Werewolf/mafia games, is anyone here able to win them?
I consistently lose and always fail the vibe checks. I have given up on trying to win and now I sow chaos for fun when people insist on playing them.
It's a fun trick to enjoy the game even if winning is off the table.
I have won Secret Hitler three times as Hitler. People are quick to trust me because they know I hate lying, and the people who know I am decent at lying look to my fiancée to see if she is trusting me - which means i only have to work to fool one person at the table.
Those are some 3D chess moves, respect
I mean, I get lots of practice because my Fiancée loves social games and I've never been anything other than a Lizard in that game
Whenever I play with other autistic people the game tends to just become a discussion of probabilities and game theory, to the detriment of all non-autistic people at the table. I'm always having a blast though.
I remember a game of Avalon where a fellow autist declared that the game was trivial and told us his strategy for deducing the traitor. His mistake was making a hard assumption on the players' risk tolerance. The round where I was traitor, I meta-gamed the shit out it. It was hilarious watching his confusion when nothing panned out the way he thought.
I'm able to win when people are actually trying to play the game and not just be fucking around. Like everyone agrees that Blue was seen venting or killing someone; but then they all vote to space Green because "fUnNi."
It's why I really hate these games. Any game where the rules are enforced by the players themselves fucking suck, unless you're physically in the same room.
I had a slow stalky strategy in Among Us. I'd take my time and cause distractions. If the crew could focus on getting tasks done, they'd beat me by time.
I'd also vouch for other players if I saw them do a visible task (get scanned, clear asteroids, whatever.) Doing so often ingratiated them to me, so they'd think I was also crew
A lot of players were super suspicious, glad to airlock people in a hurry. Waiting for the crew to thin themselves out informed [my] slow strategy.
i thoroughly enjoyed (and sometimes won) town of salem when that came out, but it’s online and text based. I don’t think it’s a good fit for playing with friends in the room with you. It being text based helps ease the masking and roleplay though.
I had a town of salem phase a while ago. I thought it was hilarious to be shit like a serial killer who left cryptic and nonsense death notes. I uninstalled the game and never put it back when I realized I wasn't having fun.
i have the same problem, but i figured a way to use it for the long game. if we play several rounds, i am vocal in predicting the game based on chances. usually i get killed by the town. but more often than not my predictions were correct. so when i become werwolf a few games in, i remind people how good my "instinct" is, and usually they trust me then >:)
I am able to win pretty consistently, I think. When you're on the bad side you sort of need to non verbally figure out which of you is going to be secretive and which will need to be more risky. I typically take the secretive approach. Someone being more obvious can help take the heat off.
Other than that, there's not much to do. It really just comes down to how good you can lie and how good you read people. I'm pretty good with lying, but not so much reading people. I usually rely more on logic when I'm on the good side.
Sowing chaos is a valid strategy. ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ
Hidden role games really depend on the group playing. If people are being super serious and competitive I'm just gonna go through the motions. But a casual group, playing for fun, is ironically one of the few times I feel comfortable letting the mask slip a bit.
I go very outsized in all my reactions, regardless of role. Instead of trying to straight-face everything and being given away by an eye twitch, I keep up the patter/jokes. Suspect everyone, especially teammates. Be confused about "mistakes," blame getting up too early/staying up too late/drinking too much. An unreliable narrator, if you will.
In some ways, this is "me" turned up to 11. In other ways, it's just a different mask. A role to play that does not depend on the in-game role assignment. I have no idea if this actually helps with winning lol. But it keeps things manageable for me. And it's fun!
I do very well at these games and then need to lie down afterwards. It's like double the masking.
Yes, but they are primarily social games with deception elements so it's no surprise that autism makes them hard or impossible. Going for the chaos fun is a valid strategy. It's perfectly acceptable to fuck with everyone else as long as you're not actually hurting people.
I don't have autism, but do fuck with leaderboards in games sometimes. I hate competitive stuff, but winning specifically to trash the fun of people who take that shit seriously is hilarious. Sure, it's mean, but they don't have to be bitchy about losing, so as far as I'm concerned, it's a them problem. Tldr, I don't care if I win so long as they lose.
I'm a typical third person to get killer for either being to weird/quiet/logical
I'm really good at these games. I assume because I'm always wearing a mask, when it's time to pretend not to be the killer I just wear another mask, nobody ever guesses me unless I did something that very obviously points to me. It's crazy how it feels just like me pretending to be normal day to day.