Venture Bros - rules & peanut gallery

[MattShizzle]

BTW if it isn't already, scum seer or flavor cop should be considered a "Bastard GM" role.

[Magicziggy]

Not every game is a perfect balance.
I had a blast.

That's kind of like saying about a hydrogen bomb "not every explosion is one you can hold in your fingers without injury."

The day I stopped worrying about the result, or making mistakes, I started enjoying mafia much much more.
The GMs are allowed to make mistakes. And game balance will vary.

I think Linus did fine and will learn something for next time.
(One day I would like to GM. I don't expect it to be perfect)

[amok]

Not every game is a perfect balance.
I had a blast.

That's kind of like saying about a hydrogen bomb "not every explosion is one you can hold in your fingers without injury."

The day I stopped worrying about the result, or making mistakes, I started enjoying mafia much much more.
The GMs are allowed to make mistakes. And game balance will vary.

I think Linus did fine and will learn something for next time.
(One day I would like to GM. I don't expect it to be perfect)

I'm going to try to be like that. I really like Mafia, but I found myself feeling bad about bad outcomes. I'm going to try to be more sensible about it.

[gib]

Not every game is a perfect balance.
I had a blast.

That's kind of like saying about a hydrogen bomb "not every explosion is one you can hold in your fingers without injury."

The day I stopped worrying about the result, or making mistakes, I started enjoying mafia much much more.
The GMs are allowed to make mistakes. And game balance will vary.

I think Linus did fine and will learn something for next time.
(One day I would like to GM. I don't expect it to be perfect)

yeh

Linus, thanks for the game!

[Linus]

There is absolutely nothing that can be done against an uncontested seer that is also scum. Town lost as soon as DP outed. A SK might have balanced him and town needed at least one more full special

I thought 2 NKs/night in a 14 player game would be too much and I also thought it would be too much if 3 town players had role claims. A thread at 2+2 recommends: 9 vanilla + 1 seer (with night 0 view, probably a randomized town view target) vs. 3 vanilla scum for a total of 13 players. There are no balance guidelines for an even number of players, but at least in a highly simplified random-lynch model it is always better for scum with 2n players (even number) than 2n-1 players (odd number). So it was probably more in favor of scum than the 2+2 recommendation and the reason for that was that I thought it sucked for scum that even their best case scenario required 4 mislynches.

[Azathoth]

50% VT 25% town specials and 25% scum is a good rule of thumb for balance

[Linus]

I think Linus did fine and will learn something for next time.
(One day I would like to GM. I don't expect it to be perfect)

Thanks. I learned quite many things and I think the next game I GM will have an publicly known composition, maybe to be announced already in the sign-up thread or at least when I know the total number of players.

[Linus]

50% VT 25% town specials and 25% scum is a good rule of thumb for balance

With that composition, you are indifferent to which team you end up on? If I could choose side in a game with that composition, I would without any hesitation prefer to play for the town side.

[Linus]

BTW, could someone take away my mod powers until the next time I GM. The edit and quote buttons are dangerously close...

[Azathoth]

50% VT 25% town specials and 25% scum is a good rule of thumb for balance

With that composition, you are indifferent to which team you end up on? If I could choose side in a game with that composition, I would without any hesitation prefer to play for the town side.

You would be wrong. It balances fine with the right mix of specials

[Gonzo]

I think this game was too small to add to me mafia history... it has nothing to do with the five game losing streak.