Shot in the Dark
How To Play:
1. Set up a general group chat and call with all players.
2. Each player must open the itch.io page to get a role.
3. Each player types one of the following commands into the group chat and after a countdown all send their command at the same time.
COMMANDS:
The actions sent into the group chat can be:
COMMS - You may use Inspect/ Interrogate/ Convert/ Worship/ Raise
ATTACK - You may use Attack/ Protect/ Bite/ Worship Attack
SHOT - You may use Shot (a 3 damage attack). Only works if you were the only person that round to call SHOT and is negated if you take 2+ damage this round.
HUDDLE - You may send one message of up to five words to one person in the huddle, and Heal one person in the huddle 0-2 health. Only works if at least one other person also HUDDLES.
4. Once all commands have been sent each player can private message other players with an action related to their command. Players cannot talk during this phase.
ACTIONS:
Actions in italic are actions you can only send if your character has that ability.
COMMS
Inspect - Receiver reveals their team
Interrogate - Sender reveals team and receiver reveals role
Convert - If receiver is Converted twice, they become a Converted Alien (Queen and neutrals immune)
Worship - Next round receiver can use Worship Attacks
Infest - Receiver becomes an Alien Drone (must be dead)
HUDDLE
Heal [amount] - Receiver heals that amount (cannot exceed start health)
ATTACK
Attack - Receiver takes 1 damage
Protect - During this round receiver can reflect one attack for 2x damage
Bite - Receiver becomes a Zombling (Queen immune)
Worship attack - Receiver takes 2 damage
SHOT
Shot - Receiver takes 3 damage
Cancelled - Shot doesn’t take effect (Use this if you are attacked 2+ after you sent the SHOT)
OTHER
Gloop - Receiver becomes an Alien Drone if not already an alien
Reflect - Receiver takes 2x the damage they attacked with
5. Reply to any private messages as needed. When finished react to your command post with an emote and click Round End on the app.
6. If bitten, converted, glooped or infested click Options and choose the related character.
ACTION ORDER:
Healing resolves before damage from attacks, and newly infested players are immune to actions on that turn.
7. If you died during the round send a skull emote into the general chat.
8. All players can now discuss what happened during the round.
9. When ready, repeat from step 3.
Game End:
Neutral Role Win Conditions:
If at any point a neutral player meets their win condition all other players lose.
If all alive players are Bitten, the Zombie and any Bitten win.
If the Runt survives to the end, they win.
If the Abomination dies, they win.
General Win Conditions
If the queen dies all players on the alien team immediately die.
If 2 or less players remain alive after a round end then the game ends. If the remaining players are all human or all alien then their team wins. If there is a human and an alien alive then all players lose.
Otherwise players may Call in the chat at any point after a round end and a round start, if all alive players agree to call the game the game ends. If all players are the same team they win. Otherwise the minority team between humans and aliens win instead.
Characters:
1 = 1 Hit Point
Aliens:
- Alien Queen ()
- Leader of the aliens
- Can use worship ability to give attack boost to any player
- Once she reaches half health, she must reveal to everyone that she is the Queen
2. Alien Trooper ()
- A standard alien
- Can attack two different players per round
- Must keep the queen alive if they are present
3. Alien Heir ()
- Must kill all other heirs to the throne present
- If more than 1 Heir survives, all the Heirs lose
- Must keep the queen alive if they are present
- Can Interrogate/Inspect twice
4. Infester ()
- Can bring back dead players as Alien Drone
- Must keep the queen alive if they are present
Humans:
- Agent ()
- Basic human unit
2. Hero ()
- Can protect other player of choice once per round
3. Carrier ()
- If interrogated, causes interrogator to join the alien team
4. Priest ()
- Can convert aliens to humans after using convert on them twice
Neutral:
- Zombie ()
- Can turn other players into Zomblings with bite
- Can lie when interrogated
2. Runt ()
- Can lie about role and team when interrogated or inspected
3. Abomination ()
- Must get killed
- Can lie when interrogated
Special:
- Alien Drone ()
- A player that has been infested or glooped
- Must keep the queen alive if they are present
- May only Attack
2. Converted Alien ()
- An alien that has been converted into a human by a priest
3. Zombling ()
- A player that has been Bitten
- May only Attack
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shot in the dark?