The Lost Case of Sherlock Holmes | |
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Game information | |
Host | Akriti |
Link | Game thread: The Lost Case of Sherlock Holmes BTSC threads |
Size | 12 Players (Small) |
Start Date | October 1, 2011 |
Winning Faction | Goodies and Other faction |
Roster | Players : |
First to Die | Shadow7 |
Last Remaining | akaslickster, nana7, WIlsoMike, benjer3 |
MVP | none |
Awards | - |
The Lost Case of Sherlock Holmes was a game designed and hosted by Akriti based on the literary works on Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
It began on October 1, 2011 and ended in a Goodie and Other Faction win in D3 ('October 9th, 2011).
Game Mechanics[]
It was a standard mafia game with 7 goodies out of which Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John H. Watson had a chance to gain BTSC; 3 Baddies, and 2 Scowers who had to gain BTSC in order to achieve their Wincon.
Rules[]
- Moriarty can't die at night until Confederate is alive. He can be lynched, though.
- Messaging - Only Holmes can start the messaging, once in the whole game. He send a message to a person (the message is sent to me with the name to whom he wants to send it). If that person is Jones then the message will reach Jones and Jones will reply to it, without knowing who sent it (he will post the reply to me)
- OOA - RID kill > block > save > kill > spy
- One won't get the spy results if the person targeted for the spy dies that night.
- The kills are not blocking.
- On any day, tie means both the players will flip coins for their life. (thanx to MO :) )
- What will night/day post show/not show ?
RID kill - only successful is shown, Save - only successful is shown, Spy - never shown, Block - who was blocked by whom (role), NK - success/fail - not the carrier, Vote manip - never, Messages sent by Holmes or Jones - no, People finding each other and gaining BTSC - never, Simple kill - only successful, Action of bodyguard - never.
- Baddies have to give name of player for NK to be carried.
- Baddies can carry the NK themselves.
- If anyone of the "other faction" dies, even before them gaining BTSC, the other person will be notified only that his partner is dead, and now he has the kill.
Role Description[]
Goodies: Eliminate the baddies
- Sherlock Holmes : very intelligent, expert in disguises and is respected by everyone - Discovery role (can find one person's role per night) and Reality Morpher (can secretly choose who to vote for - via PM)Can send a message to Jones once in the whole game.
- Dr. John H. Watson : a follower of Holmes, Expert in medical arena - Saving role (can save any one person per night) - has an RID every night to identify Sherlock Holmes. When found, they gain BTSC with each other.
- Mycroft Holmes : brother of Sherlock Holmes, even more observant than his brother, but doesn't have that energy - Watching role (knows only the action of a person per night not the roles
- Mr. Gregson : A famous Scotland Yarder - Killing role (RID kill)
- Mr. Lesterate : strong personality - block (shown in NP )
- Mr. Hopkins : A good detective, Uses his mind very well, Holmes has a lot of hope from him - assume the abilities of any person by RIDing him correctly (but cannot use the same ability two times in a row)
- Mr. Jones: very arrogant but intelligent person. - watching role (knows the action of one person per night) Sherlock Holmes can send him only one message in the whole game and Jones can reply to it.
Baddies: kill the goodies have BTSC. Can choose anyone as the NK carrier (even any goodie)
- Professor Moriarty : man of good birth, excellent education, had a brilliant career in front of him but the criminal strain ran in his mind, creates a great danger because of his mental powers -Discovery role (can find one person's role per night)
- Confederate : a bosom friend of Professor Moriary, can do anyhting to save his faction - Bodyguard - Saves Moriary from night kills (not die himself).
- Colonel Sebastian Morau : one of the best soldiers in heavy infantry but came up with a criminal mind - Blocking role (block the activity of one person per night)
The Scowers : Kill Holmes and Moriarty. After gaining BTSC, they lose their RIDs
- Mr.McGinty : Bodymaster of union house, a club which is famous for murders - Killing role (Night kill) but before being able to use the kill, he need to RID Stapleton (coz he is the carrier) After RIDing him correctly, he joins BTSC with Ginty. Gains Stapleton's spy after gaining BTSC. If stapleton dies, he inherits the kill while still having the spy. Has two RID per night to find Stapleton. The kill needs no RID.
