Help For Jailer

Introduction

Jailer! is a free-form social roleplaying game:

"free-form" in the sense that players are not limited to turns but may participate when they want. ("kinda" in that there is a little structure to the game that limit some actions.)

"social" in the sense that players exchange public messages. It is this social interaction through which players try to form alliances and such. . .

"roleplaying" in the sense that each player is an inmate in a very corrupt prison and trying to use their skills to survive.

The players represent inmates in a corrupt prison. Each day, the jailer is going to execute someone. The question is "who?" Each inmate starts the game with $1000 that they somehow smuggled in. So, each day progresses with inmates attempting to bribe the jailer. Not to save their own necks, but to kill someone else. You vote with your cash.

It is the goal of the inmates to be the last surviving inmate. The jailer will select for elimination the inmate who he is paid the most (collectively) to kill.

The game is played in cycles. At each day, the inmates vote for the other inmates using their money. Inmates can "chat" publicly, or "message" privately to the other inmates. A vote consists of two parts: the target and the bid. Once all of these players have made their selections the day ends. If there is a clear "winner", the jailer will eliminate that player, and the next day will begin. If there is a tie of any sort, the day will not end. One of the inmates will need to change their vote to break the tie. All inmates will lose their bids regardless of who the victim is.

Commands

The following commands are used in the game:

At all times during the game, living players may send discussion that is broadcast to everybody.

Subject: jailer chat BOARD USERID PASSWORD

At all times during the game, living players may send private messages to individual players .

Subject: jailer message BOARD USERID PASSWORD PLAYER-1 .. PLAYER-N

Dead players may communicate among themselves with the haunt command.

Subject: jailer haunt BOARD USERID PASSWORD

Each day, the inmates start bribing the jailer. Every living inmate gets a vote.

Subject: jailer vote BOARD USERID PASSWORD WHO BID

The surviving inmate wins!

Forming and Starting a Game

To begin a game, issue the challenge command.

Subject: jailer challenge USERID OPTIONS

Note that no player names are included with the challenge command, and no players, not even the challenger, are automatically joined to the game. Game paramters may be changed before the game starts with the change command.

Subject: jailer change BOARD USERID PASSWORD OPTIONS

The game is actually started with the start command, and it (and the change command) may only be issued by the original challenger specified as "USERID" on the challenge command line.

Subject: jailer start BOARD USERID PASSWORD

OPTIONS HAVE YET TO BE IMPLEMENTED..

Optional rules that I have yet to implement...
        the people voting for a victim... will divide that player's
        remaining cash.

        varying degrees of secrecy during voting.
                (right now you see who someone voted for, but not how
                much they bid)

        Other ideas...?

Other commands

See the game listing to find out if a jailer game is forming. If so, "join" that game!

Subject: jailer list

Subject: jailer join BOARD USERID PASSWORD [ ALIAS ] 

Use the set command to change the way the server sends you game boards. By default, player comments appear after game information. You can place them on top.

Subject: jailer set USERID PASSWORD comments top

By default, the list of players still active in the game is randomized each time the board is sent out. You can shut this off.

Subject: jailer set USERID PASSWORD shuffle no