The Fifth Dynasty of Kevan

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October 15, 2007 - November 18, 2007

Ascension Address

Welcome to Zahndorf

Another cold October morning in the village of Zahndorf, and another flock of sheep has been lost on the rocky hills. A pale moon is still chalked onto the blue sky above the treeline, and the church bell begins to ring slowly out across the square as the Mayor calls the villagers to a town meeting.

(Repeal all Dynastic rules. Replace “Kaiju God” with “Villager” and “Tokyo” with “Mayor”, throughout the ruleset.)

Players

The following Villagers were active at least once during the dynasty: aaronwinborn*, Amnistar*, BobTHJ, Brendan*, Bucky, Chivalrybean*, Clucky*, Darknight, Dr Zed, Elias IX*, Hix*, Hockeyruler, Icarus, Igthorn, Kevan*, Oracular rufio, Rodlen, Rodney*, ShadowClaw*, spikebrennan, Tesla4D, Tiberias, Zaratustra.

Brendan, Clucky, Darknight and Tiberias were Werewolves; the rest were Humans.

Final Ruleset

The full ruleset at the end of the game is archived at Ruleset 50.

Proposals and Events of Interest

  • Werewolf - Defined all Villagers as being either Alive or Dead, and either Human or Werewolf. Werewolves were unaware of one another's identity, and could nominate a Villager as their target by privately contacting the Mayor - if they were all agreed on the same target, that target died. The game initially had no day/night cycle - humans could submit as many lynch proposals as they liked, and werewolves could kill one human per day.
  • Where wolf? - In a further diversion from standard Mafia, this proposal suggested that - before we got started - the werewolves shouldn't be told each other's identity. A majority of players were in favour.
  • Le Temps Du Loup - Introduced a concept of Daytime and Nighttime, with each real-world day alternating between the two. This influenced later rules which allowed some actions to occur only at certain times.
  • Limited Resources - This gave Zahndorf a large, if limited, amount of money, although this was rarely referenced in later proposals.
  • Church and Fate - Anyone taking a Religious profession became immune to werewolf attack; however, such professions could only be gained as the result of a town meeting.
  • I Was Born This Way - Given that new players were still joining, this rule gave an equation for making a few of those new players turn up as Werewolves.
  • Quis Custodiet Lycanthropus? - Created the Night Watchman, who would get some insight into the identities of the werewolves, after a murder. Because the Watchman was a public occupation, though, whoever took it on would be an obvious target for werewolves, so nobody volunteered.
  • Who Shaves the Barber? - Introduced the concept of hairy backs. Every villager had a 25% chance of having a hairy back; werewolves had a 50% chance. The village barber was able to shave any villager's back, except his own. Over the next couple of weeks, there were several proposals forcing people to reveal the status of their back hair.
  • Local Militia - Villagers choosing military professions were given a random chance of fighting off werewolf attacks.
  • Silver Bullets For All - Guns and silver bullets were introduced to the village, with relevant professions being able to manufacture them, and pass them around.
  • Secret Watchman - With the Night Watchman occupation still too terrifying for anyone to adopt, it was made into a secret identity instead.
  • Town Meeting: Recruitment Fair - Disappointed at the lack of professions being taken up, the Mayor proposed that anyone who avoided choosing one should be given a random, criminal occupation instead. All but one villager had taken up an occupation by the time this enacted.
  • You Are In The Village - A one-cell gaol was built in Zahndorf, with two sets of keys, which were both given to the Mayor to begin with. A villager locked in the gaol lost their profession, and was barred from voting in town meetings.
  • Caged Wolf - Imprisoned werewolves could no longer participate in werewolf attacks.
  • Town Meeting: We need guns, lots of them - With villagers reluctant to take up gunsmithing professions, for fear of being targetted by werewolves, Chivalrybean called a meeting to force someone to take the job.
  • I Saw You Standing Alone - Werewolves now only required two of their number to agree on a target for that target to be killed.
  • Ever Get That Feeling? - Villagers with hairy backs were given a 45% chance of sensing when a werewolf was targetting them.
