Thanks for playing everyone. This was pretty fun to create. It wasn't too complicated, but the villagers definitely made it harder on themselves.
1) This was pretty much an item only game. I was surprised that people were still wondering about role abilities late in the game. It thought it shouldn't have been too hard to figure out that only LIS and SOV had roles. I guess I was wrong.
2) I was shocked that there was so little discussion of the items. In an item game, the risk of disclosing what you did was pretty minimal, so it balanced the PM-ing aspect, but if you don't share, it hurts villagers.
3) Also, a lot of villagers didn't use all their items at the beginning. That is gonna hurt.
4) I was pretty explicit in most of the item use descriptions that some of them weren't working properly (like the dentures... go to the dentist, or the spectacles, you need to go to the optometrist, etc), and the Dr. Appt item PM specifically said it made some items work and helped others, but NO ONE picked up on that (well at least discussed on the thread). The Dr.'s appt could be transferred during the day, but it was only ever used to cure syphilis.
5) The cane was the most impactful item in the end. It had 4 different outcomes randomly assigned, kill, cause the user to have to say "geroff my lawn", do nothing, or disable items.
6) Swin was the one who used the cane to re-kill cyndia. I thought she would "confess" because in my writeup I made it clear that the person who used the cane was not the wolf.
7) STL started as a lone wolf, but could assign someone to takeover if killed. Props to him for almost avoiding being lynched even after being seen as a happy person. Good job. Changing heir was a nightime thing, so I was being fair not letting him change to LIS (not that it mattered).
8) The LIS role was the best in the game, it had a lot of abilities, but it had the big drawback of likely leading to an early death as SOV would push LIS in front of any lynch or attack. I was happy some of you picked up on the fact that DVMD was always voting to lynch LIS/SOV. It was smart of her to always put her vote out really early. It stood out. She kept within the rules but got her point across. Well done DVMD!
9) I thought Lissa voting to lynch LIS and tie it up was pretty risky. The wolves would have had good numbers if it went the other way, but then Lissa got a lot of cred for getting rid of LIS. If I was a villager I would have totally voted to lynch Dyachei. She didn't lynch LIS, and Liss and MJ did. Nicely done Lissarae!
10) I thought wolves would have a hard time this game with the telescope AND the spectacles AND the hearing aid to find wolves and the dentures to find conversions. Of course, without Dr's appointments, only 2 of those worked (hearing aid would have given TWO investigations with Dr. appt). I balanced that by only having one wolf to start and then an autoconversion on death, so finding a wolf initially would be hard, and then everyone would be suspect.
11) I also tried to make it if not clear, at least possible to figure out that a conversion had happened when WZ was killed by the cane. I wasn't sure why WZ was targeted when I had pretty much cleared her in the writeup when STL died and didn't convert someone, and she immediately said that she was the one.
12) the technology lesson allowed the owner to PM 3 different people for a day and a night. at least 2 people didn't have time to use it apparently. I thought that would really help the villagers pass around info.
13) DVMD, you must be the most suspicious person on the planet with everyone using the hearing aid to find out you were grumpy. what a waste. that is always the downside of item use though. but still, if I were you, i wouldn't piss off any cops IRL.
Anyway, it was fun, and I was surprised the wolves won. I guess you never really know.
All I will say to you guys is in the future
if I run another game, try to read my PMs more carefully, and my writeups. Most everything I write is either a joke/moral (sorry LIS, most of them at your expense), or has a purpose.
Thanks so much for playing. I have to say I miss a lot of you guys now that I am not around much anymore. Y'all made some trying times more bearable.
Good luck in your doctoring, and always treat IG owners extra special, it could be me or MrsSOV one day.
peace out.
SOV.