [SPEED GAME]

Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2015 8:48 pm
by Ricochet
Kindly accept my humble first game offering for The Syndicate, as well as some of its details that may seem stolen inspired from other past designs. :grin: I was feeling down this week, so I naturally chose to binge GY!BE, which led me to come up with this.

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The car's on fire and there's no driver at the wheel
And the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides
And a dark wind blows

The government is corrupt
And we're on so many drugs
With the radio on and the curtains drawn

We're trapped in the belly of this horrible machine
And the machine is bleeding to death


:scared:

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Just to "set the mood"
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Civilians (14)
Must defeat the Mafia, Alfothad and survive the game.
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The Dead Flag Blues "I open up my wallet and it's full of blood" [Secrets]

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East Hastings "If money could buy optimism, my love..." [Secrets]

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Providence "But d'you think the end of the world is coming? So says the preacher man but... I don't go by what he says" [Secrets]

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Sunshine + Gasoline (2) "That's right they're just walkin' around doin' nothin', even on their own" Do not share BTSC and do not know each other's identity, but can send each other a message via the Host during each Night. Can win as a team. Their assigned roles can be affected by Storm. [Secrets]

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Storm One-shot temporary disruption of BTSC among the Mafia (lasting a full subsequent cycle) and one-shot permanent role shuffle among the civilians credited with BTSC. Storm can choose a separate occasion to activate either of these powers.

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Static Can block a player during each Night.

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09-15-00 (2) Share BTSC. Can win as a team. Their assigned roles can be affected by Storm.

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Rockets Fall on Rocket Falls Once in the game, can drop a rocket that will block all actions throughout that phase.

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Motherfucker = Redeemer (2) Do not begin the game by sharing BTSC, but can search for each other during each Night (in addition to their individual ability). Can win as a team, if they gain BTSC. Randomly, one player will be assigned to role check a living player every odd Night. If the checked player is Mafia, it will have a 25% chance to also kill him. The other player will be assigned to role check a dead player every even Night. If the checked victim is Civilian, it will have a 25% chance to resurrect him. Both the kill and the resurrect will be activated automatically and work only once, regardless of the outcome. M=R can continue, however, to role check accordingly afterwards. Their assigned roles can be affected by Storm, once they gain BTSC.

If either checks ???, something will happen. If the role checker checks Alfothad, something will happens to the checker.

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We Drift Like Worried Fire Each Night, can choose to drift a player away from the lynch poll during the subsequent Day. Three-shot.

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Mafia (3)
Share BTSC. Must eliminate the civilians and Alfothad.
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Moya Kills every night. If Sleep is lynched or night killed first, inherits the role block.

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Sleep "They don't sleep anymore on the beach..." Sends a player to sleep during each Night, blocking his actions that Night and preventing him from posting and voting during the subsequent Day phase. If Moya is lynched or night killed, Sleep is the first to inherit the kill, in order to send a player to sleep forever. If Sleep kills, he cannot use his regular power during the same Night. [Secrets]

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Mladic "With his arms outstretched" Ecstatic dance of the tyrant. [Secrets]
Serial Killer
Shhhhh.
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All Lights Fucked on the Hairy Amp Drooling - further referenced as ALFOTHAD (the cassette) or Alfothad (the player).

Highly rare and esoteric (and, if we are to trust the two tracks that leaked as genuine, completely nonsensical) first release by the band, self-released but limited to only 33 copies. In 2013 a person reported on a social media website to be in possession of this legendary cassette. That person vanished shortly afterwards. The band is not interested in revealing the cassette to its fans. As such, Alfothad does not want any other player to find out his identity. [Secrets]

Re: Godspeed You! Black Emperor Mafia [SPEED GAME]

Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2015 8:49 pm
by Ricochet
Tracks from the quite recent new album were not included, because frankly the new album is pretty boring rehashed stuff.

Depending on the feedback for this being played, I will decide on submitting it in the Speed queue.

