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[Jack A T]

When in the MMM thread, go down to the bottom of the page.  In the bottom left, there should be an "unlock topic" button.

[RangerCado]

I've been thinking of running a mafia game recently, like One Day Mafia, but with a ruleset that I already know; the One Night Werewolf rules.

The basic premise is that everyone is given a role at the start, and two-three role cards are placed in the center of the table. Almost all roles have some sort of power with them except for 2-3 villager cards which may or may not be in the middle. During Night 0, things get interesting.

The usual Werewolves knowing who eachother are and Masons knowing who eachother are is the same. The other roles however do something else entirely. The robber gets to switch his role with someone elses, without their knowledge, and assumes the role of the robbed player. The trickster switches 2 players roles, the drunk switches his role with one in the middle, the seer looks at a player's card or half the middle cards. (2/3 if there is three) And at the end of all this madness, the insomniac wakes up and gets to check if their still the Insomniac.

When day rises, players must discuss and vote on who they think is a werewolf. The town wins if they kill a werewolf, the werewolves win if they get everyone to kill a townie. There are other roles which will change the game up that I haven't mentioned here as well, which can make things more interesting.

The day would last 60 hours, pending, and a 24 hour warning of game start would also be given out. Thoughts? Criticism? Cookies?

[TolyK]

I'd play that, seems similar to the mafia game I play around with friends.

[notquitethere]

I like the idea: there's enough analytical possibilities and scope for uncertainty that it'd be a fun puzzle. Can't see how the wolves would win though: surely everyone claims their actions and current role and logically work out who must be lying?

[RangerCado]

Thats why there are 2-3 cards in the center of the table. Only the seer and drunk know what any of them are, and the fact that you could end up being a normal villager as well. The other roles not mentioned also add to things. It might be better at 48 hours so the game goes quickly.

I forgot to mention that only the insomniac at the end of all the role switching gets to see their role. Afterwards, everyone only knows what they WERE and not what they currently are.

[notquitethere]

Ah yes.  Why aren't we playing that right now?

[RangerCado]

No one thought to try it out?

[griffinpup]

No one thought to try it out?

Well you should fix that, methinks

[Jack A T]

I'd wait a bit first.  Right now, most games have been suffering from some of the worst inactivity I've ever seen.

[flabort]

April and May seem to be bad months for mafia.
Great for beginners just starting, but bad overall.

[Leafsnail]

Exams

Also how does the robber actually work?  What alignment is it, and can that alignment change?

[RangerCado]

Exams

Also how does the robber actually work?  What alignment is it, and can that alignment change?

The robber is town aligned, but must swap his/her role with someone during the night. This CAN result in alignment change.

[RangerCado]

I'll put up the game for sign-ups now and we'll see what happens. It'll be a short game anyway, and probably won't start till next week at least.

[Leafsnail]

The robber is town aligned, but must swap his/her role with someone during the night. This CAN result in alignment change.

So in other words there will be a townie who knows who the werewolves are after the night?  Or someone who doesn't even know that their win condition has changed, which would result in them losing for no reason?

[RangerCado]

Potentially, yes, they could become a werewolf, resulting in the former werewolf to become the robber for the day stage while the robber is now the werewolf.

And the whole idea is attempting to figure out what happened during the first part of the game so that you can accurately kill a werewolf, while trying to figure out what team your now playing for. Since you normally aren't able to see your role afterwards, this results in a lot of potential for odd or intriguing situations.