Elements Mafia
Started by Mastermind79, Continued by killsdazombies, Implosion, ddevans96, icecoldbro, Demagog, Purity_Riot, Dragoon1140, killsdazombies, 1world24, RavingRabbid, majofa, TStar, killsdazombies, mesaprotector, Regen2k9, Kuroaitou, whatifidogetcaught?, UnderneathTheLens, RootRanger, killsdazombies, Elbirn, ji412jo, dawn to dusk, eljoemo, Zawadx, killsdazombies, theelkspeaks, iancudorinmarian, DoubleCapitals, Dm, Espithel, killsdazombies, skyironsword, Submachine, Coffeeditto, mathman101, Naesala, Ginyu, Linkcat, Solaris, Ryli, killsdazombies, Naii_the_Baf, PlayerOa, rob77dp, and serprex.
Spoiler for How to Play Mafia:
All of the players in the game are collectively referred to as the Town. The Town is split into two factions. There is a minority faction, the Mafia, and a majority faction, also called Town. The Mafia start the game with the knowledge of who the other members are, and their goal is to kill all of the Town. The Town start the game not knowing who is Mafia and who is a fellow Town, and their goal is to kill all of the Mafia.
The game is split into two phases. It generally starts with a Night Phase, in which the Mafia choose one member of the Town to kill. This is called the Nightkill. Also, players may use abilities given to them by their roles during this phase. Following each Night Phase is the Day Phase. During the day, the Town may choose to lynch one player through the use of votes. Each player gets one vote, and the person with the most votes at the end of the day is lynched and removed from the game. This cycle continues until either all of the Mafia are dead, or the number of Mafia is equal to or greater than the number of Town at the beginning of a Day Phase. This is called reaching parity.
How to determine who is Mafia and who is Town is entirely up to the players. As a Mafia your job is to blend into the Town and direct lynches onto them without giving yourself away. As Town your job is to use logic, reason, tells, intuition, and any abilities you may have to determine who the Mafia are and lynch them. An inactive Town will easily fall prey to the Mafia, so try to generate as much information as possible. In the game of Mafia you have two main weapons; your voice and your vote. Use them wisely.
Spoiler for Common Mafia Terminology:
Village - Town
Villager - Town member
Civ - Town member
Wolf - Mafia
Scum - Mafia
Alignment - Primary Role
Roll/Rand - Having roles assigned
PR/Power Role - Roles that are very useful to the town - usually includes cop and medic
Cop - A role that has the ability to determine the alignment of another player
Medic - A role that has the ability to protect other players from the Nightkill
Shoot - Use an ability that would kill another player
Claim/Roleclaim - Say that you have a specific role
Soft/Softclaim - Hint that you have a specific role
Civvy Central - A group of confirmed Town
Scummy - Acting like a mafia
Towny - Acting like a town member
Town-Cred/Town Points - Factors that make it more likely that a player is town
Read - How scummy or towny you think someone is
AI/NAI - Alignment Indicative/Non-Alignment Indicative
Wagon/Train - A player that has multiple votes on them
FoS/Finger of Suspicion - Declare that you suspect someone without voting them
Tunnel - Having tunnel vision on a single player
Pocket/Buddy - Townread someone to get them on your side
Thunderdome - Confront someone so as to narrow the possible lynch to the two involved players
Self-Preservation - Vote on the biggest other wagon when you are a leading wagon, this is not a read-based vote unless stated
Hammer - Casting the final vote needed for a lynch
Bus - Throw a fellow mafia member under the bus to get town-cred
OMGUS - Oh My God, U Suck - Voting on someone just because they voted on you
CFD/Chinese Fire Drill - At EoD, pile votes onto someone who has little to no votes
Breadcrumb - Give hints to your role or actions in a post that you can call back on to give credibility to your claim
Breadpost - Shitpost
EV - Expected Value
EoD/End of Day - The last hours before the end of the day phase
PoE/Process of Elimination - Rank the lynch priority of the remaining players to give the best chance of lynching mafia sooner. Goes from low to high priority.
Deep Wolf - A mafia high on the PoE.
Powerwolf - A mafia that openly influences the direction of the game.
LyLo/Lynch or Lose - Town must lynch correctly or they lose
MyLo/Mislynch and Lose - If town mislynches they lose, but if they No Lynch the game continues
EBWOP - Edit By Way Of Post - Making another post with changes instead of editing a previous one
RQS - Random Question Stage, a common way to start games where one player puts forth a survey of questions for every player to answer
WIFOM -
Wine In Front Of Me - The dilemma that arises from trying to predict whether someone has made an optimal but expected choice, or a suboptimal but unexpected one
1. Do not post, chat, OR PM ANY revealing information if you have been killed/removed from this mafia. You are allowed one death post that contains no information or commentary about the players.
2. You are not allowed to edit or remove your post. Instead, EBWOP will take effect. This means you may post again with the correct fixes.
3. Directly quoting or providing proof in any way of any PM sent by the host will result in an instant modkill and referral to the FGO. Do not talk about any PMs that you have or have not been sent by the host.
4. You are not allowed to directly quote any PM sent by another player, unless you are quoting it to a fellow mafia member confirmed by the host.
5. You are not allowed to request to be modkilled in the thread. If you PM the host requesting to be modkilled, the host must find a substitute or modkill you at the end of the phase.
6. All players' actions should be primarily motivated by winning the game. Throwing the game or outing your teammates for no strategic value is not allowed.
7. Breadcrumbs are allowed. Coded messages and hiding text in your post are not allowed.
8. Any flaming/trolling will not be tolerated.
9. Players' actions should be motivated by this game's events solely. You may look at past mafias to determine behaviors for better reads, but keep personal affairs out of the game.
10. Anything said within the context of the game, including promises, bets, etc, stays within the game. Players can lie, deceive, and manipulate, (but not cheat) in any way they like. Slander within the context of the game is usually not meant as a personal offense.
11. Players are not allowed to use formatting to intentionally make text hard to read, hide information by editing media before or after posting, change the contents of their signature or personal text in an attempt to affect the game, directly edit quotes by other players other than to add their own clearly indicated commentary, impersonate the host, or direct anyone toward information that would affect the game that is outside the confines of the thread, pads provided by the host, or PMs sent by the host.
12. If a player is suspected of attempting to use a loophole in the specific wording of the rules to violate the spirit of the rules, this will be dealt with on a case by case basis.
*Any use of the word PM by the host or FGO refers to any method of communication outside of the game thread and the public blab chat.Breaking any of the above rules may result in a modkill as determined by the host, or a ban from future mafias or forum games in general as determined by the Forum Game Organizer.
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