SEN MAFIA XI
·· Straight Up

Enter SEN Mafia: a strategic guessing game of murder, mystery, and statistics! Players dwell within a town that has been infiltrated by the Mafia. Dead bodies start turning up and everyone becomes a suspect. If the Townspeople manage to lynch all the Mafia, they win. Otherwise, the Mafia kill everyone in the town and claim victory.


** NEWS **
The game has started! Please visit http://www.staredit.net/?p=mafia to check your role!

I will be running this game solo.

The topic will remain open at night.

No special roles. No powers. This game is straight-up.



** HOW IT WORKS **
Players receive roles at the start of the game. Roles are randomly selected. There are only two roles: townsperson and mafia. During the night, members of the mafia kill the townspeople. The Mafia will know who all the other Mafia are, but the townspeople have no additional information.

The game takes place over alternating periods of Day and Night. (Game Time, not according to the real world.) The game begins at day.



** NIGHT **
During the night, the town sleeps and the Mafia strikes. A time-limit is imposed on the night phase. Night ends with a posted report of the killings and other actions that may have taken place. The killing reports include "subtle" clues identifying the mafia -- as well as red herrings to throw people off. Clues may be taken from anywhere - anything and everything is fair game. All sorts of information is up for grabs, including usernames, signatures, avatars, profiles, the way the clue is written itself, etc. Generally, some or all clues are revealed at the end of the game.
(TIP: See previous games for clue explanations and typical clues. Here are some links of examples: 1 2 3)

-- ORDER OF NIGHT ACTIONS
(Not necessarily reflected in game posts)
1. Mafia hits, townspeople die.
2. Day.
(nice and simple!)



** DAY **
Democracy rules by day in form of a vote. All players (including mafia) gather for a "town meeting" to interpret clues and discuss amongst themselves who might be Mafia. Every player (including Mafia) may place a vote to select a player to be lynched and killed off.

-- VOTING REGULATIONS
- You must vote in the topic. Votes via PMs, battle.net, IMs, or any other medium are not acceptable and not counted.
- Votes must be placed for specific individuals only, no variable voting. (ie, no "guy who posts next" or "biggest bandwagon")
- Votes must be clear and free of ambiguity. A simple "I vote X" is sufficent. Ambiguous statements, such as "I think X might be mafia" will not be counted.
- You may not vote for yourself, dead players, or people who are not playing.
- You may only place one vote on one person.
- You may formally abstain from the the vote to be factored in as active and be included in the total of votes placed.
- You may change your vote until day ends. Do not abuse this. You will be forbidden from further vote changes if you make things difficult with vote changes.
- In case of a tie, the player VOTED FOR first will be killed.
- Please go out of your way to make your vote visible. A seperate line is nice. We promise not to get insulted if you pretend we're almost blind.

After the town has decided by majority or time up, the victim(s) is/are lynched and their alignment and role revealed. If there are still surviving mafia, the next night begins.



** VICTORY CONDITIONS **
The day and night cycles repeat until one side is victorious.
The town wins when all mafia have been lynched.
The mafia wins when they outnumber the townspeople. (they would outvote and overpower them.)
In a case where 1 mafia and 1 townsperson remain, the mafia wins.



** MISCELLANEOUS **
A. Conversation via external means is allowed. You may encounter or engage in deception, conspiracies, and trickery. We take no responsiblity for broken trust and shattered friendships - outside communication takes place at your own risk. Some well-played impersonations can dramatically alter the outcome of the game.

B. Dead persons and non-players "MAY" talk, but your posts will be deleted if they violate any of the following:
1. It is reasonable to say that the post may alter the course of the game or influence players in any way.
2. The post is annoying or just not funny.
3. They violate SEN's rules.
4. I feel like it.
They may not influence the game by communicating with players still living.

C. One may not request or volunteer screenshots, videos, etc. of another's role screen or someone's password via the thread, a PM, or any other method. The game is intended to be won via clue interpretation. Such exchanges will be punished severely and take place at your own risk.



-- SIGNING UP
If the game has not started, you may sign up by posting in this thread and I will add you to list. There is no maximum amount of players.

Take note of the following:
1. A non-default avatar is required to play. If you wish to play, make sure you have chosen a unique avatar.
2. If you won't play unless you get a certain role, don't play at all. Useless and inactive townies ruin balancing and ultimately, the game itself.
3. If you plan on being away from the game for more than 3 days at a time during the game, it is better that you do not play and sit the round out.
4. Please note you will be restricted from editing certain aspects of your profile once the game starts. This is because clues may be based off such things. You are aware of this and agree not to bitch about it.
5. If the game has already started, you must wait until the next game. People always tell me to sign them up during the game. They then become inactive or I forget to sign them up. To prevent this problem, I ask all those who wish to play to wait for the next round.
6. Automatic Signup is requestable for future games. It is automatically cancelled if you are booted from the game for any reason.

If you have any questions, PM me.



** GAME POST LINKS **
Day 1
Night 1
Day 2
Night 2
Day 3
Night 3
Day 4
Night 4
Day 5
Night 5
Day 6
Night 6 (end game)



** PARTICIPANTS **
A striked out name indicates the person is dead. When the game starts, the types and numbers of each special role present in the game will be posted.

1. lil-Inferno (P)*
2. Doodan (P)*
3. FatalException (P)*
4. NerdyTerdy (P)*
5. EcHo (P)*
6. Darkling (P)*
7. Paravin. (P)*
8. Vi3t-X (P)*
9. EzDay281 (P)*
10. [s]Franklin D Roosevelt (P)*
11. TassadarZeratul (P)*
12. DT_Battlekruser (P)*
13. Dark_Marine (P)*
14. FlyingHat (P)*
15. Shocko (P)*
16. Zycorax (P)*
17. deathman101 (P)*
18. JaFF (P)*
19. Hug a Zergling (P)
20. l)ark_ssj9kevin (P)
21. NudeRaider (P)
22. Loveless (P)
23. Hitok1r1 (P)
24. A_of-s_t (P)
25. DeVouReR (P)
26. DiscipleOfAdun (P)
27. [s]ForTheSwarm (P)
28. MadZombie (P)
29. payne (P)
30. Starting the game. No new players.
* = automatic sign up for future games.

0 of 25 TOWNSPERSON alive.
3 of 4 MAFIA alive.


FORCED LEAVE
Player (games)
FatalException (P)* -- (Day 3 with no posts in topic at all.)
Greo (P) (1) -- (last active February 3)
cheeze (P) (1) -- (last active February 3)
Oyen (P) (1)
Brontobyte (P) (2)
Corbo (P) (a lot.)
devilesk (P) (even more.)
You end up here from inactivity, neglecting your role and powers, or rulebreaking. All players who missed 2 or more votes last game were booted.

Sitting out: Phobos (P)*



** ROLES **
The lack thereof.

TOWNSPERSON - The average, ordinary townsperson. Their limited powers include the power of persuasion, power of intellect (clue interpretation), and power of the vote.

MAFIA - They've invaded the town and they kill people. Each mafia gets one kill.



I play the role of "God". My judgment is used where I deem it necessary. Depending on how I balance the game, I may be the collective target of the mafia for the first night. Divine intervention via lightning bolts may occur. If you are not monotheistic, you are now. If you have any suggestions, let me know.



Credit: Dimma Davidoff at the Psychological Department of Moscow State University, for creating the game in the spring of 1986.
Hajjhowe & Triple 6 @ PWA message board.
ToA for bringing mafia to SEN and Maplantis.
Dapperdan for major help along the way.
Anyone else who ever or helped to run Mafia games on SEN or Maplantis.
www.random.org for role randomization.

Post has been edited 25 time(s), last time on Apr 13 2009, 8:04 pm by Mini Moose 2707.

** PREVIOUS GAMES **
Mafia I
Mafia II
Mafia III
Mafia IV
Mafia V
Mafia VI (Mindfuck)
Mafia VII (Seven Shifters)
Mafia VIII
Mafia IX (Assault on Reality)
Mafia X (Anniversary Edition)

No special roles? I hope this trend won't continue...

Back to basics! w00t!

I played the bare bones version of mafia with a group of friends and family that were over for a Christmas party. I found that with no fringe, both sides tended to win evenly (we played 5 or 6 short games).

P.S. Auto sign-up plz!

Let the retardation soon begin!

Two words.

Colon Dee.

Bring it mafia bastards ;O

Sign me up. Make it auto.

Though I wanted to get back to simpler roles (detective, doctor, saint & maybe mayor/leader/chief), I certainly don't like this over-simplification.

Agreeing TZ is agreeing.

I'll assume fringe means special role and agree with this statement.

I think the town's real problem with winning is their activity...And their ability to make logical choices.

New av and sig just for the game!

If you're mafia, I (and many others that know the movie) will immediately find movie/show related clues against you.

TWO?? ZOMFG! Well because I was booted to death last game, doesn't that count?

No special roles?!?! sign me up!

Sign me up

This should be fun ;D

Checkin' in.

Uhm, ill play.
No special roles, no fun.
Damn, not even evade
Let's just hope the clues are also back to oldschool.

Oh and doodan, I certainly like your avatar.

PICK ME

Rule "C" has been modified so much in the past couple of games because of stupid shit I did...