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Rules and Roles [08/03/2012]
by AsteriskRocks Fri Jul 13, 2012 6:00 pm
Mafia: The Forum Game [Beta]
All the fun of the popular party game, without the need for real-life social interaction.
General Overview
Terms
Instructions
The objective of the town is to eliminate all members of the mafia. The objective of the mafia is to outnumber the town (which would, by consequence, allow them to have a voting majority).
The difficulty is that the town is unaware of who the mafia is – it could be anyone – but, surely, the mafia co-inhabits the town with its peaceful citizens, blending in and remaining almost unnoticeable.
Notably, a legitimate team effort is required on both ends for either side to be successful. The mafia has an advantage, however, since they are aware of each other’s identities. On the other hand, the town has the advantage of numbers, outnumbering the mafia significantly.
During the day, all members of the town (including the mafia members who conceal themselves as innocent townspeople) vote on someone amongst them to lynch (i.e. kill, without trial) in the game thread.
This could involve having an open discussion, or voting whatever way you feel like. Be warned that, with the mafia amongst the town, voting in unison with others could be working towards the mafia’s ends; the killing of innocents.
At the end of the day, whosoever has the most votes by the end of the day is killed off and their role revealed by the GM in a summative post.
Similarly, during the night, the mafia members themselves have a secret discussion amongst themselves to kill a specific target in the town via PMs. Ultimately, the leader of the mafia, the Godfather, PMs the GM a target after consulting his team.
It is highly recommended that mafia members come to an agreement before the PM is made. Mafia members can elect to kill themselves if strategy requires it. The GM ends the night by posting the surely gruesome death of the mafia’s victim in the game thread as a summative post.
Summaries
MVPs
The Rules
© Copyright, the Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series Forum Community.
All the fun of the popular party game, without the need for real-life social interaction.
General Overview
Terms
- Spoiler:
- 1. At its core, Mafia is played between two teams; the town and the mafia (i.e. the namesake of the game). Needless to say, the town collective are the protagonists while the mafia are the antagonists.
2. A GM (i.e. Game Master) is a neutral player who, while not a player in the game, is directly involved by moderating and making sure everyone follows the rules.
3. The mafia and the town can be further differentiated by some (not all) members possessing specific, unique abilities; they are referred to as roles. The GM is responsible for assigning roles at the beginning of the game. Not every player will necessarily have a role and no roles are announced at the beginning of the game. A role is only revealed after the respective player has died. More than one of the same role can be in play at the same time. Although roles are normally only revealed once the player has died, this is not always the case.
4. The round is the total length of time it takes for the game to end (i.e. with either side winning). A round is further subdivided into days and nights. A turn is comprised of a day and night phase of the same set. During the day, players are allowed to vote, use their abilities, etc. During the night, voting is stopped and the only players ‘active’ are the mafia. However, non-Mafia roles can make actions during this time. Days and nights last until the GM officially stops them and posts a summary summarizing the events of that day or night.
5. The recoil is the discussion that proceeds an ended round. Players can post their personal experience of the round, or discuss rule changes.
6. An expansion is an add-on that changes the dynamics of the game significantly; however, it is not a role, but can contain roles. Expansions are used at the GM's discretion and need not be used at all.
Instructions
The objective of the town is to eliminate all members of the mafia. The objective of the mafia is to outnumber the town (which would, by consequence, allow them to have a voting majority).
The difficulty is that the town is unaware of who the mafia is – it could be anyone – but, surely, the mafia co-inhabits the town with its peaceful citizens, blending in and remaining almost unnoticeable.
Notably, a legitimate team effort is required on both ends for either side to be successful. The mafia has an advantage, however, since they are aware of each other’s identities. On the other hand, the town has the advantage of numbers, outnumbering the mafia significantly.
TL;DR version: Vote out the other side. Town vs. Mafia
During the day, all members of the town (including the mafia members who conceal themselves as innocent townspeople) vote on someone amongst them to lynch (i.e. kill, without trial) in the game thread.
This could involve having an open discussion, or voting whatever way you feel like. Be warned that, with the mafia amongst the town, voting in unison with others could be working towards the mafia’s ends; the killing of innocents.
At the end of the day, whosoever has the most votes by the end of the day is killed off and their role revealed by the GM in a summative post.
Similarly, during the night, the mafia members themselves have a secret discussion amongst themselves to kill a specific target in the town via PMs. Ultimately, the leader of the mafia, the Godfather, PMs the GM a target after consulting his team.
It is highly recommended that mafia members come to an agreement before the PM is made. Mafia members can elect to kill themselves if strategy requires it. The GM ends the night by posting the surely gruesome death of the mafia’s victim in the game thread as a summative post.
Summaries
- Spoiler:
- As mentioned, the GM will write summative posts, detailing all the events of that turn. For day phase, this includes:
- A descriptive narrative which takes into account every player’s actions and that day’s events
- An abridged list, in point form, detailing the narrative above
- An updated player list, with the deceased marked with [strike] tags
For the night phase, a narrative of the mafia victim’s death and an updated player list is sufficient.
The GM has the authority to fit in a logical sequence of events. For greater flexibility, the GM should fit event occurrence in real-time, allowing for the earliest events requested via PM by players to take priority, if possible. Basically, it’s the GM’s call in how a day plays out. Of course, the GM’s reasoning should be fair and rational.
MVPs
- Spoiler:
- At the end of each round, the GM is required to hand out an MVP to recognize the achievement of certain players. The MVP is one award, but it can be given to a single player or a group of players (in the case that a team was fundamental to achieving the outcome of the round). Along with the name of the GM, the MVP and their recipients are recognized in the GM/MVP Records section of the social group, their names being embedded into the forum until the end of time or whenever the forum ceases to exist.
The Rules
- Spoiler:
1. The GM’s decisions are the ultimate level of appeal. Any issues with the GM’s decisions should be discussed via PMs. If you derail the game with arguments, the GM has the authority to kill you. If you must make it public, leave arguments for recoil. The GM further has the authority to override rules and the game timeline to address ambiguities and circumstances where the game breaks, as well as to correct mistakes on his/her part. Additionally, if the GM find unethical or unsportsmanlike behavior, they can force a player to undergo a one game leave, wherein they cannot play for a single Round. This punishment will not be recorded against said player anywhere.
2. When a player dies, said player is eliminated from the game. Ghosts? There’s no such thing as ghosts. Dead players can, however, converse with each other. That is to say, dead players can post in the threads and make comments, but are not allowed to make any commentary that would influence the game. The GM reserves the right to pass judgment on what does and what does not count as influencing the game. If a dead player is revived, the GM will notify the dead player of the revival.