- Stapleton : Owned the hound of Baskersville, escaped the police and now seek revenge. - Spying role (knows only the action of a person per night not the roles). When he gains BTSC (joins the scowers), he loses his spy ability and passes it to Ginty. And becomes Ginty's kill carrier. Has one RID per night to find McGinty.
Host's Summary[]
Game Idea and Expectations
The best part in this game was the shifting win possiblity from one faction to other. With the actions of N1, I was thinking that without Mo's leadership, baddies will be scattered. But, mo was able to survive D1. Congrats to him for his grear defences. Had he survived D2 as well, the MVP would have had been undoubtedly his.
When Mo was lynched, the game was highly in the favour of goodies, coz mo's leadership was very valuable for the baddies.
Nevertheless, in the whole game, Scowers were the luckiest from Day 1, when sherlock holmes was lynched, i.e., half of their wincon was fulfilled. And on N2, they gained their BTSC. Though, Benjer was very loud, but he didn't out himself the way that I would say was against the rules.After Night 3, one member of all factions was killed.
And to be frank, the most depressing part, was there wasn't any discussion, neither in the BTSC nor in the game thread.
The most funniest part, you guys lynched Sherlock Holmes Day 1! ! ! ! I was going Lmao for the remaining whole day. Seriously, the game was called SHM, and SH lynched D1. lmao
And my words for the inactives. I may sound harsh, but please, I hate inactives. If you know you won't be able to play, then don't sign up, and if this happens unannounced, plz, let the host know, so that you can be replaced. Don't play the way, you are online for one day, then inactive for the day, i.e., randomly being active.Winning Faction[]
- Slick - Mr. Jones
- Nana7 - Dr John Watson
- DarthMask - Lesterate - Killed N2 by Baddies
- WilsoMike - Mycroft Holmes
- Auramyna - Mr. Hopkins - Killed N3 by Scowers
- Hidden Z - Sherlock Holmes - Lynched D1
- Shadow - Gregson - Killed N1 by Baddies
- KlueMaster - McGinty - Killed N3 by Baddies
- benjer3 - Stapleton
MVP - none
Day and Night Posts[]
Prologue |
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Dr. John H. Watson saw Sherlock Holmes walk into his consulting room. It struck him that Holmes was looking even paler and thinner than usual. Holmes saw the question in Watson's eyes, and, putting his finger tips together and his elbows upon his knees, he explained the situation to Watson, who took the seat beside him.
"Have you ever heard of Professor Moriarty? " "Never." "He is the napoleon of crime. He is the organizer of half that is evil and of nearly all that is undetectable in this great city. He has brains of the first order. He sits motionless, like a spider in the center of its web, but that web has thousands radiations, and Moriarty knows well every quiver of each of them. he does little himself. He only plans. But his agents are numerous and splendidly organised. This ]Confederate, a very clever personality; along with Colonel Sebastian Morau, one of the best soldiers in heavy infantry, will add to the difficulties because they are willing to do anything for the organization." "I even heard of the resurfacing of Stapleton and McGinty, for their revenge", Watson shows concern. "Oh, yes, Stapleton, from the Case of Hound of Baskersvilles, and McGinty, from the Case of the Valley of Fear. Stapleton is a very intelligent person and his usage of resources and people amazed me in his case, while McGinty, is the Bodymaster, has a lot of contacts who are ready to kill anyone. Hmm........ This is becoming even more difficult than I previously thought." Holmes spang up and stood near the fireplace, and smiled. "We have our army ready as well. Our team includes Scotland Yarders, Lesterade and Gregson; my hope for the future, Hopkins; and my very well talented brother, Mycroft Holmes. Even Jones is interested in this case. And you, my friend, will be there with me, right? " Watson stood up, and said, "Of course !!!" Holmes' smile broadened, "Then, we will give all a tough competition" |
Night 1 - The Case Opens | ||
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Akriti was a sweet girl of 16. Along with studies, she had some uncommon interests, like numerology and palmistry, but the thing that attracted her the most was mystery. One day, as usual, she was in the library in her free time. She smiled with joy as she saw a book. She took the book and hurriedly ran towards the bench, and opened it impatiently.
"Yessss !!!!! " She exclaimed with joy as she saw the first page of a chapter. And then read what the reports of the book had to say.............
