So, to begin, I guess I'll describe what exactly Mafia is...
QUOTE Mafia (also known as Werewolf, Assassin or Witch Hunt) is a party game created in USSR by Dimitry Davidoff in 1986 modeling a battle between an informed minority and an uninformed majority. Players are secretly assigned roles: either "mafia", who know each other; or "townspeople", who know only the number of mafia amongst them. In the game's "night" phase the mafia covertly 'murder' a townsperson. During the day phase, all of the surviving players debate the identities of the mafia and vote to eliminate a suspect. Play continues until all of the mafia have been eliminated, or until the mafia outnumber the townspeople.
Now, to get more precise, there are multiple roles:
Night
Night begins with 'God' telling everyone that it is nighttime and everyone has gone to sleep.
'God' then has the Mafia wake up and select one other player to murder. All members of the Mafia must agree on a single player. 'God' then has the Mafia go back to sleep.
'God' has the Sheriff wake up and select any player to be a suspect. 'God' then confirms if the suspect is Mafia or not, and has the Sheriff go back to sleep.
'God' then wakes up the Doctor and the Doctor selects any one player who (s)he wishes to protect.
'God' then wakes up the Therapist and the Therapist selects any one player who (s)he wishes to silence.
Day
'God' tells everyone to wake up. Unless the Doctor and the mafia selected the same target a murder is announced, sometimes with a little narrative detail (This player is dead and cannot participate in the game any further, their Role is NOT revealed).
During the daytime phase, all players deliberate over which suspected Mafia member they wish to nominate for execution. Once nominations are made, 'God' administrates an election between the nominees, in which all players vote. Whoever receives the most votes is executed (they are dead and cannot participate in the game any further). 'God' then reveals what Role this player played.
Win Condition
The game ends when either all the Mafia is killed (townspeople win) or when the Mafia outnumber the townspeople (Mafia win).
The thing is, no one knows who any other player's Role is except for Mafia (who only know who other Mafia members are). So even though the Sheriff might find out who a Mafia member is, they have to convince all the other players that they are in fact the Sheriff. Further, the Mafia may pretend to be a Sheriff! This becomes even worse if the Mafia kill the Sheriff in the night - in which case no one knows that the dead person was the Sheriff and the Mafia have free reign =P
So yeah, when played in a forum, things get changed up a bit. Basically, everything done in the 'Night' cycle is done via PM to the 'God'. Everything during the Day is done via forum posts in this thread. A full day/night cycle can take either one or two real days (one full day for 'Day' and one full day for 'Night'). And to be able to play well, every player must be active every day!
So!
I'm looking for at least 9 players to play this game (excluding myself). I will act as the 'God' Role and, once we get enough players, I will randomly assign the other Roles to everyone else. I suggest we play on the two day cycle (one day will be 'Daytime' and the next day will be 'Night time') to give everyone a chance to do everything that needs to be done. We can work out exact details once we find out how many players we have (or if there are even enough volunteers).
So, please post if you would like to join in this fun little game or if you have any questions!
QUOTE Mafia (also known as Werewolf, Assassin or Witch Hunt) is a party game created in USSR by Dimitry Davidoff in 1986 modeling a battle between an informed minority and an uninformed majority. Players are secretly assigned roles: either "mafia", who know each other; or "townspeople", who know only the number of mafia amongst them. In the game's "night" phase the mafia covertly 'murder' a townsperson. During the day phase, all of the surviving players debate the identities of the mafia and vote to eliminate a suspect. Play continues until all of the mafia have been eliminated, or until the mafia outnumber the townspeople.
Now, to get more precise, there are multiple roles:
- God (the narrator)
- Townspeople
- Mafia (who win by killing townspeople)
- Sheriff (a townsperson who can detect mafia under certain conditions)
- Doctor (a townsperson who can "save" other players)
- Therapist (a townsperson who can "silence" other players)
Night
Night begins with 'God' telling everyone that it is nighttime and everyone has gone to sleep.
'God' then has the Mafia wake up and select one other player to murder. All members of the Mafia must agree on a single player. 'God' then has the Mafia go back to sleep.
'God' has the Sheriff wake up and select any player to be a suspect. 'God' then confirms if the suspect is Mafia or not, and has the Sheriff go back to sleep.
'God' then wakes up the Doctor and the Doctor selects any one player who (s)he wishes to protect.
'God' then wakes up the Therapist and the Therapist selects any one player who (s)he wishes to silence.
Day
'God' tells everyone to wake up. Unless the Doctor and the mafia selected the same target a murder is announced, sometimes with a little narrative detail (This player is dead and cannot participate in the game any further, their Role is NOT revealed).
During the daytime phase, all players deliberate over which suspected Mafia member they wish to nominate for execution. Once nominations are made, 'God' administrates an election between the nominees, in which all players vote. Whoever receives the most votes is executed (they are dead and cannot participate in the game any further). 'God' then reveals what Role this player played.
Win Condition
The game ends when either all the Mafia is killed (townspeople win) or when the Mafia outnumber the townspeople (Mafia win).
The thing is, no one knows who any other player's Role is except for Mafia (who only know who other Mafia members are). So even though the Sheriff might find out who a Mafia member is, they have to convince all the other players that they are in fact the Sheriff. Further, the Mafia may pretend to be a Sheriff! This becomes even worse if the Mafia kill the Sheriff in the night - in which case no one knows that the dead person was the Sheriff and the Mafia have free reign =P
So yeah, when played in a forum, things get changed up a bit. Basically, everything done in the 'Night' cycle is done via PM to the 'God'. Everything during the Day is done via forum posts in this thread. A full day/night cycle can take either one or two real days (one full day for 'Day' and one full day for 'Night'). And to be able to play well, every player must be active every day!
So!
I'm looking for at least 9 players to play this game (excluding myself). I will act as the 'God' Role and, once we get enough players, I will randomly assign the other Roles to everyone else. I suggest we play on the two day cycle (one day will be 'Daytime' and the next day will be 'Night time') to give everyone a chance to do everything that needs to be done. We can work out exact details once we find out how many players we have (or if there are even enough volunteers).
So, please post if you would like to join in this fun little game or if you have any questions!