Mgm's Literary Mafia (GAME OVER! Find out who won...)

[Talzor]

I see you bold and unorthodox tactic and raise you one, eh kk .
I must commend you however, it was a brilliant move.
The only last unknown is weather his immunity was one shot. Unfortunately I can't find way to exploit this.

If we S is I(mmune), M can only win by getting the T to lynch S. But if we lynch S M wins. Going to night could confirm the immunity but would leave us with MST the next day (Clearly S wouldn't kill M and face STT). And in MST the town cannot win, but must decide if M or S should win.
If S isn't I and we go to night as MSTT, M would kill S, but S would know this and effectively has to decide if he would like M or T to win.

In summary:
If S is I, T decide between S or M win
If S isn't I, S decide between M or T win

Ironically kk claiming M has increased his chance to win to 50% (statistically, given 50/50 chance of I).

As I don't think it's fair to ask any side to decide between letting other sides win. I shall also Vote: Draw

[kennykiller]

I didn't realise that my chances to win were that high after a claim. But if I hadn't claimed DR would have killed me in any case the next night (or that's what I think). So in my opinion my chances got from 0% to 50% by claiming mafia. Name me one other game where that happened.

But DRs night immunity (even if it was one shot or a 50% thing) made the game for the rest of you. Without it there would only be TCM, Talzor and me around and with two cops and one doc dead I think I could have convinced TCM to vote Talzor and thereby win.
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[Dead Rikimaru]

Well,
We have three different groups among just four people.

If town lynches SK gives win to Mafia.
If town lynches Mafia gives win to SK.
If we have no lynch either town or SK wins.
If we lynch a townie town probably wins, but we would need cooperation from Mafia and SK for that.

In that case I think the best for the town is really

Vote: draw

The only problem, KK, is that I'm not SK.
I'm Aimée Carter who wrote Phoenix Ashes.
I am a townie immune to Night Kills, if I get targeted I rise again from my own ashes.
(Yes, this role is NOT too poweful. You scum probably didn't notice how troublesome it was for the town to survive in an invironment without ANY information fom dead characters during half of the game)

The SK is probably Talzor, although I actually have seen SK masons before.
To be completelly sure I should take a look at the books from Talzor and TCM's authors and see if I could find a killer in those book with a modus operandi similar to the on of "our" SK.
But looks like it's not worth the trouble, since people agree to a draw.
Let's wait for the mod now.
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[Talzor]

We should probably hear from TCM before continuing.

And can I just say that I doubt DR's claim very much. It seems highly unlikely that we have timetraveling SK mason. But I respect his wish to "keep up appearances" and since he's voting for a draw, it doesn't bother me.

Also, inspired by my role, I have just finished reading "Golem" and while it does contain quite a lot of US rangers firing randomly in panic, the "real" killer is *shock* a golem, who tend to maim people, not shot them.

[Dead Rikimaru]

Oh, yeah.
I love and hate my role at the same time.
The ability is very cool, but it's a minor writter compared to most of the others.
I'd love to have been Arthur Conan Doyle or Agatha Christie, but the players who were didn't use the roles well.
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[The Cheshire Man]

I can't remember who my author was, just that it was some guy going back in time to examine the claims of Jesus.

Anyway, I Vote: Draw, as I dispise both the SK and the Mafia equally in this game.
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[kennykiller]

[Mgm]

I'm sorry, but I can't lynch "draw" because he's not playing. However, you can vote no lynch and have me declare the game a draw if no one dies for 2 consecutive nights.

[Dead Rikimaru]

[Talzor]

I have an even better way of proving DR wrong. Lynch me. Vote Talzor. That way you go to night with MST, knowing who's who. Judging from DR last play I'm guessing that his immunity was one-shot, so you can all flip a coin or something to decide who to shot.

[kennykiller]

This is all so funny. There's one claimed mafia and nobody bothers to vote him (or me in this case). Instead we've two claimed townies who vote themselves. Is this some kind of suicide mafia?

