# Werewolf - a game. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 5, 2007, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/werewolf-a-game/390997 "2007-02-05T23:04:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/werewolf-a-game/390997/261 "2007-02-16T15:27:17Z")
I will be away for the weekend starting in a few hours. Still waiting for Jsexton to proof his statement. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/werewolf-a-game/390997/262 "2007-02-16T15:34:49Z")
Prove, I mean :smack: to late for edit. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/werewolf-a-game/390997/263 "2007-02-16T17:02:41Z")
Thanks…I’ll be hanging out in the sandbox of my mind, where I sometimes can’t differentiate between what I’ve forgotten and what I never knew in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/werewolf-a-game/390997/264 "2007-02-16T17:49:41Z")
[QUOTE=jsgoddess] I’m casting my vote for Winston Smith. He has been careful to avoid an in-depth conversation, acting as if he’s drunk, trying to sidetrack discussion. Or, really, I just need to vote for someone, and he already voted for me. 😃 [/QUOTE] Acting? Snort. That wasn’t _acting_, baby. Ahem. Our votes cancel each other out, then. What in interesting developement. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/werewolf-a-game/390997/265 "2007-02-16T17:53:19Z")
[QUOTE=JSexton] Okay, folks. Plant a vote on a leading bandwagon, because the worst possible thing we can do is fail to lynch someone. Anyone. If we do that, we literally gain no information. Right now, Menocchio, jsgoddess, and I are the vote leaders. Your vote should probably be on one of those three. [/QUOTE] :dubious: I wish I had two farms to bet,on top of your 3rd post theory you now offer yourself up to be voted for.You got it bub.Jsexton is still my vote. ---
**Author:** ![unfinished\_symphony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d9b06d/32.png) [@unfinished\_symphony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unfinished_symphony)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/werewolf-a-game/390997/266 "2007-02-16T18:01:08Z")
ah, in time for the lynching 🙂 popcorn anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/werewolf-a-game/390997/267 "2007-02-16T18:05:45Z")
Yep, voting’s over. Short post just so people don’t end up simul-posting the announcements. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/werewolf-a-game/390997/268 "2007-02-16T18:32:30Z")
Ah. Nothing like a lynching to really bring a Village together. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/werewolf-a-game/390997/269 "2007-02-16T18:34:51Z")
## Final vote count; Menocchio - 7 Votes jsgoddess - 3 Votes JSexton - 3 Votes smiling bandit - 2 Votes Enginerd - 1 Vote Winston Smith - 1 Vote Kat - 1 Vote \*The villagers, apparently unconcerned with the spate of livestock killings and the threat of werewolves, spoke hesitantly with others. jsgoddess was the hot tip; Motivated perhaps by jealously of her fine quilts or her land, rather than suspicion? Farmer JSexton, local werewolf expert, also proved suspicious… was he using his experience in other villages to survive here? Luckily for them, the villagers realised their situation, and conversed more seriously as to what to do. Among others, Menocchio arose suspicion, and other villagers were quick to fall in line. A search of his house revealed a disguised basement, littered with gore, gnawed bones, and empty Pepperoni pizza boxes. The mob “escorted” him to the stage, the rope of silver strands (Provided for by Bob’s Livery and Supernatural Store. Bob’s - a Family Store.) placed about his neck. The lever is pulled. Night falls.\* * * * You have lynched **Menocchio, the Alpha Wolf**. Nice start, townspeople! **Kythereia** is also removed from the game, due to lack of participation; i’ll announce whoever’s going to replace her at the beginning of the next Day. Speaking of which, Day Two will begin just as soon as I recieve emails from the following people; the Werewolf Team, outlining their choice of victim; the Seer, giving me a name of someone they want to investigate (which I will email them back with); and the Guardian Angel, with the name of the person they want to protect. Again, Day Two’ll last one week from my opening post, or shorter if someone accrues 8 votes. Feel free to post “Aha! I told you so!” or “Drat! Right under our noses all along!” type posts, but no discussion of who you want to lynch next, k? And **Menocchio** can have one goodbye post, but that’s it from our late furry friend. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/werewolf-a-game/390997/270 "2007-02-16T18:48:18Z")
[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold] You have lynched **Menocchio, the Alpha Wolf**. [/QUOTE] Holy mackerel. Some people are smart. And then there’s me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/werewolf-a-game/390997/271 "2007-02-16T18:54:20Z")
