A new game has started, and a group of new players of Paradox games are learning their way around the complex interface and sporadic game-breaking bugs. The goal? To make the font of your country as big as possible on the world map. However, some break with established orthodoxy, using the game to create horrors that even Lovecraft couldn't fathom. These are the border gore enthusiasts, and they must be stopped before they splatter the world with their disgusting border gore.
Basic Rules
There will be seventeen (17) players. No more, no less. Alright, possibly yes, but that's a special case. Roles will be handed out after the last player has signed up.
The game will start with a night deadline. After this, every subsequent update will cover the following day and night.
During the day, the goal of the Map Painters is to kill the person most likely to be a Border Gore Enthusiasts. At night, the Border Gore Enthusiasts will in turn choose someone to kill. The Map Painters may choose to tie multiple people, who will both be killed if successfully tied.
The Border Gore Enthusiasts win by reaching parity with the combined forces of the Map Painters and the World Conquest Auteurs. The Map Painters win by successfully killing all of the Border Gore Enthusiasts.
Roles
3 x World Conquest Auteurs (Inquisitor) *NEW ROLE* - The truly great map painters who are able to paint their canvas one colour. Each night, the auteur has a 50% chance of being given the name of a random villager. The auteur may get the same name twice. If there are no valid targets for the auteur's scan, they will be told.
10 x Map Painter (Villager) - Simple Map Painters looking to avoid the failings of the Border Gore Enthusiasts.
4 x Border Gore Enthusiast - Map painters who have decided to neglect clean borders and instead use the forbidden technique of border gore. They may choose to kill a single target every night.
Deadline
Deadline for votes and orders is 14:30 EDT (18:30 UTC). Miss it at your peril.
Votes at 14:29 count. Votes at 14:30 do not.
Voting will end at deadline, even if the GM is not present.
Other Rules
§1A. - You sign up to the game by requesting so in a post in this thread.
§1B. - No new players will be admitted after the game has started, EXCEPT if substituting for another player.
§1C. - You may at any time be substituted out by requesting so in the thread.
§1D. - Players are responsible for any Private Messages (PMs) missed due to inbox being full.
§2. - Orders and votes submitted after deadline are ignored.
§3A. – Players will vote daily. Should they not vote, THEY WILL BE REPLACED. There will be no exceptions unless the Game Moderator states otherwise.
§3B. – Invalid votes (Voting for Game Moderator/Ghosts) will not be accepted.
§3C. – In the event of a TIE, ALL TIED players will be executed.
§3D. - The player(s) with the majority of votes at deadline is considered dead. He will not reveal any inside information after the deadline.
§4A. - SPECTATORS AND GHOSTS MAY HAUNT, TAUNT AND FLAUNT, BUT NEVER SUGGEST ANY COURSE OF ACTION OR REVEAL ANY INFORMATION. ANY ACTION WHICH CAN AFFECT TO THE OUTCOME OF THE GAME IS FORBIDDEN. ANYONE CAUGHT DOING IT WILL BE *PERMANENTLY* BANNED FROM PARTICIPATION. NO EXCUSES ARE VALID.
§4B. - When doing ghost/spectator commentary, please use a non-white colour.
§5. - Alliances and Feuds which aren't based on your characters or roles in the game between players are forbidden. Alliances and Feuds which continue from one game to another undermine the whole idea of the game.
§6A. – The Game Moderator has the last word on all matters.
§6B. – If the Game Moderator makes a mistake (e.g. with the vote count, hunt/scan orders), if critical information has been revealed, the mistake will be kept.
§7A. – Forging PMs is allowed. Screenshots of PMs is not.
§7B. - Posting or quoting of PMs from the GM is not allowed - real or forged.
§8. – Voting must be done in the following way. Write "VOTE" and the person you are voting for in size 4 bold text. For example:
VOTE EUROO7
If you wish to un-vote someone, write "UNVOTE":
UNVOTE EUROO7, VOTE EUROO8
Any other type of voting will not be counted and will make you eligible for subbing. In case of re-voting without un-voting the original vote will be the counted vote. DO NOT EDIT VOTES AFTER POSTING THEM.
§9. - The GM can and will remove players if the GM believes the player is not participating at his/her full capacity. This will be done through the use of killing the player's role, or using substitutes, if they are available. All such decisions are made solely at the discretion of the GM. DO NOT SIGN UP FOR THE GAME IF YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T PARTICIPATE.
§10A. – Trust no one. Especially not the GM.
§10B. - Always Trust the GM.