*** Witch Hunt: Village of Souls gameplay thread ***

[wufwugy]

The Living

hoopy
pascal
jkds
jyms
ong
boog
rong
tlr
daven
jv
keith
gabe
bikes
gizmo
luco

The Roles

12 Villagers
3 Witches

The Rules

Days and Nights and lynches are exactly the same as normal, but in this game every player is a special, including the witches. What this means is that at any point during the Day, any player can finger a witch, then the Day ends and both the player who was fingered as a witch and the player who did the fingering die. Then the Night phase happens and the witches kill a target

If you choose to finger a witch, this is what you must post:

I have found a witch! Throw [the player's name] into the Lake of Souls!

Make it red, bold, and size 3. It doesn't have to be perfect, I'll accept any similar color, similar wording, and large sizing. You can also add whatever else you want in that post, but DO NOT post again after it. NOBODY post after somebody has fingered a witch. Once it happens, the Day is assumed to be immediately over and both fingerer and fingeree are assumed to be dead.

If you finger somebody after somebody else has just fingered, I will strongly consider modkilling you and not the person you fingered. If you attempt to be sly about fingering a witch and mess around with fonts and colors and stuff, I will probably modkill you. Do not fuck with me on this. Be clear about your intentions; if I think you are fucking around it will be a sad day for you

If a witch fingers somebody else, there will be no Night phase (unless it's another witch, but that will never happen)

To be clear, fingering a witch is optional, nobody has to do it, but if you want to do it, you can do it at any point during the Day phase. It will be the last thing you post, and nobody will post/finger after it during that Day.

Also the name order above is merely the sign up order, so don't read into it or anything.

It is Day 1 in the Village of Souls. The Witches have been gatting fools left and right, and the Villagers are fed up with it. Day 1 will last approximately 72 hours and will end at 4:00 PM PST on Sunday. 8 votes to lynch!

[BooG690]

So the fingerer also dies, right? Basically, you'd be taking one for the team so to speak?

Also, I suspect JKDS. Let's use the word suspect to throw suspicion on players without the whole fingering thing. I don't want to finger JKDS just yet but there's something about him. I'll probably end up fingering him later.

[wufwugy]

Yes, if you declare somebody is a witch in the big red letters and stuff, you and he both die.

I knew "fingering" is funny, but didn't bother thinking of a better term to explain the process

[gabe]

cool game. i always get myself killed, but at least in this version i can go out in a fingering blaze of glory.


drown ongbonga

lets get him out of the way so the game is more playable. hes a good finger candidate for anyone feeling suicidal

[jyms]

Lynch Bigred

[JKDS]

Boog, Im gonna finger bang bang you into my life. Girl, you like to fingerbang and its alright. Cuz im the king of finger bang, yeah, that right, ill just finger bang bang you every night!

[JKDS]

Btw, part of this design is to allow ppl to rage quit. IM READY FOR THE LULSSSSS

Also, drown ongbonga

Because drowning is almost as hilarious as fingering. FLAIN BONGA FLAIL

[JKDS]

Nvm, I just remembered why I couldnt remember the last game and could only remember ong's wolf game.

Its cuz i modded it D:

burn daven

I FOUND A WITCH, MAY WE BURN HER???

[JKDS]

rescind ong, burn daven, because it may not be clear that im voting to lynch him.

I vote Burn, Drown, and Lynch all become synonymous with lynch.

[JKDS]

Nvm again!

rescind daven, BURN ONGBONGA

Since when has ongbonga ever gone 7 hours without posting in a ww game? The guys a witch.

[rong]

I almost guarantee Keith fingers someone. Possibly ong too. Now I'm just assuming here, but doesn't any player about to be lynched just quickly finger someone before they die? (unless it's really close). Gonna be a quick game.

[rong]

We also need to be careful that the wolves don't take advantage of any obvious tit-for-tat fingering by the person about to be lynched.

[Keith]

that doesn't gain them anything as a witch fingering a villager means no night phase whereas a villager fingering anyone is a night phase.

[Luco]

Aroooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo's it going everyone?

[rong]

that doesn't gain them anything as a witch fingering a villager means no night phase whereas a villager fingering anyone is a night phase.

