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A Mafia Game

It's a quaint little village. A farm just outside the town proper. A community center, a blacksmith, even a small beach. Far away from the constant chaos of the city, Pelican Town putters along happily.

Until one morning where the denizens of the village awake to find the corpse of their mayor, Mayor Lewis, beheaded at Pelican Town Square.

Shock turns to outrage, as they look at each other with suspicion. Who could have done such a thing?

Clearly the only solution is to kill each other until the culprits are found.


Rules:

1. This is a closed setup, where player alignment and role will be revealed upon death. There is not a list of roles that may or may not be included. This will be a medium complexity game.

2. You may trust all information the moderator gives you. There will be zero bastard modding or false information.

3. Day 1 and 2 will last 96 hours. Subsequent days are 72 hours. All nights are 24 hours.

4. Do not lie about real-life commitments. Similarly, do not question the validity of other players’ real-life commitments. If you will be inactive for a prolonged period of time, inform the game host and I will do my best to replace you.

5. Mafia is a game about making arguments, but it is not a roleplaying game. Don’t go overboard. Lies are part of the game. Attacking someone’s credibility is part of the game. Do not overdo it. Everyone signed up to have fun, so keep the game fun. Reminder: This is only a subsection of the forum, and the forum's posting rules (particularly Rule 1 concerning proper English and legibility) apply. If you want people to put the effort into reading your posts, put the effort into making them readable.

6. Mafia is a game of analysis - removing a player’s ability to analyze things is against the spirit of the game. Keep references that only a handful of players would understand to a minimum. Encoded messages, hidden text, and other such methods are a no-no. Everything you have to say or not say should be clearly readable in your post by anyone.

7. Respect your fellow players, and their time. Don't be a jerk. Do not threaten to or actually get intentionally modkilled. Do not directly insult your fellow players - attack their play, but not them as a person. Mafia is a social game, and you are playing with real people, not just names on a screen. Respect other players' right to a good game. Give the game your best effort, no matter which team you're on. Mafia games require a time investment, and if you sign up, you're committing to spending that time and doing your part to contribute to a good game.

8. Do not edit your posts. Do not edit any QuickTopics you may be posting in. Do not quote information directly from your QuickTopic or your PM. Only living players may post in the game thread. Do not post in the game thread during the Night phase.

9. You may not privately communicate with anyone except the game moderator unless you're specifically allowed to do so. This includes using systems outside the scope of the game to communicate something game-related. Any game-related questions should be asked in your personal QuickTopic. Do not talk about your QuickTopic or conversations with the moderator in the thread.

10. Do not use out-of-game information (such as Skype, other forum activity, other mafia activity, or real-life activity) to generate reads. Do not use out-of-game information to exert pressure or influence on this game. Do not mention out of game information in the context of explaining or speculating on a player’s alignment in this game.

11. Votes must be BRIGHTLY COLORED, bolded, and on a separate line. Any votes not following this format will not be counted. You will be rewarded with frequent and (probably) accurate vote counts.

12. This game uses a Hard Lynch / Soft Lynch system. Soft Lynch is a majority lynch. Hard Lynch is approximately 75% of the living votes. A Soft Lynch is sufficient to lynch a player at deadline. A Hard Lynch immediately ends the day. If Soft Lynch is not reached before deadline, there is No Lynch. If the votes are tied at deadline, there is No Lynch. When a Hard Lynch is reached, or the deadline occurs, whichever comes first, stop posting.

13. Mass claiming early in the game will not benefit town. You should probably avoid doing that. Attempting to decide if a player is town or mafia based on a flavor claim also has the potential to end badly. You’ve been warned.

14. Do not fake Daytime activations. There may or may not be daytime abilities, but faking them will get you a Stern Warning or possibly modkilled.

15. If you believe a player is violating one of these rules by letter, or in spirit, contact me in your QuickTopic. Do NOT address the potential violation in the thread, proceed on normally. I will handle it.

16. Moderator decisions are final.

17. Good luck, and have fun! This is not optional.


Livelist:
Cobalt
Delphine
DLGN
Ecophagy (r. CrimsonFox (r. Corrdorr))
Fontisian
His Fluffiness
Jan
Jarizok
Mallorean Thug
Mathblade
Miner
Quiddity
Snowvon
The Waco Kid
Tom
Typhon​

With 16 alive, it is 9 to soft lynch, and 13 to hard lynch.​

Day One End Timer​

 

Hello friends.

 

Salutations.

Day1 Vote miner

 

Are you combat ready, Von?

 

I remember that reference, so I guess so.

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Separately, me blowing up the thread with fluff is kind of obnoxious so I'm gonna cut back on that by a lot.

 

I've heard that before

Vote: Snowvon

 

So, another perfect game then?

Vote Quiddity

for you can no longer be trusted.

 

hi all, town here

 

Why would I blow up the thread?

 

I see you've been coached to a better opener this time.

 

Yeah, thanks for the help, Typhon.

 

This is me manually giving Fluff's post a Thumbs Up.

Let's go:

Day1 Vote DLGN

 

mmm pressure, what a rush. might start to get worried in about 72 siofmnxing hours

day 1 and 2 length ;_;

 

Join us on MTGS sometime.

 

somebody help me out on potential setup bullshit? appropriate mafia for this size? edio do 3rd parties? (re: rule 13)

 

Vote: Dlgn

Don't get too cocky. You can still get hammered.

 

DLGN, some of us plan to be out of thread for a significant portion of each day.

If you're used to more real time interactions, you might want to already start thinking about how to address and read players that will only be around for ~4 hours per 24 hour period.

 

Please use proper spelling and grammar, it makes things easier for everyone.

 

We're looking at 4, or possibly 5, mafia with a potential third party. The third party is more likely to be a serial killer or hitman than a survivor type role. Roles will be generally balanced and reasonably simple, though there will likely be redundancies made to fuck with both the town and the scum team.

 

is this real life? ps nice comma splice