"O" aka Circular voting - Game Over!

[Samruc]

I had an idea this morning about a game I’d like to try, but it will require a largish number of people. It’s quite simple:

The only possible moves are

voting

and

unvoting

(and discussing). The object of the game is to form “circles”; the bigger, the better. So what is a circle?

Example:

“A votes B, B votes C, C votes A” = Circle of three.

Once a circle is completed, its members can not change their votes until end of round.

Example 2:

There is a vote chain A -> B -> C -> D -> E. Then D changes his vote to B. Now A and E can’t get into the circle, and B-C-D can’t get out.

Got it?

A round will end when two or fewer players aren’t in a circle, and when this occurs, the smallest circle of players will be eliminated. In case of a tie, the circle formed last will be eliminated.

(Edit: If one or two people are in no circles at end of turn, it will count as if they formed a circle of 1 or 2 respectively, and they are thereby eliminated.)

After a few rounds I will declare ‘final round’.

(Edit 2: When

more than half of the players

have been eliminated, the final round starts.)

After that round, the survivors will be ranked according to the total size of the circles they have been in, highest totals wins.

Other rules:

No editing, please

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Game over!

[Lawrencelot]

/in

Sounds good, very simple but challenging. In your second example, are A and E both eliminated?

[somestrangeflea]

/in

[Xdaamno]

/in

Sounds good, very simple but challenging. In your second example, are A and E both eliminated?

I think they both have to find a different circle.

[somestrangeflea]

A round will end when two or fewer players aren’t in a circle, and when this occurs, the smallest circle of players will be eliminated.

A and E aren't in a circle, so, AFAICT, B, C and D are eliminated.

[Xdaamno]

I doubt there'd only

be

A,B,C,D and E in the game, there'd be other players and circles too, that was an example.

[JordanA24]

/in

[ac1983fan]

/in

[livingod]

/inn..

[Samruc]

A round will end when two or fewer players aren’t in a circle, and when this occurs, the smallest circle of players will be eliminated.

A and E aren't in a circle, so, AFAICT, B, C and D are eliminated.

As this was worded, you would have been right, but I didn't make myself clear enough...

The aim of this rule was simply to end the round when there would be no point in waiting for the last players. (The last one or two players can never form a circle that is big enough. A group of three does still have a choice though.)

So in the example, if ABCDE had been the only players, then A and E would have been eliminated. But my goal is to start with at least 15, maybe 20 players, so we can go on for a few rounds and still keep things interesting.

[Khelvaster]

/in

[Nocmen]

sounds...different. /in

[mole]

Can you form a group of two? It seems pointlessly risky but it's a possibility.

[Samruc]

Yes, a group of two is perfectly possible, but remember that the survivors will be ranked by total size of the circles they have been in.

[Samruc]

Hm, I had hoped for some more to jump on before we start. I'll give it another day.

Come on people, simple game, nothing to lose except your time

[JDodge]

/in

[ShadowLurker]

/in

[the silent speaker]

/in

[Samruc]

So, that makes eleven, we're getting somewhere! I'm gonna push for fifteen, so four more to go.

If anyone can come up with a better name for the game, I'm all ears.

[somestrangeflea]

If anyone can come up with a better name for the game, I'm all ears.

How's about "O"?

[Mr Stoofer]

/in

[Samruc]

[mighty, tv-ad voice]

O - the game

[/tv voice]

It's still slightly confusing, but it's definitely catchier

[Samruc]

*** Final call ***

Bring out your family and friends, the more the merrier!

I'd be thrilled if we could get up to about 20 people, but I realise we should get going. Everyone reading this is still very welcome to sign up, just check the rules (they are simple) and type /in. I will kick this off in about eight hours from this post.

(I considered joining the game myself since this will pretty much run by itself, but I'm not sure what issues may arise, this being the first game and all. So I think it might be wiser to stay out, what do you say?)

[Lawrencelot]

I think you can just join the game yourself, you're not doing much besides telling the rules and starting and ending the rounds right?

Looking at the example, maybe Backstab might be a good title, but since it's a simple game I think O is just fine .

[Samruc]

Okay then, no screams of protest so far. I'll try to have the decency not to win

This means I will have to announce beforehand when the final round will be. I'll add this to the first post: "When more than half of the players have been eliminated, the final round starts". (In our case this means when 7 or more have been eliminated)

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Player list:

Lawrencelot
somestrangeflea
Xdaamno
JordanA24
ac1983fan
livingod
Khelvaster
Nocmen
JDodge
ShadowLurker
the silent speaker
Mr Stoofer
Samruc

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Round 1 - Go!