3. Days should last up to 20-23 hours, and nights should last from 1-4 hours (i.e. both should sum to 24). Nights are truncated in time for the benefit of the town. If the mafia feels that the time offered at night is not sufficient, they can arrange to send in PMs during the day, well in advance, listing a primary victim and substitute victim. In the case that the primary victim is lynched by the town during that day, their night kill defaults to the substitute.
4. If you anticipate being absent for a part of the game, give 24-hour notice. If you anticipate being very inactive, just refrain from signing up. Don’t post that you’re not signing up; not posting at all during sign ups is indicative enough.
5. Only votes in this format Vote: [username] count. If you wish to undo a vote, simply make another post in the format Unvote: [username]. The GM is responsible for tallying votes.
6. The mafia comprises of roughly 1/4th of the town. Round up or down, if necessary.
7. It is against the rules to betray your team to the town if you are in the mafia. The only exception to this is the Usurper role and, even then, there are specific conditions to this. However, any non-Mafia role can go corrupt after getting permission from the GM, who will allow or disallow the corruption based on their own judgment regarding the balance of the game. The GM reserves the right to limit or tweak the corrupted role's abilities as they see fit. A corrupted player is not allowed to switch back to their original side.
8. The recoil should, at most, last 3 days.
9. Players are able to reveal their roles to others. However, do this at your own peril.
10. This is a game. It is ran for the enjoyment of the players. As such, try to follow the basic principles of good sportsmanship and refrain from abusing your fellow players. The GM reserves the right to decide what is and what is not bad sportsmanship and abuse.
11. Players are not allowed to speak to the GM in code with the intent to "hide" their actions. They are further disallowed from making official actions via MSN, barring the site itself not working for them. Even in that case, if a relevant role is using an ability on that player at the time of the MSN conversation (i.e., the NSA Agent), a stock PM will be created showing what ability or abilities were used.
12. Players are, however, allowed to send in "red herring" actions to throw off potential eavesdropper roles (e.g. requesting to "kill" someone when the player has no such role that allows for it).
13. Under no circumstances can one player send actions on behalf of another player.
14. Conditional sign-ups are allowed as long as the request is done privately (via PM) and it is reasonable. The GM reserves the right to deny any request, judging whether it is reasonable or not.
15. Emo Tax - Any living member of the Mafia or Town may, at the cost of a penalty, bow out of the Round if they feel there's no point in playing anymore. The penalty is that they cannot play the next Round's game.
16. Under extreme circumstances, a player may be allowed to bow out of a Round without penalty. Your friend being on the other side does not count, for instance, but your mom dying does. This situation is subject to the GM's judgment and the GM's judgment alone.
17. One Admin must remain out of the game at all times, and must look over and approve all role lists the GM chooses before round start. This is for any potential needs the GM has, to keep the game balanced, to help any future GMs who would like to try and run a game have a mentor for their questions, and to ensure that all drama is taken care of quickly. If an Admin is playing they are to be treated like a player except in extreme circumstances. NOTE: Very rarely will the Admin not back up a GM's decisions. If the GM tells you something you do not like, that is not an invitation to go crying to the Admin.
18. The only new roles that will be considered are the ones that have a thread in the mafia group. This is to help recoil stay expedited and make it easier to find said roles at a later date.
19. The GM must submit a role list to an admin before roles are passed out to the town, but after the Godfather has picked their Mafia. The administrators who are not playing will decide whether or not a game is balanced and notify the GM of their decision. If a game is imbalanced, but still balanced enough to be playable the GM must notify the players which side has the disadvantage.
20. A GM may only use rules that are already listed here; they are not allowed to make up rules on the spot.
21. Between 3 and 5 roles/expansions will be updated per round, unless there haven't been enough updates to justify adding 3 to 5.
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Re: Rules and Roles [08/03/2012]
by AsteriskRocks Fri Jul 13, 2012 6:01 pm
Roles
A role is not revealed publicly by the GM, unless the role description explicitly says so. Furthermore, for investigation-purposes, a role's true identity is revealed unless otherwise stipulated by the role's description.
The Mafia
Note: The Godfather role is mandatory. Any other mafia role is optional; it is up to the GM to include or exclude them depending on personal preference. To fill the 1/4th quota, the Goon role should be assigned. Only Mafia-categorized roles can be in the mafia.
Godfather
Bookie
Bootlegger
Bruiser
Cleaner
Cold Reader
Con-Man
Extortionist
Framer
Hitman
Identity Thief
Inside Man
Kidnapper
Mail Bomber
Night Stalker
The Rat
Seductress
Goon
Usurper
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The Forces of Justice
Note: The Detective role is mandatory. Any other justice role is optional; it is up to the GM to include or exclude them depending on personal preference.
CIA Agent
Detective
FBI Agent
NSA Agent
Secret Service Agent
A role is not revealed publicly by the GM, unless the role description explicitly says so. Furthermore, for investigation-purposes, a role's true identity is revealed unless otherwise stipulated by the role's description.
The Mafia
Note: The Godfather role is mandatory. Any other mafia role is optional; it is up to the GM to include or exclude them depending on personal preference. To fill the 1/4th quota, the Goon role should be assigned. Only Mafia-categorized roles can be in the mafia.
Godfather
- Spoiler:
- 1. The Godfather leads the mafia. As such, he chooses his minions from the player list (i.e. creates his own team) and, in doing so, assigns a second-in-command, third-in-command, etc. If the Godfather is killed, the second-in-command (and so on) is promoted to the Godfather role.
2. The Godfather sends a PM to the GM each night indicating the mafia’s next victim. That player is killed at night’s end. If the Godfather fails to make the PM in a timely fashion, the GM may contact the second-in-command (and so on) for the kill.
3. The Godfather is naturally immune to investigative roles, and shows up as innocent. This is subject to the powers of others, however. This immunity is passed down to the next in line if the Godfather dies, unless the Usurper was involved.
4. When picking their mafia, the Godfather should choose carefully. If the team members are unavailable, the Godfather is unable to action for them. Further, the GM is not required to compel the Mafia members to obey the Godfather, despite the "No betraying unless you are the Usurper" rule. Any infractions will be dealt with after the Round in question.
Bookie
- Spoiler:
- 1. The bookie starts with 100 points that they may use to stack bets.
2. The bookie may stack bets for or against the probability of another player's powers working.
3. Every turn, the Bookie gains 10 points of probability, but his reservoir will not exceed 100.
4. For every point the Bookie puts into stacking the bet for the target, they have that percent more a chance of succeeding at what they do.
5. For every point the Bookie puts into stacking the bet against the target, they will have that percent chance of failing their actions.
6. The bets the Bookie stacks will stay on the target, even if the bookie continues to put points on other players. However, should the bookie die all bets are off.
