Mafia Forum Game

[Halororor]

Okay, firstly, I know this isn't the forum games section, but I know a lot of people who post here rarely stray into the forum games section, so I'm hoping to attract a bit more attention here. The actual game thread will go in the Forum Games subsection.

 

After having played quite a few games of Mafia recently, I've decided I would like to host one on these forums, as I haven't seen it done here before. For those not in the know, here's a basic idea of what a basic Mafia game consists of;

 

-Players are divided into groups, in vanilla mafia, this would be villagers and the mafia. The aim of the game is for the villagers to either kill off all the mafia members, or for the mafia to outnumber the villagers. If either happens, that faction wins.

-For obvious reasons, the host does not participate in the game, seeing as he knows all the roles and players.

-Mafia members know each other and can communicate freely via PM.

-Villagers do not know the roles of any of the other players, including fellow villagers, and should not communicate with other players via PM or reveal their roles to other players.

-All players talk freely in the thread during the course of the game, but should at no point reveal their roles to anyone.

-During the Day phase, players can post in the thread, and all players can vote for a single player who they suspect to be a member of the mafia to be lynched. At the end of the day phase, the votes are tallied and the player with the most votes is lynched, upon which his role is revealed.

-After the Day phase, the Night phase begins, and all members of the Mafia votes for someone by sending me a PM with the name of the person they would like to vote for, and that person is killed. For obvious reasons, these votes are sent via PM and not posted in the thread so that you don't reveal that you have a night role, which would essentially be revealing your role to the other players.

-Players can vote for anyone of their choice, including members of their own faction. Voting for your own faction during the night phase is often used as a tactic by some players.

 

I think that's about it concerning the rules. That's the rules for your basic Mafia game. There can be many variations on the game, but it should more or less follow those rules. For a more detailed overview, have a look at the Mafia wiki here,

http://mafiascum.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

 

What this game will require is the following,

 

-Players who can be assured to post at least once a day in the thread. This will not only make it easier to suspect people of mafia involvement, but also heighten your enjoyment of the game. Missing once every few days isn't that bad, but if you are unable to post for days at a time, it becomes a problem.

-We would need at least 20 players to make the game fun. Less players can work, but it severely decreases the amount of creativity I can use for game mechanics and roles. The more players the better, but I'm going to have to put the limit at 35 players.

-Games can usually run anything from two weeks to at the most extreme, 3 or 4 months, so you would have to plan ahead for that.

-I'm going to need a backup host, so that if something goes wrong and I cannot ensure I'll be here to host it every day the game won't die off. I'm hoping one of the moderators can help me out here, seeing as they are more likely to be active on a daily basis.

-Players will have to ensure their inbox isn't full so that I can contact them with important game-related PMs.

 

So what happens now?

-If anyone is interested, please post your name in bold so I can set up a list of players without missing anyone. Anyone who would like to be the co-host, underline your name so I can see that as well.

-I'm going to leave this thread at least a week for people to sign up, because it will probably take about that long for me to determine how many people want to play and design the game scenario accordingly.

-The theme of this Mafia game will be Elder Scrolls related.

-I'm going to use a random number generator to assign roles to players, so that everyone gets a role at random.

-I'm going to run the game Monday through Fridays, and not over weekends, because people go away and can't always commit over weekends.

-If all goes according to plan, we can start the game next week Monday. People can sign up until Friday. After that, no more sign-ups.

 

The biggest problem facing us right now is the fact that we all live in differing timezones. I'm not sure how I'm going to solve that problem yet, so any suggestions is welcome.

 

So, sign up noaw! I thought the game sounded pretty simple at first, but it is actually a very deep and involving game. It's loads of fun, and a great way to strain your brain. :P

 

For those interested, here's the thread for our last Mafia game on the other forum. It should give a nice overview of what the game is like,

http://www.nag.co.za/forums/showthread.php?17235-Mafia-Renewed

 

I would advice looking over the last few days especially, as that is when most of the best action occurred.

Edited September 6, 2011 by Halororor

[Thor.]

Uh Oh this is surely going to get moved. I can see it happening.:teehee:

 

 

 

I thought of doing the Evil Scientist game but i thought other wise, try to take over the world using any means necessary :verymad:

Edited September 6, 2011 by Thor.

[CommanderCrazy]

COMMANDERCRAZY

 

Yep, totally into this idea.

[Halororor]

Come people, don't be shy. I've got the beginnings of a really epic idea here. I'd prefer to host the game here, but if the interest isn't sufficient, I'll have to do so on the BethSoft forums. Most users here would probably have accounts there.

[xxXEvandarXxx]

I'm in!

 

xxXEvandarXxx

[grannywils]

Never tried anything like this before, but I can be on everyday, and it sounds like fun, so yeah, let's do it!!

 

grannywils

[antonkr]

Surely

Antonkr

[Thor.]

I'll be one of your henchmen then, uses wild and heavy machine guns. With big clips :woot: