INTRODUCTION
Mafia is an educated guessing game of epic proportions, challenging you to put your Diplomacy skills to good use, as you become either 'Town' or 'Mafia', and analyze, argue, convince, and lead, or schmooze, lie, deceive, and hoodwink, to win with the power of your words.
The Town's objective in the game is to lynch all Mafia members before the Mafia defeat the Town. The Town can vote to lynch one player in each Day phase. Remember that mafia members are also part of the Town during the day and may manipulate the lynch vote to their liking.
The Mafia's objective is to avoid being lynched in the Day phases and kill Town members until nothing can stop them from winning. The Mafia can vote to kill one Town member in each Night phase.
RULES
1. The GM team reserves the right to adjudicate any scenario arising during the course of the game as they see fit. All decisions of the GM team are final.
2. Each player in the game must vote at least once per day; additionally, each player must end the day voting for a player - no ending the day on ‘unvote’.
3. The GMs will not be enforcing a post requirement. However, excessive lurking may be considered not playing to win, and therefore may be subject to replacement, removal, and/or bans from future games of Mafia.
4. All players are forbidden from posting screenshots or text of any game-related PM.
5. All players and spectators, including eliminated or replaced players, are forbidden from non-sanctioned game-related PM or messaging either on-site or off-site. Any inter-role communication must take place through a GM intermediary (in the case of roles like Friendly Neighbor who “visit” a player).
6. All spectators, eliminated players, and replaced players are forbidden from posting in the game thread. Deadposting may be punishable by future suspension, at the discretion of future GMs.
7. All spectators, eliminated players, and replaced players are forbidden from discussing the ongoing game in other WebDiplomacy threads or any other area where active players may see it, such as a game of Civ or a Discord chat.
8. All players are forbidden from cheating.
9. All players are required to play to their win condition.
10. All players are subject to the regular webDiplomacy rules and guidelines for forum use, including the rules on no spamming, no public cheating accusations (this extends to mafia), answering all communication from the GM team. If you believe a player has broken site/game rules, contact the GMs, otherwise you will also be breaking site/game rules.
Further clarification to the rules are provided below, as follows.
RULE CLARIFICATIONS
1. The GM team is not omniscient. During the game, situations may arise that were not planned for or predictable. Given this, the GM team reserves the right to resolve any situation as they see fit, even if not clearly outlined in the game rules. An effort will be made to follow the spirit of the game and stay as closely in accordance of the stated rules as possible.
2. Voting is the most basic part of the game and is required during the day phase. Multiple votes may be cast over the course of a day, but must end the day with a vote on another player.
3. Players are expected to contribute actively to the game. No artificial post requirement will be set. However, if a player’s excessive lurking is seen to go against their win condition, it may result in a replacement from the game. Mafia comes with a well-known time commitment. Do not sign up for the game if you cannot commit to it.
4. All role PMs will be posted in the “possible roles” document. Additionally, any message that a role may send out or receive will be provided. Players are forbidden from posting the text or a screenshot of any game-related PM they receive in order to deter “gaming” the PM system; after all, the fun of this game is reading people, not outguessing the GM.
5. All in-game communications should be kept within the thread. The mafia will receive a QuickTopic thread for communicating with one another outside of the game thread during Night phases; aside from this, there should be no other forms of private messaging.
6. Spectators, including players who have been eliminated or removed from the game, are not playing the game and therefore should not be influencing the course of the game's development. As such, spectators are not allowed to post in the game thread, to avoid disturbing the progress of the game. Deadposting by players who have been eliminated from the game may be seen as irreverent but is against the rules to avoid any potential disturbance to the balance of the game.
7. Spectators, including players who have been eliminated or removed from the game, are not permitted to comment on game-related activities in private messages or any form of comment threads. Special chat rooms will be opened for individuals who to play along with the game in an Observer chat, or discuss the game with full information in the God chat. All individuals are asked to use only these channels to discuss the game while it is still ongoing.
8. Incidents of potential cheating will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Any player caught cheating as per the GMs’ collective judgment will be removed from the current game as a bare minimum. Future GMs may choose to enact more penalties, including exclusion from future participation.
9. This rule simply means that your actions should in some conceivable way advance your win condition as stated in your role PM. This rule is somewhat subjective, because the difference between a mistake and sabotage is sometimes hard to determine; the GM will exercise caution and restraint in observing this rule. This also means that if you need to leave the game for any reason, you should not simply drop out, but should message the GM first so the GM can determine the best course of action.
10. Under no circumstances are any webDiplomacy forum and site rules, both written and understood, to be broken during mafia games. Any player breaking forum or site rules of any kind will be promptly removed to the game and may be subject to other penalties at the moderators’ discretion.
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PENALTIES
The penalty for breaking one of the above rules is decided at the GM’s discretion, up to and including immediate removal from the game and/or sanctions from future games. Removal and/or sanction are instruments of last resort and will be used only if absolutely necessary. A player removed from the game may or may not have their role revealed on removal, depending on the circumstances surrounding their removal.
VOTING
There are three levels of voting within the game: collective voting to lynch players in Day phases, collective voting to end a Day or Night phase, and Mafia voting to kill town members in Night phases.
