Greetings. I'm Jack A T, and I am one of the ICs. Essentially, I am a teacher and mentor, as well as a player. Any advice I give will be honest and in good faith, even if it is to my harm. I will give this advice whenever asked, and whenever I feel like it. Do listen, please.
Feel free to ask Tiruin and I any questions you want about Mafia. That's what we're here for.
Town: Your mission is to find and eliminate the scum. Keep that in mind. Whatever you do should be meant to further that goal.
Be bold. Be active. Hunt scum.
Generally, this game starts with a period called the Random Vote Stage (RVS). In RVS, you vote for a player and ask them (and preferably others) a game-related question. This is primarily to get a conversation started.
Beyond that, keep on asking questions about anything you find odd or suspicious, or are just interested in.
A general tip: when answering questions about the game, assume that "Why?" is part of the question.
darkpaladin109: Please summarize your previous Mafia experience, whether on or off this forum. In addition, which role do you feel would help the town more: the cop or the jailkeeper?
borno: Please summarize your previous Mafia experience, whether on or off this forum. In addition, what scumtell (aside from lying) do you feel is scummiest in general?
Fniff: Please summarize your previous Mafia experience, whether on or off this forum. In addition, imagine you're the jailkeeper. Who do you act on: a scummy player or a player you think the scum are likely to kill?
Scripten: Please summarize your previous Mafia experience, whether on or off this forum. In addition, imagine it's 5 player LYLO, you're a vanilla townie, and there are two cop claims. Each claims a guilty on the other, and an innocent on you. What would you do to sort this situation out?
tn5421: Imagine you're a cop. What would you consider to be your goal in your night inspects: finding scum or finding town?
RangerCado: Please summarize your previous Mafia experience, whether on or off this forum. In addition, imagine you're a cop. Who do you investigate: an IC, a suspicious non-IC, or a hard-to-read non-IC?
Kansa: Please summarize your previous Mafia experience, whether on or off this forum. In addition, which town power role (PR) would you rather be: the cop, or the jailkeeper?
Tiruin: You recently participated in a game with this setup, but without the teaching elements: NSBM 4. What did you learn from that game that you can apply to this game?