Large Theme Moderator Signups and Design Primer

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THIS IS THE LARGE THEME MODERATOR SIGNUP THREAD

The purpose of this thread is for moderators to post applications for their games. After approval, moderators will create individual threads for game signups. You will post there. This thread is does not contain player signups for games.

Player posts will be deleted from this thread.

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So, you want to run a Large Theme...

That's fantastic! I'm T-Bone, the moderator of the Large Theme Queue. The purpose of this and the next several posts is to explain the process of moderating a game, from start to finish. My goal is to have several straightforward posts that any moderator, new or old, can reference to help them with any questions that arise during the planning or execution stages of moderating a Large Theme game.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Intro
1. Moderator Requirements
2. Making a signup thread.
3. Designing a game.
4. How to write a role PM.
5. Running your game.

Let's get some basic definitions out of the way:

- What is a Large Theme? On this site, a Large Theme game is a game with more than 13 players that has a strong emphasis on flavor and/or deviations from normal mafia in mechanics or roles. There is a list of Normal rules that can be found on the mafiascum wiki. If you want to design and run a game that does not adhere to those rules and has 14+ players, you're in the right place!

- What is the purpose of the List Mod?

My job (as it pertains to mods) includes:
- approving game signups
- give permission to mods to create threads in the Large Theme forum
- capricious abuses of power
- providing feedback and support for game moderators for anything that arises during creating and running a setup

With that out of the way, let's get to how you're going to get your game in signups.

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Hi friends. For the time being I will run this queue and oversee ongoing Large Theme games with the other Listmods.

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Maria's game may enter sign-ups.

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kk

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Defcon Mafia 5.0 may enter sign-ups. Please make a new thread in the queue forum.

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Okay you may take sign-ups.

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You may begin sign ups.

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Just begin sign-ups you're the only one in the queue.

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You can begin sign-ups once you find a back-up mod.

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Have fun.

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1. Game name
   - Situation Room
   
2. Flavor
   - Open
   
3. Number of players
   - 17
   
4. Are hydras allowed (Yes/No)
   - No
   
5. Your modding experience
   - Northsidegal/Modded_Games
   
6. Current modding commitments
   - None
   
7. Reviewers
   - Jingle
   
8. Reviewers agreed to FINAL version? (Yes/No)
   - Yes
   
9. Backup or co-mod
   - Nero Cain
   
10. Backup or co-mod's experience
    - Previous games modded
    
11. Backup or co-mod's commitments
    - None
    
12. Is it possible your game has any of the following: (Yes/No)
    - Nope

Have fun.

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Go for it

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I am setting myself to v/la for about 2 weeks. I'm moving to the Boston area, so that is going to take up a majority of my life for the foreseeable future.

I'll still monitor this thread and launch games as needed. If you need game related Listmod style help while I am on v/la, please message one of the other Listmods.

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Go for it.

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GuyInFreezer may begin sign ups

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You may begin sign ups

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You may enter sign ups.

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TemporalLich may begin sign ups.

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Morning Tweet and Fferyllt are both in the queue.

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To be clear waiting in the queue not taking sign-ups sorry! Still two games to fill!

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Morning Tweet you are a go.

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Fferyllt please go.

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I'm sorry RC I misread this and thought you weren't starting signups till the 30th. Please go ahead.

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1. Game name
   - Friends, Enemies and That Other Person
   
2. Flavor
   - Mod Designed, Made Up Universs
   
3. Number of players
   - 21
   
4. Are hydras allowed (Yes/No)
   - Yes, Two Heads, Must Disclose to the Mod
   
5. Your modding experience
   - A lot, my Main is Titus
   
6. Current modding commitments
   - None
   
7. Reviewers
   - Morning Tweet and MathBlade
   
8. Reviewers agreed to FINAL version? (Yes/No)
   - Yes
   
9. Backup or co-mod
   - Morning Tweet
   
10. Backup or co-mod's experience
    - Just Recently Radio Buzz
    
11. Backup or co-mod's commitments
    - None
    
12. Is it possible your game has any of the following: cults,

    mid-game alignment changes,

    moderator lies that cannot be reasonably anticipated (for example, Godfather, Tailor, Miller, Ninja, and mechanics like that are generally fine. Telling someone they are a reflexive doctor when they're actually a PGO is not),

    secret win conditions,

    un-divulged

    non

    -randomness in player role/

    alignment generation, direct moderator influence during the game? (Yes/No)
    - Underlined are possible. Detailed in Spoiler below. I will answer questions about what is possible but not how it could be implemented in the game.