Bootlegger
- Spoiler:
- 1. Every Day the Bootlegger can target a player and get them drunk.
2. The targeted player will cast their vote randomly. The vote will only be applied to a player that already has at least one vote to his/her name, and the vote itself is revealed publicly by the GM. The vote is cast near the end of the day (i.e. when most votes have been cast already).
3. Any abilities the targeted player uses will target another player randomly.
4. If the Bootlegger bootlegs themselves, their ability to bootleg will be altered during a random Day Phase, as decided by RNG, 1-4 Day Phases after they use their power on themselves. They will be able to bootleg twice per Day Phase from that Day Phase onward, but no longer get to choose who their targets are.
Bruiser
- Spoiler:
- 1. The Bruiser can protect a member of the mafia during the night phase, excluding himself; whoever he protects will become immune to death for that night phase.
2. To lynch the Bruiser, half of the remaining town must vote for him during the day phase.
Cleaner
- Spoiler:
- 1. Up to three times in the round, the Cleaner can PM the GM indicating that he will “clean up” the body after the mafia has claimed its next victim. At night’s end, the mafia’s kill is announced but the town does not learn the victim’s role (if any), the victim shows up as a townsperson.
2. When the Cleaner uses their power on a planned mafia victim, they learn the actual role of that player, even though the town does not.
Cold Reader
- Spoiler:
- 1. Upon investigation, the Cold Reader is revealed as the Medium. However, upon death, the Cold Reader's true identity is revealed (unless cleaned).
2. Every other day, the Cold Reader can PM the GM an unrestricted, fake message attributed to a dead player, which the GM posts on the Cold Reader's behalf.
Con-Man
- Spoiler:
- 1. The Con-Man can guess any player’s role by PMing the GM each turn until he gets a role correct. The player must be alive.
2. Assuming the Con-Man is correct in his guess, his role "activates" and he “steals” that player’s role (i.e., gaining all abilities), while the victim becomes a powerless townsperson. When he steals a role, the Con-Man creates a separate, new instance of it for himself with all abilities "reset". However, if the Con-Man gives up the role and then later reclaims it, his instance of the role will resume from where he last left it.
3. This power is lost if the victim dies, or the Con-Man voluntarily gives up the role.
4. The Con-Man can guess another player's role by voluntarily giving up the stolen role (thereby, returning it to the victim) or if the current victim is killed. The Con-Man cannot hold multiple roles simultaneously.
Extortionist
- Spoiler:
- 1. Every other day, the Extortionist can blackmail and/or intimidate a player.
a) Blackmail; The targeted player cannot use his role.
b) Intimidate; The targeted player cannot post in the thread and, by consequence, vote. If the intimidated player speaks out in the thread, he has a 50% chance of getting killed at day’s end. Any further posts by the target adds 5% to this probability.
2. Either ability can be done in one of two ways. First, the Intimidation can be sent in during the Night Phase and will take effect immediately when the subsequent Day Phase starts. Second, it can be done in the middle of Day Phase, but will not take effect until the GM gets online and makes a post announcing it.
3. Other players are not allowed to post for the Intimidated player.
Framer
- Spoiler:
- 1. Each day, the Framer can plant incriminating evidence on a player. If that player is investigated, he is determined to be guilty.
2. Any framings done are permanent. They will last the entire Round, barring use of role abilities that would cancel them.
Hitman
- Spoiler:
- 1. The Hitman is allowed to kill, but he has to wait 2 full turns from round start before making his first kill (i.e. the kill can happen on the 3rd day or after, but not sooner).
2. From that point on, the waiting time doubles (i.e. the next kill happens 4 days later, then 8, etc.).
Identity Thief
- Spoiler:
- 1. The Identity Thief can pick one mafia member and give him a 'false identity' in the form of a role for the rest of the round. This includes himself and the role chosen need not be in play.
2. When investigated by anyone but the detective, the target shows up as the given role.
3. The Identity Thief can change the identity of another mob member, but the previous target reverts back to his original identity.
Inside Man
- Spoiler:
- 1. The Inside Man can PM the GM an investigative role every other turn and can change the results of any potential investigation this role might carry out. The GM does not confirm/deny the existence of the requested role and cannot change the results if the requested role has already made an action.
2. If investigated by any role (including the Detective), the Inside Man will appear as a townsperson.
Kidnapper
- Spoiler:
- 1. During the round, the kidnapper can kidnap players (i.e. one at a time) and hold them hostage.
2. The Kidnapper can draft a ransom note, which is then presented to the town by the GM, detailing a reasonable demand. If the demand is met, the hostage is freed and the Kidnapper must wait 3 days before kidnapping again. The Kidnapper must wait 3 days if the hostage is released unconditionally. If the Kidnapper is killed, the hostage is freed. Otherwise the hostage is held indefinitely.
3. The hostage cannot vote, use his/her power, or post in the time that he/she is kidnapped. If the hostage violates these conditions, the Kidnapper reserves the right to kill the hostage (subject to GM discretion). In this case, the Kidnapper must wait 1 full turn (i.e. both a day and night phase) before kidnapping again.
4. If the Kidnapper's hostage is voted out by the Town without meeting the random demand, the Kidnapper must wait one full Turn before kidnapping again.
5. Stockholm Syndrome: When a player is kidnapped, Stockholm Syndrome goes into effect. After a certain number of days, as determined by the GM, the player will begin to sympathize with their kidnappers and join the mafia (i.e. go corrupt). The number of days is not known to the Mafia until they are informed by the GM that the player has joined them. The player will still appear as kidnapped, but is able to use their role abilities. Even after being released, the person suffering from Stockholm Syndrome will continue to be a part of the mafia. However, their death is not required for a town victory.
Mail Bomber
- Spoiler:
- 1. Once per round, the Mail Bomber can send an anonymous message to a target with one word through the GM. This is the "word" bomb.
2. Discretion needs to be taken on the GM's part as to what constitutes a valid "word" bomb. The word "(un)vote" and player names are not permitted; however, nicknames are permitted.
3. During the next day phase, if no one says the "word" then the target dies the next night. Otherwise, whoever else says the "word" blows up and is killed instantly and in real time (i.e. this can be multiple targets).
Night Stalker
- Spoiler:
- 1. Once per round, the Night Stalker can attempt to kill 1 player during the night phase. The killed player is privately informed of his death, he cannot post in the thread or inform other players of his death. However, for all intents and purposes, the player appears as alive in the end of turn summaries.
2. The dead player's status is revealed when any role uses a power on them. The dead player counts toward the final score regardless of whether or not his status is discovered yet.
The Rat
- Spoiler:
- 1. If the Rat is about to be lynched, he can sell out any one of his Mafia comrades (except the Godfather) who dies instead.
