billytea, I've seen that game in my comic book store and been intrigued. It sort of sounds like a souped-up version of Mafia. Fun!
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Polter-Cow - Feb 09, 2009 5:57:28 pm PST #1628 of 26132
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
billytea - Feb 09, 2009 6:12:35 pm PST #1629 of 26132
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
billytea, I've seen that game in my comic book store and been intrigued. It sort of sounds like a souped-up version of Mafia. Fun!
Is Mafia the online version of Werewolf? If so, there are similarities, but Mr Jack is more of a battle of wits than poker faces. (Or, if you're Lady Gaga, love-glue-gunnin's at ten paces. I think I've finally worked that song out, and why she seems to think diving into some guy's crotch constitutes the pinnacle of bluffing technique. Clearly she's not disguising her intentions, but given her description of her armoury, I figure she's trying to disguise that she's a pre-op tranny or something.)
Where was I? Oh yes, Mr Jack primarily involves deduction with a side order of induction, while I think Werewolf is more purely bluff-driven. And Mr Jack only works with two players, so different social experience. But yes, both in the "figgerin' stuff out" camp. One might even say in the "Catching ne'er-do-wells" camp. Oh, speaking of which, has anyone here ever played Fury of Dracula? I find that it intrigues me more and more of late.
Polter-Cow - Feb 09, 2009 8:15:12 pm PST #1630 of 26132
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Is Mafia the online version of Werewolf?
No, it's the same game by a different name.
And Mr Jack only works with two players, so different social experience.
Oh! Huh, interesting. I'm not sure I understand how the game works, then. If you're not Jack, the other person is Jack.
billytea - Feb 09, 2009 8:19:40 pm PST #1631 of 26132
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Oh! Huh, interesting. I'm not sure I understand how the game works, then. If you're not Jack, the other person is Jack.
There are two players, but there are eight characters, any of whom might be Jack. The staple of game play sees the detective trying to separate all the suspects into roughly even numbers of Seen and Unseen (thus speeding up the process of elimination), while Jack wants as many characters as possible in the same state as Jack.
Laga - Feb 09, 2009 8:20:58 pm PST #1632 of 26132
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I think one player is the detective and other player knows who Jack is.
Because I've read Alan Moore's "From Hell" I'd always be going after Gull.
Laga - Feb 09, 2009 8:21:42 pm PST #1633 of 26132
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Wait, so neither player knows who Jack is?
billytea - Feb 09, 2009 8:35:38 pm PST #1634 of 26132
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Wait, so neither player knows who Jack is?
No, Jack knows who Jack is. (You draw a card randomly at game start.) Jack sees himself as the embodiment of perfection, and thus desires that as many other characters as possible should achieve the same state as Jack.
Laga - Feb 09, 2009 9:22:14 pm PST #1635 of 26132
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Now I'm more confused and also more eager to play.
Tom Scola - Feb 10, 2009 5:40:33 am PST #1636 of 26132
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Volans - Feb 10, 2009 11:30:37 am PST #1637 of 26132
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Oh, speaking of which, has anyone here ever played Fury of Dracula? I find that it intrigues me more and more of late.
I have. And it's eh. I love the wrapper, and spent more than a little effort painting the figures that come with it. But after a couple times playing it I think it's broken. Not in the way Ticket to Ride is broken, but more like the old bookcase War of the Ring. There appears to be a no-fail strategy for the hunters to employ that will always catch Dracula.