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Hello!

The rules are the same as any other mafia game. I can't be bothered to copy/pasta them.
There is a rule that I will enforce. Any edits that get made will have to be said. So give a reason (spelling, grammar, added in a couple of extra sentences etc.)

There is something special in this one but it is secret!!!!


Looking for about 12 players but I think more could work for my idea.

People involved (?= may be joining.) :
Not_U
Lord Of Battles
TherVadam
Halonachos??
Thor665??
Drk_O
Inq_Syph
Lord_Loss (reserve)

I might be interested, but I have no ideas what the rules are.

let me go copy/pasta them then.

Rulez:

Votes:

1) Votes must be in bold, if you do not bold your vote it will not be counted. This is a good vote - Vote: Thatguy this is a not good vote - Vote: Thatguy.

Keep in mind that if you seperate it from a block of text like this line, it will be easier to find and thus not be missed.

2) You must Unvote in the same manner.

3) Lynching will require a simple majority of votes. Once a player has reached the necessary majority, their pleas are useless and any attempts to unvote will be unheeded. Thus, as soon as any player has a majority vote that player will be lynched and all subsequent voting does not count. Feel free to post other thoughts while waiting for the lynch scene if you desire. With 7 alive 4 votes are required to lynch. With 3 alive, 2 votes would be required. Ect. ect.

4) You may vote: no lynch. If No Lynch is the majority votes at any time then the day will end with no lynch and move on to the night phase.

5) Vote counts will be tabulated and posted by me at Very Irregular intervals or when requested.

6) At the end of the phase the choice with the most votes on it will count. This replaces the majority requirement and keeps the game moving.

Deadlines

1) I will be enforcing a fixed two week Day Phase deadline. All Night Phases have a 48 hour deadline. Deadlines will be counted from the Moderator (my) story posts that will initiate each day and night phase.

2) If you have a night choice to make, it is due by the posted deadline. I will not wait for you. If you do not submit a choice to me then nothing will happen... at all... not even a little bit.


Posting

1) The game is not to be discussed outside the thread unless your role specifically states that you may do so – and then only during Night Phase. Honor system is in effect.

2) Once your death scene has been posted, you’re dead. Stop typing. A single “Bah, you fools!” type post is allowable, but no more please. Do NOT provide meaningful information during your death post. AKA No "voices from the grave"

3) No small or invisible text. Don’t edit/delete previously submitted posts either. Secret codes worked into your regular text are allowable. Going back and editing a post may be grounds for disqualification from the game based on my whim. You may edit your posts if you can provide a decent explanation for why you did simply have it at the bottom like this:
Edit: Grammar freak exterminating failures
You cannot edit out votes, that's classed as cheating. Also note that you have a two hour time limit in which you may edit the post; after that it's cheating.

4) Don’t quote any PMs from me. If you do, I will be most unhappy ( ). Do not metagame by using any part of role PMs to figure out what roles others may or may not have (i.e. 'everyone post the third letter from the second line of their role PM') Any such metagame activity will result in a modkill (in other words, I'll declare you dead (it will be a stupid death that makes you look really stupid ) and the game will move to the next phase; you will not be missed)

5) If you anticipate being unavailable for more than 2 days, please post a notice to that effect in the thread. Treat this game as a commitment. Be considerate – don’t leave us hanging.

6) Game Mods are human (allegedly), if I make a mistake please PM me I will rectify the mistake as soon as I can.

7) Please bold anything you want me to see.. Also, please try to avoid bolding anything else to ensure I DO see the ones I need to.

Prods aka 'That guy hasn't posted in a while'

1)A player will get prodded if they have been inactive for two real life days.

2)Weekends count as one day. (ie If your last post is on a Thursday you will not be prodded till the Monday following)

3) If you do not pick up your prod/post in game within 24 hours of it being sent I will remove you.

4) Please post in game if you are going to be unavailable for more than 48 hours.

There are game special rules.
But these are either secret or in development.

Just as a note about player numbers - good game balance should generally allow town to have 3 chances to lynch before they lose (so, if you presume nothing goes right for town they should still have three days to try and find scum. Anything less is a bit unfair to town.

Anything more then three tries then starts to become unfair for scum, as they have to try and survive longer then is fair.

So, with 12 players there should probably be around 3 scum.

town lynched Day 1
town killed Night 1
10 survive (3 scum 8 town)
town lynched Day 2
town killed Night 2
8 survive (3 scum 5 town)
Town now *has* to lynch scum Day 3 in order to stay in the game, otherwise scum will win.

The more roles you work in the more variables you have to account for if you want the game to be fairly balanced. Also, you can't take a "balanced" game and just add more players as vanilla town - as that will then start to upset the balance to favor town again.

I will note, that I've been trying to edge my games to be town balanced simply because the meta here at Dakka tends to support the scum faction, so I'm trying to toss town the occassional bone during setup - just be aware if you are doing any unbalancing and understand why you're doing it.

Thor if you don't want to play would you mind me discussing my idea with you?
If you do then I can't as it's a SECRET!

Let me think about it and get back to you - I'm tempted to play.

Ièd love to be in!

I'd want to be in too

I want to play, but let me see what I have cming up first.

Also, we all know vikingscott is a heretic, he does maths.

Edited the OP so you guys are included. Halo I've reserved you a place just in case.

I'll join, but I want to host the next one, I've got an idea for a free for all no time limit version. I need a motivator...

Thats fine with me.

Somehow skipped past the link, anyway, as mentioned in the last game thread, I would love to be a part!

Been away from Dakka for a good few months, I didn't follow the last game, but i'm interested to get back into this crap now i'm all settled in college.

Stick me on reserve, if anyone drops out, I'll jump in.

To clarify:
If I can't get the rules variation that I am working on (it's SECRET!) to work then this will have no real special rules. Maybe have some of the more obscure roles but that'll be it.

So what the ETA of the start?

About a week later. But I don't think it will be possible with current numbers.

With only 5/6 confirmed players I doubt this will go ahead.