2. If this happens, the Rat is immune to lynching for 3 days.
Seductress
- Spoiler:
- 1. Every Night Phase, the Seductress "seduces" a target and tells them who to vote for the next day (via the GM). The action may be submitted during the Day or Night Phase, but only takes effect during Night Phase.
2. If the target fails to make his final vote as that requested by the Seductress, the target dies during the next night phase.
Goon
- Spoiler:
- 1. Like a townsperson, the goon has no special abilities. However, being a member of the mafia, he has equal say in suggesting targets to the Godfather and must be killed for the town to win.
Usurper
- Spoiler:
- During the Round, any one of the Mafia members can PM the GM, proclaiming their intent to become an Usurper. The GM needs to approve this request. While loyal to the mafia itself, the Usurper is power-hungry and wants to be the Godfather. If the Usurper can somehow get the Godfather killed, he becomes the new Godfather and can re-establish the hierarchy (i.e., second-in-command, etc.). They inherit the Godfather's immunity to investigations. The Usurper must outline a plan which will be followed for the overthrow to be legitimate (with slight deviations being permitted). This bars an unscrupulous player from taking credit for when the Godfather dies randomly. The GM will then decide whether to validate the Mafia member becoming an Usurper or not. What methods are acceptable to get the Godfather killed should be discussed with the GM.
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The Forces of Justice
Note: The Detective role is mandatory. Any other justice role is optional; it is up to the GM to include or exclude them depending on personal preference.
CIA Agent
- Spoiler:
- 1. Every other day, the CIA Agent can ‘arrest’ three players. Any votes or abilities used by said players up to that point are not annulled, but they are inactive for the rest of the day.
2. Every other day, the CIA Agent can set up surveillance targeting a specific player. The CIA Agent learns of any other players that target said player (i.e. use their role powers on him/her) and of any items said player was holding associated with that player’s role (i.e. a gun could be indicative of either mafia or justice alliance). Creativity is encouraged on the part of the GM.
Detective
- Spoiler:
- 1. Each day, the Detective can interrogate a player by PMing the GM the player’s name. The GM returns a ‘guilty’ verdict if said player belongs to the mafia and a ‘innocent’ judgment otherwise. This is not always 100% accurate, though (i.e. the Framer’s ability).
2. If the investigated player is corrupt (via the Corruption expansion), the Detective is told so.
FBI Agent
- Spoiler:
- 1. Every other day, the FBI Agent can learn a player’s role by PMing the GM the player’s name. If said player is in the mafia, he/she is identified as a townsperson.
2. Every other day, the FBI Agent can analyze a dead player’s body by PMing the GM. If a mafia victim is investigated, the FBI Agent learns the role (i.e. undoing the Cleaner’s power) and this will be declared in the player's list. If a lynch victim is investigated, the last player “associated” with the victim (i.e. if a role used an ability on him/her) is identified.
NSA Agent
- Spoiler:
- 1. Every day, the NSA Agent can wire-tap one player. Any PMs sent by said player to the GM are forwarded to the NSA Agent.
Secret Service Agent
- Spoiler:
- 1. The secret service agent is aware of the Governor’s identity.
2. Each night, the Secret Service Agent can PM the GM a name of a player to protect. If the mafia targets that player, he/she is protected.
3. If the Secret Service Agent chooses to do so, he can prevent a town lynching but his identity is revealed.
4. The Secret Service Agent cannot use his Night Phase role ability to protect himself from the Mafia.
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Town Roles
Note: Not all of these roles need to be included. It’s up to the GM’s discretion to use them. If there are more players than roles, then any remaining players are considered townspeople. It is recommended that the GM pick the majority of Player roles from this list.
Angel
Batman
Celebrity
Chessmaster
Doctor
Faith Healer
Girl Scout
Governor
Governor's Daughter
Graverobber
Hider
Jealous Townsperson
Journalist
Lawyer
The Little, Old Lady
Mayor
The Medium
Paranoid Townsperson
Pretender
Pulp Writer
Reporter (updated version not used yet)
Silvertongue
Slowpoke
Survivor
The Unforgiver
Vigilante
Witch-Doctor
Townsperson
Note: Not all of these roles need to be included. It’s up to the GM’s discretion to use them. If there are more players than roles, then any remaining players are considered townspeople. It is recommended that the GM pick the majority of Player roles from this list.
Angel
- Spoiler:
- 1. Once per round, the Angel can opt to ‘switch’ places with the lynched or mafia victim for either the day or night phase, sacrificing himself instead. The Angel cannot be conned by the Con-Man or blackmailed by the Extortionist.
Batman
- Spoiler:
- 1. You are required to reveal your role to someone during each day phase by PMing the GM who will pass on your identity to the requested target. If you fail to do so, the GM will give your identity to someone randomly.
2. You are allowed, but not required, to kill a player during each night phase. If your target is not a mafioso, you lose your role and become a townsperson. If your target is a mafioso, you keep your abilities.
3. If The Batman's target is a corrupt town role, they still retain their abilities.
Celebrity
- Spoiler:
- 1. The Celebrity can reveal himself at any point in the round via the GM. The GM makes the declaration public.
Chessmaster
- Spoiler:
- 1. The Chessmaster is allowed one guess to identify the Godfather, throughout the round.
2. If he is correct, he is able to "fake" his death if he is killed by the mob. In this case, he appears as dead to the town, but he is actually alive. At any point in the round thereafter, he can reveal himself, thus, making him 'active' again. In doing so, the GM makes a post describing his clever rouse.
3. While the Chessmaster has 'faked' his death, any attempt to vote, or influence the game, automatically makes him 'active' again.
Doctor
- Spoiler:
- 1. Every day, the Doctor can try to bring a dead player back to life with a 50% chance of success on the first attempt. If he succeeds, the chances of revival for the next victim drop by 10%.
Faith Healer
- Spoiler:
- 1. The Faith Healer can attempt to revive a dead player once each day.
2. The chance of success is (5 × number of dead players)%.
Girl Scout
- Spoiler:
- 1. The Girl Scout is immune to the Framer.
2. The Girl Scout begins each day with -1 votes to her name.
Governor
- Spoiler:
- 1. The Governor can PM the GM, requesting that that day’s lynch be stopped,
under the following conditions:
a) It is not himself
b) The player has not already been saved by the Governor previously (i.e. this only works once/player)
2. Even if the Governor saves a player once, and they later die and are revived, the Governor is unable to save them again.
3. The Governor can force the GM to reveal his identity at the cost of the SS Agent being unable to protect him anymore.
Governor's Daughter
- Spoiler:
- 1. If the Governor's daughter is killed by the mob, the mob cannot make a kill of any sort for the entirety of the next turn. If the mafia tries to kill anyway (even if unsuccessful), a random town role is converted into a random Justice role.