Given that I'm a total newb, I welcome any remarks, ideas, proofreading, constructive nitpicking for improving or tweaking the design. Also, if there's anyone with hosting or at least game tactic experience who feels like s/he won't play this game or won't have time to (but really, you'd have to project yourself around April-May next year for that, because at the rate of current speed games, I can't see this one getting to be played anytime sooner), I'd also be open towards a full review, in private, of what I created.

Re: Godspeed You! Black Emperor Mafia [SPEED GAME]

Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2015 9:36 pm
by thellama73
Mafias based on music are so much better than ones based on video games.

Re: Godspeed You! Black Emperor Mafia [SPEED GAME]

Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2015 9:44 pm
by Marmot
thellama73 wrote:Mafias based on music are so much better than ones based on video games.
This.

I only have 'Alleujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! from them, but it is a really good album. I've been looking for Lift your skiny fists, or whatever it's called, but haven't seen it in the local record store. :(


So yes, I would definitely play this game. :srsnod:

Re: Godspeed You! Black Emperor Mafia [SPEED GAME]

Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2015 10:03 pm
by thellama73
Metalmarsh89 wrote:
thellama73 wrote:Mafias based on music are so much better than ones based on video games.
This.

I only have 'Alleujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! from them, but it is a really good album. I've been looking for Lift your skiny fists, or whatever it's called, but haven't seen it in the local record store. :(


So yes, I would definitely play this game. :srsnod:
The only GY!BE album I have is Lift Your Skinny Fists, and I don't like it.

Re: Godspeed You! Black Emperor Mafia [SPEED GAME]

Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2015 10:17 pm
by Turnip Head
I would very much like to play this game. :shifty:

Re: Godspeed You! Black Emperor Mafia [SPEED GAME]

Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2015 10:45 pm
by triceratopzeuhl
sweet

Re: Godspeed You! Black Emperor Mafia [SPEED GAME]

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 12:45 am
by A Person
Metalmarsh89 wrote:
thellama73 wrote:Mafias based on music are so much better than ones based on video games.
This.

I only have 'Alleujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! from them, but it is a really good album. I've been looking for Lift your skiny fists, or whatever it's called, but haven't seen it in the local record store. :(


So yes, I would definitely play this game. :srsnod:
If you think that is good, you should definitely listen to F♯ A♯ ∞, Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven, and Slow Riot for New Zerø Kanada. I have not been the biggest fan of their last two albums.

Re: Godspeed You! Black Emperor Mafia [SPEED GAME]

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 12:55 am
by Marmot
A Person wrote:
Metalmarsh89 wrote:
thellama73 wrote:Mafias based on music are so much better than ones based on video games.
This.

I only have 'Alleujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! from them, but it is a really good album. I've been looking for Lift your skiny fists, or whatever it's called, but haven't seen it in the local record store. :(


So yes, I would definitely play this game. :srsnod:
If you think that is good, you should definitely listen to F♯ A♯ ∞, Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven, and Slow Riot for New Zerø Kanada. I have not been the biggest fan of their last two albums.
If you say that, then perhaps they are indeed better albums. I took me a few tries for me to start liking their music.

If only Eugene record stores had more variety. I really hate shopping online for music. :sigh:

Re: Godspeed You! Black Emperor Mafia [SPEED GAME]

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 12:56 am
by Marmot
I take that back. Record stores around here have plenty of variety. They just have zero depth. I wonder if they will order CD's for me...

Re: Godspeed You! Black Emperor Mafia [SPEED GAME]

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 1:11 am
by A Person
Metalmarsh89 wrote:If you say that, then perhaps they are indeed better albums. I took me a few tries for me to start liking their music.
Well it is only my opinion, you may think differently. Lift Yr Skinny Fists is definitely their magnum opus, though.

Re: Godspeed You! Black Emperor Mafia [SPEED GAME]

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 1:37 am
by triceratopzeuhl
I liked Allelulah! a lot.

Yanqui UXO is definitely my favourite.

