CHOOSE YOUR THEME!!!

So as we're gearing up to start round four, an interesting option we're going to have this time is perhaps a change in theme. The last two (three) rounds have been focused on the idea of wolves versus villagers, where the villagers are sealed up in their village and must figure out who the wolves are. However, fans of the party game version of werewolf might know it as mafia, where in a small town the local citizens have to root out the mafia members who assassinate innocents every night, with investigating detectives instead of scryers, nurses instead of baners, and the fearsome don leading the mafia. Some versions have assassins among diplomats trapped on a train or blimp or something crazy like that. Maybe it's witches in Salem with salemites pointing fingers. Lunatics killing in a small lunar colony. With so many possible scenarios to run, maybe a change in scenery would be refreshing. But of course i'm not deciding anything. All decisions in werewolf are made through voting, so let's hear your opinions. So, this thread is to discuss the idea of changing theme and put forward your own ideas. If you'd like to stick with werewolves, say so, or if you want something new, let's hear it.

Come on now, let's not all leap up at once..

Looks like no one cares what the theme is.

Oh well, looks like we only have one choice then.

Ballons and Tacks

Humans and Aliens

Snail wrote:Looks like no one cares what the theme is.

Oh well, looks like we only have one choice then.

My reaction LOL.

Illegal Mexican Immigrants vs. Undercover La Migra.

Jman wrote:

Snail wrote:Looks like no one cares what the theme is.

Oh well, looks like we only have one choice then.

My reaction LOL.

And my reaction:

But seriously after we get a few more suggestions i'll put up a poll and we can solve this democratically. Until them keep 'em comin'.

Jman wrote:

Snail wrote:Looks like no one cares what the theme is.

Oh well, looks like we only have one choice then.

-video-

My reaction LOL.

Whaat psh come on.

Discord would be the BEAST. And Nightmare Moon would be the DEVIL. And the Cutie Mark Crusaders would make the perfect masons, and and and oh man.

Snail wrote:Looks like no one cares what the theme is.

Oh well, looks like we only have one choice then.

I second this motion.

Oooh, here's an original one
SETTING: 1950's Stalinist Soviet Union.
SETUP: Wolves=NKVD Secret Police Agents, Villagers=Ragtag collectives of intellectuals/artists working to subvert the totalitarian regime.
The secret police guys are working a sting operation against the underground anti-communist guys, and try to become part of the group, gaining the rebel's trust while simultaneously assassinating them one by one.

AlphaDecay90 wrote:Oooh, here's an original one
SETTING: 1950's Stalinist Soviet Union.
SETUP: Wolves=NKVD Secret Police Agents, Villagers=Ragtag collectives of intellectuals/artists working to subvert the totalitarian regime.
The secret police guys are working a sting operation against the underground anti-communist guys, and try to become part of the group, gaining the rebel's trust while simultaneously assassinating them one by one.

Ohey, that's actually a pretty good one.

The thing I'd really like to see is a theme with prominent characters. The Wolf in the Playground one was great like that. It was all

"banthesun was lynched. He was Dr. Vetinari."

or

"Kopaka was lynched. He was CMOT Dibbler."

It was great.

And also something that doesn't alienate players. Some of us aren't quite as historically-smart as you, Count AlphaDecay.

Snail wrote:

AlphaDecay90 wrote:Oooh, here's an original one
SETTING: 1950's Stalinist Soviet Union.
SETUP: Wolves=NKVD Secret Police Agents, Villagers=Ragtag collectives of intellectuals/artists working to subvert the totalitarian regime.
The secret police guys are working a sting operation against the underground anti-communist guys, and try to become part of the group, gaining the rebel's trust while simultaneously assassinating them one by one.

Ohey, that's actually a pretty good one.

The thing I'd really like to see is a theme with prominent characters. The Wolf in the Playground one was great like that. It was all

"banthesun was lynched. He was Dr. Vetinari."

or

"Kopaka was lynched. He was CMOT Dibbler."

It was great.

And also something that doesn't alienate players. Some of us aren't quite as historically-smart as you, Count AlphaDecay.

No alienation, it's fairly simple. Wolves=Secret police, Villagers=rebel types. It's the same thing but it gives us an opportunity to put up Soviet propaganda everywhere, and we /all/ know that no werewolf forum is complete without massive amounts of inexplicable vintage communist propaganda posters.