Spoiler: Here's what you know

1. There are five group-scum in the game. They are known as the Enemies of Justice.
   
2. Scum have daytalk and multi-task.
   
3. Scum cannot assign their roles.
   
4. Third parties may or may not be present.
   
5. There is one player who is investigation immune and is unaware of it. All investigations on that player that succeed will come back as "The Unknown", even if a player name is not a valid feedback for the investigation or if the player is not normally an eligible target. (Ex: An investigative result that would come back with a yes/no result would get "The Unknown" instead.)
   
6. The identity of The Unknown may change throughout the game with no choice of The Unknowns past, present or future.
   
7. There is one explicitly random element in the game. Any action is not impacted by this "randomness" in any way unless warned of the possibility of such either by this post or in their role PM.
   
8. No roles have "sanities" such as paranoid, insane, etc.
   
9. No Godparents or the like exist aside from The Unknown.
   
10. The Moderator hates town winning by night play, so you expect some misleading results that are not moderator lies. This includes guilty or innocents that change or are misleading.
    
11. Alignment changes are not possible unless explicitly mentioned in your PM. There is no cult or anything like it.
    
12. Alignment changes that do not violate the above are possible.
    
13. You can rely on anything the moderator says to be true at the point in time that I say it.
    
14. There are no other bastard elements other than what is described here.
    
15. You may ask
    privately
    if something is bastard and out of bounds. I will answer privately. If I feel it is necessary to announce, I will.
    
16. I will not likely announce unless it gets asked multiple times or its an oversight to be included here.
    
17. The goal of this setup is novel fun.
    
18. This setup is swingy and impossible to test perfectly for balance. You've been warned.

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Please do not enter my game into signups until December unless I bold here stating otherwise. I expect to be in trial during November and passing on duties to Morning Tweet is unfair.

I'd like to enter signups when there's an opening. My homicide trial is getting delayed until January at the earliest.

You may begin.

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1. Game name
   - Squid Game
   
2. Flavor
   - Squid Game
   
3. Number of players
   - 21
   
4. Are hydras allowed (Yes/No)
   - No
   
5. Your modding experience
   - A bunch of games here
   
6. Current modding commitments
   - none
   
7. Reviewers
   - Jingle
   
8. Reviewers agreed to FINAL version? (Yes/No)
   - Yes
   
9. Backup or co-mod
   - Jingle
   
10. Backup or co-mod's experience
    - He has modded a lot of games
    
11. Backup or co-mod's commitments
    - yes
    
12. Is it possible your game has any of the following: cults, mid-game alignment changes, moderator lies that cannot be reasonably anticipated (for example, Godfather, Tailor, Miller, Ninja, and mechanics like that are generally fine. Telling someone they are a reflexive doctor when they're actually a PGO is not), secret win conditions, un-divulged non-randomness in player role/alignment generation, direct moderator influence during the game? (Yes/No)
    Nah -

There is some moderator misdirection. Nothing too severely crazy. I think. Probably.


Warning: Death, lots of death. Most of you will not survive. Probably. But should be fun!

You may begin.

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Go for it

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Go for it

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You can begin signups

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Korina may begin sign ups.

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Done

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The queue is empty atm, you can enter whenever.

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You may begin

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Datisi may begin.

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Go for it.

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PSA: If for some reason I miss your post by more than a business day, just send me a message. I must have marked the queue thread as read by accident.

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You may begin sign-ups.

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You may begin.

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You may begin .

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You may begin sign ups.

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Datisi may begin sign ups.

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You may begin!

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Xxyzy may begin sign ups

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RH may begin sign ups.

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Acknowledged, there are games currently in sign-ups.

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Also acknowledged, 2nd in the queue!

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Pooky may begin sign-ups!

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MariaR may begin sign ups!

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Aisa may begin signups!

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Acknowledged that Datisi is in the queue.

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Datisi may begin signups.

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Firebringer may begin sign ups.

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Datisi may begin sign ups.

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Moderation Queue

YOUR GAME HERE

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Korina may begin sign ups.

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Thestatusquo may begin sign-ups.

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Frozen Angel may begin sign-ups.

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Sure, have fun!

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Selene can you link to some games you have modded here?

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Okay didn't realize it was an alt. Go ahead!

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You can enter at any time, you said you were waiting till TM was over.

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xyzzy may begin sign-ups

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You can if you want

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May begin signups.

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#1 in the queue, looking for one of the existing games to fill.

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Datisi can go

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You may begin