The Thing

[SeanDMan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXUQjNkx-5M...feature=related

The Thing.

It's lethal, infectious, and Norweigan in origin. It's like GoGo Yubari with tentacles. It's coming for you, and it could be anywhere, and anyone, and you wouldn't know until it was too late...

This game will be mostly traditional in nature.

Roleclaims will mean very little since most of the roles will be vanilla and the power assignements may or may not follow any logical pattern. Also, just because you have a role that was a good guy all the way through doesn't mean that you won't end up as scum, due to the nature of the game mechanics.

I'm going to buck the trend of SDM "OMGWTF SURPRISE" swerve games and clusterfucks and run this game with an open setup. By knowing in advance what you have at your disposal, you'll know largely how things need to go in order to win; when you hit lylo, things like that.

So, 12 player game.

Standard mafia rules apply. Don't post any quotes of PMs I send you, no talking outside the game thread, no sex in the champagne room, etc etc etc.

Four power roles.

A cop. He can send me a PM once each night and investigate a player. His results will always be accurate.

A doctor. Each night, he can PM me the name of a player. That player will be immune from conversion. He cannot protect himself.

A paranoid gun owner. A wildcard role. It has the potential to end the game on night one if the scum target him, but can also cripple the town utterly by killing the doctor or the cop.

The scum. What exactly you call the scum role is up to you. Werewolf, vampire, cult recruiter. For theme purposes, he is The Thing. Each night, he PMs me the name of a player. That player then becomes The Thing as well. He has no protection, and he is the only one who can recruit. Once he dies, the remaining Thing are on their own.

Each day, the town can lynch a player they suspect of being The Thing. They can deduce this however they like.

The game ends when The Thing has been eliminated or when they outnumber the town.

Since it's critical to make every lynch count, only join if you plan to be active and pay attention.

Sign ups will close when I say so, I'll pick people to play from there.

Edited April 10, 2009 by SeanDMan

[Ace]

Me Please

[FireDoughnut]

I'd like to play. I love the idea of it.

[Matt]

Me... me... oooh oooh... PLEASE PICK ME.

[EddieG]

And me por favor

[Sousa]

Yo.

[Marcos]

Please...

[Jimmy]

That sounds quality. Kudos for trying something different. I'd love in, if you'll have me.

[-A-]

Wooo I wanna destroy cults.

IN

[nabeel]

If possible, then yes.

[9 to 5]

If you don't let me in after spending years letting you do a "The Thing" project, I hope your mum will like her wheelchair! :@

[Your Mom]

I've always wanted to play a Seaney game and this was a good movie so let's do this

[Pizza]

I thought this was going to be based on the Marvel Comics character. This is way better. In please.

[The Quasi Juice]

Yeeeeesss, plix

[Ruki]

Hey SDM!

[SeanDMan]

Yes Ruki?

[Gongsun Zan]

Me, please, because I gave you hugs on msn.

[naiwf]

Sounds awesome, pick me.

[TGC]

I would love in, but since I have an outstanding pre-reg for BSG if and when you ever do it and this is so small, I will not cry much if you do not choose me.

[wrathofcarnage]

This sounds awesome, I'd love a chance to be in.