You've misunderstood me. Let's assume villager a is the main accuser of villager b. Villager b is annoyed with villager a for going after them and therefore is very likely to finger them out of spite just before their final lynch vote. This enables wolves to get rid of villager a without being directly involved in their death.

Hence my post re being aware of obvious villager on villager tit-for-tat fingering that wolves cam use to their advantage.

[daven]

posted in the signup thread by mistake, with:

this time i know how it works. I'm going to watch a little. Losing Ong sounds great irrespective of anything else.

[Luco]

Looking forward to walls of text and lots of fingering innuendo

[Pascal]

Boog, Im gonna finger bang bang you into my life. Girl, you like to fingerbang and its alright. Cuz im the king of finger bang, yeah, that right, ill just finger bang bang you every night!

lolol, this amused me greatly too:

If you finger somebody after somebody else has just fingered

sounds dirty...

wuf, I take it mod powers for you to delete posts and lock threads would be useful? JKDS should still have them I think so he can help out for now and I'll sort you out.

i wanna finger Ong but will wait til I've had a few beers before I make my move

[Hoopy]

Ok so I initially thought that there wouldn't be any lynches in this game but then actually read the rules properly.

This game is gonna be crazy.

[Hoopy]

Aroooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo's it going everyone?

Something doesn't seem right about this post, can't put my finger on it though.

[TLR]

I don't really like those rules, I think it gives too much power to any single player
So I will try something different this time
I will immidiatly finger anyone who will suggest to drawn burn or bold me in any way, or even hint that I may possibly be a witch
Btw I am a villager

[Keith]

Double bluff? . surely its more advantageous for a witch to say that than a villager ....Lynch TLR

[TLR]

Double bluff? . surely its more advantageous for a witch to say that than a villager ....Lynch TLR

I have to stand by my word
I have found a witch! Throw Keith into the Lake of Souls!

[jyms]

Still trying to wrap my head around strat here since first day should be long. Has anyone played this style game before? I would assume that a villager shouldn't just "finger" someone leading a charge out of spite if he's thinking about the village and not himself. Gonna be hard though when you're a villager because most of the time anyone that is on your wagon seems wolfy (witchy)

[rong]

I know what everyone's thinking!

[wufwugy]

The Living

hoopy
pascal
jkds
jyms
ong
boog
rong
daven
jv
gabe
bikes
gizmo
luco

The Dead

TLR Villager threw Keith Villager into Lake of Souls
Keith Villager thrown into Lake of Souls by TLR Villager

The Roles

10 Villagers
3 Witches

It is Night 1, which will last a maximum of 24 hours. Witches send me your kill request before then. No posting ITT before Day 2 begins. We're all adults here, so thread doesn't need to be locked. Unless I get mod powers....

[wufwugy]

The Living

hoopy
pascal
jkds
jyms
ong
boog
rong
daven
jv
gabe
bikes
luco

The Dead

Day 1: TLR Villager threw Keith Villager into Lake of Souls
Day 1: Keith Villager thrown into Lake of Souls by TLR Villager
Night 1: Gizmo Villager poisoned by Witches

The Roles

9 Villagers
3 Witches

It is Day 2, which will end at 2:00 PM PST on Monday. 7 votes to lynch!

[Luco]

I would have been shocked to see anything but two villager deaths from tlr's threat

[jyms]

Wow that was quick.

[gabe]

I don't really like those rules, I think it gives too much power to any single player
So I will try something different this time
I will immidiatly finger anyone who will suggest to drawn burn or bold me in any way, or even hint that I may possibly be a witch
Btw I am a villager

gangsta!!!!!

Double bluff? . surely its more advantageous for a witch to say that than a villager ....Lynch TLR

fail


drown ong

how many drownings/burnings will actually get completed? hard to see anyone not going for the pre death fingering

[JKDS]

Ikr, its awesome!

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drown ong

Seriously, ong. Youve never done this. Where the fuck you at mate? Gimme dem town tells so I dont have to see if you float in water.

[jyms]

I don't know. I'm not going to take my village down for a revenge drowning. If I feel there is a witch strongly enough I will finger that person whether they are leading my lynching or not.

