Werewolf XLV Rome - the sign up thread
 

Rules are still under development. The setting is Ancient Rome - the Tarquins, last dynasty of kings, have been exiled. You are members of the newly formed Senate. Will Republican rule prevail, or will the Tarquins return to enslave you all?

This is the sign up thread. I will start a new thread when the game begins. Lathum has offered to help me run the game, and so will not be playing. Anybody else can play. This game will NOT have a night cycle, so anybody should be able to play, regardless of what kind of schedule you have. The game will start on Monday.

Any questions, you can ask in thread or by pm.

There is no limit on players, the more the merrier. The game will use a single 24 hour cycle - at the deadline, all actions will be processed simultaneously.

1. Ironus Headus
2. Imus Thecrewus
3. Hoopus Guyus
4. Schmidtyus Schmidtyus
5. Coffeus Yakus Warlordus
6. Daddius Torgous
7. Ardentus Enthusiastus
8. Abeus Anxietus
9. Chiefus Rumus
10. Snus Dvlus
11. Antus Meisterus
12. Swaggus Swaggus
13. Bulletus Spongeus
14. Dodgus Erchickus
15. Narcizus Lispus
16. Peregrinus Barbarus
17. Pathus Twelvus
18. Alanus Teeus
19. Neonus Chaosus
20. Saldanus Lathumus
21. Barkeepus Valerius Fortynineus
22. Marcus Vaughnus
23. Autumnus Leavus
24. Grammus Atticus
25. Lonestarus Girlus
26. Kayus Whitus
27. Tyrus Ithus
28. Westvus Fanus
29.

RULES TEASER (this is still a work in progress, so there is a small possibility that this may change before the game starts)

2 Consuls

There will be two Consuls, a public role. Consuls serve two day cycles. On their second day cycle, the Senate will elect two new Consuls. The two players with the most votes will be chosen. Consuls have the following abilities: Each day, they may have one Senator arrested for treason. They may not arrest a Consul or Tribune.



1 Tribune of the Plebs

There will be one Tribune of the Plebs, a public role. The Tribune has the authority to veto one vote per day. If he vetos a lynch vote, nobody gets lynched, and both players get freed. If he vetos a consul vote, that post goes empty. In the case that the tribune post becomes empty, the plebs will elect a new tribune. (That is, one will be selected by random.org).



2 lawyers

There will be two additional public roles, the Best Lawyer in Rome, and the Second Best Lawyer in Rome. The lawyers may be hired by any player. When you have hired a lawyer, he may be used in the following ways:



- to defend yourself from an accusation of treason (this will be more effective if the player is, in fact, innocent)

- to represent you in a lawsuit (more on this later)

- you may appoint him as the Senate's lawyer, and prosecute a charge of treason (this will be more effective if the player is, in fact, guilty)



When a player who has hired a lawyer dies, that lawyer becomes richer. Lawyers have some other abilities which are a secret.

THE PUBLIC ROLES LISTED ABOVE MAY BE EITHER REPUBLICANS OR TARQUINISTS TO BEGIN THE GAME



Lawsuits

Each day, you may name a player you feel has wronged you in a lawsuit. (It is not necessary for this lawsuit to be based on anything - all that is required is that you desire to acquire some of that player's wealth.) The following day, this lawsuit will be decided. If you successfully sue somebody, your financial situation will be improved (and your target will find himself poorer). If you sue somebody and lose, there may be negative consequences. There is also a small chance that evidence of treason may come out.



Wealth

The following players are known as "The wealthiest men in Rome."

(list will be published in alphabetical order)

The following players are known as "extremely wealthy."

(list will be published in alphabetical order)

The following players are known as "moderately wealthy."

(list will be published in alphabetical order)

The remaining players are of ordinary wealth for the senatorial class. No two players are equal in wealth, but which is the wealthiest man in Rome is not known by anybody precisely. Wealth comes into play in the following way: When services are for sale, players will submit secret bids to the gm in the following form: "I wish to purchase service z." The wealthiest player to bid for a particular service, wins the bid. This is different than the way money has been handled in other games. An example of how this works is:

On Day 1, Prostitutia Sexia is offering her services in the Forum.
Player A pms me "I wish to buy Prostitutia Sexia's services"
Player B pms me "I wish to buy Prostitutia Sexia's services"

As GM, I know that Player A is richer than Player B - the players themselves may not know that, they will only know into which level the players fall. So the result of this would be that on Day 2, Player A would have Prostitutia Sexia's services.



What Happens to a Player When Arrested

Each Senator is allowed to vote to convict ONE player each day. The player must get a majority of votes by the Senate to be convicted. When convicted, that player will be tossed off the Tarpian Rock. Any other players in jail will be released, unless a consul issues a new arrest warrant for him. So, for example:



Day 1

Consuls arrest player A and player B

Day 2

Senate votes - player A gets 14 votes, player B 11 votes. Player A then gets thrown off the rock, and player B gets freed. The consuls will then issue two more arrest warrants. If player B is arrested again, he will not go free. Since a majority vote is required, it is possible for both players to go free. It is not possible for more than two players to be on trial at the same time.

In and ready for my comeuppance. :D

in

In and ready to provide Ironhead his comeuppance.

No night cycle? Ping: Narcizo.

I sent him a pm. :D

Ok, after another long break, I'm ready to play again.

In.

Why is it you and me always seem to come for a WW visit at the same time? :)

IN!

christ cronin...you know i'm in

I'm here for the hat.

I'll play

In

Sigh. I shouldn't play. Tests next week. But...I'll think about it.

save me a spot I need to check the schedule, but I'm pretty sure I can play

will there be legendary Roman orgies?

Its quite likely there will be something like this.

Something has privately compelled me to play this game. I think I have gotten the message and I will try out this game. So please sign me up.

