Rome Recruitment - Please move to Structured Games

[Eldritch Knight]

Again, I apologize for the inconvenience of the delay, but my RL has been in significant upheaval. However, it is with my great pleasure that I declare the Roman Empire established! Hail Caeser! Hail Praetorium!

Rise of Rome is NOW RECRUITING.

RULES:



Rise of Rome

Affiliations:

The Senate
Imperial Security (Masons)
The Legions (Werewolves)
The Citizenry

There would be X members of the senate, each with different loyalties. (Some loyal to themselves, some loyal to the senate, and at least one who's loyal to the legions...) There would also be a political aspect as the senate gets to vote on various laws that would affect the game. (Nothing TOO complex, mind you.) The senate's objective would be to eliminate traitors within their midst, and to assert control over the legions, (via the usual way, of course... Lynching, public execution, whatever). The Legions objectives would be of course to overthrow the senate and establish their alpha as Caeser.


Roles:

Senate:
Praetor - (Special) - Carries extra influence regarding laws *
Can veto/revoke 1 law every 3 days
Law Votes count as 3.
Speaker of the Senate - Seer
Senate Security - Baner

The Twist - These roles are actually voted on by the members of the senate. (Thus, the one loyal to the Legions could find themselves actually being the seer, or the baner. (They of course DO NOT know the identity of the legion's members at the start!)) Given the election idea, killing the one who holds the role merely triggers a new vote for the role, all of which is done via PM to the narrators.

* Special - if a Pro-legion member of the senate is elected to the position, and there are at least twice as many legion members than senate members, the game is over with a legion victory. (Makes sense, considering that's pretty much how it went historically...)


Legion:

Julius Caeser - Legion Alpha
Tacitus - Legion Devil
Augustus - Affiliation Seer (Ie, can only see senate member's affiliation)

Devil & Affiliation Seer are chosen by Caeser


LEGION DOES NOT KNOW PRO-LEGION MEMBERS OF SENATE AT START OF GAME!


Citizenry : Commoners, the lot of them, but the senate may be expanded by a public election, and the player with the most votes (from all players) finds themselves elected to the senate.

Note: - The Senate would be known to all players at the start of the game, as that is key to the flavour of the game. In order to counteract the advantage this would give to the legions, the following rule would be in effect - No Senate member could be killed by the legions until the Imperial Security is eliminated. (Senate members could still by lynched of course.) Should a senate member be targeted, the attack is ineffective.



Laws:

These are special conditions that can influence the game either postively or negatively. One law shall be randomly proposed during each day face. The senate can vote laws into the constitution, spend time debating (Pass on law passing) or in the case of the Praetor, veto or revoke. In order to keep things far, and so that this particular feature can be implemented in later games with reasonable ease, the system will work as follows: I, in consultation with the other narrators, will make a deck of cards, (Which will only physically exist in my posession) which will be shuffled each time a new law is to be voted into order. The laws will include such things as:

Public Execution - the senate immediately votes and one player is lynched on top of the normal day lynch. (Can only pass if 80% of senate vote in favour of using law)

Martial Law - Senate can draft up to two players into senate guard. (Yes, this means they can accidentally hire the legion to guard them)

Emergency Powers - Praetor gains 3 extra votes, for total of 6 votes.

Senate Disbanded - Immediate vote for new senate to be formed. Open to all players.

(You didn't think I'd identify all the law cards, did you?)

These are subject to change.


Again, I apologize for the delay.

[Reinholdt]

I'm in with lead poisoning! Isn't that supposed to be cake? Shh!

[Dallas-Dakota]

A new temple is rising!

The temple of Cookiemanjaro!

If your spirit is troubled or confused, you can send a prayer to him to clear up your mind!

(Supagoof and me are the co-narrators, you can send me a PM if you´re confused about the rules. I´l try and help you as much as possible, but PM box is pretty full now...)

[Zar Peter]

The astronomer Carus Petrus is entering the town...