AlphaDecay90 wrote:It's the same thing but it gives us an opportunity to put up Soviet propaganda everywhere, and we /all/ know that no werewolf forum is complete without massive amounts of inexplicable vintage communist propaganda posters.

Well there is truth in that.

I'd really like to do something we're all familiar with that has familiar characters. Like Harry Potter. Except I'm not even going to suggest that because Harry Potter would suck horribly. But along those lines. Maybe.

Now that I think about it trying to stick to a theme would just distract away from the core game experience, people will spend too much time trying to follow the theme rather than actually participate in the game. That and I feel like whichever theme we pick will just get annoying after a day or so.

And speaking of alienation, how are we ever gonna reach consensus on a theme? People are bound to be left out.


Meh. I say keep it simple, just wolves and villagers. Maybe with a little bit of a cool backstory like Elmo provided in Round 2, but nothing over the top.

Completely unrelated, just some more friendly neighborhood propaganda posters.

...maybe a few more, you know, just for good measure...

OH GOD I CAN'T STOP I HAVE A PROBLEM OK PLEASE GOD WHY CAN'T I STOP AAAAHHHHHH

AlphaDecay90 wrote:Now that I think about it trying to stick to a theme would just distract away from the core game experience, people will spend too much time trying to follow the theme rather than actually participate in the game. That and I feel like whichever theme we pick will just get annoying after a day or so.

And speaking of alienation, how are we ever gonna reach consensus on a theme? People are bound to be left out.

Meh. I say keep it simple, just wolves and villagers. Maybe with a little bit of a cool backstory like Elmo provided in Round 2, but nothing over the top.

I think it'd be a neat addition for the oldfags but the newfags might have a problem with it.

We'll throw up "boring oldfag villagers v. wolves" as an option in the polls though.

Also your images are kind of tripod.

Pirates and Ninjas
Jedi and... not Jedi (ya know, because it's a secret, shhhh)
Zombies (every game has a zombie expansion)
X-Men ( cause being a mutant is lame in regular people's eyes)

Wow, this whole idea thing is tough. My brain hurts

-Cthulu worshippers seeking to kill of their village and then themselves.
-Crime gang infiltrated by undercover cops arresting the gang one man at a time. (Reverse mafia)
-Cylons
-Masked nobles on an eccentric billionaire's airship risking to lose a fortune if they take their masks off, infiltrated by assassins
-AI colony infected by virus.
-Group of anonymous, notorious hackers hanging out on a bulletin board. Someone are trying to take them down from within, gaining access to their personal information and leaking it to the public. Every day the hackers try to get rid of this threat by blocking a member from their forums and networks.
-Spies in a military installation

Zed Di Dragon wrote:-Cthulu worshippers seeking to kill of their village and then themselves.
-Crime gang infiltrated by undercover cops arresting the gang one man at a time. (Reverse mafia)
-Cylons
-Masked nobles on an eccentric billionaire's airship risking to lose a fortune if they take their masks off, infiltrated by assassins
-AI colony infected by virus.
-Group of anonymous, notorious hackers hanging out on a bulletin board. Someone are trying to take them down from within, gaining access to their personal information and leaking it to the public. Every day the hackers try to get rid of this threat by blocking a member from their forums and networks.
-Spies in a military installation

I'm surprised you didn't suggest "giant ants vs. humans" here, Zeddy.

Zed Di Dragon wrote:
-Masked nobles on an eccentric billionaire's airship risking to lose a fortune if they take their masks off, infiltrated by assassins

Really liking the sound of this one

AlphaDecay90 wrote:

Zed Di Dragon wrote:
-Masked nobles on an eccentric billionaire's airship risking to lose a fortune if they take their masks off, infiltrated by assassins

Really liking the sound of this one

Yeah, I liked that one a lot too. In my original post when I wrote
"Some versions have assassins among diplomats trapped on a train or blimp or something crazy like that."
that was the one I was referencing back to but I guess I had a bit of the details wrong. Anywho pretty soon I'll turn this into a poll vote thing, just a few more suggestions. If you like that one feel free to vote on it.

Zed Di Dragon wrote:
-Masked nobles on an eccentric billionaire's airship risking to lose a fortune if they take their masks off, infiltrated by assassins

For some reason I really feel like this one would go really well with a kind of steampunk/art-deco Bioshock-ish sort of vibe