Yay us. Er…well…yay for the late-running bandwagon. :o As the victim of one of Menocchio’s early attempts at instigating paranoia, I humbly thank the township for having the courage and fortitude to do what I could not. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/werewolf-a-game/390997/272 "2007-02-16T18:56:49Z")
:: sidles up to **jsgoddess** :: No hard feelings then, eh? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/werewolf-a-game/390997/273 "2007-02-16T18:57:59Z")
And hey! I have fine quilts and large… tracts of land! ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/werewolf-a-game/390997/274 "2007-02-16T19:00:01Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] No hard feeling then, eh? [/QUOTE] Is that some sort of euphemism? :dubious: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/werewolf-a-game/390997/275 "2007-02-16T19:02:08Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] :: sidles up to **jsgoddess** :: No hard feelings then, eh? [/QUOTE] Ahem. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/werewolf-a-game/390997/276 "2007-02-16T19:02:24Z")
Mwaaaaahahahahahahaha! I rule! _runs very fast away from werewolf vengeance_ ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/werewolf-a-game/390997/277 "2007-02-16T19:18:09Z")
Holy crap. Damn. **The Alpha Wolf** (dundun DUUUUunnn!) Good job with the figuring out, guys who actually figured it out. I had no clue, though the theory posted seems to have been accurate. Well, I don’t feel too bad about my vote, because I still think we were lucky on Menocchio with the first shot. So what do we do during the night on this thread, just kind of batten down the hatches? Water the wolfsbane in the windowbox, order silver bullets off eBay, etc? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/werewolf-a-game/390997/278 "2007-02-16T19:28:32Z")
[QUOTE=Rubystreak] Holy crap. Damn. **The Alpha Wolf** (dundun DUUUUunnn!) Good job with the figuring out, guys who actually figured it out. I had no clue, though the theory posted seems to have been accurate. Well, I don’t feel too bad about my vote, because I still think we were lucky on Menocchio with the first shot. [/QUOTE] I don’t think anybody actually figured it out. I voted for him simply because he pointed at me - I get defensive when I’m accused of being a vicious supernatural monster. Good start for us, though. Does one of the remaining werewolves now move up to Alpha Wolf status, or are we facing a leaderless pack now? ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/werewolf-a-game/390997/279 "2007-02-16T19:47:52Z")
umm… **JSexton** … can I keep my farm? ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/werewolf-a-game/390997/280 "2007-02-16T20:39:08Z")
[QUOTE=JSexton] I think you’re on the right track, except I’m going with Menocchio. At mafiascum, a site devoted to this game, a longtime player did a study of townie bandwagons, and found that the third person on was highly likely to be a bad guy. Something about sensing the trend and getting on it. Anyway, it’s as good a tell as anything else right now, so vote for Menocchio! [/QUOTE] This is what was said that caused Menocchio’s name to get thrown out first. It’s apparently an effective predictor. This means now no one will get more than 3 votes because no one is going to want this to be seen as their “scum tell.” :smack: Then Ogre said: > [@Ogre](#): > > OK, I’m pitching a vote for Menocchio, since 1) he was very quick to jump on the “lynch jsgoddess” bandwagon, 2) leading me to suspect that jsgoddess is NOT a werewolf, and that since, if the werewolves can swing the votes, it would behoove them to (subtly) load up on a townsperson and therefore essentially get kills during the day AND night phases, Menocchio jumped a little too soon, and 3) because of this post… … wherein Menocchio says stuff about not wanting werewolves to know our strategies, which seemed like a give-away that he was trying too hard to see “normal.” So, what have we learned? That people who jump on the bandwagon are bad guys? A lot of people jumped on the Menocchio bandwagon and were right. Some of them could have been werewolves, covering their hairy asses by voting for with the group. I am trying to glean some future strategies from this first, quite successful lynching, since obviously I lacked the confidence to call someone out on some subjective basis this time around. Thoughts? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/werewolf-a-game/390997.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/werewolf-a-game/390997.md?page=15)