[Shadowcaller]

Well I'm in I guess.

[Griever]

In, In, IN!

[GAThraawn]

In with white text.

[banjo1985]

In with a chocolate filled Roman Donut.

[Fin]

In, with Cake!

[Dallas-Dakota]

Also did I mention that the first fifteen people to join this game will get a free batch of home-made cookies from me?:smallwink::smalltongue:

[Vampiric]

In! With free cookies! :smallbiggrin: yum...

[Emperor Demonking]

Sign me up.

[Murska]

In! In! IN!

[The Bushranger]

Et tu, BR?

I'm in.

[Hexed]

I would like to be in too.

Hail Homer, eh?

[Freshmeat]

Count me in.

[Uncle Festy]

I would like to be in too.

Hail Homer, eh?

I'm Homer! That's my character! Stop trying to hijack him!
… but feel free to hail him anyways. :smalltongue:
If there's no room in Mafia VIII, I'll be in this. Sounds fun.

[Helgraf]

Verily, I apply.

[Shadow]

Quite a few interesting things going on here. :smallbiggrin:
Count me In!

*plots against Helgraf for using a kitty-tar*

[hap_hazard]

In. :smallbiggrin:

[Hexed]

I'm Homer! That's my character! Stop trying to hijack him!
… but feel free to hail him anyways. :smalltongue:
If there's no room in Mafia VIII, I'll be in this. Sounds fun.

I thought about hailing Ceasar but it just seemed the wrong era somehow...

[Recaiden]

I'm in with ninja cake

[Istari]

Im in!!!!!!!!

[Selrahc]

Sounds cool. I'll give it a go.

[Uncle Festy]

I thought about hailing Ceasar but it just seemed the wrong era somehow...

Hee hee…
:smalltongue:

[Nychta]

In, please!

[Aemoh]

In, says I.

[Fleeing Coward]

Count me in

[Thes Hunter]

Please sign me up.

[Mordokai]

Why not? I'll be in as well.

[Mustiado]

In, and reading the rules later

[Jontom Xire]

In like Flynn!!!

[Dallas-Dakota]

Amount of sign ups : 22.
Current player list(Those bolded all get a free batch of cookies) :

Aemoh
Banjo1985
Emperor Demonking
Fin
Fleeing Coward
Freshmeat_
GAthraawn
Griever
Helgraf
Hexed
Jontom Xire
Mordokai
Murska
Mustiado
Reinholdt
Shadowcaller
The Bushranger
Thes Hunter
Uncle Festy
Vampiric.
xNadia
Zar Peter

[Selrahc]

Sounds cool. I'll give it a go.

You forgot me :smallfrown:

[GAThraawn]

Despite my great desire for free cookies, I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask to be removed from the recruit list. Things are getting busy over here, and I don't want to commit to games I don't think I'll have time for.

I gift my cookies to the narrators.

[Dallas-Dakota]

Amount of sign ups : 23.
Current player list(Those bolded all get a free batch of cookies) :

Aemoh
Banjo1985
Emperor Demonking
Fin
Fleeing Coward
Freshmeat_
Griever
Helgraf
Hexed
Istari
Jontom Xire
Mordokai
Murska
Mustiado
Reinholdt
Selrahc
Shadowcaller
The Bushranger
Thes Hunter
Uncle Festy
Vampiric.
xNadia
Zar Peter

Sorry for the mistakes.

GA, I'm sorry to hear that, I hope the RL stuff clears up good for you, but its better that you don't participate then be autolynched straight away.

Selrahc, added you.

Ps, *shares cookies with other narrators and noms his part*

[Uncle Festy]

Yay! Cookies!
:smallbiggrin:

[Fin]

Yay, Cookies! In your face everyone that didn't get any!

But I want you to have cookies :smallfrown:

*shares*

Now lotsa peoples got some cookies!

[Shadow]

You forgot me :smallfrown:

me too....