Graverobber
- Spoiler:
- 1. Once per round, the Graverobber can dig up a dead player's grave and steal his/her role.
2. The Graverobber gives up their role when they steal the role of another dead player.
3. The Graverobber cannot become corrupt from stealing Mafia roles but can still steal Mafia roles.
Hider
- Spoiler:
- 1. Every night, the Hider can hide at another player’s house by PMing the GM. In doing so, he is immune from the mafia when targeted, but is also killed if his host is targeted.
2. If the Hider chooses to hide at a mafia member’s home, he is automatically killed.
Jealous Townsperson
- Spoiler:
- 1. The Jealous Townsperson is assigned a random name from the player list. If that player is lynched, the Jealous Townsperson wins.
Journalist
- Spoiler:
- 1. Once per day phase, the Journalist may PM the GM any one role from the role list. In the day phase results, the GM reveals to the town whether that role is in use or not, as well as one random role that IS in use if the Journalist guessed a role that is not in use correctly.
2. If this power reveals a mafia role that is in use, the Journalist will be killed in the following night phase. The Journalist may not guess the same role twice.
Lawyer
- Spoiler:
- 1. The Lawyer can represent a player each day.
2. If that player is to be lynched, then he can contest the results. If the number of votes for the Lawyer’s client is at most 5 more than those for the next leading player, that player is lynched instead. Otherwise, he has a 50% chance of successfully transferring the lynch to the next leading player.
The Little, Old Lady
- Spoiler:
- 1. The Little, Old Lady is immune to all Mafia powers other than the main night kill.
2. The GM never tells the Little, Old Lady that she is targeted, however when the mafia attempts to use their power they receive the message that they can't since she reminds them too much of their mother.
Mayor
- Spoiler:
- 1. Three times per round, the Mayor can stop the lynch by PMing the GM.
2. The third time this is done, the crowd is upset and the Mayor dies instead.
The Medium
- Spoiler:
- 1. Every other day, the Medium is able to contact a dead player via the GM.
2. The GM can post one message (i.e. max 20 words) in the game thread on behalf of the dead player and credit it to the Medium.
Paranoid Townsperson
- Spoiler:
- 1. When a role targets them, the Paranoid Townsperson is notified of this, but isn't told which role or player targeted them.
2. They are also notified that they are being voted for if the Secret Vote expansion is in play, but they aren't told who voted for them.
Pretender
- Spoiler:
- 1. At the beginning of the round, the Pretender knows one role which is in play, but not who possesses it.
2. The Pretender can either pretend to be that role, or any other non-mob role of his choosing, by PMing the GM on day 1. If he fails to PM the GM, the GM automatically assumes he is pretending to be the role given to him.
3. If, and when, the original role owner dies, the Pretender becomes that role.
Pulp Writer
- Spoiler:
- 1. During the night phase, they have the option to guess who the mafia is targeting to kill that phase. If they are correct, they recieve the name of a mafia member due to their sly deductions. This only succeeds once.
2. Even if the mafia changes target, as long as they guess right at the time, it is counted.
Reporter (updated version not used yet)
- Spoiler:
- 1. Every day and night phase, they may ask for information from the gm.
2. They are given a role that has used their power for that phase and on who it has been used on, but not those players' usernames.
3. If the target of that player changes, then the reporter is kept up-to-date.
4. They can choose to reveal this publicly in that phase's results, or keep it to themselves. They are allowed to keep information to themselves for multiple turns and reveal it later, but if they die information cannot be revealed that phase.
5. If a role, like the CIA, has multiple targets, they are only given one of those targets. Furthermore if a role targets itself (example:Lightning Rod ) or doesn't target (example: Girl Scout), that is also applicable information.
Silvertongue
- Spoiler:
- 1. If the Silver Tongue is targeted by the mob's nightly kill, he is informed by the GM and can re-direct the kill to anyone else.
Slowpoke
- Spoiler:
- 1. When the Slowpoke is targeted, the action happens late (i.e. the next day). This includes the mob kill. The GM does not reveal the Slowpoke's identity, but simply posts or delivers the results late to whoever is targeting.
Survivor
- Spoiler:
- 1. The Survivor can survive any kill attempt once, automatically. The town is not informed that the survival was due to the role, however.
The Unforgiver
- Spoiler:
- 1. The Unforgiver's vote accumulate and increase by 1 as long as he votes for the same person each day (i.e. in day 1 he has 1 vote but in day 2 he has 2 votes as long as his vote is the same).
2. If the Unforgiver fails to vote, or votes for someone else, his votes reset to 1.
Vigilante
- Spoiler:
- 1. The Vigilante is allowed to kill one player throughout the round, during any given night phase. He is allowed to attempt a kill as many times as he needs, until he is successful.
Witch-Doctor
- Spoiler:
- 1. The Witch-Doctor can sacrifice himself and die in order to bring a dead player back to life (who retains any roles he/she had).
2. This role's power must be activated in the Night Phase in order to be used.
Townsperson
- Spoiler:
- 1. A townsperson has no special abilities. As a citizen, however, he/she is entitled to voting rights in town lynches.
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Re: Rules and Roles [08/03/2012]
by AsteriskRocks Sat Jul 21, 2012 1:51 am
Chaotic Roles
Note: While Chaotic roles can make or break the town's win, they are not expected to work with the town (though they are encouraged to do so). As members of the Town they are not allowed to help the mafia unless corruption is in play like all other roles...No one should get mad if they use their role the way they want though. The GM however does get to constitute what is "helpful" to the mafia. No more than a quarter of the town should ever be made a chaotic role.
Arsonist
The Big Bad Wolf
Bus Driver
Hated Townsperson
The Houdini
Jenova's Witness
Jester
Lightning Rod
Miller
Princess
Rabble-Rouser
Suicidal Townsperson
Traveling Salesman
Vengeful Townsperson
Private Detective
Reverser
Note: While Chaotic roles can make or break the town's win, they are not expected to work with the town (though they are encouraged to do so). As members of the Town they are not allowed to help the mafia unless corruption is in play like all other roles...No one should get mad if they use their role the way they want though. The GM however does get to constitute what is "helpful" to the mafia. No more than a quarter of the town should ever be made a chaotic role.
Arsonist
- Spoiler:
- 1. Every two Turns, the Arsonist can set a building on fire. This makes them the target of an investigation instead of the original target.
The Big Bad Wolf
- Spoiler:
- 1. The Big Bad Wolf is revealed as a townsperson upon investigation.
