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One of my favorite games of all time is Mafia- an old party game that used to go by the name Werewolf. Some of you may be familiar with modern adaptations- I'm shamelessly namedropping Town of Salem here- but as some of you might not, here it is.
A typical mafia game consists of five to fifteen players. Most of these players are Town and a few are Mafia. The game has rounds of day and night cycles.
During the Day
The entire group will chat in the forum. Now is when you should try to make alliances, make accusations, and try to figure out whether or not your neighbor is murdering in the night. Feel free to ask questions, play detective, and, of course, lie about everything. Are you Mafia? Better pretend to be Town. Are you Town? Better be right about that accusation, or your friends may turn on you!
During the Evening
Now, the decision must be made. Each night, the entire village will decide to whether or not to lynch a member of the group. Someone can accuse another, but they better have a good enough reason to convince the majority to vote with them. Use what you have and know to single out the bad guys! If someone is accused, they will have to think quickly to defend themselves, and if a majority is reached, the hangman strikes! The role of the player will be announced, and that player is officially dead and no longer in the game. If no majority is met, the cycle passes and night begins.
During the Night
Town players are now asleep. Mafia members will discuss between themselves and decide on a target. Once the night ends, that target is dead. Their role will be announced and they are out of the game.
Last bit of Explanation
These three cycles are the rounds, and will continue until all Mafia are dead or Town numbers are less than mafia. Once this happens, the game ends and victory will be announced for the winning side.
Rules and Game Info
So I've decided to try and bring my favorite game into the RT forums, and hopefully you guys will enjoy yourselves- but first, some rules to remember!
-I will play as Host for the first game. This means once all players have signed up, I will randomly generate numbers to split you all into the sides! I will PM each person their role. This is confidential to you, so no sharing out of game. You can of course claim to be town, but keep it in game. I will explain more on this later. This is a game of deception, don't forget!
-After the discussion of the day, I will announce evening, and ask who wishes to accuse another player, and why. If a lynch goes through, I will announce the dead player's role.
-Mafia will converse through PMs in the night period, and inform me of their target. I will announce day and who is now dead, and their role.
-Once you are dead, you may no longer post in the game. You're dead!
-If Mafia fails to inform me of a target by the end of the night, no one dies, and the town will have more time to find you!
In order to keep this game moving, there will be a time limit for each day. This can be shortened if everyone agrees, but for now it will be a 24 hour period for each cycle. Obviously emergencies in life come up, but if you aren't able to be online at least once or twice a day, please don't ask to sign up.
Two things I do want some opinions on- The first is if we start with a larger group. To add a bit of help for the defenseless town, there can be a detective role. Each night they will PM me about a player, and will 'investigate' to find out where that person's loyalties lie. This role is of course not immortal- they can be killed by mafia or lynched by the village just like anyone else, so that person will have to be quite smart! This is only if we have a game of 10 or more.
The second is more of a fun thing- having a will when you die. I will inform the dead player of their untimely death, and they can send me a short will and testament- accusing a player or just just sharing a silly jingle you thought of. This will be posted upon announcing the death and role.
Final Note- Blacklisting
Of course, every game has it's... unpleasant bits. As I mentioned, do not share your role with others. This simply means do not screen shot your PM and use it as proof. Do not attempt to 'team up' with someone on the other side because you are friends and want them to win. If you send me your will and it has the names and roles of others in it, I will omit it and warn you. If you're angry you got lynched, do not ruin the game for others.
Obviously I don't think anyone here would do this, but because I am probably a little jaded in the gaming world, there will be a public blacklist for players who game throw in these ways, and people on it will not be invited into later games. I'm sorry. Hopefully this won't be needed.
Bad stuff over, please post if you have any questions or are interested.
Post edited 5/24/15 11:47PM
One of my favorite games of all time is Mafia- an old party game that used to go by the name Werewolf. Some of you may be familiar with modern adaptations- I'm shamelessly namedropping Town of Salem here- but as some of you might not, here it is.
A typical mafia game consists of five to fifteen players. Most of these players are Town and a few are Mafia. The game has rounds of day and night cycles.
During the Day
The entire group will chat in the forum. Now is when you should try to make alliances, make accusations, and try to figure out whether or not your neighbor is murdering in the night. Feel free to ask questions, play detective, and, of course, lie about everything. Are you Mafia? Better pretend to be Town. Are you Town? Better be right about that accusation, or your friends may turn on you!
During the Evening
Now, the decision must be made. Each night, the entire village will decide to whether or not to lynch a member of the group. Someone can accuse another, but they better have a good enough reason to convince the majority to vote with them. Use what you have and know to single out the bad guys! If someone is accused, they will have to think quickly to defend themselves, and if a majority is reached, the hangman strikes! The role of the player will be announced, and that player is officially dead and no longer in the game. If no majority is met, the cycle passes and night begins.
During the Night
Town players are now asleep. Mafia members will discuss between themselves and decide on a target. Once the night ends, that target is dead. Their role will be announced and they are out of the game.
Last bit of Explanation
These three cycles are the rounds, and will continue until all Mafia are dead or Town numbers are less than mafia. Once this happens, the game ends and victory will be announced for the winning side.
Rules and Game Info
So I've decided to try and bring my favorite game into the RT forums, and hopefully you guys will enjoy yourselves- but first, some rules to remember!
-I will play as Host for the first game. This means once all players have signed up, I will randomly generate numbers to split you all into the sides! I will PM each person their role. This is confidential to you, so no sharing out of game. You can of course claim to be town, but keep it in game. I will explain more on this later. This is a game of deception, don't forget!
-After the discussion of the day, I will announce evening, and ask who wishes to accuse another player, and why. If a lynch goes through, I will announce the dead player's role.
-Mafia will converse through PMs in the night period, and inform me of their target. I will announce day and who is now dead, and their role.
-Once you are dead, you may no longer post in the game. You're dead!
-If Mafia fails to inform me of a target by the end of the night, no one dies, and the town will have more time to find you!
In order to keep this game moving, there will be a time limit for each day. This can be shortened if everyone agrees, but for now it will be a 24 hour period for each cycle. Obviously emergencies in life come up, but if you aren't able to be online at least once or twice a day, please don't ask to sign up.
Two things I do want some opinions on- The first is if we start with a larger group. To add a bit of help for the defenseless town, there can be a detective role. Each night they will PM me about a player, and will 'investigate' to find out where that person's loyalties lie. This role is of course not immortal- they can be killed by mafia or lynched by the village just like anyone else, so that person will have to be quite smart! This is only if we have a game of 10 or more.
The second is more of a fun thing- having a will when you die. I will inform the dead player of their untimely death, and they can send me a short will and testament- accusing a player or just just sharing a silly jingle you thought of. This will be posted upon announcing the death and role.
Final Note- Blacklisting
Of course, every game has it's... unpleasant bits. As I mentioned, do not share your role with others. This simply means do not screen shot your PM and use it as proof. Do not attempt to 'team up' with someone on the other side because you are friends and want them to win. If you send me your will and it has the names and roles of others in it, I will omit it and warn you. If you're angry you got lynched, do not ruin the game for others.
Obviously I don't think anyone here would do this, but because I am probably a little jaded in the gaming world, there will be a public blacklist for players who game throw in these ways, and people on it will not be invited into later games. I'm sorry. Hopefully this won't be needed.
Bad stuff over, please post if you have any questions or are interested.
Post edited 5/24/15 11:47PM