[Shadowcaller]

Picture yourself in on the gitp forum,
With silly games and friendly smiles.
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly,
A blue monster with cookies in his hands.

Smooth fur of deep blue and green,
Towering over your head.
Look for the monster with the cookie in his mind,
And he's gone.

dallas-dakota in the sky with cookies
dallas-dakota in the sky with cookies
dallas-dakota in the sky with cookies
...

[Eldritch Knight]

But Shadow, when you're forgotten, you tend to survive a lot longer!

(But then again, being forgotten by the narrators is not a good thing, though it could lead to some amusing fun for you. "Wait a minute, you're in this game? But I just gave you vital information in my manical gloating!")

[Murska]

Yay for cookies! :smallbiggrin:

[Heroic]

I'm in!!!
I want cookies too :smallfrown:

[TehSheen]

I'm in! Give me teh cookies!

[Dr. Bath]

Yes please! I would like to play.

[Dallas-Dakota]

me too....
I can't see you.
:smallsigh:
Why did you have to copy Elan and be invisible?

:smalltongue:
(Sowwy)

Shadowcaller, can I sig that? Or try to?

[Shadowcaller]

I can't see you.
:smallsigh:
Why did you have to copy Elan and be invisible?

:smalltongue:
(Sowwy)

Shadowcaller, can I sig that? Or try to?

Sure, I got the text from a old Beatles song, its quite good actually:smallsmile:.

[Vampiric]

You could at least name the title, too, SC :smalltongue: And don't say you forgot it, that's impossible.

[Shadowcaller]

You could at least name the title, too, SC :smalltongue: And don't say you forgot it, that's impossible.

"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and yes, forgetting a Beatles song is impossible:smallwink:.

[Uncle Festy]

I just realized how many werewolf games I'm about to be in.
I'm unfortunately forced to withdraw.
Away!
*throws half his cookies at the other players as a distraction*
*makes off with the rest, nomming as he goes*

[Vampiric]

*is distracted*

damn...

"I'll get you next time, Gadget!!!" *shakes fist*

I'm tempted to follow, but this is too good to miss...

[Hyozo]

I'll join. I'm new to the werewolf-esque games, but I have to start somewhere, and Rome is definately somewhere.

[Shishnarfne]

Sure, why not?

I'd like to RP Archimedes of Syracuse... Unless someone strongly objects.

[Dr. Bath]

*Ahem* :smallannoyed:

:smalltongue:

But seriously, I'd prefer to roleplay a Roman poet, like Catullus or something. So you being Archimedes is fine.

[TehSheen]

I call I get to be my own character named Sheen!

[Hyozo]

By the way, what is the actual starting date for this one? I'd just like to know so I don't 'need to' obsessively check every few hours to see if recruitment is closed yet.

[Hexed]

If you want to go authentic, maybe http://www.novaroma.org/wiki/Choosing_a_Roman_name could be useful.

Based on that, I arrived at Numerius Postumius Bonus, the undertaker. Probably not entirely historical, but a decent pun-o-meter score, I hope :smallamused:.

[Dallas-Dakota]

Learn (pig) latin and get yourself a real (pig) latin name!:smalltongue:

[Hexed]

But, but ... I finished grammar school five years ago, and haven't looked at latin since, really. And all pig latin names would end in -ay, wouldn't they? Not even Asteriks roman names end in -ay.

[Mordokai]

Sorry to say this, but... I'm withdrawing myself from this game. Lets call it personal reasons.

[Alarra]

I would like to play in this game.

[Shadowcaller]

I can't see a player list.. how many players are ther in this game now anyway? [/too lazy to count]

[Supagoof]

Current Player List - 30
{table=head]Player|Playing As
Aemoh|
Alarra|
Banjo1985|Banjonimus Bardisius
Dr. Bath|Catullus or something
Emperor Demonking|
Fin|
Fleeing Coward|
Freshmeat|
Griever|
hap hazard|
Helgraf|
Hexed|Numerius Postumius Bonus
iceddragons|
Istari|
Jontom Xire|
Murska|
Mustiado|
Recaiden|
Reinholdt|
Selrahc|
Shadow|
Shadowcaller|
shishnarfne|Archimedes of Syracuse
TehSheen|Sheen
The Bushranger|Alexander Marcellus
Thes Hunter|
Uncle Festy|
Vampiric|
xNadia|
Zar Peter|Carus Petrus
[/table]

And to give a taste of my narrations for this game....

