RMN MAFIA!

You may have heard of a game called Mafia before. In fact, you may have even played it before. For those who haven't, Mafia is a game that pits an uninformed majority (the town) against an informed minority (the mafia, also known as "scum"). I've had great fun playing the game on other forums, and want to see how well it'll work here.

Here's the basics:

1) The game starts with a Day Phase. During this phase, all currently alive players will be able to post in this thread, discussing who they wish to vote to lynch (remove from the game).

2) Once a majority has been reached, the person selected is lynched and their role is revealed. This ends the Day Phase and begins the Night Phase.

3) During this phase, any player with night actions may submit their action privately to the game moderator (in this case, myself). The Mafia also chooses which member of the town to kill in the same fashion. Once all night actions are resolved, anybody who is killed during the night has their role revealed to the town, beginning the next Day phase. Nobody may talk in the thread during the Night Phase.

4) Play continues until either the Town eliminates all Mafia members (town victory), or the Mafia holds the majority of the day's votes (Mafia victory).

For this first attempt, we'll be using a very common setup called PieC9. In PieC9, there will be 7 total players, assigned roles as follows:

- 3 Vanilla Town. These players have no night powers, but may cast a vote during the day phase. They win when the Mafia are eliminated.

- 1 Doctor. Each night, the Doctor submits the name of one player in the game to protect. Any person protected by the Doctor is immune to being killed by the Mafia for that night. The Doctor wins with the Town when the Mafia are eliminated.

- 1 Cop. Each night, the Cop may investigate one still-living person to determine their alignment. This makes the Cop a very dangerous role for the Mafia, as a confirmed Mafia is most likely a dead Mafia.

- 1 Mafia Goon. This player is part of the Mafia, but otherwise has no special power apart from voting during the Day Phase. Wins when the Mafia controls the vote.

- 1 Mafia Roleblocker. This player is part of the Mafia, and may choose one player per night to roleblock, nullifying any night action the target may have had. Wins when the Mafia controls the vote.


OH. One last thing I almost forgot. The Mafia are the only people allowed to talk amongst themselves OUTSIDE OF THE THREAD about the game in progress. This is mostly by the honor system.

So if you're interested, or if you have any questions that aren't answered by the above overview, make a post here and we'll get this game rolling!

Player list:


Dead players:

I'd like to think my efforts helped in that victory. 8)

That's 4. Come on guys, it'll be FUN!

author=GreatRedSpirit link=topic=3841.msg76815#msg76815 date=1243296002
Is there a time limit for how long it takes before automatically ending the day phase? Days that don't end generally really suck.

I was thinking approximately 3 days to a week, depending on the level of activity.

EDIT: I'm assuming that if this is satisfactory, you will be taking up the last spot?

Okay, Rockman has decided not to play, so here is the FINALIZED PLAYER LIST:

1. AznChipmunk
2. Natook
3. Yellow Magic
4. Little Wing Guy
5. NoblemanNick
6. ChaosProductions
7. GreatRedSpirit

Roles have been randomly assigned and have been sent to your PM boxes. If you wish to have game information given to you in another medium such as AIM or e-mail, or have not received your role yet, PM me or post in the topic and we'll work it out.

IT IS NOW DAY 1. WITH 7 ALIVE, IT TAKES 4 TO LYNCH. Deadline has been tentatively set for 8PM Pacific Time on Friday, May 29th. If there is no majority reached by this time, there will be a NO-LYNCH.

To vote for a player, type ##vote Player, bold included. This makes it easier for me to count votes. Unvoting is accomplished by typing ##unvote.