Monday, April 18, 2016

Mini-Game 1: Mini Mafia

This is very much based off the version on the SP forums, but I'm changing it a bit to make it fit with the blog format, and I'm adjusting roles just a smidgen.

Basically, the Mafia try to kill everybody in the town, and the town try to figure out who's Mafia and hang them. There are two phases:

Day phase: People discuss and try to guess who's suspicious. At any time during the day, a player may vote to hang someone by typing <b>\vote [player to be hanged]</b>. If the majority of players vote for the person, the person will be hanged. You can change your vote by typing <b>\unvote</b>, but only before the vote has reached a majority. 

Night phase: If your role has a night action, you submit it to Fabi during the night phase. The Mafia will be able to talk to each other during the night and decide who to kill if this is a game with multiple Mafia members (which it may or may not be, depending on how many people sign up).

If you can commit to being part of a game for about 2-3 weeks during which you'll have to check the game each day, I strongly encourage you to sign up! You can do so by leaving a comment that says "count me in," or something along those lines. If you have any questions, also comment here.

Rolelist: 

Town: Goal is to lynch all Mafia.
  • Citizen--Ordinary member of the town, can vote for a lynch, but has no special abilities
  • Cop--Can investigate someone every night phase. Receives a verdict of "suspicious" for all Mafia members except the Godfather, "unsuspicious" for everyone else. Depending on how many people are interested, I may make all the townies cops and have them be the normal, naive (sees everyone as unsuspicious), paranoid (sees everyone as suspicious), and insane (sees people as the opposite of what they really are). However, if more than 6 people sign up, there will only be 1 or 2 normal cops. Exact role list will be revealed when sign-ups have closed.
  • Doctor--Can heal someone every night. Cannot heal self.
  • Odette--Can roleblock one player each night by waving around arms in a swan-like manner. Unable to roleblock the Godfather or Odile
  • Twin--If there's one, there will always be another. Two townies who can speak to each other privately during the night phase.

Mafia: Goal is to kill the town

NOTE: Any Mafia role may be sent to kill. The killer will forfeit any other actions for that night. Only one Mafia member will kill per night.
  • Mafioso--Ordinary Mafia member. Has no special ability beyond killing.
  • Godfather--The leader of the Mafia. Is immune to investigations (will show as "unsuspicious") and roleblocks. 
  • Consigliere--Can investigate one player per night. Receives a list of three roles, one of which is the player's role, the other two are randomly determined.
  • Odile--Can roleblock one player each night by doing 32 fouettés. Unable to roleblock Odette.
  • Framer--Can frame one person each night. That person will give the opposite result from normal if investigated. (This role will not be included in a game with multiple types of cops)

Neutral: (Neutral roles will only be included if there are 10 or more players)
  • Jester--Crazy person who wants to be hanged by the town
  • Serial Killer--Kills one person per night. Goal is to be the last one standing. Will kill the dancer instead if roleblocked.
  • Survivor--Has 2 vests that make him/her immune to night attacks. Can choose to use these at any point in the game. Goal is to survive until the end.

Saturday, January 17, 2015

The New Challenge

So... I didn't receive any submissions for the last challenge. I think everyone's busy/lost interest, and I sort of have as well.

This blog is now going on indefinite hiatus.

Thank you guys. It was fun, for a while.

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

The New Challenge~ The Third Lock, Part I

Hello, this is Fabi. I can't be bothered to write the next bit. Well, actually, I have bothered, and I've gotten sort of stuck. So anyway, the challenge is to write Lux's drive from her and Adamantha's base to the police station.

Info that might help you:

The police station is in the next town over, and it takes about twenty minutes to go the direct route. However, in certain circumstances, Lux might not go the direct route. That is completely acceptable.

Lux's given name is Sophie, and she's married to Officer Squires. They're happy but they both are busy a lot saving the world in different ways, so they don't get to see each other as much as they'd like to.

Lux's power is that she can see people's energy on them and on things they've handled. Each energy has a different color, so she can usually recognize auras she's seen before. She hasn't seen any of her pursuers before.

The pursuers are not all working together. All of them know, however, that Lux has something to do with the suitcase, and all of them want to capture it and/or her. You can make up details about a group of pursuers if it's easier to write from their perspective.

Lux knows her way around the streets very well.

Lux's car is a 2014 Toyota Camry, and it is silver.

For answers to any more questions, leave a comment.

You have until January 3rd to send in your submissions.

Each submission must include:

People following Lux in at least two different types of vehicles (i.e. limo, delivery van, motorcycle, helicopter, etc.)

A crazy homeless dude must throw a banana at a car, any car

Lux must get away and make it to the police station

Sunglasses

A megaphone, telephone or phonograph (any of the three)

An inanimate object extremely similar to one that can be found in the room you're in when you're reading this. (Please tell me, in an introduction or footnote or something, what this object is)

Friday, November 28, 2014

The New Challenge~ Short Puzzle

Lux got in her car and pulled out of the parking lot onto the road. Immediately, she noticed the black sedan with the tinted windows parked by the side of the road. After she passed, it pulled out behind her.