Date : October 4, 2011 Day : Tuesday Time : 8 PM Nana7 was going back home. She knew it was too late and she need to back home soon, where she can be safe. After walking for a few minutes, she suddenly heard some footsteps just behind her. She tried to ignore it but knew she was near danger. Just as she finished these calculations in her mind, she got ready to run out of this in one go. She moved forward and ran with full speed. When she finally stopped, she knew nothing about where she was. It would be taking her the whole night to find her way out of the big city to her home. In the shadows, Colonel Sebastian Morau was smiling at having confused her. He went away to give the report to his baddie fellows. Time : 9:15 PM Mr. Lesterate , though, he was worried about the rumors about the rising of baddies, he was not among the one who would sit while keeping hands on hands. He understood his responsibility. He had to do something. He stood up, thought for a second, smiled and went for his cloak. In the chilling winter cold, Mr. Lesterate went on, looking for the one. As he moved across a deserted road, he saw the one he needed. Very stealthily, he went near Kluemaster, picked up a stick, and stuck Kluemaster hard on his head. Klue was out for the night. Time : 2 AM Shadow was sitting in her home, where she felt she was safe. Well, only SHE thought that way. At around 2 AM in the night, she heard a knock on the door of her house. She woke up, half asleep. In this sleepiness, she didn't realize that she had opened the door for her death. As soon as she opened the door, a person, pushed her aside and forced his/her way in the house. That person appeared as though hypnotized. Shadow shouted for help, but that person held her mouth tightly and put a revolver with a silencer on her head. Even before she could understand what happened, 3 bullets were already across her head. Shadow lay there, dead, as the person remarked, " Take it as a token of love for your valuable services to Professor Moriarty". (S)He went away laughing maniacally. Next morning, (s)he was somewhat in a state of drowsiness. When (s)he joined the crowd outside Shadow's house, (s)he knew not that it was done by him/her. The list of suspects was revised. |
Day 1 - A great shock | |
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As the library was closing, Aki didn't realize that she was reading the case file for the whole evening. She took the book, and brought it home. As excited she was, she opened the next chapter as soon as she reached her room, and kept on reading it...........
Time : 8 AM After the death of Shadow, the whole city was frightened, but along with that they were filled with anger. So, for the sake of justice, it was concluded that it's best to let all the people decide, who was to be lynched. All the suspects were summoned. All knew that there were baddies among them, they just need to find that out. Accusations went around everywhere on almost every person, when accusations finally rested, they rested upon Hidden Z. He was the one to be lynched. Time : 7 PM After a lot of accusations and discussions, it was decided that Hidden Z would be lynched. As Hidden Z approached his death, he gave a glint in his eyes, a very familiar glint for Watson. But, before anything could be done, Hidden Z was hanged. When the people were about to leave, people saw something. As the baddies laughed away, others mourned at the death of Sherlock Holmes. |
Night 2 - It's quiet here, isn't it ? |
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Next morning when Aki opened her eyes, all she could see was darkness. After a few minutes, she realized that the book was lying on her face. She slept while reading the book at night.
As she got ready for the school, and waited for the school bus, she took out the book, gave a glance on the book. With a smile on the face, she opened the book and read the next chapter.........................
Time : 8:20 PM As the night grew darker, the people became more and more afraid of the impending danger. It was not that late, as it was used to be for................. killing a person. Darthmask was sitting in his living room. Though afraid, but still calm and cautious. He heard a knock on the door of his house. He was very aware of the killers roaming around, but he thought that murderers are not going to kill him so early in the night. It was just *he looked at his watch* 8:21 PM. He followed his gut, and went to open the door. But somewhere, his heart was saying that he shouldn't do so. So, before opening the door, he looked through the hole, and saw a familiar face, though there was something wrong with the eyes. Well, Darthmask took a sigh of relief, and didn't realize that the strangeness in that person's eyes meant, his death. The person was hypnotized. Just as the person walked in, Darthmask understood it, but it was too late. There was already a butcher's knife dug deep into his chest. As Darthmask was dying, the mysterious person laughed, and said, "This should please my master, Professor Moriarty", and went away. Time : 9:53 PM Lesterate, buried deep in thought, was sitting near the fire place. His face was showing determination, a determination to do something. He knew what the accusations yesterday, have brought to the surface. Even though, he was still sad about the death of Holmes, this gave his enough anger to avenge his death. As Lesterate went around London, he stopped in front of a house, the house of Maurice. He knocked the door, and maurice welcomed him inside his house. As maurice was walking in front, Lesterate raised his stick and hit maurice hard. Mo lay there unconscious, as Lesterate went back to his home. The next morning brought a lot of confusion, mystery and of course, Darthmask's dead body in front of the whole city mob, which was soon joined by maurice |
Day 2 - Finally | |
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As Aki was sitting in her room, after the school. She didn't even bother to have lunch, but all she wanted was to know what happened next...................................
