Monopoly Game Thread

[Magicziggy]

I think four scum. The two utilities I think. Has symmetry about it.

[oblivion]

oblivion, is the game more balanced with three scum, or four?

with a typical indie, 3 scum would be balanced. 3 plus an SK would be way biased against town.

one of the sub-rules of thumb is to have a 3/1 vanilla town/scum ratio. 8/3 is in the ballpark, and is actually a little scum-favorable.

[oblivion]

what are the chances that gib was facing a choice between two scum bandwagons when I gave him the higgs opportunity?

[Mantisdreamz]

Christ, this game has been confusing.

[irretating]

what are the chances that gib was facing a choice between two scum bandwagons when I gave him the higgs opportunity?

You think Nelli as well?

[Magicziggy]

As DP said earlier...

http://www.rationalia.com/forum/viewtop ... 4&start=80

I've been playing quietly to try and survive, I'd agree with n00bish scum, charlou or squid for don, and possibly nelli as other vanilla.

Ok, he wasn't the Don. We struck out there.

[Mantisdreamz]

what are the chances that gib was facing a choice between two scum bandwagons when I gave him the higgs opportunity?

There was the Nelli one... and Squid one... and Feck? What do you mean exactly?

*dah keep cross posting!

[charlou]

Well if three scum, I reckon I'm now out of business.

But I'll work on the assumption there might be one more vanilla.

If I'm dead in the morning, you can guess that my role was still important to scum.

Only one more vanilla? Why do you think there's only one?

The living:

1.Charlou
2.Feck
3.Nellikin
4.MZ
8. Irre
10. DP
12. Mantisdreamz
13. oblivion/ MCJ

The Mortgaged:

5.Squid - Scum
6.Gib - Scum
7. Higgs - Town
9. Jynx - Town
11. Mononoke - Town
14. azathoth - Town


Of the living, if you, DP and oblivion are to be believed about your roles, and there's one, maybe two scum left, that leaves a possible two or three vanilla town. As I suggested earlier (which was ignored), there may be another town special or there may be a pair of very lucky masons, but I'm more inclined to think we just have a lot of vanilla town players to make up the town balance.

MZ, who do you plan to view tonight .. and oblivion, who are you planning to kill?

[oblivion]

let me go back and look. I posted the order earlier in this thread...

[charlou]

Well if three scum, I reckon I'm now out of business.

But I'll work on the assumption there might be one more vanilla.

If I'm dead in the morning, you can guess that my role was still important to scum.

Only one more vanilla? Why do you think there's only one?

Oh, I thought you meant vanilla town, but on a reread ... Did you mean one more vanilla scum?

[Magicziggy]

I meant vanilla scum.

crosspost

[Magicziggy]

I don't know who I'll view.

I need to take a break.
I'll come back in a few hours and have a think about it then.

[oblivion]

Ok, so MZ was the first to put a vote on Nellikins.
at that point Feck had one vote and Squid had 2.
Then I voted higgs
gib voted higgs
Mantis voted nellikins

Squid - 2 (hit 2 first), higgs 2, Nellikins 2.5

Then mantis unvoted Nelli and voted higgs2.

When gib placed his vote, the player in danger of lynch was Squid.

If mantis were scum would she first put a vote on another scum player (and put them in the lead), and then switch to a town player 1 minute to Nightfall?

It would be a very panicky thing for a scum player to do, no?

I am more comfortable going with the player gib objectively helped most with his vote, I think.

and on reread, although I think a lot of Nelli's reasoning is flawed, I do think that she's trying - she's scumhunting with the tools she has developed so far.

here.
MZ's vote made it Squid 2, Feck 1, Nellikins 1.

gib had basically said that he bought Feck's explanation of the hooraw between Feck and Squid, so he was stuck in terms of putting a vote on Feck.

Then I voted for Higgs.

Squid 2, Feck 1, Nellikins 1, Higgs 1

Then gib voted Higgs.

Squid 2, Feck 1, Nellikins 1, Higgs 2.

Then mantis voted Nellikins.

Squid 2, Feck 1, Nellikins 2.5, Higgs 2.

Then mantis change to Higgs.

Squid 2, Feck 1, Nellikins 1, Higgs 3.5

and that was the end of the day.

[oblivion]

thank jeebus.. I was running out of clues....

feck is looking mighty likely!!

It stretches my credulity to the limits, thinking that the whole Feck/Squid thing as explored by gib on day 2 was 3 scum players performing.

[oblivion]

I don't know who I will kill. I just want to be sure not to kill the same player MZ views.

Nelii, Feck and Irre are the last players who haven't been viewed. but we also have to factor in the possibility that Charlou or Mantisdreamz is the don.

My only realistic chance of winning with town is if I kill scum (and it's the last one) tonight. But, that's a long shot given how many potential targets are available. I"m putting that aside, and focusing on what kill/view will help town the most tomorrow.

and I need your thoughts to come up with that.