Posted March 25, 2016
It's that time again, folks. You know you love it.
The next Puzzlemaster's Court trial is coming soon, and we can't have a trial without a jury!
If you're sitting there wondering "What the heck is this fool going on about?", here's some links to the last games:
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/the_puzzlemasters_court_1/page1
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/the_puzzlemasters_court_2_death_and_the_mafioso/page1
It's basically a mystery you have to solve in which the crime has already been committed and the defendant's been hauled into court. Your job as part of the jury is to choose what evidence you wish to view and, as quickly as possible, decide whether the defendant is innocent or guilty. A few guest stars from the GOG community might pop up as well to act as a witness...or the defendant!
As always, for those of you who actually need "rules" and nonsense like that, here are some:
1. Signups will be on a first-come, first-served basis, with some spots "reserved" for players of the first game who've stated that they want to be notified of this one coming.
2. Even if you don't make it in, you can still play! Instead of being part of the jury, you can be part of the audience! You will not be allowed to vote officially, but that won't stop you from sharing your thoughts and having fun! Plus, if a juror has to drop out for any reason, you could potentially become a juror in their place.
3. My mysteries are quite usually some hefty stuff. You might need to take notes. You have been warned.
4. While constant activity is not necessary, you will be expected to cast your vote when the time comes. I understand that you need time to think and that life sometimes gets in the way, but if you take long enough that the game seems to be dragging, I will give the other jurors the option to speed things along without you!
5. Admittedly the logic behind the mystery is not necessarily something that would hold up in court. The guilty/not guilty verdict can be reasoned out with hard logic such as "not enough evidence" or "sufficient evidence", but the explanation should preferably state HOW the murder was carried out.
For those of you coming back:
1. Things have gone a bit more back to normal.
2. Prizes are currently the same unless somebody donates something or I buy something.
3. I'm still open to suggestions before the game starts, as always.
4. Some of you who have expressed the desire to play the game again have received reserved spots. This is just because I made things on a first-come-first-served basis, and I want to make sure you didn't get left out in case a lot of people flooded in somehow. You can still choose to give up your spot if you so desire, of course.
5. I'm going to do what I can to speed things along more in this game. If any trolling/bad derailing shows up, I'll ask for the "downvote/report and ignore" rule from the Steam edition Community Giveaway to be applied here. Don't bother giving them any attention, I'll just get the staff to delete their posts and we can continue having fun.
6. I have been assured that the defendant does not have a gun, nor was he ever involved with the mafia.
Participants:
1. Maxvorstadt
2. Yezemin
3. omega64
4. amrit9037
5. Bookwyrm627
6. REDVWIN
7. ZFR
8. sanfueg
9. sunshinecorp
10. ashwald
11. Habanerose
12. bler144
Current prize pool courtesy of Gnostic.
The next Puzzlemaster's Court trial is coming soon, and we can't have a trial without a jury!
If you're sitting there wondering "What the heck is this fool going on about?", here's some links to the last games:
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/the_puzzlemasters_court_1/page1
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/the_puzzlemasters_court_2_death_and_the_mafioso/page1
As always, for those of you who actually need "rules" and nonsense like that, here are some:
1. Signups will be on a first-come, first-served basis, with some spots "reserved" for players of the first game who've stated that they want to be notified of this one coming.
2. Even if you don't make it in, you can still play! Instead of being part of the jury, you can be part of the audience! You will not be allowed to vote officially, but that won't stop you from sharing your thoughts and having fun! Plus, if a juror has to drop out for any reason, you could potentially become a juror in their place.
3. My mysteries are quite usually some hefty stuff. You might need to take notes. You have been warned.
4. While constant activity is not necessary, you will be expected to cast your vote when the time comes. I understand that you need time to think and that life sometimes gets in the way, but if you take long enough that the game seems to be dragging, I will give the other jurors the option to speed things along without you!
5. Admittedly the logic behind the mystery is not necessarily something that would hold up in court. The guilty/not guilty verdict can be reasoned out with hard logic such as "not enough evidence" or "sufficient evidence", but the explanation should preferably state HOW the murder was carried out.
For those of you coming back:
1. Things have gone a bit more back to normal.
2. Prizes are currently the same unless somebody donates something or I buy something.
3. I'm still open to suggestions before the game starts, as always.
4. Some of you who have expressed the desire to play the game again have received reserved spots. This is just because I made things on a first-come-first-served basis, and I want to make sure you didn't get left out in case a lot of people flooded in somehow. You can still choose to give up your spot if you so desire, of course.
5. I'm going to do what I can to speed things along more in this game. If any trolling/bad derailing shows up, I'll ask for the "downvote/report and ignore" rule from the Steam edition Community Giveaway to be applied here. Don't bother giving them any attention, I'll just get the staff to delete their posts and we can continue having fun.
6. I have been assured that the defendant does not have a gun, nor was he ever involved with the mafia.
Participants:
1. Maxvorstadt
2. Yezemin
3. omega64
4. amrit9037
5. Bookwyrm627
6. REDVWIN
7. ZFR
8. sanfueg
9. sunshinecorp
10. ashwald
11. Habanerose
12. bler144
Current prize pool courtesy of Gnostic.
Post edited March 31, 2016 by zeogold
