Another (novel) Based Game

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Have you ever heard of a novel/manga/anime called "Another?"

If you do, I guess you probably know how it goes.
If not:
26 years ago, in a third-year classroom of a middle school, there was a student named Misaki. As an honors student who was also good at sports, she was popular with her classmates. When she suddenly died, her classmates decided to carry on as if she was still alive until graduation. Then, in the spring of 1998, a boy named Sakakibara Kouichi transfers to the class, and he grows suspicious of the fearful atmosphere in that classroom. In particular, there is a beautiful, aloof girl named Mei Misaki who wears an eye patch and is always alone drawing pictures.

Background information:
It's a start of a new year in _______ High School. Everyone is excited except for Class 3B (Or whatever class you want it to be). Class 3B is the "cursed" class. Whenever there is an "extra," sudden deaths occur. The Calamity. Students must find the "extra" in order to end the mysterious deaths. However, there are two other students "randomly" killing other students in order to kill the "extra."

Player Types:
Student: The student must try to find who is the "extra."
Student-murderer #1: They kill whoever they think is the "extra."
Student-murderer #2: Same purpose.
Extra: The source of the calamity. He/she chooses who to end a life. He/she could even choose to kill the student-murderer and sub-teacher. However, he/she does not work or know what roles other than him/herself.
Sub-teacher: Anyway you can view it: Substitute teacher, 2nd teacher, teacher-helper, whatever. Have the same status and purpose as a student, however, student-murderers cannot kill the sub-teacher. The extra, on the other hand, can.
Teacher: The GM - He/she/it cannot die.

Basically, it's like a three wolf game with one extra role.
It must have a good amount of players in order to fit the "three wolf" style game.
However, people must find only "ONE" person. It's difficult, I know. But the student-murderers can be your allies or your enemies.
It depends on how the GM would reformat the game if he/she chooses this suggestion.

Winning:
Student/Sub-teacher: Kill/capture the extra via voting. Simple win.
Student-murderers: Kill extra. Simple win.
Extra: If many people died, for example a game of 30 and 25 people died, it's an automatic win for the extra. As a result, the students who survive will commit suicide due to the horrors they seen.


Feel free to judge or appreciate. Suggestions are nice too.
If answered Yes or No, state a reason please.
Thank you^^

[Nazo S⸸aRo]

Oi.... I was planning to create such a game if I ever became a temporary game master...

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Please do if you become temp or perm GM !

[Kuro]

Well, I haven't talked to the other GMs, but my opinion is that this would be too hard for the wolf (extra).

Maybe have 2/3 extras depending on the number of players and any student can kill another student he bands together with other students (ex. 4/5/6 students band together against another student in order to kill him/her). Just a random idea. Or maybe have the extra kill 2 people (in rounds and hangings).

Either way, it should definitely be more balanced.

The student-murderers are basically pro-bunny so the wolf should have an advantage, or be able to turn this rabbit advantage in a wolf advantage.

If you guys want a game with "Another" as it's theme (normal game with no special rules but we just change the story to fit) we could also do that. I was thinking about doing it something like that a while ago but refrained so as to not spoil anyone.

[Degree]

Nazo, even if you become a Temp when they are looking, they still have to give you the green light. You might not even have the chance to make a special game.

This is interesting but it looks too lopsided.


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Uh, those are high hopes, guys. Being a "GM" is more than making the games people play. They also choose, indifferently, the temporary game masters that host a game (this only happens when they want/need a break and are low on hands or some other circumstance). You can still give it a shot Nazo, but only when they are looking. They probably won't need help for a while, I think. If they do, they'll make something to let everyone know.


I've never seen "Another" (due to being bored halfway through the first episode) but isn't this completely lopsided? And what do Sub-Teachers do?

I'll be hypothetical when going about this, of course. If it's around 30 players, then we'd either get one or three votes. Or two, if made a rule. Right? It's unsure how many tries we get since three people die at a time, plus those caught. At the same time, we still vote and can either hang the killers or sub-teachers, right? According to the rules, the sub-teachers and killers will be aware of each other and can very well make an alliance. All can vouch for each other and prove their innocence. So it'd be 3+ against everyone else, making the first hurdle against the "extra".

The second hurdle is the extra's condition. How are you supposed to clear out that many people without getting the extra before it? Convincing people to keep yourself alive works sometimes in a regular game. So what if you are losing numbers more quickly than you can kill your opposition? It's the "Students" hanging each other and the ones who can kill picking them off till they get it right. It'd be amazingly hard to last against so many people. I mean...wouldn't it? It's a game of chance that could end before the game is even played.

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^Kuro Up Above^

[Kuro]

Oh Degree, I definitely recommend watching Another. It picks up the pace after the first few episodes, but if you're not a fan of waiting for the build-up of a creepy atmosphere or suspense then maybe it’s not for you.

Edit: Oh, and about the Temp-GMs. Usually we ask people who have been on the site for a while. And yeah, it may take a while before we'll ask for them.

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@kuro Ah, yes I do agree it would be quite difficult. But in my opinion story line-type such as Another would be awesome.

Thanks for the feedback ^^

[Degree]

I take back that boring bit. After the first episode, things get better. Thanks Kuro!

I can see this becoming a theme for a game. (Just saying so I don't get off topic)

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I watched Another and I liked it so much, it's one of my favorite animes. Would be really cool if we had a game with this theme. I support~!

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This game idea is rather interesting, but as kuro said, lacks some balance. Yet it has details that could be similar to our hunger games themed game, where "everyone" was a wolf. Although, the suggestion is complicated.

I was thinking, maybe we could add that detail into it differently. Sure we could have multiple extras, but the story describes the fact that you are looking for one, and that the people murdering other students to find the extra don't have to be two people in particular. I mean, what if other groups got the very same idea?

SO it could go about two ways;
My first idea for this would be that the "Extra" changes each round. Meaning, since everyone is trying to get rid of an extra person X who has made a class room of 30 students into 31, then people are going to be looking at everyone int he classroom. Which adds to the mere fact that they do not know who this person X is.

My second idea for this would be that the wolves alone change. People get the same idea about this, although some are obviously reluctant about committing murder. Thus, this would keep the idea of the game alive- so that if you caught someone, there would still be a chance of people being out there to kill you. Other than the extra.

And then there could be some sort of reward for killing a person or "persons" of the mystery XX pair or the extra, such as immunity for one round.

As for the substitute teacher, I'm not sure this role should be included if they cannot die. It's interesting that they can help either side, but having them invincible doesn't give much of a chance to other people. Unless they changed like the wolves or the extra so that way people could only be immune for one round.

Yes, this makes it more or less complicated ((depending on your opinion)) but for me it balances it a bit so long as you have one person from the group of four changing.