Date : October 7, 2011 Day : Friday Time : 8:00 AM As, people got to know of DM's death, they were ready to kill any person on their way. But soon, they remembered what Hidden Z said before dying. Votes quickly piled on Maurice , who gave away his defences. But no one, except one, believed him. The discussion went on for long, going on and on and on and on............................................. Time : 9:00 PM The accusations moved from their targets a bit, but their mean was the same. Maurice was the unlucky person. As Maurice was taken away to be lynched, his face was still determined. But, this determination was able to save him from the lynch. As the noose was tightened around his neck, he gave a cunning smile. The lever was lowered. Colonel Sebastian Morau had served enough. He was no more. As the goodies celebrated their first win over baddies, remaining baddies criticized the goodies. |
Night 3 - Massacre | |
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Oh, no boring stories about Aki this time. Directly towards the next chapter in the book.............................
Date : October 8, 2011 Day : Saturday Time : 11:14 PM As Kluemaster was sitting ion his room, he thought, that he is safe. It was his misunderstanding...... He closed the novel he was reading, and went to switch off the lights. As the lights went off, he could see nothing but could feel a small piece of cloth on her face. He struggled and came out of the hands of the killer. But, he didn't know that this was a part of his plan. When Kluemaster was a bit relaxed at seeing that he can handle a killer, the baddie killer sprang up with a great speed, and stabbed Kluemaster. The killer went away, as Klue's Body lay there. Time : 11:53 PM As the Scower(s) were getting bored, all that he/they needed was some bloodshed. After some thinking, the target of the kill was decided. Happy at the decision, Stapleton stepped out of the Vermissa Lodge. He could feel the joy of blood shedding. So, to help him with it, he went on to find his target. He found Auramyna round the corner, sitting all alone. "This is the best chance I can ever have", thought Stapleton as he moved closer to Auramyna. As Auramyna raised her head, all she could see was her blood, that came out of her forehead after being hit by 6 bullets in a row into the head. Time : 12:23 AM Hopkins knew that goodies need his help. Then he had to avenge the death of his role model, Sherlock Holmes. With a determined expression he went on for his cloak, and stepped out in the late dark night to look for a baddie. As he was moving, he saw Fat Tony moving stelthily. Hopkins became suspicious of him and followed him quietly. As he found a correct time and chance, he holded the hand of Fat Tony and with the police gun, striked a bullet in his stomach. Hopkins left as Fat Tony cried in pain, dying slowly. Next morning, people found the three dead bodies and sighed............... |
Day 3 - Ending, so soon ? |
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After the death of three people in the same night, people were confident that they have found the last baddie. As for luck, Scowers had a lot of it. So, as the votes were piling up on inawordyes, he came out of the crowd and said, "I am moriarty. Kill me. "
People were not astonished at this. And they gladly lynched moriarty. Goodies and Scowers Win !!! |
End of Game Roster[]
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Akriti
- maurice - Colonel Sebastian Morau - Lynched D2
- Slick - Mr. Jones
- Inawordyes - Professor Moriarty - Lynched D3
- Nana7 - Dr John Watson
- DarthMask - Lesterate - Killed N2 by Baddies
- WilsoMike - Mycroft Holmes
- Auramyna - Mr. Hopkins - Killed N3 by Scowers
- Hidden Z - Sherlock Holmes - Lynched D1
- Shadow - Gregson - Killed N1 by Baddies
- KlueMaster - McGinty - Killed N3 by Baddies
- FatTony - Confederate - RID Killed N3 by Mr. Hopkins
- benjer3 - Stapleton
Actions[]
Night 1 |
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Night 1 NK carrier- Darthmask
Player - Role - Action - Result
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Night 2 |
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Night 2 NK carrier - Kluemaster
Player - Role - Action - Result
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Night 3 |
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Night 3 NK carrier - Inawordyes
Player - Role - Action - Result
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