WWXXXI: HARRY POTTER & THE YEAR 1995 - TANNER & ORDER WIN!!

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Postby wendy » Wed Jan 04, 2017 11:10 am

You do not need to know anything about Harry Potter to play.
Spoilers (at least from my end) will be limited to mentioning the names & occupations (via game roles) of characters that don't appear until book 3 or later. I will be posting a bunch of out of context gifs.

This will be a THREE SIDED GAME: Ministry vs. Order of the Phoenix vs. Death Eaters.

I invented a role and tweaked a bunch of others, so I do recommend reading the roles.

Rules, roles, mechanics, and items

Rules:

-The usuals: no screenshots, no sharing of mod communication, no playing against win condition, no chat transcripts, no anon emails
-Mason rule DOES NOT APPLY. However, PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF CERTAIN ITEMS IS FORBIDDEN.
-We will break for weekends (Friday evenings through Sunday afternoons). Posting during these times will not get you killed but it will make me think you have as little self-control as I do, and that's a bad thing.
-Backchanneling is permitted only during night cycles. Night cycles will take place between the hours of 4pm and 10pm EST. Every Sunday and Wednesday night is a Full Moon and will be longer.
-Please try to avoid the discussion of major plot spoilers

THE EVENTS OF THIS GAME ARE NOT CANON. YOU CAN TALK ABOUT OUTER SPACE. I WILL NOT BE TRIGGERED. YOU CANNOT TROLL ME. SOME OF THESE STATEMENTS ARE NOT TRUE.
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Postby wendy » Wed Jan 04, 2017 11:10 am

Note
The Death Eaters are a bit OP but the homework and special items skew toward the Ministry & OotP so i'm gonna leave the DE as is. I added another Order member and made it so each Order member knows at least one other Order member.

The WCs are as follows:

Ministry: eliminate the Death Eaters and the Order

DE: eliminate the Order and achieve parity with the village

Order: eliminate the Death Eaters and achieve parity with the village


I have included a few fail-safes in case something huge happens early on that completely fucks a team, or in case the game turns out to be grossly unbalanced. These will most likely not be made public until after the game, and will only be used for those freak occurrences that basically end a game before it starts.

As the game progresses, if it becomes clear that your team has no chance at winning, it doesn't mean you have to stop playing! You can still impact the outcome of the game.

The setting is the Harry Potter universe in the fall of 1995 (Harry's fifth year), but knowing everything that entails isn't required. However, if you want to know the basic setup, it's as follows (minor plot spoilers):
-Voldemort is on the move and gathering followers. People are disappearing.
-The Order of the Phoenix is working to stop him.
-The Ministry of Magic is in denial and trying to discredit Dumbledore/the Order. Associating with Dumbledore could cost you your job (or your life, if the Death Eaters happen to notice).
-The Minister for Magic has placed his Senior Undersecretary, Dolores Umbridge, at Hogwarts to keep an eye on things, particularly Dumbledore.
-Hermione Granger starts a student resistance group called Dumbledore's Army
-Umbridge responds by putting together an Inquisitorial Squad made up of narc Slytherins
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Postby wendy » Wed Jan 04, 2017 11:10 am

Sign up below!!!!!

Players:

bold = in play
italics = in azkaban
red = dead

1. ampersand (inquisitorial squad, ministry)
2. universe (malfoy, tanner)

3. grammatron.gif
4. catullus
5. geoff
6. ankh
7. vhb (umbridge, ministry)
8. dumbles
9. casimir
10. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
11. kit fox
12. palmer
13. laserblast (skeeter, ministry)
14. ratbag (pettigrew, death eaters)
15. opi (inquisitorial squad, ministry)
16. 7a (dolohov, death eaters)
17. grouchypants (inquisitorial squad, ministry)
18. stuntman (ministry)
19. lame sayings (ministry)

