Kingmaker Game Thread

[Mantisdreamz]

You are the Hero of the village! After a long campaign of fighting dragons in distant lands and having sex with beautiful princesses after you rescue them from those dragons, you've returned to your hometown to retire. The town loves you and will fight fiercely to make sure you are not executed! In fact, if the King decides to kill you, the village will rise up in protest of the corrupt King and kill him instead! However, this ability isn't very useful if you're not executed, so you should probably stay quiet about what you can do. Also, Assassins will likely try and kill you above anyone else, so that's another good incentive to stay quiet. Once revealed as the Hero, you may not become King of the realm. You win with the VILLAGE!

How does the town fiercely protect a hero they don't even know the identity of?

Wait .. is it ... if the king decides to kill the hero, the hero can out and the villagers then kill the king? What advantage does that serve? It gains the hero time .. but then the assassins know his identity. But why would the assassins need to kill the hero specifically? It's not like the hero has any special scum hunting power ...

Tell me if I have it wrong because the hero role seems odd .. a bit of a red herring?

It sounds like this might happen by default. As in if the king executes the hero, the king dies instead. Without us doing anything, but just the result. Hmm... however, than we'd know who the hero is, which could be risky.. Irre mentioned it might be that the hero is like a bomb... but, I doubt that both of them would be killed?

[oblivion]

You are the Hero of the village! After a long campaign of fighting dragons in distant lands and having sex with beautiful princesses after you rescue them from those dragons, you've returned to your hometown to retire. The town loves you and will fight fiercely to make sure you are not executed! In fact, if the King decides to kill you, the village will rise up in protest of the corrupt King and kill him instead! However, this ability isn't very useful if you're not executed, so you should probably stay quiet about what you can do. Also, Assassins will likely try and kill you above anyone else, so that's another good incentive to stay quiet. Once revealed as the Hero, you may not become King of the realm. You win with the VILLAGE!

How does the town fiercely protect a hero they don't even know the identity of?

Wait .. is it ... if the king decides to kill the hero, the hero can out and the villagers then kill the king? What advantage does that serve? It gains the hero time .. but then the assassins know his identity. But why would the assassins need to kill the hero specifically? It's not like the hero has any special scum hunting power ...

Tell me if I have it wrong because the hero role seems odd .. a bit of a red herring?

It sounds like this might happen by default. As in if the king executes the hero, the king dies instead. Without us doing anything, but just the result. Hmm... however, than we'd know who the hero is, which could be risky.. Irre mentioned it might be that the hero is like a bomb... but, I doubt that both of them would be killed?

who would you kill today if you were king?

[Mantisdreamz]

Honestly, I don't know.

Maybe mononoke, since we haven't heard a whole lot from him that may be useful.

As for Zigmen... he had voted gib, for the reason that gib was 'uncharacteristically pissed off'. Kind of strange. Someone mentioned that gib always seems pissed off... true. But, still that leaves me not knowing what to think about Zig.

I don't think Feck is a good choice necessarily.

[mononoke]

sorry guys. I am really busy these couple of days. I have to close a rather large share transaction deal and won't be free. I'm sorry If can't show up. I'm a villager. And kingmaker don't make me king tomorrow. i won't be there.

Bye

[Magicziggy]

Something just pinged for me as I read through Day 1.
Ani/jynx quoting the rules to assist understanding that the king could be an assassin.

Ani doesn't usually do much in the way of homework for these games although, granted, he might be as new to this type of game as everybody else. Having quoted rules, he's reverted to type. I'm just wondering if that doesn't indicate some kind of team play. One thing for sure is the assassins are going to have the rules nailed. Just a thought.

[Magicziggy]

Gib has become a very confident player. He really picked up on Zigmen's "town stay quiet" ploy yesterday more than anyone. This resonates with me and I'm inclined to call Gib as town atm. His tetchiness I've noticed before. He doesn't like fluff at all.

[Animavore]

Actually the person before me (can't be arsed checking) asked something I was about to ask myself so about whether the being King cleared you of being an assassin so instead of reiterating the question hoping someone else would answer I thought I'd better stop being lazy and check myself.

This is all fluff, though, Ziggy.

[Animavore]

*myself about whether being King*

[Magicziggy]

Actually the person before me (can't be arsed checking) asked something I was about to ask myself so about whether the being King cleared you of being an assassin so instead of reiterating the question hoping someone else would answer I thought I'd better stop being lazy and check myself.

This is all fluff, though, Ziggy.

It was just a thought. It's good that you weren't being lazy.


My re-read of Day 1, I basically now have some sympathy for Feck in choosing to pick a random no show. The obvious answer for him though was to ask how long left in the day.

I find Mono scummy. Posting that he can't post. What does he expect us to do with that?
I find Zigmen's logic flawed. I'll have to re-read Day 2 to remind myself whether he's come to his senses.

[charlou]

Gib has become a very confident player. He really picked up on Zigmen's "town stay quiet" ploy yesterday more than anyone. This resonates with me and I'm inclined to call Gib as town atm. His tetchiness I've noticed before. He doesn't like fluff at all.

My impression was that it was oblivion who went after Zigmen over that more than anyone yesterday ...

... will reread day one ...

[Magicziggy]

Gib has become a very confident player. He really picked up on Zigmen's "town stay quiet" ploy yesterday more than anyone. This resonates with me and I'm inclined to call Gib as town atm. His tetchiness I've noticed before. He doesn't like fluff at all.

My impression was that it was oblivion who went after Zigmen over that more than anyone yesterday ...

... will reread day one ...

Agreed, Oblivion did pick him up on it as well.
And so would I have. If town stays quiet, then nothing happens. Logic fail.

[mononoke]

just dropping by for a quick check. I think people should also look at Ob.

[charlou]

oh hai mono

sorry guys. I am really busy these couple of days. I have to close a rather large share transaction deal and won't be free. I'm sorry If can't show up. I'm a villager. And kingmaker don't make me king tomorrow. i won't be there.

Bye

Very creative.

[Magicziggy]

just dropping by for a quick check. I think people should also look at Ob.

Why Oblivion in particular?

[oblivion]

I've slept on it some. not done sleeping just yet.

I think it comes down to either mono or irre today.

gib does get testy at times, but I need to read/think back whether he's been tetchy when he's scum. He was scum in cannibal holocaust.