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GENERAL
- Mafia is a game of the uninformed majority (the TOWN), against the informed minority (the MAFIA/SCUM). It is the TOWNs job to eradicate the MAFIA completely, and the MAFIAs job to survive to a point where numbers are such that they cannot lose.
- The TOWN eliminates the MAFIA via lynches, which occur once a DAY. Everyone gets one vote which they may place on whoever they feel is scum. Whoever receives the most votes is lynched and removed from the game. DAYs last 48 hours or until a lynch is decided (someone receives the majority of votes).
- During the NIGHT phase, the MAFIA gets its chance to even the numbers slightly by killing someone and removing them from the game. Nights last 24 hours.
- The game ends when one faction meets its victory condition. A player will win, even if they are dead, as long as their alignment triumphs.
ETIQUETTE
- I reserve the right to modkill anyone that breaks any of the rules. Depending on the degree of the rule break you may or may not receive a warning before I act. Any judgement I make regarding modkills is final and is not allowed to be discussed at all before the game is over. It is not in my interest to modkill so simply avoid forcing me to decide.
- A basic level of activity is expected in this game. You are not expected to post for the whole 48 hours, but you are expected to keep up to speed with the topic. Life happens, just do your best.
- In the event a replacement happens, you are not allowed to discuss the reasons for the replacement at all.
- Play to win. There is no such thing as being in an unwinnable position in mafia, however hopeless it may seem. You are not allowed to sabotage your faction.
- You are forbidden from talking to another player about the game outside the topic, unless you have a special board, or permission from the host to do so.
- You are forbidden from posting in the topic during the night phase (including after the final vote is cast/a STOP is called). Posting at :00 is too late. I will try to be nice and reasonable about this but do not attempt to take advantage of it.
- You are forbidden from editing or deleting posts. This includes players who have been eliminated from the game. It is allowed to edit a simple typo into a post but substituting sentences or even words as well as adding or removing content is strictly against the rules. If you are worried about editing typos, always make a new post instead.
- You are forbidden from post pictures of other players into the topic. Do not post audio clips into the topic.
- You are forbidden from making bets or stake a claim on outside forces during the game i.e. do not swear on your mothers life that you are telling the truth.
- You must play nice. Deliberate intimidation, harassment or verbal abuse of another player in a malicious and uncalled for fashion is not allowed. This is extremely important. Telling someone that their play is stupid is fine. Telling someone they are stupid is not.
- You are not allowed to have any players in the game blocked at any point while the game is going on, even if neither of you is alive.
- Do what the Host says. I reserve the change the rules at any point during the game as I see fit. Feel free to ask me questions privately at any time.
VOTING
- You vote in the format ##Vote: [playername], in bold. You can remove your vote by posting ##Unvote, also in bold. You can also choose to ##Vote: No Lynch. You are not required to unvote before voting elsewise, but it is appreciated for tallying purposes.
- The lynch is decided on a plurality system. Once one player receives votes from a simple majority left in the game, the day immediately ends, and that player is lynched. Failing that, every day has a time limit of 48 hours. The player in the lead at that point will be lynched.
- If two or more players are tied in votes at the end of the day, I will randomly choose one of the tied players to be lynched. No Lynch is an exception and will always be chosen if it is among the tied options. If you dislike this rule, do not let the day end in a tie.
- You are not allowed to vote for yourself.
ROLES
- Everyone received their roles prior to the game. This contained flavor text, character, alignment and role. You must read this before playing the game. All roles have been given out at random.
- You are allowed to share your character and role with the game.
- You are allowed to share your flavor text but only paraphrased using your own words.Directly copy/pasting is forbidden. Ask me beforehand if youre in doubt. Flavor is meant to be fun but not meant to be used to solve the game. That leads me to the next rule.
- Trying to metagame is allowed but not recommended. Metagaming is drawing conclusions based on predictions and explanations of the host or the setup. In continuation of the above, I will confirm that MAFIA has a safelist which is a list of characters truthfully sworn by the host to not be in the game that they are free to claim.
- Remember to check your messages before posting in each new day, even if you are not expecting correspondence from the host. There may be something you need to be aware of before posting.
- During the Night phase, the following is the order in which actions take place. This is in no way confirmation of all these abilities being in the game.
1. Any necessary and hopefully unlikely host intervention
2. Strongman/poison
3. Any ability for which it is convenient to act early such as recruiter, neighborizer messenger or backup.
4. Roleblocking
5. Any form for redirection
6. Role stealing
7. Any form for kidnapping or commuting
8. Anything that does not fall into the other categories
9. Regular killing abilities
Sample Vanilla PM:
You are Character, TOWN Vanilla.
You have no abilities beyond your voice and your vote.
You win when all threats to town have been eliminated.
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