  • Death of the Mayor - Perhaps inevitably, the Mayor was the first to be killed by wolves. In retrospect, the Mayor probably shouldn't have been a villager in the first place.
  • The Future of Zahndorf - Established secretly-tracked Acuity Points, gained whenever a player was responsible for a death on the other side. This would allow us to determine a single winner, at the end of the game.
  • Town Meeting: Get HIM! - Amnistar proposed to lynch Bucky, who he felt had been behaving suspiciously. The lynch vote just passed, with five votes to four. Amnistar was killed by werewolves during the voting on this proposal.
  • What's Up Doc? - The profession of "Doctor" became available. The Doctor was able to target a single villager, and prevent them from being killed by werewolves.
  • Werewills - Villagers were now able to write their last will and testament as a public wiki page, to be obeyed upon their death.
  • CSI: Zahndorf - Allowed the Alchemist to perform simple autopsies on dead players, to find out if they were human or werewolf.
  • Haunting Werewolves - If a dead player was haunting a Werewolf, there was now a 1-in-5 chance that they'd notice the Werewolf changing during the night.
  • Deathbed Confession - Wills now had to be filed privately with the Solicitor, rather than being posted to a public wiki page. The Solicitor would distribute the deceased's possessions as specified, but was free to lie about the contents of those wills. (Werewolf Brendan managed to get the job of Solicitor for some time, but didn't abuse his position.)
  • The Dead Speak - Surviving players could now communicate with dead ones via a seance, on any night in which a murder had taken place. The questions were limited to those with yes/no answers, numbers, and the names of villagers.
  • Poison - The Apothecary became able to manufacture one vial of poison per day, each poison having a name and affecting a target group of his choice. This group was known only to the Apothecary, who (in this game) turned out to be a Werewolf, and made several poisons which only affected humans, even calling one of them "Wolfsbane".
  • The Seventh Sense - Ghosts and Werewolves became able to sense each other's presence.
  • Grave Robbing - Villagers with Criminal occupations were given the ability to steal objects from other villagers at night, but this power didn't see any use for the rest of the game.
  • Guns don't necessarily kill people - This proposal gave guns a use, allowing their owners to shoot at targets of their choice, with either lead or silver bullets. This meant that lead bullets could be used as a werewolf test, at the risk of wounding the suspect if innocent. It also gave the trusted, gun-toting villagers a way to circumvent all that fiddly lynch voting and just shoot a suspected werewolf immediately and unilaterally, which significantly accelerated the game.
  • Did You Hear That? - Allowed werewolves to howl anonymously during the night, to signal to one another, or just to scare the villagers.
  • Open All Hours - Due to an oversight, some professions were able to carry out their work at nighttime; this proposal stopped that.
  • Alternative Medicine - This gave the Doctor a way to heal wounded villagers, and allowed the Apothecary to manufacture "medicinal" elixirs, as well as poisons.
  • If Your Mansion House Needs Haunting - Ghosts were changed to haunt villagers' houses, rather than the villagers themselves. If a villager left their house to do something secret, the ghost no longer got to see what it was.
  • Bang - A gunshot was heard. Hix claimed to have fired a lead bullet at Tiberias, without injuring him, and offered to lend someone his gun and a silver bullet, to finish the job.
  • Death of the Tailor, the Librarian and the Prisoner - Three villagers died in one night; two poisoned by contaminated well water, and the other, a werewolf in prison, executed with a silver bullet. Tiberias was that werewolf, and was responsible for the poisoning, having stockpiled a number of poisons during his time as Apothecary. There was no explicit rule saying that the prisoner couldn't poison the well, and he was able to do this before the silver bullet finished him off.
  • The Werewolves Are Defeated - The last of the werewolves was executed with a silver bullet. This post includes post-match commentary in the comments section.

Ascension

The Werewolves were eliminated. Of all Humans, Hix had received the most Acuity Points and so attained victory.