2. If the Big Bad Wolf is targeted by the Hider or the SS Agent during the night phase, they are killed.
Bus Driver
- Spoiler:
- 1. Every night, the bus driver can choose to 'switch' two players. Any actions intended to affect one of the players happens to the other instead, and vice-versa.
Hated Townsperson
- Spoiler:
- 1. The Hated Townsperson is unaware that he is "hated"; he is told by the GM that he is a regular townsperson.
2. Regardless of who is lynched, if the hated townsperson gets 3 votes, he dies as well. His role is revealed after death.
The Houdini
- Spoiler:
- 1. If arrested by the CIA Agent, the Houdini will free himself automatically as well as anyone else that was arrested.
2. If kidnapped, the Houdini can escape from the Kidnapper (i.e. this counts as the Kidnapper freeing the hostage).
Jenova's Witness
- Spoiler:
- 1. During the turn, the Jenova's Witness can choose one or more players and talk to them about Sephiroth and FF7. The players he chooses cannot vote that turn or use their power. Any votes or powers already made/used are not canceled. The Jenova's Witness must wait the same number of turns as the amount of players he chose to use his power again.
Jester
- Spoiler:
- 1. The Jester’s goal is to get lynched. If he succeeds, any players that voted for his lynch can’t vote or use role abilities the next day.
Lightning Rod
- Spoiler:
- 1. Every day, the Lightning Rod can choose to force the first 3 registered votes to change to his name. This can be invoked before or even after the votes have been cast. When invoked, the GM announces the vote change in the thread.
Miller
- Spoiler:
- 1. The Miller is a regular townsperson except, upon investigation, he is revealed to be guilty. Upon death, he is revealed just to be a townsperson by the GM. His true identity is only revealed at round end.
Princess
- Spoiler:
- 1. If the Princess is killed, then the next Day's phase is dedicated to her funeral and to mourn her passing; the day's lynch is skipped entirely.
Rabble-Rouser
- Spoiler:
- 1. Everyday, the Rabble-Rouser can PM the GM to stir the town into a frenzy. Any player who receives 5 or more final, registered votes will be lynched at the end of the day phase (this is subject to the power of others however). If the Governor stops the lynch, only one player can be saved (i.e. chosen to be the one with the most votes by the GM, if the Governor does not name who he wants to save).
2. In cases of a tie vote, the Rabble-Rouser can decide who gets lynched.
Suicidal Townsperson
- Spoiler:
- 1. The Suicidal Townsperson commits suicide on 3rd night of the game and there's nothing he can do to stop it.
Traveling Salesman
- Spoiler:
- 1. Every other day, the Traveling Salesman can leave town on ‘business,’ making him immune to lynching that day and that night’s mafia hit (i.e. The GM doesn’t reveal his identity in the summary).
2. Every day, the Traveling Salesman can ‘sell’ his vote to a player (without the target's agreement), allowing that player to have double-voting power but he becomes unable to vote himself as a consequence.
3. At any day thereafter, he can cash in and have a voting power equal to as many votes he has sold in previous days, however, now his customers will be unable to vote. He can only cash in votes of those players that are still alive. He can restart the cycle again the next day. He can only vote for one person with his accumulated votes.
Vengeful Townsperson
- Spoiler:
- 1. If the Vengeful Townsperson is voted out and killed during the day phase, he can choose to kill someone along with himself. This ability only works if the Vengeful Townsperson dies.
Private Detective
- Spoiler:
- 1) Every other turn, a player can contact the Private Detective to investigate a player for them.
2) If the player is mafia, the PD becomes a Justice of their choice, but if the player is a Justice then the PD is arrested for a turn (announced via PM, but not in public)
3) The results of the investigation are revealed publicly midturn.
Reverser
- Spoiler:
- 1) Every other turn The Reverser may change a player's investigation condition. If they are guilty then that person would appear innocent and vice versa. This effect is permanent for the rest of the round. The Reverser does not know if the player was originally guilty or innocent.
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Re: Rules and Roles [08/03/2012]
by AsteriskRocks Fri Aug 03, 2012 1:38 am
Expansion Roles
Note: Expansion roles require the corresponding expansion in the Expansions section to be in play.
Body Snatcher Roles:
The Bodysnatcher
Infested Host
Lovers/Sibling Roles
Cupid
The Gossip
Serial Killer/Psychologist Side Story Roles
Serial Killer
Psychologist
Suicide Cult Roles
Cult Leader
Note: Expansion roles require the corresponding expansion in the Expansions section to be in play.
Body Snatcher Roles:
The Bodysnatcher
- Spoiler:
- 1. Upon investigation, the Bodysnatcher is revealed as a townsperson.
2. Every night, the Bodysnatcher can infest one other player, turning that player into an infested host. The Bodysnatcher learns the infested's role.
3. The Bodysnatcher has complete control over all background actions and role of any of its infested hosts, but has no control over public actions like voting.
4. The Bodysnatcher wins when every player is infested.
Infested Host
- Spoiler:
- 1. An infested player is not revealed publicly to be infested; while alive, this detail is only known to the host and the Bodysnatcher. Infestation is revealed when a host dies.
2. The host retains his/her role, but role abilities are controlled by the Bodysnatcher. Voting rights, however, are still retained by the host.
3. The host returns to normal if the Bodysnatcher dies.
Lovers/Sibling Roles
Cupid
- Spoiler:
- 1. Once per round, the Cupid can create a pair of lovers and, thus, force the Lovers expansion into play.
The Gossip
- Spoiler:
- 1. Every day the Gossip can guess if a player is a lover by PMing the GM. If the player they investigate is a lover then the Gossip is told who that player's lover counterpart is as well.
Serial Killer/Psychologist Side Story Roles
Serial Killer
- Spoiler:
- 1. The Serial Killer has to make a kill every other night.
2. For every successful kill, he will leave behind a note simply stating one character from his username or user number (i.e. When he PMs his kill, he also tells the GM the character from his username/number), which is revealed in the end-of-night summary post.
3. If the Serial Killer is 'cured' by the Psychologist, he becomes a Vigilante.
4. The Serial Killer appears as an innocent townsperson under any investigation.
Psychologist
- Spoiler:
- 1. The Psychologist can attempt to 'psychoanalyze' a player everyday.
2. If he psychoanalyzes the Serial Killer, the Psychologist becomes a Doctor.
Suicide Cult Roles
Cult Leader
- Spoiler:
- 1. Each night, the Cult Leader can recruit a player to his cult. The recruit is unaware of the Cult Leader's identity, but is informed of the recruitment by the GM.
2. At any night phase in the round, the Cult Leader can initiate a mass suicide wherein every cultist, including himself, dies. The Cult Leader wins if this action results in every remaining town member dying.