And what happened to the draw decision everyone made? Do you two really want to loose? Why don't we go ahead and vote: no lynch? There won't be a kill this night (see my post #479) and if we vote no lynch tommorrow, there won't be a kill the next night and MGM will draw this game.
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[Dead Rikimaru]

[Talzor]

[kennykiller]

[Choctorjgm]

[Talzor]

Just for the record: I, too, still believe DR is the SK. The ghost theory is fun, but not really likely, and it's just borderline possible. How are we supposed to deal with a ghost killer? And would a ghost use a gun? I think not.

As for my ability. First of all, it isn't 100% successful, and I only succeeded on night 2. The message I got was "verbatim", but I'm not entirely sure if it was the entire message or just a part of it. The sender of the message was complaining to the receiver that a third person hadn't told the sender that he (i.e. the sender) was sent to kill igota. Oh, and he used one of the green smilie faces.

[kennykiller]

Excuse me, I didn't see the flash of light thing. Even not as I now reread the post. I think I need new glasses.

And now I totally believe Talzor that he's able to read mafia messages. I think the message must have looked exactly like this:

[Dead Rikimaru]

[Talzor]

[Talzor]

Afterthought: Do anybody know who posted the "false" messages? kk?
Secondly, did you send pooky to do the first killing? The message on day 2 did point to him.

[Dead Rikimaru]

[The Cheshire Man]

Vote: Dead Rikamaru

He makes a really good point, Talzor. If he's lying, he loses. If he's telling the truth, it keeps the SK from offing KK and then finishing us off the next night.

I am curious about one thing, though. How do we know that it isn't MMST?
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[Talzor]

[kennykiller]

[Talzor]

[kennykiller]

[Mgm]

Vote count
Dead Rikimaru (3): Dead Rikimaru, The Cheshire Man, kennykiller

Lynch scene forthcoming.

Please stop talking in case you planned to continue.

[Isaac Asimod]

The ever so small mob pushes Dead Rikimaru into an empty room.

"See, I told you I wouldn't -"

But he's interrupted by the sound of loads of paper being dumped into the room from some random hatch in the ceiling. Surprised, he takes a page and reads its contents.

"Oh no! I can't stand bad writing!"

He's promptly covered by a truckload of other rejected manuscripts.

Dead Rikimaru suffocates in the slushpile

"Hey guys, what did I miss?" A long silence follows.

Somehow Agatha Fritzler has been brought back to life.

We go into night 5 with still 4 people alive. Please send choices by Wednesday August 9. I will let day dawn the first chance I get.

[Mgm]

I forgot to mention that Dead Rikimaru was Aimee Carter author of Phoenix Ashes who could come back to life once in the game.

[Isaac Asimod]

Sam Stern took his funnel and a whole host of foods to stuff TCM with in his sleep. After all, no one was gonna touch breakfast anymore. After a minute or 10, the convention was short a time travelling mason.

As he congratulated himself on a job well done, he was struck by a sticky fate. He took a blow to the back of the head and when day broke, he was swinging from a noose in the main convention hall. Fritzler and Talzor surveyed the carnage.

"Say, Talzor, did you ever read my book 'And Then There Were None'?"

"No, can't say I have."

"To bad, I think it is one of my best. Especially the bit where the killer fakes his own death to make sure the survivors mistrust each other and do the killing for him..."

"You don't mean..."

"Yes I do. Sorry."

Fritzler whips out a revolver and shoots Talzor between the eyes, the exact same place where his fake wound used to be...

Serial Killer Agatha Christie wins the game!

kennykiller, the clues about Fritzler where there, why did you choose to kill TCM instead of Fritzler? Didn't the cop claim make him more of a target?

Also, most of you made a vital mistake. Revealing his role actually sealed kenny's fate. The SK could easily kill him, because no one knew the serial killer's identity. Doing so would prove no more dangerous to him than any other kill.

GAME OVER!

[Talzor]

Damn, as soon as Fritzler came back I knew I made a mistake with DR. Sorry DR, I hope you understand why I thought you were the SK. I can certainly see why you would suspect me.

Except for the first days, this has been a great game and highly entertaining.
I also think that this game, together with Monopoly, has shown that not revealing anything about dead player are extremely inhibiting for the town.

By the way, who killed Ctorj? And who made all those messages?

[Mgm]

Fritzler was the one who killed Ctorj in true "And Then There Where None" style. Kennykiller did the stuffing night 2. In fact, there was no third killer Mr. Brown tried to recruit the mafia GF.

