M82: Magic the Gathering Mafia [Signups]

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Gary's Basement, 2005

Gary: Okay everyone welcome to my magic the gathering tournament. This tournament is standard rules, no banned or restricted cards. Only normal stuff, understand?

Mark: What about squirrels?

Gary​: Squirrels?

Brett: He made a deck that has some broken mechanic that makes infinite squirrels.

Gary: How does he do that?

Brett: Well, its really annoying. Its a combo with squirrel nest and earthcraft.

Mark: So can I use this deck? if not I have an exhume entomb deck.

Gary: I mean... I guess I don't really care. I would have to see how the deck works to justify banning it.

Renee: Infinite Squirrels is gonna be really stupid

Gary: What other decks do you have? like what are the themes?

Mark: I have a deck I call White Power.

Gary:....

Mark: White Knights, Serra Angels, and a bunch of life gain stuff.

Gary: Okay. The name concerned me at first, what else do you have?

Mark: I have a deck called Black and Red Bullshit

Gary: Oh, what is in Black and Red Bullshit?

Mark: Dragons, Vampires, Rats and other bullshit that was just cards I like.

Brett: I've seen him use that deck before it is really bad. that one is fine. let him use that.

Gary: Alright, Black and Red Bullshit it is.


M82 GAME INFORMATION

GM: brainbomb
Cohost: worcej
Day Phase Deadline: 2pm Pacific / 5pm Eastern
Day Phase Length: 48 hours
Night Phase Deadline: 2pm Pacific / 5pm Eastern
Night Phase Length: 24 hours
Anticipated Start Date: Tuesday, July 18


MAFIA OVERVIEW

Mafia is an educated guessing game of epic proportions. The objective of this game for the town majority is to kill all mafia members before they outnumber the rest of the town. The objective of the mafia minority is to survive until they outnumber the town. The game is typically very active, so the thread will grow quickly. However, it is essential to read the thread to play the game.


GENERAL RULES

This game follows standard WebDip Mafia Rules, located here. There are nonstandard mechanics; see Setup Details in the next post.


MISCELLANEOUS NOTES

Players may be warned, forcibly replaced, or modkilled for violation of game rules. The GM team will attempt to minimize disruption to the game, but will use whatever means are needed to preserve the integrity of the game.

Players who have site-wide muted other players are asked to unmute them to play this game. Players who have been silenced on webDiplomacy due to site infractions will be forcibly replaced from the game.

Players who wish to quit playing may be replaced at GM discretion. Replacement is not guaranteed. Substitutes cannot participate in spectator chats until they sub into the game and are subsequently removed from it (e.g., by dying).


VOTING

To vote for a player, type ##VOTE <player> (e.g. ##VOTE beancomb). You may unvote by typing ##UNVOTE. You may switch from voting one player to another without unvoting first (e.g., if you ##VOTE Eden then type ##VOTE Bona, you will vote for Bona). You may choose to no-kill by typing ##UNVOTE. You don’t need to type out the player’s full name, but failing to do so may lead to ambiguity that causes errors in vote tallying, particularly with the bot. In the event of a tie vote at the end of the day, no player will be killed.

You may vote to end the day early by typing ##END. If a majority of players are voting ##END and casting the same vote (whether for a player or to no-kill), the phase will end early. If the day ends more than 8 hours into the start of the day phase, the remaining time will be added to the next night phase; if the day ends less than 8 hours into the start of the day phase, the next night phase will end 24 hours early.

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SETUP INFORMATION

M82 is a semi-open setup. There are guaranteed 3 town PR, and there are guaranteed 4 non town roles. Speculating about if the setup is randomized or handpicked will be irrelevant as I am certifying the setup was completely randomized and nothing was handpicked.

Role PMs:

Vanilla Town
You are a Vanilla Townie. During the day you must vote for someone; the candidate who reaches a plurality will be Eliminated at the end of the day. You have no night actions. You win when the mafia and any third party factions are eliminated.

Town PR (3)

White Deck Roles 0-3

White Knight (Virgin)
You are the White Knight; The Virgin.
During the day you must vote for someone; the candidate who reaches a plurality will be Eliminated at the end of the day. If you are Eliminated at the end of a day, your death will strike sorrow into the nation, and no kills will go through the following night.
You win when the mafia and any third party factions are eliminated.



Serra Angel (Angel)
You are the Angel! During the day you must vote for someone; the candidate who reaches a plurality will be killed at the end of the day. During night one, you pick two players to protect. As long as you are alive those two players will be immune to all night kills. You will not learn if your chosen targets were attacked and they will not be informed either. If either of those players are Eliminated, you will die at the end of the day with them or at end of night with them. You have no night actions after night one. You win when the mafia and any third party factions are eliminated.



Wandering Emperor (2 shot- Day Exiler)
You are the 2 shot - Day Exiler! During the day you must vote for someone; the candidate who reaches a plurality will be killed at the end of the day. During an even numbered day you may choose a player and Exile them from the game. This player will die, but their role and alignment will not flip. No mechanic can save a person from Exile. You have no night actions.
You win when the mafia and any third party factions are eliminated.



