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girl dick energy
Sep 30, 2009

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Assassin in the Palace is a nightless Mafia variant.

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There is one King, one Assassin, and the remainder of the players are Guards who are all told the identity of the King.

The Assassin has one kill that they can use at any time during the game, typically after being lynched. Their goal is to identify the King so that they can use this kill against him. If the Assassin successfully kills the King, then they win, otherwise the King and Guards win. The Assassin doesn't need to survive to win.

There's a problem with this game, though. In all situations, the best possible strategy is to communicate through nothing but votes until you get lucky and hit the Assassin. I've come up with a variant that should resolve this issue. Instead of Guards, there is one King, one Assassin, and the rest of the players are Nobles. Every Noble has another Noble that they are infatuated with, which they are told the identity of at the same time as the King. At the end of the game, a Noble only wins if both the King and the subject of their infatuation is still alive. They do not, themselves, still need to be alive.

Example:
A is King.
B is Assassin.
C, D, E, and F are all Nobles.

A wins if he survives to the end.
B wins if, when they make their kill, they target the king.
C only wins if both A and D are alive at the end.
D only wins if both A and E are alive at the end.
E only wins if both A and F are alive at the end.
F only wins if both A and C are alive at the end.

This should, hopefully, motivate all players to take a more active interest in who does or doesn't get voted out. If it doesn't, then, well, at least I tried. This will be a game for six players, to keep it small at first, starting with the generally-agreed-upon most balanced number for traditional AitP.

:siren: Don't sign up if you don't intend to be active, there's too few players for lurking to be even a little okay. :siren:

Players:
1. merk
2. Mr. Steak
3. kaschei
4. RF
5. SolusLunes
6. Toalpaz

Game will start Sunday, probably.

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girl dick energy
Sep 30, 2009

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merk posted:

I will play if this starts on Sunday or later. If it starts before then, I shouldn't play!
Sure.

girl dick energy
Sep 30, 2009

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We still need to scare up one more.

girl dick energy
Sep 30, 2009

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Hooray! Role PMs going out in a minute.

girl dick energy
Sep 30, 2009

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How about we not try to do things like use the name of the king to pass secret codes. I know I didn't say that, but it's against the spirit of the game.

girl dick energy
Sep 30, 2009

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:redhammer:

No more talking beyond this point!

Retro Futurist! Who would you like to kill?

girl dick energy
Sep 30, 2009

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Will the real King please stand up?

girl dick energy
Sep 30, 2009

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Yeah, the king was Merk.

Literally everyone except RF and kaschei win. Sorry. :smith:

Thoughts?

girl dick energy
Sep 30, 2009

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Mr. Steak posted:

wait why did kaschei lose?
Toalpaz died.

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girl dick energy
Sep 30, 2009

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SolusLunes posted:

I think it's close, but here's a suggestion:

The target of your infatuation is unconfirmed and random. You do not lose if the target of your infatuation was the lynched assassin.
That's a good idea. Could make for a weird game, but I think it would make it less of a logic puzzle and more of an actual Mafia variant.

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