Re: Godspeed You! Black Emperor Mafia [SPEED GAME]

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 3:18 am
by Ricochet
Lift Yr Skinny Fists is my favourite, as well as the best album of the past decade and one of the best albums ever. I like Allelujah, especially the two long tracks that I've included in the game here, but at the same time I feel the band has returned without any real sense of direction. I don't dislike Yanqui as much as some do, but it's never on par with the other classics for me.

Re: Godspeed You! Black Emperor Mafia [SPEED GAME]

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 10:10 am
by A Person
Ricochet wrote:Lift Yr Skinny Fists is my favourite, as well as the best album of the past decade and one of the best albums ever. I like Allelujah, especially the two long tracks that I've included in the game here, but at the same time I feel the band has returned without any real sense of direction. I don't dislike Yanqui as much as some do, but it's never on par with the other classics for me.
I agree, I still like Yanqui quite a bit when I'm in the mood but everything before that is on a higher level for me.

Re: Godspeed You! Black Emperor Mafia [SPEED GAME]

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 1:42 pm
by Tangrowth
A Person wrote:
Metalmarsh89 wrote:If you say that, then perhaps they are indeed better albums. I took me a few tries for me to start liking their music.
Well it is only my opinion, you may think differently. Lift Yr Skinny Fists is definitely their magnum opus, though.
Agreed with this.

This looks like an awesome game, Rico!

Re: Godspeed You! Black Emperor Mafia [SPEED GAME]

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 10:41 am
by Marmot
A Person wrote:
Metalmarsh89 wrote:
thellama73 wrote:Mafias based on music are so much better than ones based on video games.
This.

I only have 'Alleujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! from them, but it is a really good album. I've been looking for Lift your skiny fists, or whatever it's called, but haven't seen it in the local record store. :(


So yes, I would definitely play this game. :srsnod:
If you think that is good, you should definitely listen to F♯ A♯ ∞, Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven, and Slow Riot for New Zerø Kanada. I have not been the biggest fan of their last two albums.
I just purchased F♯ A♯ ∞ (I couldn't find Lift Your Skinny Fists) so I will get around to listening to it in the next few days. :nicenod:

Re: Godspeed You! Black Emperor Mafia [SPEED GAME]

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 1:33 pm
by Ricochet
I imagine developing a vinyl collecting hobby (read: post-teen / pre-midlife-crisis phase) when I'll one day finally settle in my own home and Lift Yr Skinny Fists will be among the first I'll try to have. :noble:

I'm getting a bit of feedback from MP these days (nothing which to take him out of the game yet, so far), but after that I might seriously consider submitting this. But anyone else is still very much welcome to share their thoughts.

Re: Godspeed You! Black Emperor Mafia [SPEED GAME]

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 4:07 pm
by Spacedaisy
I know nothing about the theme itself, but if you want help with any mechanic wise, I'm happy to help. Or if you feel you need housing assistance when the time comes, just let me know. I'm happy to help. :)

Re: Godspeed You! Black Emperor Mafia [SPEED GAME]

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 5:24 pm
by Ricochet
Thanks, Daisy!

Re: Godspeed You! Black Emperor Mafia [SPEED GAME]

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 6:25 pm
by Spacedaisy
Housing assistance! LMAO! You can tell I was posting from my phone. I am offering hosting assistance, not free room and board. :p

Re: Godspeed You! Black Emperor Mafia [SPEED GAME]

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 6:30 pm
by Epignosis
Spacedaisy wrote:Housing assistance! LMAO! You can tell I was posting from my phone. I am offering hosting assistance, not free room and board. :p
I really did not know what that was, but Oooookay! :biggrin:

Re: Godspeed You! Black Emperor Mafia [SPEED GAME]

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 7:11 pm
by S~V~S
I thought it was about where he said he might expand his collection when he settled into a new home. And I was like, so Daisy does European real estate? Good to know...?

Re: Godspeed You! Black Emperor Mafia [SPEED GAME]

Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 2:37 am
by Ricochet
LOL, I didn't realize that, but it actually makes total sense and I'm now open to housing assistance as well.