OK, lemme say for the record I am pissed I am not playing in Ants first game

Can we get Pumpy to play just so we can call him Pumpyus Tudorus?

Whenever I run a game, I usually send out a few invites. I did send one to Pumpy. But if there's somebody you would like to invite, by all means do so. Fresh blood is always welcome.

Swaggus Swaggus has signed up by pm!

this is funny

btw, women are allowed to play, but they will get masculine names. So Mollius Murphus is welcome to sign up.

ok sign me up, but i better live long enough to get in that orgy!

lol, we'll be away for Easter


remmeber?

Count me in

Aio. :)

Can I have a role where I get to say "Fwow him to the gwound" please.

Oh what the hell. Peregrinus will make an appearance.

It makes double sense since Peregrinus was actually a Roman term, indicating someone who was neither a slave or a Roman citizen.

All is good I'm in for sure.

duco mihi in.

damn, kicking it old school this game!!

Solid turnout so far! I'd like to get at least twenty.

I'll play

To quote some guy...

"I'M BACK."

Wow, this gets better and better! :D

Welcome back. I'm definitely excited about having you and Peregrine back in the mix this game after extended sabbaticals.

Been long enough. :)

Saldana is at work but he wants in.

Bar Valerius Keep shall play

All right -- count me in!

thanks for making my post Lathum.

in

On further review, I don't have the time. Count me out.

:(

VOTE PASSACAGLIA

It is Day 3 and he has played a very quiet game.

i think we need to get MV to play WW now that he's in the states!

in fact imma PM him

wait wait. pass may be trying to tell us something. maybe he's the duke?

VOTE HOOPSGUY

seemed like he was real quick to jump on Pass, and he was evil last game too.

Schmidty is playing right? Makes the first vote almost too easy. :)

:D

if there is room for one more then count me in....

This should be fun. Big game.

Thought you'd get a kick out of that, Lathum.

I've added Autumn. He knows he wants to play.

gah, that last spot is tempting me so much...

Remember, only ONE deadline per 24 hours.

you know you want to so just do it already

I'll play if there is still room.

Yeah. Much as I'd like to, with Ant's first game, getting to play with Barkeep (I usually end up playing in games he runs), Neon Chaos coming back, and my former HFL rival Narcizo playing his first game, I really can't afford to take the time for it.

Put me down as an alternate, though!

Coffeus Yakus Warlordium shall rule the day.

I really didn't want to play for awhile but all these new and old people coming in and there aren't any other women...

I'll play just to see how you change my name Cronin

Anybody know what the largest game has been, in terms of number of players? We're at 25 now.

Rival? I beat you every game we played. How was there a rivalry? More of a mathematical certainty. ;)

And first game? Pay attention Pass.

Narc, pass has quite a bit of experience in WW here....just a heads up, hes not a rookie :)

That should read pass has lots of experience, but heads up, narc isnt a rookie

I can't remember many more than that. Survivor maybe.

I'll play.

I thought you would jump on the 'former' part, since I'm still in the HFL. Though I'm not really in the same league with you. I have a *winning* record.

Jesus Christ... almost 30 people? I'm very tempted to play just in case this is Ant's only game, but not sure I'll have time. I do realize there's only 1 cycle... dang :confused:

I'm in - although I'm afraid I'll be offline on monday if it starts then (its my sons birthday :D).

I consider Marc's lynching in my WW game to be one of the most unfair lynchings ever and will not be voting for him on Day 1 (though I'm a little unclear about the rules and whether that statement actually means anything).

this game needs more Maximus Dodgerchickus!

Ping: Me?

As I recall you were the tie breaking vote, but really the run on him came after he was asleep.

Day 1 activities will be pretty limited. Players will have the ability to purchase various services that are for sale, and the Consuls will have to decide who (if anyone) to jail. I'm happy to extend that day's deadline for MV.

unless one of the recent ones i havent been in had more, Harry Potter is the biggest ever in terms of players with 28

How many did the Jack the Ripper game have? I seem to remember a game around that time having 30.

Awesome

i wont have a lot of time tho so dont vote 4 me 4 being quiet

Vote Dodgerchick

Her last post is just what a wolf would post.

Har har... wanna get me all worked up before the game even starts eh? BTW, did you read my FTB you were in it.

WOOT DC is in! she seems to take these games a bit too seriously. hopefully she can be a bad guy and enjoy "accidentaly" getting good people hanged :p

at the very least we now have 2 women for the roman orgies that i was promised

With my luck Antmeister will be a wolf before I will :(

2 women and 26 guys... yikes. LSG which 13 are you taking? :p

I took it to heart, so much so that it inspired me to move countries just to ensure it didn't happen again ;)

Passacaglia will be filling in for Marc Vaughan on Monday (day 1).

woot woot. MV is in!

woot woot woot!! dodgerus chickus is in as well!

this is gonna be a helluva game!

and for once that jackass cronin can't night-kill me!

I can't believe you didn't use Roman numbers in the thread title.

hehe i hope im a wolf, then i will kill you early and everyone will blame Cronin! Muhahahahahah

haha.

I agree. I hope the actual thread has it!

Cronin, please remove me from the game. Sorry for the late notice

The game thread will have Maximum Roman Flavor.

Not a problem.

Can bek confirm that he is still in?

Bek has not been online since he signed up, apparently. I'm going to pull his name.

When do we start!?

Doh.

Sunday - roles will go out, a new thread will be started, and gameplay will begin. The first deadline will be Monday evening.

did Blade and Bek both leave the game? cant one of them play then?

If one of them asks to be in the game I will include them, but I think it would be a good idea for both of them to take the game off.

Wow....all this drama before the game even starts. I think I am going to like this game for its entertainment value.

You ain't seen nothin' yet. You should have played Survivor.