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In the thousands of pits of the Mines of Gorgoth, countless slaves of almost every race imaginable in the world toild endlessly, hauling up more and more riches for the Chaos Dwarf Industrial Complex. But, because the Dawi'Zharr are so vastly outnumbered by their slaves, they rely on hobgoblin servants to keep order. Though the hobgoblins are usually content to merely bully their slaves, every now and then some will get too obsessed with their superior position and start murdering slaves. This, of course, upsets their Chaos Dwarf masters...

In this scenario, some hobgoblins among a slave team have been taking advantage of an unfortunate situation. This particular group of slaves has been living in darkness for so long that they're almost completely blind. It is little trouble for the nasty greenskins to have some murderous fun while the slaves sleep. The Chaos Dwarf overseer wants to keep as many slaves as he can, but since these slaves are getting old, he figures he might as well have some fun with it.

"Alright, you stinking maggots!" the overseer yelled. "I don't need to remind you that some hobgoblins have been killing you at night. Since you can't see, I'm going to have a laugh. Every day, you will try and determine which  of your comrades the hobgoblins are by a vote. If a majority is in favour of one person, it will be lynched. You may vote to abstain, and if a majority of you vote to do this, no lynching will occur. Your goal is to pay attention to any clues and lynch all the hobgoblins before they kill all of you. Got it?"

There are two phases to this game: Day and Night. During the day, players may discuss amongst one another and vote to lynch a player. The phase ends when a player has been lynched. If no majority is reached and time is taking too long, a deadline may be set. At night, nobody may make posts. Hobgoblins and Sneaky Gits may perform their actions by sending me a PM. After that, fluff will be posted along with new clues, and Day Phase begins again.

There are 3 roles each player in this game can get. They will be PM'd to you at the start of the game, and are as follows:

Slaves
Alignment: Good
These are what the majority of players are. They have no special powers, except that they may vote to lynch someone. The slaves win if all the hobgoblins are lynched.

Hobgoblins
Alignment: Evil
Hobgoblins may contact each other via PM, as they know who one another is (The slaves, obviously, do not.). They may decide to kill one player each night phase by sending me a PM. They win if all the good aligned players are killed or lynched. Note that hobgoblins may participate in the votes to lynch players, so it's not easy to spot them!

Sneaky Gits
Alignment: Good
The sneaky git is another hobgoblin, employed by the Overseer to lend the slaves a hand. His role is a secret, unless he chooses to reveal it. He is just like any other slave, but during the night phase he may choose to spy on one player, and will find out what their alignment is. The Sneaky Git will win if all the Hobgoblins are lynched, winning alongside the Slaves.

I need a minimum of 16 players to start this game (More people may join if there's interest). If you're want to play, copy/paste the list into a post and add your name to it. Oh yes, the first 5 players to join get a slave!

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I've never played it over a forum- I thought human interaction is an integral part of it...?

Well, my point was that I can't see how you convince someone you know who the killer is... since there isn't even that human interaction. It's just totally random guessing.

1. CountArach
2. bandnerd1892
3. Ghrask Dragh
4. Servius
5. Dracomancer
6. Thommy H
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sounds just like an RAU, so i'm in

I see you read all the rules...

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2. bandnerd1892
3. Ghrask Dragh
4. Servius
5. Dracomancer
6. Thommy H
7. catbarf
8. Uzkul Werit
9. minty
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4. Servius
5. Dracomancer
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9. minty
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5. Dracomancer
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9. minty
10. grom
11.The Slaver
12. Hammerhand
13. ChaosStunty
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wish i could sign up but this is busy period at work so chances are i wont have time, seems a good laugh tho ill do the next 1 for sure

A good player can analyse a person's voting patterns and posting styles, as well as things like the frequency of the posts, etc to determine if they are mafia.

I would like to state at this point that I am going to be doing a lot of voting without any apparent reason. This strikes up conversation. This is the only way that the game can progress.

1. CountArach
2. bandnerd1892
3. Ghrask Dragh
4. Servius
5. Dracomancer
6. Thommy H
7. catbarf
8. Uzkul Werit
9. minty
10. grom
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13. Duckass
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2. bandnerd1892
3. Ghrask Dragh
4. Servius
5. Dracomancer
6. Thommy H
7. catbarf
8. Uzkul Werit
9. minty
10. grom
11.The Slaver
12. Hammerhand
13. Duckass
14. ChaosStunty
15. Nehan
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1. CountArach
2. bandnerd1892
3. Ghrask Dragh
4. Servius
5. Dracomancer
6. Thommy H
7. catbarf
8. Uzkul Werit
9. minty
10. grom
11.The Slaver
12. Hammerhand
13. Duckass
14. ChaosStunty
15. Nehan
16. Pyro Stick

Excellent, we have 16 players! Please note, however, that 16 was only the minimum amount required, not the limit. If you want to play, just add your name to the list!

The game will start on the 31st of August. Roles will be sent out on that day.

Alas, I would be off at Polcon from 30th to 2nd september!

Missing one turn won't make a huge impact. A majority of votes can be attained without you, and if you're a hobgoblin, the others can make a decision without you that turn.