As you come upon the city of rome, you hear loud shouting and the roar of a crowd. The streets are mostly deserted. It appears tat everyone has gone to the coliseum for today's entertainment. As you approach, the noise becomes deafining.

Heading into the majestic building, you find you way to a seat. On the arena floor there are two men. One is clad in steel and purple. Holding onto a shield and a mace, he is keeping himself circled away the other, clad in blue artic furs with a horned helmet on his head. The crowd is split amongst the cheers.

Goofimus! Goofimus! Goofimus!
Dakotemedes! Dakotemedes! Dakotemedes!

High on a throne across the arena, the nobles sit watching as servents bring them wines and cheeses. Today is going to be a good day of entertainment you think......

[The Bushranger]

You can put me down as playing the good Citizen Alexander Marcellus . :smallcool:

[Hexed]

MY preference would still be Numerius Postumius Bonus* the cheapskate undertaker, but if that is considered too fussy I could also go with the more extravagant Mortus Ornamentus. Better at big funerals, that one.

*Note that the full name of the well-known emperor was actually Gaius Julius Caesar. So the second and third part are more important than the first.

[banjo1985]

I'll be Banjonimus Bardisius, like I ma in all rome-themed games. :smallbiggrin:

[Shadowcaller]

To bump or not to bump that is the question...

But its easily answered, bump!

[Eldritch Knight]

As mentioned in WW Central, the game will start on the 16th, regardless of signup numbers. Ideally, we want at least 40 players, but we will adapt for a lower number.

[Heroic]

I'm sorry, but I'm withdrawing from this game too. :smallfrown:

[Dallas-Dakota]

:frown:

Still 30 players after another 9 days of recruiting.

People, if you sign up, you get free cookies! /plain bribe.

[Dr. Bath]

Just trim the numbers a bit and start the game. Anyone who was going to notice the game has done by now. And small games can be fun too! Sometime 50 feels a bit much, especially when there will be so much discussion, regarding laws and elections and so on. I'd say you're good to go, so quit yer yapping and get tappin' (on the keyboard)! I want me some Roman goodness! :smallbiggrin: :smalltongue:

Also: Technically it's 29 players, Hero has dropped out.

[Selrahc]

Yeah. I'd say if you run recruitment for much longer you run risks of people having forgotten about the game by the time it starts....

I remember back in werewolf 3 I think, where recruitment started a long time before the game, and half the village was autolynched on day 3 because people had just forgotten they were in the game.

[Nychta]

I also prefer smaller games. You can't keep track of everyone with 40 players or so >.<

Look, if it's small, it'll finish soon. Then, if people like it, you can always run a second one, and it'll probably have more people.

[Uncle Festy]

*sidles in*
Ok, so remember how I was saying that I didn't have the time for this game?
Well, a significant part of that was from Mafia, where I was the Falcone alpha. And now I'm dead.
In other words, back in as Homer.
*takes new cookie*
Yay! :smallbiggrin:

[Eldritch Knight]

Okay, recruitment is now closed. We're hoping to start sometime tommorow, but that's probably about as likely as the moon suddenly transmuting into cheesecake. If everything goes well, at least by the weekend.

I apologize for the delays everyone, but as always Real Life takes priority.

[Emperor Demonking]

Can you resend me my role.

[Hexed]

Roles have been sent? News to me.

[Shishnarfne]

The game thread has been posted here (http://http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=94356), with the note that roles will be sent today...

[Vossik]

EDIT: I am a moron :P