Werewolf post game(s) feedback thread

I'll play strawbs but won't be available until after 7.

One thing that Neo mentioned during the last game was the concept of "seer cover"; I've seen it in games before where NRVs drop hints to try to draw a munch but not where NRVs openly post fake seer reveals to give cover like that. Obviously for it to work, multiple villagers would need to do it along with the seer and then the results could be reviewed once the seer is revealed.

Since there are a lot of fairly new players, are there any other village (or wolf) strategies that more experienced players could share?

I loved Frank's jokes and the gremlins craic at the end, it was a great idea to give the defeated wolves some fun at the end.

So… who's got next 😋

As I mentioned on the game thread, I learned a lot from running the Macbeth game, so I wanted to post about that here.

The first thing that I realised is that it is a fair bit of work to run these so we need to be incredibly grateful to @Trigger and @Necro for running games so frequently. It's also important that we widen the pool of game mods so that it doesn't always fall to these two!

The second thing is that while it is a bit of work, it is hugely rewarding and fun to do it here. We have a great little community here that we should all be working to keep alive.

The third thing is that games are pretty resilient. If you've read the backrooms, you'll all I know I made a big booboo at one point. While I had a level 7 meltdown, the players affected were gracious (thank you @Neowise, @Cainflan, @duffman13) and the game bounced back pretty quickly. So don't be worried about being 'perfect' if you want to give modding a go.

New players added tremendously to this game. @Goldengirl, @Cryogenic, @Cainflan and @Put It In H (I know, not 100% new but out of retirement) all got stuck in and made the game better imo. I really liked the Day 1 amnesty that was applied and think it's important to consider following through on this so that newbies get a real sense of what it is like to play and find their feet.

As I mentioned on the game thread, @Trigger was hugely helpful to me in this. While it wasn't my first time modding, it was my first solo effort and the biggest thing I learned was that you really do need to have someone to bounce ideas off. With that in mind, I was thinking that it might be a good idea, in sign-up threads, for 'solo' mods to ask those who can't play to act as sounding boards. Sometimes playing isn't possible but it's nice to be involved and this might be a way for people who are a bit wary of modding to get a sense of game building and any issues that can come up in a game.

Thanks a million again to everyone who took part, ye are all a bunch of legends. 😊

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.