GAME ANNOUNCEMENT & SESSION TIME POLL

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We will be hosting a game of Betrayal at the House on the Hill soon!

For those of you unfamiliar, Betrayal is a game in which intrepid explorers go through a haunted house, encounter ominous events and omens which eventually trigger a betrayal, and one of the group turns on the others as part of a villainous scheme.

We've altered the board game some to work better for the DWRP format, as well as altering the flavor slightly for Imeeji though it will still be a creepy mansion. Characters going in will know their traitor goals from the start, though they'll be unable to speak about them to others. That said, should their sanity, knowledge, might, or speed falter and be reduced all the way to zero, they will lose a battle of wills to the house and become a traitor in the midst, out to fulfill the murder goal they've been tasked with!

Please be aware that if you sign up, you are agreeing to it being okay if your character is killed or mauled in game. You are also agreeing to the possibility of playing your character turning traitor. Because this is our first time doing a game with tabletop mechanics involved, we expect this to be a little bumpy so please also be prepared to be patient with the runners.

The game will be played out of IC time and inserted into the timeline once the week is over, so you don't have to worry about it time-locking you.

We will be running Betrayal in separate sessions over the week-- each session has a max of 10 players, and we ask that people not sign-up for more than two sessions. Each session will last for three hours.

Okay, now that you've read all that, we need to figure out which sessions seem like they'll work best! We're planning on doing twelve sessions total, and please say which of the following you can manage! Each day is noted with the maximum number of sessions that a runner will run; for signup notes that have multiple days grouped together, please note which days are best for you.

Thursday, August 2nd - 2 sessions MAX
• 5pm start
• 8pm start

Friday and/or Saturday, August 3rd and/or 4th - 4 sessions MAX tentatively, depending on other signups
• 10am start
• 1pm start
• 5pm start
• 8pm start

Sunday, August 5th - 1 session MAX
• 9pm start
• 11:59pm start

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday; August 6th, 7th, 8th - 1 session per day MAX
• 6am start
• 10am start
• 1pm start
• 5pm start
• 8pm start

Thursday, August 9th (MORNING) - 1 session MAX
• 6am start
• 10am start

Thursday, August 9th (AFTERNOON) - 1 session MAX
• 3pm start
• 5pm start

Comments

QUESTIONS

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Ask questions here.

Re: QUESTIONS

[awakenerd]

What time zones are these for?

[syncintohell]

Whoops, forgot to put that.

PST. all three mods are PST.

[awakenerd]

I suspected but did not wish to assume. COULDA BEEN THE STEALTH EST. no one suspects the stealth est

Re: QUESTIONS

[eatsthecanary]

"we ask that people not sign-up for more than two sessions." -- is this 2 per character or 2 per player? GUESSING CHARACTER but want to be sure

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Per character is correct!

Re: QUESTIONS

[dragonheartedgirl]

Is there a benefit to signing up for two sessions? I mean aside from playing more and the potential for more fun, will experiences from one session stack into the next or will a person's best play through be made "canon," or what happens if your character dies in the first session? That kind of thing.

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Experiences will stack throughout the sessions; characters will start both sessions at their unit's starting area, regardless of where they ended their first round and even if they died. Items picked up will stay on the character and they will retain their knowledge of the house layout, which will not change. The house will also "refresh" between rounds, so "discovering" rooms in their second round which they already found in their first round will count for points anew.

[unbr8kable]

Will the characters go in thinking they are playing a game? Or will they just land in some creepy mansion and have to go from there?

Also, to double check, they know what will happen if they lose enough points to turn traitor (thus potentially informing their decisions) or we just OOCly know what will happen?

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They will know it is a game, they will receive rules and goals on their phone. But that said, it will be ICly dropped in a creepy mansion, but ALSO rules on your phone, not a boardgame they are physically sitting in front of moving pieces around.

They will also know what will happen if they are injured/lose enough sanity points, yes.