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[reldnahkram]

If I were to start a game of mafia/werewolf on LJ, would you take part?

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[kyree.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[uncleamos]

Only if it were WEREMAFIA!!!

[reldnahkram.livejournal.com]

That's a yes and you and I both know it.

[uncleamos]

Of course. But it should be Weremafia. BEST IDEA EVER!

[kid-prufrock.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[ccommack]

Shame on you for not screening these comments.

[reldnahkram.livejournal.com]

And require everyone to get a secret LJ to post discussiony bits during the daytime? cool, but not feasible.

[ccommack]

Oh, we're signing up in daylight now, are we?

[uncleamos]

At a table, you know who's playing, Noda.

[ccommack]

I wasn't suggesting Gunboat Mafia, just that the names be collected and assembled into a randomized list, to avoid exactly this kind of pre-game chatter. If we're actually playing PBLJ Mafia, the closer to blind we are going into the first day, says I, the better.

[uncleamos]

What chatter?

[think-too-much.livejournal.com]

PBLJ Mafia sounds like a sandwich.

I'm hungry.

[leepinleemur.myopenid.com (from livejournal.com)]

Peanut Butter Mafia Time!

[alwaysregal.livejournal.com]

Huh?

[ccommack]

SHE'S A WITCH! BURN HER!

[reldnahkram.livejournal.com]

From mafiascum.net:

In its simplest form, Mafia consists of two sides: the Mafia, and the Town. The Mafia's goal is to kill the innocents, while the Town's goal is the kill the Mafia.

At the beginning of the game, the Moderator will secretly send everyone their role. The Mafia will know each other, while (in the basic game) everyone else will only know their own role.

The game has two phases. Usually the first is Night. During Night, the Town can not communicate, but the Mafia can discuss and choose someone to murder. After the Moderator has received the name of the victim, the Moderator reveals the dead player, and Day begins.

During Day, the Town must choose someone to Lynch; they are trying to eliminate the Mafia, but the Mafia can lead them astray by casting suspicion elsewhere. Generally, players will vote for someone they think is Mafia (the Mafia will vote so that they seem to be doing this as well, and might even vote for each other to confuse the Town); when a player gets a majority of the votes, they are lynched. Their role is revealed by the Moderator, and it is once again Night.

The game alternates between Night and Day until either the Mafia are eliminated, or the Mafia have killed everyone else.

[sylvansafekeepe.livejournal.com]

I have some basic questions/concerns with how you're planning on setting this up, as LJ is somewhat different from online forums. Will you be online this evening? I may poke you to discuss stuff. This is assuming Yale House has internet again by then...

[think-too-much.livejournal.com]

There's too much Mafiwolf in my life as it is.

[lula-vampiro.livejournal.com]

Yes!

[scibilia.livejournal.com]

OMG yes!

[irilyth]

Not just not just no but hell no but not in a million years no.

Actually, I might, just to see what happens and to mess with it.

[sylvansafekeepe.livejournal.com]

Yes. Also, damn you (in a friendly way); I've just about finished set-up for my planned Themed game of Mafia, and would likely have posted something in about a week or so, after ironing out little things that might crop up.

Incidentally, would this game be entirely basic, or are we talking themed for this one as well?

[uncleamos]

WEREMAFIA! The werewolves are ALSO mafioso!

[sylvansafekeepe.livejournal.com]

That's not what I meant by 'Themed'. And I'm pretty sure you actually do know what I mean, considering we've had conversations about Mafia before. If you've forgotten, I'll be happy to refresh your memory, though.

[uncleamos]

We have, but it's slipping my mind. Is it when people have special roles and/or goals?

[think-too-much.livejournal.com]

Spartacus.

[sylvansafekeepe.livejournal.com]

Yes. As Chris said, 'Spartacus' was one. Although that was somewhat unusual, even by theme game standards (hilarious, though...). It's more that there tend to be very few 'vanilla' characters in themed games, which greatly increases randomness, amount/lack of kills, and the like.

Also, the assignation of a particular name/identity to each person creates an additional level of bluffing/confirmation. For example, you might have a detective who doesn't get to investigate whether people are town; instead, he gets a list of characters who are present within the game (although obviously not the names of the player associated with them). Then, if someone roleclaims, the detective may be able to confirm that that role is in the game. Of course, the moderator could be a bastard, and give Mafia members "safe claims" of characters on the detective's list, just so a mass roleclaim would fail. In fact, that's usually the way things are set up if someone gets a list of characters ingame.

There's a lot more, of course. I'll try to catch you online this evening.

[leepinleemur.myopenid.com (from livejournal.com)]

I second WereMafia