Some folks on IRC expressed interest in a long-term-ish forum game, so here I present to you: Lemmings Mafia.
The place is Lemmingville, which is probably somewhere near Lemming Island and definitely nowhere you'd like to live for very long. It's not a pleasant home; things here have a habit of blowing up in your face.
The majority of the grief is caused by your neighbours. Lemmings in general are uncouth, uncivilized, bungling drones. But these Lemmings in particular are a...
...troublesome...
...mischievous...
...downright
discourteous bunch of
rodents.
To make matters worse for you, the denizens of Lemmingville have been especially tense recently. Lemmings have been disappearing
en masse, and there are rumours that there's a group of rogue lemmings out there who prey on those out late at night. Maybe it's actually weasels. Or maybe it's just your imagination (lemmings have a habit of getting themselves into trouble, after all). But you have a sneaking suspicion it's your next-door-neighbour who never seems to be at home. Regardless, whoever it is, they're gonna get their comeuppance. You'll make sure of it.
How to Play:Welcome, resident lemming (or possibly lix or clam)! Some of you -- you're not sure who -- are members of a mischievous gang of rogue lemmings (and lixes and clams) who -- for ill-explained reasons -- are bent on ruining the lives of all the other inhabitants of Lemmingville.
Each night, the rogue lemmings arrange for the unfortunate demise of one poor lemming (or lix or clam). They do this by furtively discussing amongst each other (via PM) and then messaging me.
Then,
In the morning, the residents awake to the tragic news and noisily argue (write posts) about who they think is responsible. Of course, the actual miscreants are in the crowd and surreptitiously voicing their opinions, too.
Each lemming (/lix/clam) can
accuse up to one other resident of murder most foul. After somebody has been accused, anybody can support that accusation. (One can even support multiple accusations! One can support accusations and make their own accusations! Posting multiple times is allowed.)
After everyone has been heard from (clarification: made an accusation and/or supported accusations), or fails to post within the span of, say, a 48-hour grace period, the lemming (/etc.) voted the least popular is kicked off the island (or dropped in a bottomless pit or something) and night falls once more. Rinse and repeat until either all rogue lemmings (&co) are eliminated, or vice versa. In the event of a tie, depending on the number of players, there will either be a follow-up tiebreaker, or both of them are offed. Once somebody is voted off, I will reveal their role. (Edit: when somebody is slain by the rogue lemmings, their role is not revealed, but is assumed probably not to be rogue.)
How to Join:Leave a post here and I will PM you with your role (determined randomly) when the game starts proper. Possible roles are:
Innocent Resident: The majority of residents are innocent to some degree; you'll want to avoid losing your head.
Rogue Lemming (or lix or clam): each night, you privately discuss amongst yourselves who's gonna get it, and PM me with your final decision.
--possible other roles, depending on how big this party gets--
Blocker: There is only one blocker. When night falls, the blocker may choose to save somebody. The blocker PMs me with their choice (edit: they
can not protect themself, sorry for the confusion), and if they picked the same person the rogue lemmings (/etc.) picked, nobody dies tonight.
The Blocker is also an innocent resident.Miner: The miner always seems to be under your feet or behind that wall, listening in. Each night, the Miner chooses somebody to spy on (and PMs me with their choice), and they find out what role they have -- e.g. innocent or rogue or Blocker.
The Miner is also an innocent resident. There might be more than one Miner.
You are definitely allowed to lie about what role you have. In fact, it's encouraged. You just can't support your claim with evidence. (Clarification: publicizing PMs is frowned upon.)
If you made it through this post alive and you'd like to play, please introduce yourself by leaving a post below!It's too late to join this game, but there might be more later if this is popular. In the mean time, have some quick links:
Dawn of the First Day.-->
Summary of Accusations, preliminary.-->
Summary of Accusations, draft.Endgame.Clam's follow-up game.