They couldn't be more obvious if they hung a bright red banner that said "Evil people who want the suitcase." They must think she had it on her.

A man on a motorbike came from a nearby side street, and Lux shivered. There was something about him... His aura had an unmistakable feeling of death. Necromancer, definitely.

She made several turns in quick succession, but it wasn't enough to lose them. They were still gaining on her, and now, she didn't know where she was.

The map was on the seat next to her, but she couldn't study it and drive. Besides, it was encrypted.

*******

For your reference, here is a list of Shakespeare plays.

The Tempest
Hamlet
The Merchant of Venice
Macbeth
Much Ado About Nothing
As You Like It
King Lear
Measure for Measure
Twelfth Night
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Richard II
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Romeo and Juliet
Othello

Each play represents a different possible route.

The play you're looking for:
Is set in somewhere in Italy
No one actually dies
Ships (the sailing vessel) do not play an important role in the plot
Does not feature a character by the name of Lance/Launce/Lancelot or any such variation
Contains a jealous brother

First person to comment the correct play wins an extra hint in the upcoming extremely difficult challenge. Happy thanksgiving, everyone!

Friday, October 10, 2014

The New Challenge: Second Lock WINNERS

Elleni's outfit (Adamantha)

Annika's outfit (Lux)
Congratulations! Each of your teams should be receiving an email shortly with components you will eventually need for the fourth lock. Third lock challenge will be up soon!

Monday, October 6, 2014

The New Challenge~ The Second Lock: UPDATE

Here are the outfits I have received. If you sent one, and it's not here, leave a comment or email me.

Raven--Earth

Fay--Air

Dugglyn--Fire

(Sorry it's sideways. I can't currently fix that. It won't give you any unfair disadvantage, don't worry)

Annika--Air


Snow--Water


Elleni--Fire

To answer your question about submitting multiple outfits, if you want to do one for Adamantha, one for Lux, that's okay, but three is too many and in my opinion gives you an unfair advantage. Also, the two outfits must be in one image.

UPDATE: I've decided, there will be multiple winners. If you submitted one outfit, it will be entered for both Adamantha and Lux, if you submitted two, could you please specify which one is which? Thank you. Bye.

Thursday, October 2, 2014

The New Challenge~ The Second Lock

"That was rather easy, once we brought the reinforcements in," Adamantha remarked.
Lux nodded. "I doubt it will go so quickly in the future... There's a reason no one's opened this before."
Reason after reason after reason.
Adamantha and Lux both jumped.
"So you're the ghostly projection the reinforcements were talking about?" Lux asked.
Yes, of course, said the ghostly projection. I'm here to make sure that no one unworthy opens the Suitcase of Duplicity. 
"Duplicity?"
Yes. What things are and what they aren't.
"I see..."
You saw visions of it, didn't you? You're one of the chosen few, but not the only one. Remember that. Also, you need more style. Get a fashion designer, like now.
With that, the ghostly projection disappeared.
There was a moment of silence, then Adamantha said "Dude, the ghost has sass."
Lux smiled slightly. "Should we get a fashion designer, then?"
"I guess?" Adamantha shrugged. "It seems kind of silly, but maybe that's the point?
Lux turned the suitcase over, examining each tag and sticker carefully. Adamantha drummed her fingers on the arm of her chair and waited.
"No... There's nothing else, unless Matt and Maureen have any leads from the prisoner."
"Oh, yeah, your phone beeped a while ago. You should probably check it."
Lux's phone seemed to float across the room toward her. She frowned. How did she miss the beeping noise? Usually it drove her crazy. She picked it up. "Thanks."
One new message, indeed from Matthew.
He's had visions like yours, but won't give us 
any details. I can try to arrange for you to 
talk to him if that would help. See you soon. M


"How about this?" Lux decided. "I'll talk to this Dunham guy, you work on the whole fashion designer thing."
"Yes, ma'am. My sense of style will save the day!" 
As Lux left, Adamantha went over to her computer and quietly contacted the reinforcements. She was lying about having a sense of style.

*******

Your challenge:

Make an outfit. It can be for any occasion, but it has to be your-element-themed. You can draw it, make a collage of various photos you found on the internet, it doesn't matter, as long as you end up with one image file. Either email it to fabi.the.fabiosaurus@gmail.com or post it on your blog and comment the link. Must be turned in by Sunday the 5th of October at 11:59 Pacific Time.

Judging:

30% Creativity
25% How well you've incorporated the element theme
25% How well the outfit matches
20% How much detail you've added, accessories, etc.

Multiple members of the same team may enter separately. There will be exactly one winner.

If you wish to participate and are not yet on a team, contact Fabi about this.

(Also, Adra has joined team earth)

(Silente is now in team water)