The message regarding Talzor's supposed scumminess was from the mafia. Most of the others belonged to me. I needed enough messages in the game to give Talzor a chance to figure out the code early.

[kennykiller]

I must confess that I didn't really think about who I should kill tonight, because I knew that with DR not being the SK and Fritzler returning the game was over for me. I was sure that the SK was going to kill his only threat: the last remaining mafia member - me. In my opinion it didn't really matter to me if the town or the SK wins so I just randomly chose one of them.

And I have to admit, that this game was very amusing. Especially me claiming mafia and no one being able to lynch me was quite funny. And I have to give Pooky my excuses. I really thought that after your lynch and after killing DR (who I thought was the SK), while the SK killed the suspicious Fritzler, I could convince TCM to lynch Talzor. (I hope everyone understands this sentence. I think I should start to write in a clear manner).

Thank you MGM for hosting this great game and congrats to Fritzler.
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[Leonidas]

Wow - a truly outstanding game ! What an awesome finale !!!

[Mgm]

Thanks! I'm glad you all played.
Keep your eyes open for my next game coming soon...

[Dead Rikimaru]

[Mgm]

I am sure I can post the full roles. Whether I can post all choices depends on how many of the PMs I still have lying around.

[Mgm]

James Frey (Godfather)
You are the infamous James Frey, known for making up certain parts of your autobiography and sharing those creative ideas with Oprah Winfrey. To get back at the writing world, you've joined a writer's convention in secluded hotel in Sicily with the aim to eliminate everyone who is against you.

To help you, you've enlisted the help of Lewis Carroll (your second in command) of Alice in Wonderland and Jabberwocky fame (and also a suspect in the Jack the Ripper case) and newcomer and cook Sam Stern.

Each night, you or one of your fellow mafia members will tell me which of the other authors you want death and who should do the deed. I will take the choice of the highest in command unless we agree to something else.
If you fear detection during a nightly outing, you can choose to have someone unknown to you make a kill for you, but it will be delayed and you have no control over their target; on the plus side, they have no idea they are lethal and they'll be surprised if their target dies.

Seeing as your name carries a negative connotation, it is a good idea to think up another one if asked for it, but be careful there is a role investigator type out there.

You are not immune to investigations, but you can withstand one attempt on your life (be it a lynch or a kill).

Part of this information is not known to your buddies, so I recommend you share it. You win when all the threats to the mafia have been eliminated.


Lewis Carroll (mafia goon)
You are world famous author Lewis Carroll and you are pissed you were not invited to the conference. What does it matter that you're dead? You've decided to follow the example of the Queen of Hearts. When you kill for the mafia it will be "off with their heads". Some of this information is not known to your mafia collegues, so it's a good idea to share.

Each night you can also send me a message which you would like to share with the group. You are second in command behind your godfather James Frey and ahead of your fellow goon Sam Stern.

You win when all the threats to the mafia have been eliminated.

Sam Stern (mafia goon)
They published your first cookbook. So what? Your second book is on your hard drive collecting dust. No one wants to publish it, and thus you've joined the mafia. If they don't publish it, they can stuff it - literally.
When sent out to kill for the mafia, you stuff your victim full with your cooking until they're death. You are the third in command after Lewiss Carroll (second) and your godfather James Frey.

You can also poison your food and choose to boobytrap one post before the first day begins. You have information not known to your mafia buddies, so I recommend you talk and share it.

You win when all the threats to the mafia have been eliminated.


Robin Cook (doc/delayed killer)
You are Robin Cook, the author of medical thrillers. During this convention, you will use your medical knowledge to protect people from bodily harm. Each night you can send me the name of a player to protect. You are limited though, if more than one killer targets the victim, you can't help them.

You win when the mafia and/or any serial killers have been eliminated.

Dan Brown (cult recruiter)
The time you spent around conspiracies has affected you. You've decided to start the Brotherhood of the Sun.
Some people around here would call it a cult. You win when you and your members have control of more than half the votes during a day. You will die if you attempt to recruit a mafia member. If this happens the cult will be disbanded. Members will only know you recruited them. They are oblivious to who else is a member. You can NOT talk to them at night.

