Fake Expert! [Game 02 Signups]

Onjit · 2020-01-09 12:54:25

I have a new game idea for you guys if you're interested!

Fake Expert

The basic premise of the game is this: Everyone will be describing something piece by piece, except for the Faker. Pretty relateable to the experience of hearing half of a conversation and kind if just nodding along until you figure out what the hell they were talking about.

The rules:
At the start of each round, everyone will receive a word, either the Answer (example game below), or the word "Faker".
The category of the Answer will be given to all players [animal/plant/mineral/object/person/place/concept]

The goal of the Faker is to figure out what the Answer based on the other player's clues, and to avoid suspicion.
The goal of everyone else is to figure out who the Faker is.

The game has two phases: Clues, and Voting

During the Clues phase, all players will post a single clue/fact about the Answer (example below). They should be relatively short, not too vague, but also not too obvious.
If you are too vague, people might think you don't know what the Answer is. If you are too specific, the Faker will be able to guess what the Answer is.

During the Voting phase, players will vote on who they think the Faker is.
The Faker will also send me a PM with their guess of what they think the Answer is.

The following outcomes can occur:

If the Faker finds the Answer, the Faker wins the round
(Even if the rest of the players figure out who they are)
If the Faker wins the round, they choose the clue that gave the Answer away the most, and the player that gave that clue is eliminated
(honour-based system of course, but I think we can trust people to be reasonable)
If the Faker does not find the Answer and is discovered, the Faker is eliminated
If the Faker does not find the Answer and is not discovered, the player that had the most votes is eliminated and the round goes on to the next clues phase.

The game will continue until there are only two players left.

Example game:
The Answer is Mount Everest

The players (Alex, Brian, Chrys, David, Elodie and Frank) have recieved their prompt: The first five have the Answer, and Frank is the Faker.
The category for this Answer is "Place"

The players each post a Clue:

Alex - I am very tall.
Elodie - I am Number One!
Brian - I am world famous.
Chrys - Millions of people see me every year.
Frank - I have a lot of money (He thinks they are talking about a famous person)
David - I am part Chinese.

Everyone has posted a Clue, so the game goes on to the Voting Phase:
The Faker guesses that the Answer is "Yao Ming" (A tall, famous, Chinese person at the top of their field - not a bad guess, all things considered)

The players vote, with the following results:
[4] Frank - Alex, Elodie, Chrys, David
[2] Elodie - Brian, Frank

Frank is ousted as the Faker, and is the loser of this game.

That's about it. I think it's a kinda fun twist on the deception gameplay of things like Mafia but also with some trivia mixed in.

Let me know what you think, and sign up if you're interested.

The game will start soon-ish

Players:

ShadowsEdge
Crybaby
Different55
peace
2B55B5G TNG
NorwegianboyEE
TaskManager
mutantdevle

Different55, rat, ShadowsEdge

2b55b5g · 2020-01-09 13:11:14

Hmmm interesting
!join

Onjit

TaskManager · 2020-01-09 13:19:44

how are you going to deal with metagaming e.g. "im not faker because i know that answer is N letters and the third letter is X"

Andymakeer · 2020-01-09 13:24:32

lol thats sounds cool
!join

Onjit

Onjit · 2020-01-09 13:27:45

@Maxi
I hadnt really made any specific rules (since I'd hope that people would play within the spirit of the game)

But if I need to, I'll make some more specific rules about writing clues (eg. don't make clues about the word itself, make sure the clues are about the thing, etc)

Bur mostly I'd hope that people play nice don't try to bend the rules like that

TaskManager · 2020-01-09 13:47:16

its a bit of a slippery slope but sure
!join

Onjit

Different55 · 2020-01-09 13:48:27

Sounds fun, let's go

Onjit

mutantdevle · 2020-01-09 14:29:12

in in in

Onjit

Norwee · 2020-01-09 14:30:45

Alrite. I'm in.

Onjit

Norwee · 2020-01-09 14:31:25

Inb4 this is all a huge scam Onjit cooked up to assassinate one of us.

Onjit, 2b55b5g, Different55, rat

Onjit · 2020-01-09 14:37:43

NorwegianboyEE wrote:

Inb4 this is all a huge scam Onjit cooked up to assassinate one of us.

nope

but that would be funny

Minimania · 2020-01-09 14:47:06

Joining

Onjit

rat · 2020-01-09 16:00:50

omg !join

Onjit

peace · 2020-01-09 17:01:30

ah some osrt of mafia !sign me up

question what woudl you do if you dont know the specific word

Onjit

Onjit · 2020-01-10 01:30:36

peace wrote:

ah some osrt of mafia !sign me up
question what woudl you do if you dont know the specific word

I'll make the Answer something that everyone will be able to know - it's not fair if the Faker can't use google to find facts about some random Wikipedia article that I found like Some town in Bosnia and Herzegovina

But apart from that, the Answer will be some sort of animal/plant/mineral/object/person/place/concept that everyone here should know without researching

Onjit · 2020-01-10 01:32:56

Also, signups are closed for now - be a back up if you want

Game will start soon-ish

rat · 2020-01-10 01:39:38

Onjit wrote:

elizeibeth

what the **** is htis

Onjit · 2020-01-10 01:42:08

eleizibeth wrote:

Onjit wrote:
elizeibeth
what the **** is htis

sorry elzibeith i'll fix it

rat, mutantdevle

rat · 2020-01-10 02:34:16

Onjit wrote:

eleizibeth wrote:
Onjit wrote:
elizeibeth
what the **** is htis
sorry elzibeith i'll fix it

thanks oinhrjit

mutantdevle

Onjit · 2020-01-11 04:15:43

Hi I'm going to try running this game again, but with a slightly different format:

It's going to be more of a continuous game, rather than just one round - the overall goal is to be the final two players (because running this game with only two players makes no sense).

Each round, a random player will be the Faker, and an Answer will be sent to the rest.
The category of the Answer will be revealed. [Animal/Plant/Mineral/Object/Person/Place/Concept]

The Clues phase is the same, but the Voting phase will be different to fit the new format

If the Faker finds the Answer, the Faker wins the round
(Even if the rest of the players figure out who they are)
If the Faker wins the round, they choose the clue that gave the Answer away the most, and the player that gave that clue is eliminated
(honour-based system of course, but I think we can trust people to be reasonable)
If the Faker does not find the Answer and is discovered, the Faker is eliminated
If the Faker does not find the Answer and is not discovered, the player that had the most votes is eliminated and the round goes on to the next clues phase.

Let me what you think and !signup if you want to try this out for game 2

ShadowsEdge · 2020-01-11 04:21:04

Looks neato. And thanks for preemptively signing me up.

Minimania · 2020-01-11 04:21:25

Join

Different55 · 2020-01-11 05:31:48

!signup

Again!

peace · 2020-01-11 10:55:50

nice game onjit

!SIGN ME THE **** UP AGAIN

2b55b5g · 2020-01-11 11:40:34

!join

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