The first level of voting is for whom you intend to lynch. Notate this vote with a pair of octothorpes before your intended vote target. (e.g., ##VOTE Eden) You do not need to spell out your intended target's username fully; as long as the GM can understand who you're referencing. In the event of a tie during a lynch vote, no one shall be lynched. PLEASE NOTE: If you do not use double octothorpes your vote will not be counted, for reasons of fairness but also because it is unlikely the GM will see your vote using the CTRL+F feature and this rule this prevents vote miscounts.
The second level of voting is whether or not to employ the hammer mechanic. By default, days are set to 48 hours long, and nights to 24 hours long; however, players may instead elect to end the day as soon as a majority is reached (called a “quick hammer” or simply “hammer”). Notate this vote with a pair of octothorpes before the word end. (EX: ##END) The game will switch to the hammer mechanic for the duration of that day once a majority of players choose to do so. If you are not able to vote before the hammer is dropped, you will not be penalized for failing to vote during that day.
The third level of voting refers to Mafia members choosing their NK (nightkill) targets during Night phases. The mafia members will use their separate QuickTopic thread to discuss this. Please make your votes in bold, like so: kill Eden (< b > kill Eden < / b >). Mafia NK will be decided by majority vote. In the event of a tie, the most recent vote will decide, unless a mafia role dictates otherwise, or the mafia decide to defer to each other.
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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
SPAM
Spamming (defined as excessive content-free posting; or, excessive posting regarding subjects irrelevant to the game - “stupid pointless annoying messages”) is not allowed. The GMs will warn a player prior to taking further action but will also not hesitate to take action if deemed necessary. The in-game voting mechanic exists to curb any advantage that spamming as a tactic may confer; please reference the “VOTING” section above for more information. Suffice to say that spamming is not worth anyone’s time in this setup, and will be frowned upon, so while you may not necessarily be lynched or mod-killed for spamming, please refrain from doing so.
PLAYER SILENCES
Players that have other participants on their mute list are asked to remove them for the duration of this game. Disputes stemming from outside of this game should not carry over into the gameplay. If they do, the GM reserves the right to address these issues and potentially remove or sanction players if it becomes a disruption. Players refusing to follow this rule will be removed. No players will be removed by request of another player (or players) without justification at the GMs’ discretion.
FORUM SILENCES:
If a player is silenced on the forum by the moderator/admin team, an alternate will take their place for the duration of their silence. The silenced player will then have the option to take their position back over or leave it in the hands of the alternate. If no alternate is available, the player will be modkilled. As long as the silence does not stem from actions involving the mafia thread, there will be no in-game sanctions for a forum silence.
REPLACEMENTS
A player wishing to drop out may be replaced at the GM's discretion. Individuals wishing to serve as potential replacements must NOT join the out-of-game God QT. (Being in the Observer QT is acceptable). Replacement is guaranteed only with the consent of an alternate. Eliminated players may not become replacements.
TURN DURATION
This game’s Day phases will last 48 hours and Night phases will last 24 hours, unless cut short by in-game mechanics (e.g., hammer). Extensions may be granted at a moderator’s discretion, but don’t count on it. Phase shifts will be 6 PM EDT.
PREVIOUS GAMES
Previous Games:
M22:
threadID=1383493M21:
threadID=1378239M20
threadID=1372206M19
threadID=1365499M18:
threadID=1352010M17:
threadID=1340285M16:
threadID=1327937M15:
threadID=1316780M14:
threadID=1310615M13:
threadID=1302501M12:
threadID=1296737M11:
threadID=1286922M10:
threadID=1276122M9:
threadID=1266590M8:
threadID=1256043M7:
threadID=1240217M5:
threadID=1217792M6:
threadID=1203168M4:
threadID=1153331M3.5:
threadID=1143397M3:
threadID=1142133M2:
threadID=1129589M1:
threadID=1116382General Mafia Discussion:
threadID=1126828Mafia Game-Play Guide:
threadID=1129840MODERATOR/GM TEAM
The moderator/GM team for this game consists of ND (
userID=68782) and Chaqa (
userID=30476). PM all night actions, questions, issues, etc. to BOTH GMs.
PLAYER LIST
Players:
1. Bo_sox48
2. Brainbomb
3. captainmeme
4. Dargorygel
5. DeathLlama8
6. DemonRHK
7. Floodgates
8. Fluminator
9. Glen_Alexander
10. ghug
11. ghuak
12. Hellenic Riot
13. Ikaneko
14. Jamiet99uk
15. Maniac
16. MoscowFleet
17. rdrivera2005
18. teacon7
19. VashtaNeurotic
20. xorxes
21. zorclex
GAME SETUP
M23 will be using a semi-open format. There will be two teams of three mafia members. However, there is a list of possible roles, which can be found below. This is all the information that will be given. However, the mafia will know the various roles of their teammates from the start of the game.
The mafia will have a factional kill. Who is seen “visiting” will be determined by oldest-continuous vote.
Setup Information (please see sign up thread):
threadID=1391972Possible roles:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DuNXadUns-6HxSlpHG5BwvS8Kkelfn3PJcH0FLTaxDI/edit?usp=sharing
ORDER OF OPERATIONS:
Commuting
Alerting (Veteran)
Jailing / Interrogating
Driving
Roleblock
Item Handouts
Manipulation (Revive, Doctor Saves, Framing, Deposition, etc.)
Messaging (Friendly Neighbor, Mob Lawyer EoN Message)
Investigations
Killing
Wayward Son Conversion
The game will begin at 6 PM EDT (three hours and twenty minutes).
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