# The Crimson Glyph (Werewolf/Mafia/Psychopath) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 24, 2009, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-glyph-werewolf-mafia-psychopath/494271 "2009-04-24T22:16:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-glyph-werewolf-mafia-psychopath/494271/81 "2009-04-28T22:47:18Z")
This is the official start of Day 1. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-glyph-werewolf-mafia-psychopath/494271/82 "2009-04-28T23:14:11Z")
Is it too early to ask for a vote count? ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-glyph-werewolf-mafia-psychopath/494271/83 "2009-04-28T23:15:09Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Is it too early to ask for a vote count? No problem. Vote Count: ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-glyph-werewolf-mafia-psychopath/494271/84 "2009-04-28T23:18:49Z")
Thank you. What with all the confusion I lost count myself. I was close though. ---
**Author:** ![BillMC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@BillMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BillMC)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-glyph-werewolf-mafia-psychopath/494271/85 "2009-04-28T23:22:25Z")
Well lets get the obligatory introductions overwith… Exiled Scot living in England, 13th game…hopefully not too unlucky! ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-glyph-werewolf-mafia-psychopath/494271/86 "2009-04-28T23:26:19Z")
Joey, never lived outside South East Wisconsin, 2nd game. ---
**Author:** ![Spurious\_George](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Spurious\_George](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spurious_George)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-glyph-werewolf-mafia-psychopath/494271/87 "2009-04-28T23:28:23Z")
Hello, American Hollywood amoral liberal. Swimming pools, movie stars. First game of this here, many forum games and real-life Werewolf/Mafia games experienced. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-glyph-werewolf-mafia-psychopath/494271/88 "2009-04-28T23:30:00Z")
OK, so let me see if I understand properly. We have to make a couple of decisions each Day. 1. Are we going to flat out **kill someone or ostracize** them? What are the advantages and disadvantages to each? 2. Who is it going to be? Are there any other key questions we should consider right away? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-glyph-werewolf-mafia-psychopath/494271/89 "2009-04-28T23:31:37Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Are there any other key questions we should consider right away? Ped mentioned nothing about editing your post. I assume it’s not allowed, is it? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-glyph-werewolf-mafia-psychopath/494271/90 "2009-04-28T23:36:23Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Ped mentioned nothing about editing your post. I assume it’s not allowed, is it? Good point for the newest players. I assume we can’t edit our posts. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-glyph-werewolf-mafia-psychopath/494271/91 "2009-04-28T23:52:58Z")
In the last game I was in (my first game, so it may be standard), editing a post, even at night, even if it was fluff, got you 5 penalty votes. It makes you an easy lynch if people don’t know who else to lynch. ---
**Author:** ![special\_ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@special\_ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/special_ed)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-glyph-werewolf-mafia-psychopath/494271/92 "2009-04-28T23:57:14Z")
I see we’re all introducing ourselves. I’m your daddy ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-glyph-werewolf-mafia-psychopath/494271/93 "2009-04-29T00:00:18Z")
Well, if we kill someone the last one of us to vote gets infected. Who wants that? No one will want to vote. ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-glyph-werewolf-mafia-psychopath/494271/94 "2009-04-29T00:01:37Z")
16, male, student in I’mnottellingU > [@Joey\_P](#): > > Ped mentioned nothing about editing your post. I assume it’s not allowed, is it? It’s not mentioned in the rules. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Dirx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Sir\_Dirx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Dirx)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-glyph-werewolf-mafia-psychopath/494271/95 "2009-04-29T00:12:20Z")
Hi all. I’m Sir Dirx, but please feel free to just call me Dirx. I’m currently involved in two games right now, and my time will be a little limited until the semester and all related work is over (should be a week or two). I’m a bit of a masochist, so that’s why I signed up for a game that looks much more complex than I’m probably ready for, but what the hell. It was too interesting to pass up. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-glyph-werewolf-mafia-psychopath/494271/96 "2009-04-29T00:21:50Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Well, if we kill someone the last one of us to vote gets infected. Who wants that? No one will want to vote. Right. So what is the primary _disadvantage_ to ostracization? I want to make sure I understand the options. I’m still figuring these distinctions out. Why would we not ostracize? What does it do? What doesn’t it do? ---
**Author:** ![special\_ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@special\_ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/special_ed)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-glyph-werewolf-mafia-psychopath/494271/97 "2009-04-29T00:21:58Z")
> [@pedescribe](#): > > 16, male, student in I’mnottellingU > > It’s not mentioned in the rules. **Does that mean we can edit our posts?** If so, still don’t do it. It’s too scummy. Live with your errors anmd force the Scum to live with it too. They’ll make more telling errors in the long run ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-glyph-werewolf-mafia-psychopath/494271/98 "2009-04-29T00:24:57Z")
> [@special\_ed](#): > > **Does that mean we can edit our posts?** Yes, you may. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-glyph-werewolf-mafia-psychopath/494271/99 "2009-04-29T00:54:54Z")
> [@pedescribe](#): > > No problem. > > Vote Count: **I assume, that implies, we vote in PM ?** ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-glyph-werewolf-mafia-psychopath/494271/100 "2009-04-29T00:57:38Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > **I assume, that implies, we vote in PM ?** Not sure if that was a woosh or not, but my “vote count” was a joke as there were no votes cast yet (and we were, what, like 20 minutes into the day). Votes are cast publicly, in one of the first posts of this thread Ped explained how to cast a vote. OTOH, if that was a woosh, jokes on me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-glyph-werewolf-mafia-psychopath/494271.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crimson-glyph-werewolf-mafia-psychopath/494271.md?page=6)