Commentary

Wow! I came in on the next dynasty, and it looks like I came in one dynasty too late for a very exciting game. --Yoda 18:12, 4 Jun 2008 (GMT)

Dynastic Histories

Round One - Myke I - Lyndse I - Myke II - Kevan I - Anthony I - Est I - Kevan II - Damanor I - Kevan III - Cayvie I - Josh I - Keitalia I - SatyrEyes I - Metadynasty I - Cayvie II - Brendan I - Kevan IV - Knightking I - Chronos Phaenon I - TrumanCapote I - Knightking II - Quazie I - Simon I - AngryGrasshopper I - Rodney I - Aaron I - Josh II - Metadynasty II - Chronos Phaenon II - Excalabur I - Excalabur II - 75th Trombone I - Elias IX I - Metadynasty III - Angry Grasshopper II - Hix I - Thelonious I - Elias IX II - Rodney II - Clucky I - Doremi I - Chronos Phaenon III - Amnistar I - Clucky II - Amnistar II - Bucky I - Clucky III - Josh III - Kevan V - Hix II - Spikebrennan I - Jack I - Purplebeard I - Rodlen I - Yoda I - Amnistar III - Darknight I - Bucky II - Yoda II - Metadynasty IV - Arthexis I - Amnistar IV - Devenger I - Ais523 I - Ienpw III I - Qwazukee I - Klisz I - Metadynasty V - Bucky III - Wakukee I - Kevan VI - Ais523 II - Josh IV - Purplebeard II - Ais523 III - Ienpw III II - Klisz II - Lilomar I - Coppro I - Ais523 IV - Kevan VII - Brendan II - Alecto I - Josh V - Clucky IV - Purplebeard III - Kevan VIII - Ais523 V - Purplebeard IV - Yoda III - Bucky IV - Kevan IX - Bateleur I - Metadynasty VI - Coppro II - Ais523 VI - Cpt Koen I - Southpointingchariot I - Josh VI - Scshunt III - Quirck I - Clucky V - Bucky V - Kevan X - Josh VII - Kevan XI - Scshunt IV - RaichuKFM I - Larrytheturtle I - Skju I - Metadynasty VII - Purplebeard V - Spitemaster I - Josh VIII - RaichuKFM II - The Alien I - Benzene I - RaichuKFM III - Purplebeard VI - Kevan XII - Ayesdeeef I - Bucky VI - Kevan XIII - Josh IX - Mideg I - Kevan XIV - Brendan III - Kevan XV - Tantusar I - Josh X - Kevan XVI - Thrawn I - Brendan IV - Kevan XVII - Moonroof I - RaichuKFM IV - Larrytheturtle II - Brendan V - Kevan XVIII - Brendan VI - RaichuKFM V - Kevan XIX - Brendan VII - Kevan XX - Viv I - Pokes I - Sphinx I - Madrid I - Pokes II - Madrid II - Metadynasty VIII - Axemabaro I - Diabecko I - Kevan XXI - Diabecko & Card I - Kevan XXII - Derrick I - Card I - Madrid III - Card II - Kevan XXIII - Pokes III - Kevan XXIV - Trigon I - Derrick II - Kevan XXV - Derrick III - Farsight I - TyGuy6 I - Pokes IV - Madrid IV - TyGuy6 II - Kevan XXVI - The Duke of Waltham I - Josh XI - Clucky VI - Naught I - Metadynasty IX - Kevan XXVII - Josh XII - Clucky VII - Josh XIII - Bucky VII - Josh XIV - Kevan XXVIII - Lemonfanta I - Clucky VIII - Josh XV - Misty I - ais523 VII - Josh XVI - Kevan XXIX - Trapdoorspyder I - Metadynasty X - Brendan VIII - Brendan IX - Zack I - Misty II - Josh XVII - MadisonSilver I - Josh XVIII - Kevan XXX - Lendunistus I - Josh XIX - SingularByte I - Trapdoorspyder II - Bucky XIII - JonathanDark I - Trapdoorspyder III - Habanero I - JonathanDark II - Misty III - Metadynasty XI - Josh XX - Lemon II - Kevan XXXI - Josh XXI - Clucky IX - Vovix I - JonathanDark III - Zack II - JonathanDark IV - Josh XXII