3. The Cult Leader appears as an innocent townsperson under any investigation.
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Re: Rules and Roles [08/03/2012]
by AsteriskRocks Fri Aug 03, 2012 1:43 am
Expansions
Note: For balance and everyone's sanity, expansions should be used conservatively with each other (e.g. if multiple mobs are in play, a Suicide Cult may or may not be necessary but also adding a Suicide Cult and a Bodysnatcher is overkill).
Awareness!
In this expansion, every role that uses their primary power 3 times is publicly revealed. One-shot roles are revealed immediately after using their power. For the mafia hit, this means that each mob member can only send in the kill twice before being revealed, including the Godfather.
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Every turn, two players are given the titles "Rock" and "A Hard Place" at random. This is made public. Rather than voting who is killed, the town votes for who decides the kill for that day phase's vote; the Rock, or the A Hard Place. They may make the kill at any point during the day phase, and may in fact reveal as such publicly.
Roles that affect voting in any way still work as designed. If they're based on how many votes are given, then they are disallowed while this is expansion is in play for obvious reasons.
Bodysnatchers
In this expansion, the round starts with a Bodysnatcher. The Bodysnatcher can infest others during the night phase and wins the game when all the surviving townspeople are infested. Infested townspeople are referred to as hosts and only retain voting rights; their roles are controlled by the Bodysnatcher. Infestation is lost if the Bodysnatcher dies.
Bombs Away
This expansion slightly modifies the dynamics of the mob such that, instead of killing players each night, the Godfather's target is planted with a bomb. Targets are unaware of this fact. At any time in the round the Godfather can activate all the bombs and, therefore, kill his targets. However, if a detonation fails to give him victory, the Godfather will need to wait one day before planting bombs again. Finally, the bombs stay planted even if the Godfather dies; the control is inherited by his successor.
Corruption
A non-mob player (except the Detective) can become "corrupt" and side with the Mafia at the GM's discretion. The Godfather is informed of the defection. The corrupted player's death is not necessary for the town win. A corrupted player is not allowed to switch back to the town, and the corrupted player cannot join the Mafia in "bad faith" (i.e. sabotage). A corrupted player shows up as 'Guilty' if investigated by the Detective. Finally, no one can go corrupt unless at least half the mafia rounded up is dead.
Masquerade Mafia (updated version not yet used)
In this expansion, the mafia is comprised of 1/3rd the town; however, the mob members are unaware of each others identities. During the day and night phase, the Godfather may send PMs to the gm stating that they want them to be forwarded to every living mafia member. That will then be done by the gm.
During the night phase, the other mafia members are able to utilize this power as well. Any PMs sent for this purpose during the day phase by the mafia, except the Godfather, will be delayed until the end of the day phase.
The Godfather is allowed to guess whether someone is in the mafia or not once every turn. If they're wrong, they're revealed to that person to be the Godfather.
To win, the mafia must completely kill the town or completely unify and gain a majority over the town.
Multiple Mafias
Instead of one mob in play, the town will be up against two. The 1/4th rule is retained for both mobs which, while technically making half the town mobsters, effectively splits the mob into two warring factions. The town wins if both mobs are eliminated. Either mob wins if they form a majority and the rival mob is eliminated. The GM has a lot of responsibility in making sure the round is balanced from a three tier perspective. As well, the Godfathers of both mobs do not choose their members, the GM assigns them when this expansion is in play.
Neighbors
In this expansion, all the players live in the same neighborhood. Each player is PMed the names of their 2 neighbors (i.e. if houses are arranged as A B C D E, B is PMed the names of A and C, and D is PMed the names of C and E). A player's neighbors are his allies, from at least the start of the round and possibly until the end. The mob members are interspersed into the neighborhood. Once a turn (from beginning of Day Phase to end of Night Phase), each player must PM the GM a person in their group they believe is the mafia member. If all non-Mafia players guess correctly in all groups, the Town wins automatically. The Mafia's main purpose is to kill all their town neighbors before they can do this. The town may still lynch every day phase as well.
Personal Themes
The GM is encouraged to take roles/game elements and change their names to fit a certain theme (i.e. characters from an anime, or a video game, etc. and their respective villains as the mob) thereby assigning "aliases". Basically, this gives the round a cosmetic lift thereby making it more interesting.
Red Light Green Light (not yet used)
In this expansion, the gm will randomly post "Red Light" and "Green Light" in the thread during the day phase. They can post Red Light and Green Light once per day phase each. Anyone who posts after they say "Red Light" but before they post "Green Light" will be unable to vote for the rest of the turn, and their vote will be nullified for that turn if it has already been cast. They must allow the town to post/vote for at least 8 hours for the day phase.
Serial Killer & Psychologist Side-Story
This expansion allows use of both the Serial Killer and Psychologist roles, which are linked. The Serial Killer wins if he survives the round. The Psychologist wins if he cures the Serial Killer. To add to the mood and theme of the round, the GM is encouraged to give the Serial Killer a moniker (i.e. the Zodiac killer, or Clown killer, or "torso" killer) and relate his gruesome kills as such.
Siblings/Lovers
In the Siblings expansion, one of the townspeople and one of the Mafia members is aware of each others' role and affiliation. It's because they are siblings. The intention is for both of them to survive. If one of them dies, the other commits suicide the next night. The "Lovers" dynamic is basically the same except, instead of a mob/non-mob combination any two non-mob players are aware of each other. The Siblings/Lovers win if they both survive by the end of the round.
Single Player Mode
In this expansion, there is one Mafia member. He is the Godfather, but may be given a second Mafia role by the GM as well. Note: if the GM believes the player they pick to be the original Mafia member is sufficiently skilled, they may engage Hard Mode and not give them a secondary role.
If the mafia member dies they are "reloaded" by being shifted to a current town player, who loses their townie role and gains the godfather/mafia power. Which player this is is not determined by the Godfather who died, but is instead determined by RNG by the GM. This happens 3 times. If the Mafia Godfather ends up using all of its "lives" the town wins. If Godfather kills everyone he wins.
The Smoking Gun
The "The Smoking Gun" role is given to a random player, role or not. After dying, they leave behind a note/diary saying anything they want through the GM during the following night phase. One potential use is the player revealing their "diary", indicating everything they know and everything they have done up to that point in the round.
Suicide Cult
This expansion allows use of the Cult Leader role. The Cult Leader beings the round with no recruits. However, each night he is allowed to recruit players by PMing the GM. The recruits are unaware of who the Cult Leader is. And, at any time in the round, the Cult Leader can initiate a mass suicide where all the recruited cultists commit suicide. The Cult Leader wins if everyone in the town has been recruited to the cult and the mass suicide is initiated (i.e. everyone dies). The Cult Leader loses if he dies before the mass suicide occurs, or not everyone is recruited.