20. LORD OF FUCKIN DIAPERS
21. metersk
22. big cat
23. rap and country (ministry)
24. can't
25. separator (voldemort, death eaters)
26. jarl skeletal (black, order of the phoenix)
27. chad (bellatrix, death eaters)
28. ecto (lupin, order of the phoenix)
29. efreet (fudge, ministry)
30. kaputt (dawlish, ministry)
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Postby Ampersand » Wed Jan 04, 2017 11:14 am

expecto pasignup !
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Postby Catullus » Wed Jan 04, 2017 11:37 am

So in
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Postby Geoff » Wed Jan 04, 2017 11:37 am

hello please count me in
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Postby wendy » Wed Jan 04, 2017 11:44 am

I am not responsible for whether or not the Ministry falls after victory and, to be clear, the events of this game will not be considered canon.
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Postby palmer eldritch » Wed Jan 04, 2017 11:45 am

if the ministry won voldemort is already dead
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Postby palmer eldritch » Wed Jan 04, 2017 11:45 am

corny fudge rips
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Postby wendy » Wed Jan 04, 2017 11:47 am

Furthermore, alliances are encouraged even though only one faction can win. The challenge will be figuring out which of your two enemies is the more useful ally and deciding how and when to turn on them.
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Postby VHB » Wed Jan 04, 2017 12:07 pm

wendy wrote:Furthermore, alliances are encouraged even though only one faction can win. The challenge will be figuring out which of your two enemies is the more useful ally and deciding how and when to turn on them.



And here I thought you didn't like playing Diplomacy :twisted:

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Postby fuckles » Wed Jan 04, 2017 12:08 pm

can i be dobby
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Postby Casimir » Wed Jan 04, 2017 12:16 pm

Very in
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Postby fuckles » Wed Jan 04, 2017 12:17 pm

im only playing on the condition i can be little dobby, the house elf
Cyril Sneer wrote:INSANE post. I could literally read it for hours.
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Postby surly » Wed Jan 04, 2017 12:22 pm

VHB wrote:
wendy wrote:Furthermore, alliances are encouraged even though only one faction can win. The challenge will be figuring out which of your two enemies is the more useful ally and deciding how and when to turn on them.



And here I thought you didn't like playing Diplomacy :twisted:

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Postby wendy » Wed Jan 04, 2017 12:23 pm

I'm not playing so that's not an issue :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
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Postby iambic » Wed Jan 04, 2017 12:24 pm

I'll do anything with harry putter's name on it
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Postby wendy » Wed Jan 04, 2017 12:32 pm

dumbles wrote:can i be dobby


sure
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Postby kit fox » Wed Jan 04, 2017 12:34 pm

aw yeah you know i'm in
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Postby wendy » Wed Jan 04, 2017 12:41 pm

palmer & laserblast do your posts in this thread count as signing up??
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Postby palmer eldritch » Wed Jan 04, 2017 12:46 pm

sure
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Postby wendy » Wed Jan 04, 2017 12:52 pm

oh laserblast said yes yesterday
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Postby opi » Wed Jan 04, 2017 2:18 pm

i will play
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Postby palmer eldritch » Wed Jan 04, 2017 2:24 pm

ratbag wrote:I'll try my hand at this game again


it sucks that you got killed immediately in your first game
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Postby ecto » Wed Jan 04, 2017 2:28 pm

let me re evaluate my life in a few weeks
I'm 15 and want to be a part of this friend now. What can I do? (self.LazerBlade)
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Postby palmer eldritch » Wed Jan 04, 2017 2:36 pm

it's pretty dope that wendy can assign voldemort homework
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Postby sevenarts » Wed Jan 04, 2017 2:42 pm

I'm in, but I know nothing about Harry Potter so I'm just gonna RP as Dr. Strange. He's a magician!
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Postby wendy » Wed Jan 04, 2017 2:44 pm

OP updated with potential roles. Feel free to ask questions, but I might not have the answers worked out yet.
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Postby wendy » Wed Jan 04, 2017 2:45 pm

ecto wrote:let me re evaluate my life in a few weeks


sick, my fingers are crossed
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Postby grouchypants » Wed Jan 04, 2017 3:21 pm

I'd like to play! Already terrified :S
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