Agatha Christie (serial killer)
In your writing career you've written about so many murders that when you are enraged about not being invited to this convention you have enough inspiration on how to kill those so-called authors. Each night you can kill someone using a method from one of your books (either you choose one, or I do it for you). During day 1, 2 or 3, you can also choose to disappear for one day during which you cannot talk or be targetted.

You win when you're the last one standing.

Aimee Carter (protected townie)
You wrote "Phoenix Ashes" and it's exactly the phoenix that is important here. Using the powers of the phoenix, you can survive an attempt on your life (be it a killing or a lynching). This power is automatic, and you don't need to send in any choices.

You win when the scumbags have been eliminated.

Greg Vilk (code breaker/ communications interceptor)
You are the author of Golem (http://www.gregvilk.com) and you can use your knowledge of ciphers and codes.

Each night you can attempt to intercept a message by the mafia (which may not always work) or you can choose to send me a message which I will share with the other players. You can't do both on the same night.

I also recommend you do some poking around on the website I mentioned, you may just help some people out solving any codes.

You win when all scumbags have snuffed it.

Stephen King (extra vote)
Take a "Stand" and be bold. If you manage to hide the name of a fellow player in a post by having the letters of their name on the first place in each line (so I can read their name vertically), I will put an extra vote on them for you. None of the other players will know the extra vote is yours... unless they investigate your post more carefully.

To make sure I didn't overlook it, please PM after you've hidden a vote and let me know which post it's in.

You win when the scum has been dealt with.

Anthony Horowitz (overachiever)
You are a man of many talents. You've written about a teenage spy, evil grannies and kids with psychic powers to name a few things. You have no powers yet, but you can choose to take over the role of any player the morning after they die (no later). You can also choose to get another role, but I will only tell what it is once you've chosen to accept it. Please PM as soon as you've made a choice and I will give you a full role including win condition. You cannot win without a win condition, so if you don't have one by the end of the game, you will lose.

Arthur Conan Doyle (cop)
Without a doubt, your most famous (perhaps only) creation is Sherlock Holmes and for good reason. Doctor Joseph Bell taught you well and you have excellent deductive reasoning. Each night, you can send me the name of one of the others and I will give you a bit of information regarding their identity.

You win when all the evil authors have been killed.

Orson Scott Card (vig)
Orson Scott Card, sci-fi author and the creator of Ender Wiggins. Each night you can wield one of Ender's weapons and shoot a suspicious author. There is a downside though, if you shoot an innocent author, you will not be able to talk the next
day.

You win when all evil is eliminated.

Jeremy Robinson and Margaret Mahy (time travelling masons)
You've never met before today, but immediately you felt a connection. Jeremy wrote "The Didymus Contingency" which dealt
with a scientist who went back in time to disprove a variety of things about Jesus Christ. Margaret wrote the television series and the book called "Maddigan's Quest" in which a travelling circus has to get a solar converter to save their home town and fix the future. Both of these tales include time travel...

Each of you can travel either 1 day forward or 1 day back in time once during the game. If you travel back, you will be able to place an extra vote in the ballot for the previous day (with your name on it),
or remove the one you placed before. If you travel forward, you'll be missing for a period of a day and a night and reappear
the next day effectively giving you protection during that time.

You can also discuss tactics at night like masons (please do keep me posted), but since you never met before, you have
no idea how much you can trust eachother to be innocent.

You win when all evil scumbags are dead.

# If the mafia chose to delegate the kill to an unknown player, amb would fail in his doctor duties and kill instead...
# Fritzler got his faking death ability by choosing to fake his own death with a gunshot as it happened in one of Christie's books. To give the town a chance at catching him, I restricted him to dead for one day and forcing him to give a role for his body. I'm surprised no one compared death methods and suspected him...

[kennykiller]

I really choose TCM randomly because I was dead anyway. A dice was helping me with my choosing.

As I was reading the roles I was nearly biting into my desk as I read the Stephen King extra vote thing, as I read the book this incident happened only a short while ago.
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[The Cheshire Man]

Freaking brilliant twist ending! Bravo!

My only problem with this game is how quickly the town got whittled down. But everything else was more than worth it. Encore!
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