Jig

Wolf Manor

I understand that another IC post is coming from a not-too-far-away perspective, too.

Then I'll be posting.

And I'm moving to Amsterdam and trying to get another game off the ground.

#goodluckeverybody #tidbits #gmisuseless

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Assuming I've understood correctly what subscription notifications are (you subscribe to a thread and get notifications on updates), I kinda feel like for some games, that wouldn't be an advantage, especially if the OoC is a bit full of natter and idle, off-topic chitchat - a huge wedge of notifications doesn't help identify which posts are of importance.

Another possible solution might be, when we get custom extra tabs in threads, the GM can reserve one for announcements and manage a separate subscription system for that.

Wink Murder [Murder Mystery - High Casual]

Please leave this section free. I'll use it for GM announcements and as a resource for public information.

Wink Murder [Murder Mystery - High Casual]

Thanks for your honesty. I'd much rather have you bow out now as somebody who'd like to take part but can't rather than somebody who takes a risk and derails it. Maybe next time :)

Wink Murder [Murder Mystery - High Casual]

We've got interest, so now we'll be hitting the OoC.

:)

Wink Murder [Murder Mystery - High Casual]

Murder

A dilapidated theatre in downtown New York, 1923. A man lies on the stage; a bullet has punched a hole right through his head. From your seat, you meet the eyes of the other five in the auditorium. They're all alive, staring at you, staring back. You don't need to be able to read minds to know that most of them are thinking "Who killed Mr. Jig?". But if you could read minds, you'd know one of them is thinking
"It was me."

Wink Murder [Murder Mystery - High Casual]

Murder

A dilapidated theatre in downtown New York, 1923. A man lies on the stage; a bullet has punched a hole right through his head. From your seat, you meet the eyes of the other five in the auditorium. They're all alive, staring at you, staring back. You don't need to be able to read minds to know that most of them are thinking "Who killed Mr. Jig?". But if you could read minds, you'd know one of them is thinking
"It was me."

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Premise

• Murder Mystery
• 1920's New York
• One of you did it
• Interaction-driven
• Secrecy, shenanigans, and slaughter

Welcome to Wink Murder. You have been blackmailed by Mr. Jig, whom you have never met, and have been summoned by him to a theatre in New York for reasons unknown. At least one of you has come with the intention of killing him to keep your secret, whatever it is, safe. You find yourselves locked in a theatre with strangers, one of whom you know must be a murderer.

You the players will be completely in the dark throughout this. You don't know who the murderer is. Character sheets won't be published. Everything you and your characters know will be events and details you will experience and discover for yourselves. If you're lucky, you may survive - but everything is down to you.

How It Works

I'll accept a limited number of players onto this; probably six in total. Each of you will PM me a character sheet, including the reason your character is being blackmailed and a damning piece of evidence, and whether or not you would like to be the murderer. Among the candidates for murderer, I will choose one at random.

Your goal is to work out who the murderer is; that way, you can guarantee, maybe, getting out alive without being arrested. The murderer's goal is for themselves to decide. If you wish to do something in secret, PM me. Since I am non-partisan, I can give other players the relevant information without revealing that you are behind it. Although I won't write much in the IC, I'll be giving you secret information and clues that you may spot for your own use in the IC, mostly by PM.

Ultimately, I won't interfere. I will help guide you to create characters that will work for the setting, but, from there, my intervention will strictly be to keep the plot ticking over and to give you information only I know. I won't ever tell you what to do; that is for you and your character to decide. Every so often, there might be a 'Game Event' that will shake things up a little bit and influence the plot, but, otherwise, you have absolute freedom. Or, in other words, you're totally on your own.

The Players

• High casual writing. I expect accurate usage of spelling, punctuation, and grammar as a minimum.
• Open-minded. This may be a new type of game for you and you may die before the end and I really encourage the use of collaborative posts.
• Secretive. If it's not established in the IC, it's a secret.
• Reliable. RL comes first, but I expect to be kept in the loop if you're going to experience downtime.
• Commitment. There is a limited cast and setting to this, so if you drop out, you could quite easily ruin the game for everybody.

