Werewolf post game(s) feedback thread

Necro

Personally, I think the Day 1 amnesty should be a formal rule for any newcomers. We are not going to grow the community back to the level it previously was without allowing new players (or even those who return after extended absences) time and space to get to grips with how the game ebbs and flows, and learn the lingo, the rules etc.

I know it's a game that we all play to win but without an influx of new players and them being welcomed and encouraged to participate, there will not be any games eventually. A game is never won on Day 1 in any case and if you have serious suspicions of a new player, it can wait until Day 2 imo anyways.

Extra game mods would be amazing too, and if someone has an idea for a game but is scared about the task at hand in running it, myself (or Trigs I imagine though I don't want to speak for him) are normally here to assist anyways so don't be afraid to contact me. I'm quite happy to help with anything that you might not be sure about in terms of game modding.

On the game - Ecto don't sweat the mistakes. I make them all the time still and that's after modding a ridiculous amount of games. I thought everything was on point about this, and I am also aware that you had an unexpected emergency to deal with just after game launch so to keep the show on track was incredible given the circumstances.

This game sort of brought it back to me how important new players are to the forum here, because it was wonderful to see all 4 get so involved and invested and I thought they all handled themselves excellently, even having to put up with myself and @lorcand1990 as main motormouths for the entire game - so the pace of the thread was fairly fast throughout.

lorcand1990

Agree on D1 amnesty for newbies.. we need to welcome in new players, its a tough game and if we start yelling and screaming at them straight away they might not play again.

Question them or whatever but do it nicely d1. No lynching or munching new players day/night 1 would be my unwritten rule

I hate a quiet thread so yeah myself and necro kept it busy! Jayo too

Leg End Reject

I thought it was great Ecto, especially how you handled being busy elsewhere unexpectedly.

There was enough flavour in the wolf descriptions to keep us guessing too and it's amazing how one real apprentice role gave the wolves an opportunity to be believed once they faked another.

The new players were brilliant, I'd suggest a back room for newbie nrvs to ask game questions about terms they aren't familiar with, and to give them somewhere to stress off thread. Not to guide them on how to play, just to help them get to grips with the terms and vent. These shouldn't be opened up afterwards as they're not role related. It's can be very stressful at times as an experienced player and this might help newbies find their WW feet and stick around. Agree with not putting them under pressure on D1 and not being able to lynch or munch them too.

I'd recommend all the new players play the next game or help with the modding if they can't play. Anyone interested in playing their first game might benefit from observing one or two play out from the deadroom too.

I'm not sure I could handle the stress of modding, I wouldn't be able to get online at the required times for a lot of the year and punctuality isn't my strong point, so a 10 am post might only be done at noon. 😂

Katie WW

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123564044#Comment_123564044

Great game Ecto, having modded before I don't know how anyone does it solo. I agree with the need for new mods and I am sure f someone wanted to learn the ropes and experienced mod would let them shadow.

I am another one who agrees with the Day 1 amnesty for new players. I think LER's pint about a back room for newbies is a good one. It may be alot on the mod to look after that but if an experienced player wasn't playing the game they could probably help out there.

kitten_k

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123564098#Comment_123564098

Sorry that's me, thought I had signed out 😀

Leg End Reject

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123564098#Comment_123564098

Good shout on someone who's not playing explaining terms to newbies. It's hard enough to not lose the head when you understand the terms and are aware of breadcrumbing, possible tasks etc.

The beauty of this forum is that it is good-natured and supportive, no one drags a disagreement from elsewhere into here. That's a real strength that should be utilised, and it's unique on Boards too.

lorcand1990

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123564175#Comment_123564175

Shut up leggy, you tunnelled me 2 years ago

🤣

Leg End Reject

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123564190#Comment_123564190

You didn't know how lucky you were then, I'm stalking you now. 😂

That was an anon game so I wouldn't have know you were a newbie. I was too, I had started to play one small vanilla game on FoG and was munched first, so that Simpson's game was so fecking confusing.

lorcand1990

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123564237#Comment_123564237

You were actually really helpful to me in my first game, it was indeed simpsons, off site

Anyway.. back to feedback!

