Game concept: werewolf in sheep's clothing

[Siegmund]

This is an idea that's been kicking around my head for a couple months, and it's time to flesh it out. Here it is, in a nutshell:

I start a werewolf game by posting a round of sheep questions.

If the wolves get a better average score than the villagers, it goes night, day, night. If the villagers get a better average score than the wolves, it goes day, night, day.

Then the surviving players play another round of sheep, to see if phases 4-6 will be night-day-night or day-night-day. The same for 7-9, 10-12, etc.

On average, it should result in the same number of nights as days; in practice there'll be some randomness (and, yes, some unfairness according to which team has the best sheep players on it.)

Soooo...

* do you like the idea? would you play it?

* would you trust the wolves, just on their honour, to submit independent answers to the sheep?
I wish I could, but frankly, I don't. I could use "outside" questions, which makes it more like family feud than sheep, so that identical submissions don't automatically boost each others' scores, or something, but I'd like a better solution for that.

Suggestions welcome.

[DustinG]

me gusta

[chim17]

Regarding the latter question..

You have to trust them to do it independently. We can all cheat in any of these games we play. Trustworthiness is what this whole community is based on because of the type of games we play. I'd have no problem being a villager in that scenario.

[lastchance]

Chim is right.

In any case, here's how you could break this:
Talking about sheep questions beforehand, planning out answers. You can also talk about what you answered on the previous question.

You're also assuming value of extra lynch = NK + peek. Eh.. I'm ok with this.

Conclusion: You should limit how much sheep is talked in thread.

[valenzuela]

I think it would be better if the wolves submitted only one entry as a team.

[Spook]

what about posting the scores of people for the questions. It would limit collusion if any player could analyze the results.

[Siegmund]

s: Posting the scores might also allow people to deduce who was on each team, which is not the intention.

v: How much better than average would you expect one entry submitted by the wolves after discussing to be?

[OldTimey]

How about this...

1.) Get people to sign up

2.) Get these people to answer all sheep questions needed for the whole game

3.) Give out roles

4.) Calculate scores and reveal as you go along only counting those left in game.

[valenzuela]

siegmund I dont really know, I could do the job of analyzing the sheep championship.

[valenzuela]

Im too lazy to analyze anything btw