Character Applications

I should stress that this game is not first-come first-served. Because I put a lot of hard work into my games, and do ask a lot from my players, I will only consider going forward with the right cast; in short, people who ‘get’ the game and won’t just drop out. Anything less is unfair to me and unfair to everybody else. Therefore, please do consider seriously whether you’re in this game for the long-haul. It simply isn’t possible to replace players that drop out and a sudden disappearance could kill this off entirely and keep in mind that if you get a spot, the next person might not. The worst thing you can do is half-heartedly send in an application on a whim, deny somebody else a spot, decide you don’t want to/can’t take part after all, and kill the game off by dropping out. This will make me very grumpy.

Just below, you will find three hiders; one shows you what the character sheet looks like; one has the coding so you don’t need to write it all out yourself; and one has some guidance about how to fill it in. If you're a newbie to these boards and I haven't seen you around, you might want to send me a sample passage of text (perhaps whatever it was that your character did that's now their secret?) with your sheet so I can get a feel for you.

Character Sheet

Murderer/Innocent

Image

Name:

Age:

Gender:

Ethnicity:

Profession:

Personality:

Background:

Secret:

Objective:

Possessions:

• Thing #1
• Thing #2
• Etc

Character Sheet Code

[b]Murderer/Innocent[/b]

Image

[b]Name:[/b]

[b]Age:[/b]

[b]Gender:[/b]

[b]Ethnicity:[/b]

[b]Profession:[/b]

[b]Personality:[/b]

[b]Background:[/b]

[b]Secret:[/b]

[b]Objective:[/b]

[b]Possessions:[/b]
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Guidance

• Do not post these in public or discuss them with other players! Instead PM them to me.
• Please use the coding provided. It really does make my life easier, sifting through the knowledge.
• Be aware of the time-period for all of these details.
• “Murderer/Innocent” – delete as appropriate. If your character will come with the intention, or is prepared, to kill Mr. Jig, indicate that they are a potential murderer. If not, then they are innocent.
• "Image" - please upload an image of your character. Since these will be made public (by me), the more accurate it is to the time-period and your character's clothes, the better. The less explanation that has to be done in the OoC, the better (though I'll be flexible if you're struggling). Photos or photorealistic artwork only, please, and please also avoid well-known celebrities.
• “Gender” & “Ethnicity” – remember the time period. Opportunities available and attitudes to people differed according to gender and race. If you wish to play a woman or a person of colour, it may be worth bearing this in mind. Equally, it may be worth remembering this when playing white males; what attitude might you have to others?
• “Background” – notes on your character’s history, including relevant details from birth to the present day. This will probably encompass “Secret” as well. Don’t be scared of repeating information. This isn’t ‘write a passage that is a section from the character’s life’.
• “Secret” – your character has done something wrong, and Mr. Jig is blackmailing you. What did you do? What are the consequences of him leaking?
• “Objective” – your character has agreed to meet Mr. Jig, but why? Are they going to give into his demands? Negotiate? Murder him? Something else?
• “Possessions” – your character will have few opportunities to gain new items throughout the game, and so a clear list of what they take with them, including possible murder/self-defence weapons, will be useful.
• Since you are building characters for a mystery game, I may have to suggest that certain elements be tweaked so that your character works. Please don’t be offended if I do.
• If you’re stuck or have questions, talk to me! While I probably will not provide ideas for you, I’m quite happy to work with you to develop your character.
• Once the IC begins and you post your first post, these details may not be changed. You are limited to who you are, what you’ve brought, and the setting I provide.

Over to You

Hopefully I haven’t scared you off with the character applications! If you have any questions that aren’t related to character-details, ask away! If not, I think I’ve probably given you all the information you might need. As will always be the case in this, if you're uncertain, please let me know, and I'll do my best to help.

Thanks,

Jig

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Wolf Manor

My favourite is how ominous the case sitting in mysteriousness is.

Wolf Manor

I'm, erm, not sure how I feel about this.

RP Tag Requests

Murder:

Differs from Mystery, in that Mystery could be anything, and could be a police investigation kind of thing, which tends to be in the thriller genre rather than mystery.