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[Phalla] at the House on the Hill - Finale: Delicious Scooby Snacks. Partygoers win!
Matev
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This was gonna be the party of the decade. Plenty of drinks, a plethora of party favors, and the most fire DJ we could get to come to Darkness Falls. Where was this party gonna be, you ask? The only place big enough for all of us….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kW0kTLBfG0
Whateley Manor, better known as the House on the Hill. Little did we know, our party was going to become…..[PHALLA] AT THE HOUSE ON THE HILL
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Click here for a rundown on Phalla
This Phalla is going to be non-traditional. The following elements will deviate from the typical Phalla:
-There will be no mafia
-There will be non-standard win conditions
-There will be a House Proboard all participants will be required to join
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Rules of the game
In addition to the standard vote and discussion, players will roam the house and attempt to solve the mysteries therein. Thusly, all players will have the following actions available
-Move: -Normal movement is 2 spaces per player a night.
In addition to Move, 1 of the following actions may be taken:
-Examine: Examine the room. You will receive an item from your search. Only 1 item may be held at a time. Items may be dropped at any point via PM. If an item is necessary to solve a puzzle, it will be consumed upon the solution being provided.
-Trade: Players may consent to trade items if both send confirmation messages to the host.
-Other: Actions not covered by those above.
Sample village PM
Clarifications
As always, please include the host on any PM convos or proboards related to the game.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kW0kTLBfG0Whateley Manor, better known as the House on the Hill. Little did we know, our party was going to become…..[PHALLA] AT THE HOUSE ON THE HILL
***
Click here for a rundown on Phalla
What is Phalla?
Phalla is the Penny-Arcade Forums' version of the party game Mafia.
The Basic Rules
The "village" consists of all players in the game. Included in the village are a small number of bad guys, commonly known as the "mafia". Normally, the mafia members all know one another at the beginning of the game, but nobody else knows anything about anyone other than themselves.
Each day (normally a 24-hour period) the village discusses and publically votes for one person to be executed that night. At the same time, the bad guys choose one person to kill each night and PM the name to the narrator. In larger games, the bad guys might get two kills per night or other abilities to use.
The good side wins if all of the bad guys die. The bad side wins if the number of good guys is less than or equal to the number of bad guys (on the assumption that at that point, they control the vote plus get their kill, so it's inevitable). Large games generally take between a week and two weeks. Small games usually last a week or less.
Usually, there will be one or more "special" roles among the good guys (and occasionally among the bad guys). Exactly who holds each role is only known to that person, and it may not even be known which or how many specials will be in any given game.
Each night, the narrator gives the details of who died, and normally whether they were a bad guy. Some games also include clues or outright statements if someone who died was a good special.
Living players may not communicate regarding the game with dead players and vice versa, unless there is some specific mechanic in place to do so. In that case, communication normally goes through the narrator. If you are dead and the moderator allows a "goodbye" post, make sure it includes absolutely no information about the game, even if you think the information is obvious. If you receive a PM or see a post breaking this rule, notify the person running the game immediately.
You may not use any anonymous method of communication to discuss the game. Forum-based PMs, external IMs, e-mails and other message boards (like proboards) are allowed as long as the person you are talking to knows who you are. You may not use screencaps to "prove" anything to anyone. Do not speak in code.
Along similar lines, don't use the "Add to conversation" feature. Phalla requires a certain amount of uncertainty, and since adding a person to a conversation allows them to see the entire thread, it can serve as a form of verification along the same lines of screen captures. If you wish to communicate something from a PM/conversation to a new player, then start up a new conversation with that individual.
Play nice. It's okay to argue, but don't get too hostile. If it's getting to the point where you're asking other people to quit the game, you're going too far. We're all here to have fun, so take it easy and keep as level a head as possible. Respect others and they'll respect you.
Common Variations
Many larger games contain multiple groups of bad guys working at cross-purposes (a Mafia vs. Werewolves game). Other games may put all players into different factions with each faction’s goal of eliminating a certain subset of the other factions - there may or may not be a common Mafia-style faction that all groups will need to eliminate to achieve victory.
Additional voting or other mechanics can also be used. At least one game has included a council or single person elected every other night who is able to use a power publically. For example, one game had an elected council able to shift the execution vote to the second person. Another had an elected emperor able to choose a person to kill.
In a small game, the typical size for a group of bad guys is 15-20%; the player population, although an individual game may lean toward the high end, particularly if there is only one group of bad guys in a larger game.
Often, everyone gets a "flavor" role in the game. Bad guys and good specials usually get a normal "villager" role in addition to their special role. This keeps people from using their initial PM to verify someone else's role. The two most common ways to do this are to (a) use the exact same message to everyone, or (b) give everyone a unique villager role.
