What Isquen-specific rules can you expect? Or - "how has your host modified his own rules since last game"
1.) This will be role-heavy. This is not my first hosted game, but I'm still relatively new at it, and balance may be a bit skewed as a result. If you appear to be a Vanilla, consider yourself more of a Chocolate.
1.5) I have learned my lesson from Insane Psychic. No banned roles will appear, and I will be having the role selection sanity-checked with my co-host before the game begins.
2.) Leave your Haterade at the door. This is a game. We are ostensibly all working adults, and if you want to bring certain bigoted views or commit TOS violations, do it on your own time. Also, There is a line between "No, that's fucking stupid" and "no, you're fucking stupid." The former is acceptable. The latter is not.
2.5) I am extending an olive branch to those I know I don't get along with. I suggest you do the same. Even if you have personal distaste for a player, keep it out of the game - and remove them from your block list, because it's awfully hard to debate against a wall.
3.) I am still, against my better judgment, a full-time librarian. This occasionally requires a commute to another branch, and I do not always have 100 percent access to computers throughout the day and night. Additionally, I am aware other players have time zone differences, so am relying in part on a co-host
@ctesjbuvf
- but I am also relying in part on my own attention span to DMs, which aren't always reliable (your host is, unfortunately, part deaf and occasionally fails to hear the phone if the vibrate isn't enough.)
3.5) Start and end times of days/nights:
- Days last for ~48 hours or until someone is eliminated by vote. Standard "End of Day" will fall at 8:00 PM or 9:00 PM Eastern time, depending on interest.
- Night lasts for at least 23 hours, subject to change based on circumstances
- Night actions may be submitted as quickly as the start of the night, but are due a minimum of one hour before the start-of-day, and will resolve after I have determined interactions between who has done what. See bullet point 3: I *may* need a moment longer for the start of day based on my schedule, and if I get held up and ctes is not available, I will inform everyone as soon as possible
4.) Votes, votals-keeping and Stop calls. Keep your votes and actions taken clear. The easier it is to follow what you're attempting, the easier it is to keep the game going. Use this with
##vote: <target>
or
##unvote
- I will attempt to keep votals accurate.
5.) Mafia is a game of truths and falsehoods. You can lie about your flavor, if you like, but do not attempt to use the actual wording from your flavor as an argument for "wait why would I do that Isquen said this." Flavor does not necessarily equate to alignment nor ability - and if I've been warned for modkilling over it in the past, so shall you be. If you have any questions about your flavor, I encourage you to look up your assigned character.
6.) Flips. Role flips for dead players will occur at the start of day, and also at the end of voting. Once a flip is posted, the death is final.
7.) Standard Mafia rules will otherwise apply. If you have questions about the game that I am able to answer without compromising the game, please either DM me on here or on Discord (I am on the B8 Discord pretty much constantly, even if invisible or away.) Please refrain from deleting or heavily editing posts, as well; doing a minor typo fix is inevitable, but changing your entire argument on the fly is a no-no.
8.) I am in no way affiliated with BHVR, but have occasionally used their established lore with extreme creative liberty. Except when I haven't. My views are not BHVR's views. Please don't sue.
9.) The game is currently based around 17-20 players, though I will adjust this number based on interest. My ultimate goal is to begin the game before or on Halloween - for reasons that should hopefully be obvious.
Let the signups begin!