Goldengirl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123564175#Comment_123564175

Very good idea.

Just saying to someone else that it's hard to ask in a game because a) people think you might be talking strategy and b) you are not sure who you can trust .

In the last bit before I was killed I thought I was taking advice from a wolf and didn't know what to do for the best !

I realized after of course that my wolf was an experienced villager who could offer more in terms of that final strategy to the game where I would have been a dead weight .

Thanks everyone for a really good game and I hope ye will forgive the paranoia and ' tunnelling' ( a term I learned last night ) that I did on anyone that questioned me !

@Ectoplasm you are a star in my eyes !🌟

What a load of work for you . Just saw the backrooms there last night as hadn't registered on Discord earlier in the week . Thanks for sorting every for me earlier thought I was going to have to drop out and glad now I didn't . I thought U was clear for the week but just shows you never know .

Thank you all again.

I will play again but will make sure I clear my calendar for a good few days .

Edit mistake. That shook me a bit not being able to edit which with all my typos am heavily reliant on 😂

lorcand1990

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123564532#Comment_123564532

What you were specifically doing actually has a term too. It's called OMGUS (Oh my god, you suck), basically thinking anyone accusing you is a wolf. More often than not it is a villager questioning you, just trying to figure things out

You'll have to play again cause Leggy will tag you to make sure you see the new games, Leggy is sound like that 😀

Again, really well played to you and all the newbies. Looking forward to more fun with ye. I hope our newbie pass will attract a few more players!

And just to make this feeback related, @Ectoplasm your flavour was absolutely outstanding, ton of work went into that & the specific roles

Goldengirl

Yes the challenges were gas too ! I hadn't done MacBeth so Google was my friend .

Loved all the poetry and characterisation 👏👏

Vestiapx

I think the amnesty is a good idea but should be a failed lynch mechanic of varying despicableness so for example you cold have a mechanic in play that all voters for a newb instead receive the vote themselves all the way up to instead of the newb one of the voters is randed and lynched

this could be part of the game rules in the op

newb players would effectivly have a prize straight away be they wolf or nrv, 3p or rv

makes newb wolves very awesome and they would feel it and gives newb villagers something to play around with

and then let people fake claim newb if they want but keep it werewolf

OscarMIlde

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123564532#Comment_123564532

Eh, just on this you weren't a dead weight. You were just unlucky that Vernon's claim made you most likely suspect. We wrong in thinking you were wolf.

It's really hard not to take it personally in Werewolf if a few people or even a lot of people are doubting you. After a while you'll develop a slightly thicker skin but I don't think it goes away because when you're that deep in the game you're super invested.

Also remember what I said about never being nice to Leggy in game.

OscarMIlde

I like the idea of newbie backroom. I was lucky enough to be a wolf first game so had that benefit.

We could call the backroom werewolf 101.

Vestiapx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123564949#Comment_123564949

Necro was my newbie

Goldengirl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123564863#Comment_123564863

Would thank this but won:t be a newbie anymore 😂 like the prize though .

Ae you still considered a newbie on your next game if you're a first time wolf ?

Wolfie toothy smile emoji .

Necro

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123565535#Comment_123565535

Indeed I was! That was such a fun game too with all the anon accounts having professions which you could use thematically(which I cloned for anon games on the FOG site actually).

Vestiapx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123566143#Comment_123566143

Andy did the names

Leg End Reject

The Mario game was headwrecking in a good way, not knowing what the orb of dominance controlled was tough.

The biggest help to the village was the wolf priest dying early, the wolves had a real chance to dominate the narrative before autopriest kicked in.

@Kolido played a brilliant game as Mario, those 2 wolf kills sealed the win for the village.

Great game @Trigger, and a lot of work went into both devising and running it.

lorcand1990

I wouldn't wish a dual account on anyone, but everyone should be made do it once! Kinda like the junior cert

Had a bit of a laugh with it which was all I could do really

Its good to have aspects of a game that keeps you guessing and village aren't really sure what's going on, like the orb.. 'takes note'