Note: For balance and everyone's sanity, expansions should be used conservatively with each other (e.g. if multiple mobs are in play, a Suicide Cult may or may not be necessary but also adding a Suicide Cult and a Bodysnatcher is overkill).
Awareness!
In this expansion, every role that uses their primary power 3 times is publicly revealed. One-shot roles are revealed immediately after using their power. For the mafia hit, this means that each mob member can only send in the kill twice before being revealed, including the Godfather.
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Every turn, two players are given the titles "Rock" and "A Hard Place" at random. This is made public. Rather than voting who is killed, the town votes for who decides the kill for that day phase's vote; the Rock, or the A Hard Place. They may make the kill at any point during the day phase, and may in fact reveal as such publicly.
Roles that affect voting in any way still work as designed. If they're based on how many votes are given, then they are disallowed while this is expansion is in play for obvious reasons.
Bodysnatchers
In this expansion, the round starts with a Bodysnatcher. The Bodysnatcher can infest others during the night phase and wins the game when all the surviving townspeople are infested. Infested townspeople are referred to as hosts and only retain voting rights; their roles are controlled by the Bodysnatcher. Infestation is lost if the Bodysnatcher dies.
Bombs Away
This expansion slightly modifies the dynamics of the mob such that, instead of killing players each night, the Godfather's target is planted with a bomb. Targets are unaware of this fact. At any time in the round the Godfather can activate all the bombs and, therefore, kill his targets. However, if a detonation fails to give him victory, the Godfather will need to wait one day before planting bombs again. Finally, the bombs stay planted even if the Godfather dies; the control is inherited by his successor.
Corruption
A non-mob player (except the Detective) can become "corrupt" and side with the Mafia at the GM's discretion. The Godfather is informed of the defection. The corrupted player's death is not necessary for the town win. A corrupted player is not allowed to switch back to the town, and the corrupted player cannot join the Mafia in "bad faith" (i.e. sabotage). A corrupted player shows up as 'Guilty' if investigated by the Detective. Finally, no one can go corrupt unless at least half the mafia rounded up is dead.
Masquerade Mafia (updated version not yet used)
In this expansion, the mafia is comprised of 1/3rd the town; however, the mob members are unaware of each others identities. During the day and night phase, the Godfather may send PMs to the gm stating that they want them to be forwarded to every living mafia member. That will then be done by the gm.
During the night phase, the other mafia members are able to utilize this power as well. Any PMs sent for this purpose during the day phase by the mafia, except the Godfather, will be delayed until the end of the day phase.
The Godfather is allowed to guess whether someone is in the mafia or not once every turn. If they're wrong, they're revealed to that person to be the Godfather.
To win, the mafia must completely kill the town or completely unify and gain a majority over the town.
Multiple Mafias
Instead of one mob in play, the town will be up against two. The 1/4th rule is retained for both mobs which, while technically making half the town mobsters, effectively splits the mob into two warring factions. The town wins if both mobs are eliminated. Either mob wins if they form a majority and the rival mob is eliminated. The GM has a lot of responsibility in making sure the round is balanced from a three tier perspective. As well, the Godfathers of both mobs do not choose their members, the GM assigns them when this expansion is in play.
Neighbors
In this expansion, all the players live in the same neighborhood. Each player is PMed the names of their 2 neighbors (i.e. if houses are arranged as A B C D E, B is PMed the names of A and C, and D is PMed the names of C and E). A player's neighbors are his allies, from at least the start of the round and possibly until the end. The mob members are interspersed into the neighborhood. Once a turn (from beginning of Day Phase to end of Night Phase), each player must PM the GM a person in their group they believe is the mafia member. If all non-Mafia players guess correctly in all groups, the Town wins automatically. The Mafia's main purpose is to kill all their town neighbors before they can do this. The town may still lynch every day phase as well.
Personal Themes
The GM is encouraged to take roles/game elements and change their names to fit a certain theme (i.e. characters from an anime, or a video game, etc. and their respective villains as the mob) thereby assigning "aliases". Basically, this gives the round a cosmetic lift thereby making it more interesting.
Red Light Green Light (not yet used)
In this expansion, the gm will randomly post "Red Light" and "Green Light" in the thread during the day phase. They can post Red Light and Green Light once per day phase each. Anyone who posts after they say "Red Light" but before they post "Green Light" will be unable to vote for the rest of the turn, and their vote will be nullified for that turn if it has already been cast. They must allow the town to post/vote for at least 8 hours for the day phase.
Serial Killer & Psychologist Side-Story
This expansion allows use of both the Serial Killer and Psychologist roles, which are linked. The Serial Killer wins if he survives the round. The Psychologist wins if he cures the Serial Killer. To add to the mood and theme of the round, the GM is encouraged to give the Serial Killer a moniker (i.e. the Zodiac killer, or Clown killer, or "torso" killer) and relate his gruesome kills as such.
Siblings/Lovers
In the Siblings expansion, one of the townspeople and one of the Mafia members is aware of each others' role and affiliation. It's because they are siblings. The intention is for both of them to survive. If one of them dies, the other commits suicide the next night. The "Lovers" dynamic is basically the same except, instead of a mob/non-mob combination any two non-mob players are aware of each other. The Siblings/Lovers win if they both survive by the end of the round.
Single Player Mode
In this expansion, there is one Mafia member. He is the Godfather, but may be given a second Mafia role by the GM as well. Note: if the GM believes the player they pick to be the original Mafia member is sufficiently skilled, they may engage Hard Mode and not give them a secondary role.
If the mafia member dies they are "reloaded" by being shifted to a current town player, who loses their townie role and gains the godfather/mafia power. Which player this is is not determined by the Godfather who died, but is instead determined by RNG by the GM. This happens 3 times. If the Mafia Godfather ends up using all of its "lives" the town wins. If Godfather kills everyone he wins.
The Smoking Gun
The "The Smoking Gun" role is given to a random player, role or not. After dying, they leave behind a note/diary saying anything they want through the GM during the following night phase. One potential use is the player revealing their "diary", indicating everything they know and everything they have done up to that point in the round.
Suicide Cult
This expansion allows use of the Cult Leader role. The Cult Leader beings the round with no recruits. However, each night he is allowed to recruit players by PMing the GM. The recruits are unaware of who the Cult Leader is. And, at any time in the round, the Cult Leader can initiate a mass suicide where all the recruited cultists commit suicide. The Cult Leader wins if everyone in the town has been recruited to the cult and the mass suicide is initiated (i.e. everyone dies). The Cult Leader loses if he dies before the mass suicide occurs, or not everyone is recruited.
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