Phalla is the Penny-Arcade Forums' version of the party game Mafia.
The Basic Rules
The "village" consists of all players in the game. Included in the village are a small number of bad guys, commonly known as the "mafia". Normally, the mafia members all know one another at the beginning of the game, but nobody else knows anything about anyone other than themselves.
Each day (normally a 24-hour period) the village discusses and publically votes for one person to be executed that night. At the same time, the bad guys choose one person to kill each night and PM the name to the narrator. In larger games, the bad guys might get two kills per night or other abilities to use.
The good side wins if all of the bad guys die. The bad side wins if the number of good guys is less than or equal to the number of bad guys (on the assumption that at that point, they control the vote plus get their kill, so it's inevitable). Large games generally take between a week and two weeks. Small games usually last a week or less.
Usually, there will be one or more "special" roles among the good guys (and occasionally among the bad guys). Exactly who holds each role is only known to that person, and it may not even be known which or how many specials will be in any given game.
Each night, the narrator gives the details of who died, and normally whether they were a bad guy. Some games also include clues or outright statements if someone who died was a good special.
Living players may not communicate regarding the game with dead players and vice versa, unless there is some specific mechanic in place to do so. In that case, communication normally goes through the narrator. If you are dead and the moderator allows a "goodbye" post, make sure it includes absolutely no information about the game, even if you think the information is obvious. If you receive a PM or see a post breaking this rule, notify the person running the game immediately.
You may not use any anonymous method of communication to discuss the game. Forum-based PMs, external IMs, e-mails and other message boards (like proboards) are allowed as long as the person you are talking to knows who you are. You may not use screencaps to "prove" anything to anyone. Do not speak in code.
Along similar lines, don't use the "Add to conversation" feature. Phalla requires a certain amount of uncertainty, and since adding a person to a conversation allows them to see the entire thread, it can serve as a form of verification along the same lines of screen captures. If you wish to communicate something from a PM/conversation to a new player, then start up a new conversation with that individual.
Play nice. It's okay to argue, but don't get too hostile. If it's getting to the point where you're asking other people to quit the game, you're going too far. We're all here to have fun, so take it easy and keep as level a head as possible. Respect others and they'll respect you.
Common Variations
Many larger games contain multiple groups of bad guys working at cross-purposes (a Mafia vs. Werewolves game). Other games may put all players into different factions with each faction’s goal of eliminating a certain subset of the other factions - there may or may not be a common Mafia-style faction that all groups will need to eliminate to achieve victory.
Additional voting or other mechanics can also be used. At least one game has included a council or single person elected every other night who is able to use a power publically. For example, one game had an elected council able to shift the execution vote to the second person. Another had an elected emperor able to choose a person to kill.
In a small game, the typical size for a group of bad guys is 15-20%; the player population, although an individual game may lean toward the high end, particularly if there is only one group of bad guys in a larger game.
Often, everyone gets a "flavor" role in the game. Bad guys and good specials usually get a normal "villager" role in addition to their special role. This keeps people from using their initial PM to verify someone else's role. The two most common ways to do this are to (a) use the exact same message to everyone, or (b) give everyone a unique villager role.
This Phalla is going to be non-traditional. The following elements will deviate from the typical Phalla:
-There will be no mafia
-There will be non-standard win conditions
-There will be a House Proboard all participants will be required to join
*
Rules of the game
In addition to the standard vote and discussion, players will roam the house and attempt to solve the mysteries therein. Thusly, all players will have the following actions available
-Move: -Normal movement is 2 spaces per player a night.
In addition to Move, 1 of the following actions may be taken:
-Examine: Examine the room. You will receive an item from your search. Only 1 item may be held at a time. Items may be dropped at any point via PM. If an item is necessary to solve a puzzle, it will be consumed upon the solution being provided.
-Trade: Players may consent to trade items if both send confirmation messages to the host.
-Other: Actions not covered by those above.
Sample village PM
You are…..
…a partygoer! What was a fun halloween party has turned into a night of terror you will not forget. If you survive that is. Monsters prowl the House on the Hill, but there must be a way out!
Goal:
Kill all the monsters OR escape the house
…a partygoer! What was a fun halloween party has turned into a night of terror you will not forget. If you survive that is. Monsters prowl the House on the Hill, but there must be a way out!
Goal:
Kill all the monsters OR escape the house
Clarifications
Order of operations:
Vote > Defensive Powers > Monster Kills > Other Moves (Including Examine) > Offensive Moves > Move
What does the vote end?