[JKDS]

Fingering is like being a vigilante. You get a shot at a nonwolf controlled kill. Thats pretty awesome imo.

[JKDS]

ONG, HOW CAN WE MAKE TEAM AWESOME IF YOU DONT POST? THE FUCK. DID YOU DIE IRL OR SOMETHING?

[rong]

He's either dead, in hospital, mourning or getting laid. He hasn't bragged about a recent torney cash though so I doubt it's the last option.

Also, in spite of it being the sole exciting part of this game, I think fingering in general is bad for the village unless you have a particularly strong read. That said, I may be tempted to do it regardless, but I suggest others take the high road and don't.

[bikes]

welp. i have work and sleep and somehow miss a whole day. fingering is absurdly bad for the village so dont do it obv.

i'm down for drowning ong but not due to strat but because hes not posting also what gabe said. =D


dunt like him either shhhhhhhh

[Pascal]

Let's wait it out for a day until we get some actual posts going, atm it's just a mess. GG TLR, bye Keith

[Hoopy]

Well that was quick and stupid.

Super fast night by the wolves, who would be most likely to do that? Are they operating from a set kill list? i.e they already know who they're killing each night.

[JKDS]

Let's wait it out for a day until we get some actual posts going, atm it's just a mess. GG TLR, bye Keith

This sounds like an excellent strategy.

rescind ong, lynch pascal

I think your fishing for something to say that isnt witchywolfy.

[JKDS]

Super fast night by the wolves, who would be most likely to do that? Are they operating from a set kill list? i.e they already know who they're killing each night.

Might as well just get rid of the night phase. Once again, wolves refuse to use it to their advantage.

Ima count boog as safe for now, b/c lol at him posting quickly.

[daven]

pascal looking wolf/witch, gizmo night kill fits with that
jv not posting yet, nor ong makes things difficult.

trying to figure out if Ong no content is even worse than ong ubercontent...

[Pascal]

gonna finger u in a minute, im not a wolf

[Pascal]

or a witch

[gabe]

be cool guys

[rong]

After an odd start we seem to ground to a halt. Who hasn't posted aside from ong and jv?

[jyms]

well it is the weekend. I was out for dinner and movie last night although I did check in to look. Probably all experieinced witches this time around, hence the confidence and speed of the gizmo lynch. So without conversations there won't be many clues early.

I still think it's very unlike Ong to not post so I doubt he's be looking to act different but then who knows, Could be his exact reasoning this game.

[Luco]

Maybe someone turned Ong into a newt?

[Hoopy]

I really hope daven isn't a witch this game, last time it took until day 6 for anyone to suspect him and this game won't last that long.

Maybe someone turned Ong into a newt?

Frogs and toads find this racist.

[Luco]

Thankfully there's an answer.

Lynch daven

[jackvance]

The thread was already closed before I saw the game had started. If we want any sort of reads let's slow this puppy down plz.

[Pascal]

you can see why it was closed up there ^ least TLR is gone now

[Luco]

We need to make it to night without fingering each other AND get the first lynch right, or we're practically in endgame.

[jyms]

This game feels like playing one of those 300 chip ultra hypers. Just folding till I can shove. No reads, no history and no time to wait.

[jackvance]

Yeah after this we need another really deepstacked one. Btw I don't think witch burning is worth it, witches are never gonna do it, you lose one guaranteed villager (the initiator) and the other one is a toss-up. Maybe if the game is almost over and you think the others are on the wrong track and you're 100% convinced of your read but noone listens, but then still..

[jackvance]

In fact shouldn't there be a clause like, if you finger an actual witch then you don't die, for it to make more sense?

[rong]

In fact shouldn't there be a clause like, if you finger an actual witch then you don't die, for it to make more sense?

Yeah, I kinda agree, it does seem a little stacked in the wolves favour otherwise.

[jackvance]

Btw

drown jyms

For me it still feels like day 1 so I call it a day 1 hunch.

[wufwugy]

Rule Change

If you throw a player into the Lake of Souls and he turns out to be a witch, you don't die. This applies to every player regardless of role. Everything else remains exactly the same, the night phase will then happen, etc etc. This was a rule I was strongly considering at first, but didn't implement for whatever reason, but I'm fine with doing it now. If this rule would have changed TLR's approach, I'm sorry it wasn't implemented to begin with.