Green Deck Roles 0-2

Squirrel Wrangler (Hider)
You are the Town Hider. During the day you must vote for someone; the candidate who reaches a plurality will be killed at the end of the day. During the night you may hide behind another player. If that player is Mafia or Third Party you will die. If that player is town, you will live.
You win when the mafia and any third party factions are eliminated.





Chatterfang Squirrel General (Odd Night Watcher)
You are the Odd Night Watcher.During the day you may must vote for someone; the candidate who reaches a plurality will be Eliminated at the end of the day. On every Odd numbered night
you may choose a player to watch and you will see anyone who visits them. You win when the mafia and any third party factions are eliminated.




Blue Deck Roles 0-2

Prodigal Sorcerer (Even Night Watcher)
You are the Even Night Watcher.During the day you may must vote for someone; the candidate who reaches a plurality will be Eliminated at the end of the day. On every Even numbered night you may choose a player to watch and you will see anyone who visits them. You win when the mafia and any third party factions are eliminated.




Aquameoba (Vote Reversal)
During the day you must vote for someone; the candidate who reaches a plurality will be killed at the end of the day. Once per game you may change the choice of day elimination from the person with the most votes to a person with the least votes greater than 0. You must submit this action before the final five minutes of a day; in the event of a tie the decision will be randomized.. You win once all mafia and third party are eliminated.




Mafia (4) or (3 if there is a 3rd party)


Red Deck 0-3

Shivan Dragon (Arsonist)
You are the Arsonist. During the day you must vote for someone; the candidate who reaches a plurality will be Eliminated at the end of the day. At night the mafia may forego using a factional kill and douse someone instead. During a day phase the arsonist may choose to ignite all doused individuals.
You win when the town and any third party factions are eliminated.
During the night, you may talk to your teammates, and vote on who to kill. teammates are <Mafia Member A>, <Mafia Member B>, <Mafia Member C>, <Mafia Member D>,


Kird Ape (Goon)
During the day you must vote for someone; the candidate who reaches a plurality will be Eliminated at the end of the day.
You win when the town and any third party factions are eliminated.
During the night, you may talk to your teammates, and vote on who to kill. teammates are <Mafia Member A>, <Mafia Member B>, <Mafia Member C>, <Mafia Member D>,



Orcish Lumberjack (Day Shortener)
During the day you must vote for someone; the candidate who reaches a plurality will be Eliminated at the end of the day. Once per game you may end a day phase early at the halfway point. This action must be made as a night action which may only take effect if you are still alive.
You win when the town and any third party factions are eliminated.
During the night, you may talk to your teammates, and vote on who to kill. teammates are <Mafia Member A>, <Mafia Member B>, <Mafia Member C>, <Mafia Member D>,




Black Deck 0-3

Black Knight (Woebringer)
You are the Black Knight; The Woebringer
During the day you must vote for someone; the candidate who reaches a plurality will be Eliminated at the end of the day. If you are Eliminated at the end of a day, your death will strike sorrow into the nation, and no kills will go through the following day. This
includes eliminations and day based attack.
You win when the town and any third party factions are eliminated.
During the night, you may talk to your teammates, and vote on who to kill. teammates are <Mafia Member A>, <Mafia Member B>, <Mafia Member C>, <Mafia Member D>,



Plague Rat (Goon)
During the day you must vote for someone; the candidate who reaches a plurality will be Eliminated at the end of the day.
You win when the town and any third party factions are eliminated.
During the night, you may talk to your teammates, and vote on who to kill. teammates are <Mafia Member A>, <Mafia Member B>, <Mafia Member C>, <Mafia Member D>,



Vindictive Lich (Phrase Vanillizer)
You are the Phrase Vanillizer.
During the day you must vote for someone; the candidate who reaches a plurality will be Eliminated at the end of the day. On Night 0 you must choose a three word phrase and submit it to the GM. quoted posts will not count towards this. Anyone who utters these three words in a row in the exact way you submitted them including punctuation will be vanillized and lose all powers for duration of the game. All players who trigger this action will be announced in the thread and it will say ________ has been vanillized, the Vindictive Lich strikes again.” If a third party is vanillized they will retain all abilities but will still be announced.
You win when the town and any third party factions are eliminated.

During the night, you may talk to your teammates, and vote on who to kill. teammates are <Mafia Member A>, <Mafia Member B>, <Mafia Member C>, <Mafia Member D>,








Third Party or Scenarios where a Third Party could happen.

If there are only 1 Mafia drawn from the Black Deck then the third party will exist as:

Avatar of Woe (Serial Killer)
You are the Serial Killer. During the day you must vote for someone; the candidate who reaches a plurality will be Eliminated at the end of the day. You have a 1 shot bulletproof vest which can survive a night attack. At night you choose another player to kill. You win when the mafia and town are no longer able to stop you. In the event of any tie you win.

