Narrator:

/u/ITKING86

Players:

/u/Danster21

/u/Flame080

/u/Sahdee

/u/Gavin1123

/u/ProphetofPain

/u/DBCrumpets

/u/Silentkillar

/u/NaughtierPenguin

/u/a_flock_of_goats

/u/AberrantWhovian

/u/ben456111

/u/cdos93

/u/HammBerger3

Roles:

(1) Mafioso*

Bad guy. Chooses 1 person to kill every night. Shows up as suspicious during an investigation.

(1) Godfather*

Bad guy. Chooses 1 person to kill every night. Shows up as not suspicious during an investigation.

(1) Blackmailer*

Bad guy. Chooses 1 person to silence every night. The person chosen cannot comment in the discussion thread the next day. Shows up as suspicious during an investigation.

(If you are caught commenting in the thread while silenced. 1st violation is a warning. 2nd is a temp ban during the open discussion thread.)

(1) Mayor

Good guy. Gets 2 votes when townspeople are choosing the person to put on trial and execute.

(1) Detective

Good guy. Can investigate 1 person every night. The investigated will appear as either "Suspicious" or "Not Suspicious".

(1) Doctor

Can choose 1 person to protect every night. If the person chosen is marked for a hit. They will be spared.

(1) Roleblocker

An ambiguously aligned character. Chooses 1 person every night. The person chosen, will have their power (if any) voided for that round. Shows up as suspicious during an investigation.

(1) Vigilante

attempts to kill the mafia every night. An ambiguous character. Shows up as suspicious.

Rules:

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 to 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, the first of which is Day. 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 becomes Night. During the Night, the thread is locked and no one can talk publicly. The Mafia, however, can speak to each other privately to plot strategy and decide who to murder before the next Day begins. In this way, they can silence members of the Town who are threats to them. At the end of the Night, the murder is carried out and another Day begins. In effect, the Town gets to kill someone, and then the Mafia gets to kill someone. The game alternates between Day and Night until either the Mafia are eliminated, or the Mafia have killed everyone else (or nothing can prevent the same).

EXCEPT FOR THE MAFIOSO AND GODFATHER, NO OTHER CHARACTERS MAY CONTACT EACH OTHER ABOUT STRATEGY OUTSIDE OF THE DESIGNATED THREAD ON THE SUB.

FAQ

I was just killed. Can I tell everyone what I know now?

No! Never reveal information after you are dead. Just watch the game, and wait for it to end.

Can I post messages from the Game Moderator to prove my innocence?

No! Never quote private messages (to include your Role PM) without explicit permission from the Game Moderator. In most games, it is allowed (and encouraged) to reveal your role at certain points in the game (for example, if you are a Cop and have found the last Mafia, you can reveal your role to get that player lynched). However, you may not actually quote anything from the Game Moderator; even though it could (sometimes) easily be faked. The point of the game is to prove yourself through your actions and voting, not through outside information.

Can I post information during the night?

No, it is against the rules in almost all games to post game-related information during the night. Most Moderators will lock the thread at Night to avoid accidents.

I feel the Game Moderator was unfair in a decision. What should I do?

If you are dead at the time or if your complaint stems from something that should not be known to the Town, what you should not do is make your sentiment public, either in the game thread or elsewhere. Instead, feel free to contact the Moderator about it via PM. Keep in mind that moderating can be a lot of work, and if you are griping about something that is completely within the rules of the game (or that the moderator is unwilling to take action on), you will probably just annoy the Moderator.

Can I ask for help about what I should do in a game in a Discussion forum?

No. Games are meant to be self-contained, and you are expected to do your own best at any given time. Aside from that, what you say in your out-of-thread post may be revealing of your alignment, making the game much nastier to fairly moderate.

I'm in the Mafia, but I really don't like my family/being a criminal. Can I just get them all lynched?

Technically, this is perfectly possible. However, the goal of the Mafia family is to kill all non-mafia players. Getting your own allies lynched as a joke or because you don't like them is against the spirit of the game, and will likely earn you the lasting distrust of other players. However attacking your partners is a legitimate (and common) tactic, but it should be done strategically, not spitefully (see below).

Someone in my mafia family just voted for me! What should I do?

One of the common Mafia strategies is to have some of the family voting against each other, so that if one member gets lynched, the others will look more innocent. This is a natural part of the game, and is sometimes called distancing or bussing. As for what you should do... that's up to you.

Can I talk to someone at night or outside of the thread?

It is almost always against the rules to discuss anything with anyone at night unless you are in the Mafia. It is also usually against the rules to contact someone during the day privately.