Werewolves of Miller's Hollow on the Forum [INTEREST CHECK]

Started by Greenthorn, August 30, 2023, 12:51:12 PM

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Greenthorn

I would like to run a Werewolves of Miller's Hollow game. I much prefer to do it on a dedicated discord server, but am willing to run it here. If you've never heard of the game or never played, don't worry, it's very easy to learn, and isn't very time-consuming. This is not a writing game, it is a "party" type game done through a thread and PMs.

Miller's Hollow has become a very dangerous place to live. Each night, under the moon's light, some villagers become growling beasts who corner and attack a fellow villager before running back to the safety of their own bed before daybreak. A medic will try to rush to the home of a villager in the hopes of discovering a fresh attack to heal them. They may or may not be successful!

Then there is the seer. They use their cognitive ability each night to discover the true identity of one villager, in the hopes of persuading the other villagers the next day.

The heinous mauling is announced the next morning and the villagers must take action by trying to discover the identity of the murderous animals. After much debate a vote will take place and the unfortunate villager will be hanged and their true identity revealed.

This continues until either all the werewolves are eliminated or all the villagers are! Can you lie, deflect, coerce your way to the end? Or will you become the victim of the werewolves... or the villagers?


Rules:

Roles will be assigned via PM once the game starts. You do NOT want anyone to know if you have a special role or are a werewolf. Werewolves should stick to PMs to discuss things amongst themselves, but should also participate in the "village thread" to ensure their identities are kept secret.
Each "cycle" will last two days to allow those from different time zones to participate fully. The cycles are day and night, therefore, to play you would need to be able to check your PMs and participate once every other day.

Roles:
Moderator - I will be assigning the roles, announcing outcomes, and interacting with the special roles during the night.
Villager - Congratulations, all you have to do is... survive. Good luck!
Werewolf - You get to choose one person to "maul and kill" each night. If the medic has not saved that person, they are out of the game, good job. Make sure to defend your innocence though!
Seer - Each night you may ask me the identity of one person. Your knowledge is yours. If you choose to tell the villagers your role, expect to be eaten the next night. You need to try to save fellow villagers or push for werewolves when voting time comes.
Medic - Each night you can choose one person to heal from a werewolf attack. If you are successful, they will remain in the game. If not... You also want to keep your identity a secret, or tell everyone, your choice, just remember the werewolves are watching!

There are a few other special roles which may be included depending on the amount of players. A minimum of 8 players will be needed, but 10 is preferred. If interested, please reply here! Also, just in case, if you're available to play on discord, please mention that and if enough people do, discord is definitely easier and more organized...but I would still run one here.

Dingo


Remiel

I remember when we used to do this sort of thing all the time.

I think Valerian's Vault and Cardboard Heroes & Woody Bits got closed because of inactivity, but I think that Cardboard Villainy is still open, if you'd like to run it there.

Greenthorn

Yes, running it there is fine, but I'm sure lots of people do not bother to look there, so figured I'd try to get some interest here instead  :-) Ultimately discord is the best and easiest place to run the game!