Anybody who doesn't like it will be modkilled (not really)

maybe really

[wufwugy]

If anybody wants an explanation, here it is: It's simply a good rule that I should have implemented before. It doesn't help or hurt either side overall, but I won't explain why. The rule is conducive to better and more enjoyable gameplay, and gives neither side an advantage

[daven]

The thread was already closed before I saw the game had started. If we want any sort of reads let's slow this puppy down plz.

^ this
it's really hard to form reads from only 2 or 3 posts per player, the TLR-Keith thing didn't give us anything at all except maybe it will make people realise that fingering (or provoking same) without solid rationale isn't that smart.
The gizmo night kill provides info for sure, as does the speed with which it occurred.

[jyms]

Rule change makes sense. If you lived in a town of witches and you claimed someone was a witch and they killed that person which turned out not to be a which they surely would kill you in the outrage of not killing a witch. But if said kill was a witch surely the town would reap rewards on you and not allow a great witch hunter to die as well.

[jyms]

Very brutal sentence structure in that post, but fuck it, point made.


Lynch Pascal, that fucker seems to run hot as hell on flopping wolves so what the hell else we got.

[OngBonga]

Am I not dead yet? I'm on holiday with the family and will be for another week, feel free to lynch me. I have not yet looked at my role pm, so if wuf can find a replacement for me, that would be awesome. Sorry, it was a last minute holiday.

[rong]

Dam it! I was looking forward to fingering ong if I was near getting lynched.

[jackvance]

Yay i got a rule changed ingame.

Anyway, seems like we have our lynch candidate for the day. Not gonna change just yet, let's still get some convo going.

And what I think wuf means by "It doesn't help or hurt either side overall, but I won't explain why" is that the witches, when desperate, can also kill one of their own this way for very strong villager cred. As a corrolary, if someone nabs a witch this way, we can't 100% villager cred them. That said it's still a nice boon for the village.

[Pascal]

Very brutal sentence structure in that post, but fuck it, point made.


Lynch Pascal, that fucker seems to run hot as hell on flopping wolves so what the hell else we got.

i'm not a wolf or a witch, and im active

lynch ong

[jackvance]

Dam it! I was looking forward to fingering ong if I was near getting lynched.

It'll be fun if the one up for lynching always fingers a witch before he dies. The game will go super duper fast though, but now atleast we'll have a chance of surviving if he nabs a baddie!

I'm thinking if it does go that way, which is quite possible, that the reads are gonna be nothing more than hunches, the game a turbo as someone said, but could be fun nonetheless. Gogo witch-hunters.

[Hoopy]

At least JV and Ong haven't gone totally awol, though switching someone in for Ong if he's busy is probably the best option right now.

[rong]

It'll be fun if the one up for lynching always fingers a witch before he dies. The game will go super duper fast though, but now atleast we'll have a chance of surviving if he nabs a baddie!

I'm thinking if it does go that way, which is quite possible, that the reads are gonna be nothing more than hunches, the game a turbo as someone said, but could be fun nonetheless. Gogo witch-hunters.

Ha, didn't think of that. Could present some interesting situations though. The trouble is, if you're a villager and about to be lynched, fingering a fellow villager really fucks over the village. We'll be better off if nobody does it. I guess we'll see who the team players are.

[rong]

Wuf, are you substituting ong for anyone? Maybe bring tlr back, assuming he hasn't had any roles revealed to him, wants to play and he doesn't intend to repeat yesterdays performance.

[Luco]

You still need a read strong enough that you'd bet your life on it

[gabe]

rescind ong burn boog

[jyms]

TLR didn't want to play I'm sure. That's why he did that. Ong is almost always not a witch if that's his first part and witch's made a snap kill on night one

[Luco]

So who we gonna drown today?

[JKDS]

rescind ong burn boog

I dont think either is a witch at this point. Someone made a good point about ong being afk = unlikely to be a wtich. Lol at boog acting quickly too.

I dont see anything overly suspicious yet, so im just gonna keep being super lynch happy.

burn daven