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Role Interactions and Scenarios/Stipulations
If virgin dies no kills may go through that night, however if there is an arsonist they may douse. If there is a third party their kill would fail.

If Angel protects someone who is doused by the Arsonist the dousing attempt will succeed. The following day if that person is ignited the angel will die also.

The day exiler must submit their action before final five minutes of a day. If a day exiler schedules a time for their shot to go off, and they are ignited before that time happens, their action will not go off. Anyone killed by the exiler will not flip role or alignment. If woebringer is active the day exiler will not be able to use its ability that day.

The Hider chooses a person and hides behind them, if they are saved by the angel they will not die from hiding behind a mafia or third party. If the Hider is behind a mafia or third party on a night where virgin is activated they will not die from hiding. Otherwise if the hider hides behind mafia or third party they do die.


The arsonist may opt to douse someone instead of using the factional mafia kill. They may douse one person per night. If a person is protected by an angel the dousing will succeed. If a woebringer is in effect the dousing will still succeed. But it will not be possible to ignite that following day.

The lumberjack may shorten a day. If this happens all roles with day actions must adjust accordingly to new phase lengths.

Watchers can witness hiders, arsonists, factional kills, and angel visit on Night 1.

Vindictive Lich ability is not triggered by quoting a post. However if someone is caught gaming the system and posting in small fonts, or intentionally hiding messages within quotes to bypass this, that player will be vanillized or removed from the game.

Vote Reversal
If the vote reversal is used the player with the least amount of votes at 1 or more will die. If there are multiple players with 1 or more votes and a tie is possible, the vote reversal must also submit their choice at end of day for the specific individual they want eliminated.

If the Avatar of Woe (3p) is vanillized they will not retain their vest but they will retain their kill actions.

If there is a 3rd party, mafia team size will be 3 instead of 4, and a role of the mafia’s will be replaced by the SK at the GM discretion to retain proper setup balancing.

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[Hamilton Brian]

Love the setup, and thanks for the interactions list.

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[BunnyGo]

So are you randomizing which deck is chosen, or choosing among all the decks possible?

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So are you randomizing which deck is chosen, or choosing among all the decks possible?

Random among all decks by alignment
town draws from white-green-blue

mafia from red-black

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[sweetandcool]

It would be nice to have documented precisely the types of action messages we may receive.

E.g. I would like to know what happens if someone is watched. Does anybody receive a PM if watched, or is it secret?

What I'm really asking for is for each role and the PMs they can expect, to be painstakingly documented, rather than players having to speculate precisely how each mechanic works.

Something similar to the document we got for M80 :D

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the arsonist would get a message saying you have doused ___
To ignite them during the day message the GM and say “Ignite”

The watcher would get a message saying : “You watch ___ and witness ____ visiting.”
Or a message saying “You witness nothing”

all other roles do not really get any messages. Angel is not informed if their saves are targeted. people saved by an angel are not informed. and none of the other roles do anything requiring a system message really. If someone tried to use an action during a virgin or woebringer it just say “Your action fails” if it is a killing type of action.

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3p if attacked would learn their vest is popped.

“You were attacked but survived”

[Bonatogether]

i saw the set up looks long

/in

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the arsonist would get a message saying you have doused ___
To ignite them during the day message the GM and say “Ignite”

The watcher would get a message saying : “You watch ___ and witness ____ visiting.”
Or a message saying “You witness nothing”

all other roles do not really get any messages. Angel is not informed if their saves are targeted. people saved by an angel are not informed. and none of the other roles do anything requiring a system message really. If someone tried to use an action during a virgin or woebringer it just say “Your action fails” if it is a killing type of action.

Thanks.

So if we want to look at the mechs during the game, we need to refer to the setup in the sign-ups or the initial post of the game thread?

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the arsonist would get a message saying you have doused ___
To ignite them during the day message the GM and say “Ignite”

The watcher would get a message saying : “You watch ___ and witness ____ visiting.”
Or a message saying “You witness nothing”

all other roles do not really get any messages. Angel is not informed if their saves are targeted. people saved by an angel are not informed. and none of the other roles do anything requiring a system message really. If someone tried to use an action during a virgin or woebringer it just say “Your action fails” if it is a killing type of action.

Thanks.

So if we want to look at the mechs during the game, we need to refer to the setup in the sign-ups or the initial post of the game thread?

oh no itll all be reiterated and documented.

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the arsonist would get a message saying you have doused ___
To ignite them during the day message the GM and say “Ignite”

The watcher would get a message saying : “You watch ___ and witness ____ visiting.”
Or a message saying “You witness nothing”

all other roles do not really get any messages. Angel is not informed if their saves are targeted. people saved by an angel are not informed. and none of the other roles do anything requiring a system message really. If someone tried to use an action during a virgin or woebringer it just say “Your action fails” if it is a killing type of action.

Thanks.

So if we want to look at the mechs during the game, we need to refer to the setup in the sign-ups or the initial post of the game thread?

oh no itll all be reiterated and documented.

Excellent.

[damo666]

Add me please

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I petition that all VT's are grizzly bears