10PM PST/1AM EST
What happens in the case of ties?
In ties, all tied parties and the vote the caused the tie are killed. The house is hungry, and so is Buddy.
Thralls, Conversions, etc.?
These sorts of things have a distinct possibility of showing up in this game
Vote > Defensive Powers > Monster Kills > Other Moves (Including Examine) > Offensive Moves > Move
What does the vote end?
10PM PST/1AM EST
What happens in the case of ties?
In ties, all tied parties and the vote the caused the tie are killed. The house is hungry, and so is Buddy.
Thralls, Conversions, etc.?
These sorts of things have a distinct possibility of showing up in this game
As always, please include the host on any PM convos or proboards related to the game.
If you're ready for a dose of good old fashioned fright, sign up with Limegreen
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Narrations
Night 1: DJ Cold Cuts
Night 2: Meet Buddy
Night 3: No Sense of Right and Wrong
Night 4: Frogmarching along
Night 5: The Bloodening
Night 6: Isolation
Night 7: Horror Movie Slapfight
Night 8: Am I Not?
Night 9: When all else fails...
Night 10: Dance Danse Macabre
Night 11: ...and the Book of Life takes it away
Final Night: The Last of Us
Summaries
Night 1
DJ - Someone didn't like his music
Night 2
Obifett - Partygoer - Met Buddy
Zombie Hero - Partygoer - The Hunt is on
AustinP0027 - Partygoer - Mauled
Night 3
TheRoadVirus - Partygoer - Crushed
Egos- The Devil - Sent screaming back to Hell
Jdarksun - Skelebro - Deboned
Premium - Cenobite - Defeated by dissolution
Magicprime - Partygoer - Blown away
Sirfabulous - Partygoer - Incinerated
Night 4
Enlightenbum - The Slasher - Drug off
Mamawolf - The Grudge - Ripped limb from limb
Burnage - Devil Worshipper - Green flamed!?
Night 5
Locus - Partygoer - A fine vintage, to be sure
Wildcat - Partygoer - Fatal attraction
Green - Partygoer - Beside himself
Retaba - Partygoer - Consumed by a lunatic
Corvidae - Werewolf - Wolf Flambe
Virgil_Meets_You - Exorcist - Sent to meet his maker
Preda - Partygoer - Buddy Bonus Round
Night 6
Mamawolf- The Grudge - Not vengeful enough
Brody- Partygoer - Stove Top Scorching
Bedlam - Partygoer - Shotgun Justice
Assuran - Partygoer - Slow on the draw
Discrider - Monster Hunter - Ashes to Plant Food
Night 7
Premium - Cenobite - Phyrric Victory this time
38thdoe - Partygoer - Unsaved
Kilnaga - Partygoer - Consumed from within
Night 8
enlightenedbum - Partygoer - Met his destiny
Grunt's Ghosts - Devil Worshipper - So not groovy
Night 9
Moridin889 - Partygoer - Died a hero
Lostninja - The Thing - Died a Monster
Hedgethorn - Partygoer - Luck ran out
Alegis - Partygoer - Devoured
Night 10
Jpants - The Necrodancer - Neck snap needle scratch
Night 11
Lucedes - The Mummy - Undone
Premium - The Cenobite - Drawn back beyond
Gizzy - Devil Worshipper - Asploded
Night 12
Chamberlain - Partygoer - Victim of opportunity
Confusion will be my epitaph
The Monster Baru Cormorant - Seth Dickinson
Steam: Korvalain
OoOoOoOoOoO
- Terence McKenna
Now where's Demi Moore?
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Knowing the actual board game, at some point in time people will become "Traitors" and we will have to kill them before they kill us.
I don't care for the board game. First two times I played it I got all the -1 body/sanity cards, and no items so as soon as part two started I was boned both times.
Not specifically, no
This game shares a name and Genre with Betrayal at House on the Hill. Any further similarities are coincidental or accidental.
I haven't played the new edition, which I hear fixes a ton of the problems that the first edition had, like some Traitor situations being unbeatable and some of the underpowered Traitor stuff boosted.
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Some traitor situations can brutal if you had a rough first half or you've got a low number of players (looking at you Werewolves) but overall it's pretty fun and apparently the new expansion scenarios go some really weird and fun places.
:bigfrown:
Man this is really not the one to be excluded from. Ah well!
....I'm old
Now you nerds need to get in line and watch me shoulder charge right through this door like I charged through City County College Tech's offensive lineman back in '11.
Shit was so cash
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... Sk-Skeleton Man?!
For there is always something down there... in the dark... waiting to come out...
How can I remove it?