Player's Choice Mafia Sign-Ups

Caluin Graye

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Player's Choice Mafia Sign-Ups

Howdy folks. I'm stealing some initiative and starting up the next mafia game. Everyone is welcome to join, from new players to veterans alike!

However, I have a small twist. I'm letting the players decide what type of game they want to play. You have two options!


Option 1) A mostly standard, vanilla game, with a flavour of a zombie apocalypse. Unlike my first game, this will be vanilla, and will likely feature no non-standard, made-up roles. I still promise it to be fun!

Option 2) A 'Wine-In-Front-Of-All' game, also known as "WIFOA", with a geographical flavour associated to it. This game will in no way, shape, or form be guaranteed to be balanced, is somewhat complicated, and causes all kinds of mass confusion as roles are not necessarily tied to alignment. It is, however, a load of fun. If you're the kind of person who liked the concept behind Ash's "All Bus Driver" game, then this will likely appeal to you.

In a nutshell, I would give a list of 20ish roles that can be in the game. Everyone is given their alignment, but no role. By using a lottery system, a bidding order is created, and going down the list people may secretly pick whatever role they want. However, if you pick a role that's already been chosen, then you become a vanilla instead.

This introduces a HUGE amount of WIFOM into the game, as players have options to take roles that are powerful, or steal roles from their opponents (e.g. mafia taking the cop), or some players taking roles that are less powerful because they know they might be targeted sooner. I will admit though that it can be complicated at first glance, so if people aren't comfortable with that, then there's always option #1 (which is still going to be a great game, trust me). If people want to play this game though, I will do my best to explain everything thoroughly and completely.


So! Sign up, vote in the poll, and let's play some mafia! I'll leave sign ups open for... say... a week?

Victims:
01. RlyehExiled
02. ThunderCat
03. kestegs
04. Bad Ash
05. Noodle
06. Fluffyknowsyou
07. zemaj
08. coju
09. FredofErik
10. Sathoris
11. flubbucket
12. Laarz
13. Pyrotechnician
14. Gwaihir
15. Asrrin
16. Valhauros
17. Goryani
18. Ankeli
 
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Ethier works for me, also I can't vote in the poll I get weird permission block messages. o.O

But yeah I'm in ethier way.
 
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Ethier works for me, also I can't vote in the poll I get weird permission block messages. o.O

Interesting, I don't have permissions either. Oh well, until/if it gets resolved, just drop your votes in here and I can manually count them.



 
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I'd go for the WIFOA style, simply because I'm working on a zombie game myself and it would not be fun to have two zombie games close to each other.

Also, one question, what if everyone avoids a role, for example the cop, for fear of ending up a vanilla townie, what happens to that cop role?
 
I'll try to remember to poll vote later at home.

I'd love to pay option 2, but also will be happy to play option 1.
 
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Noodle is in as well. He informs me he would prefer the more chaotic game, but will happily play either. Hey, Bad Ash, I know you're real busy with school and stuff, so I'd be happy to try to kill you really early in the game. Help you get back to work and all. :thumbsup: Just trying to help.
 
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Even if it's an important role? Such as cop, doc, etc?

Correct! So that's where the first bits of WIFOM come into play - let's say you're the first person to pick a role. Do you pick an important role, such as cop? If you do, do you think the mafia will target you knowing that you could be anything you want? Or do you pick a different role, such as bomb, knowing that mafia might think you're the cop?

It cascades from there. The second person is faced with similar questions, but he doesn't know what the first person picked. Did he pass over cop? Should second person try for it, knowing he stands a good chance at becoming vanilla? Or does he go for doctor, with all the questions that entails as well?

It gets even more confusing once you factor in that a mafia member could be making these picks instead...



 
Re: Player's Choice Mafia Sign-Ups

Noodle is in as well. He informs me he would prefer the more chaotic game, but will happily play either. Hey, Bad Ash, I know you're real busy with school and stuff, so I'd be happy to try to kill you really early in the game. Help you get back to work and all. :thumbsup: Just trying to help.

note to self: Spaghetti for dinner. Always Spaghetti.



 
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loollll I got sent here after i voted.

+1 i'm game add me ot eht tsil please.
 
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I'm in.

The chaotic thing sounds awesome.
 
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It let me vote! Looks like no one wants to play vanilla anyway :p

Gorny decided he couldn't handle being around here anymore.
 
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flubbucket finds chaos to be a hospitable environment. He also relishes the idea of wine in front of him... :nod:

May I join???
 
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In, and I demand wine! Or whatever else everyone wants. But mostly wine. I can see this going horribly wrong in the most amusing matter possible, so lets see what happens!
 
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