I was originally going to use the werewolf theme, but then I realised where we were, and with the avatar theme here on OcUK, there was no other option!
For those of you who don't know, Mafia/Werewolf is one of the classic hidden role games, with lots of panic, finger pointing and player elimination. And unlike Avalon and The Resistance, it can actually be played online. Sure you don't have the face to face interaction that you do around a table, but we can play it from our basements!
The gameplay is pretty simple. Everyone who joins the game will be given an identity, for this first game we'll be playing with three. The Mafia goon, the Townie, and the Cop. The number of people who want to play will determine the number of goons we have in the game.
From there, the game will start, and depending on the number of players it will either be night or day. At night, the goons all get together and kill one of the townies, because that's what mafia members do. At the same time, the cop can secretly select one player and will discover their identity.
Then it will be day, people can begin talking, and there will be a lynching! A time limit will be set (Usually 24 hours), and the thread can be used for discussions, pleas and finger pointing, until there is a majority consensus on who to kill. Naturally you want to lynch the mafia members, so watch who is voting for who. The cop will probably learn the identities of some mafia members at some point in the game, but he can't reveal who he is or he will just be killed at night.
If there is a tie at the end of the time limit, we'll use the longest held last vote (LHLV) system - The most recent vote for each person will be compared, the vote which was cast first will win.
No discussion should take place outside of the game thread, except for the mafia members who may only discuss during the night phase who to kill.
Once you are dead, you are also not allowed to post, ghosts can't talk!
Depending on the interest, I may make a separate thread for people outside of the game to comment in, as well as for dead people to discuss what's going on. Though this would only work if the currently alive players are trustworthy enough to never look in there, as that would naturally break the game. So that would probably be down to a vote on here for yes or no.
So, that's Mafia! Generally you want at least 7 players, I'm happy to be the moderator to keep in control of things (Mafia members would email me with their kills, and I would post, the cop would email me with his target, and I would inform him). More than 7 players leads to a longer game, but it's much better with more people because you can get more information the longer the game goes on. Role playing is purely optional, though can add character to the game!
If there's enough interest I'll get everything ready for a game! I hope this isn't against the 'no forum games' rule since this is technically a tabletop game? The threads certainly will be less spammy than the 'this moment' thread in GD
For those of you who don't know, Mafia/Werewolf is one of the classic hidden role games, with lots of panic, finger pointing and player elimination. And unlike Avalon and The Resistance, it can actually be played online. Sure you don't have the face to face interaction that you do around a table, but we can play it from our basements!
The gameplay is pretty simple. Everyone who joins the game will be given an identity, for this first game we'll be playing with three. The Mafia goon, the Townie, and the Cop. The number of people who want to play will determine the number of goons we have in the game.
From there, the game will start, and depending on the number of players it will either be night or day. At night, the goons all get together and kill one of the townies, because that's what mafia members do. At the same time, the cop can secretly select one player and will discover their identity.
Then it will be day, people can begin talking, and there will be a lynching! A time limit will be set (Usually 24 hours), and the thread can be used for discussions, pleas and finger pointing, until there is a majority consensus on who to kill. Naturally you want to lynch the mafia members, so watch who is voting for who. The cop will probably learn the identities of some mafia members at some point in the game, but he can't reveal who he is or he will just be killed at night.
If there is a tie at the end of the time limit, we'll use the longest held last vote (LHLV) system - The most recent vote for each person will be compared, the vote which was cast first will win.
No discussion should take place outside of the game thread, except for the mafia members who may only discuss during the night phase who to kill.
Once you are dead, you are also not allowed to post, ghosts can't talk!
Depending on the interest, I may make a separate thread for people outside of the game to comment in, as well as for dead people to discuss what's going on. Though this would only work if the currently alive players are trustworthy enough to never look in there, as that would naturally break the game. So that would probably be down to a vote on here for yes or no.
So, that's Mafia! Generally you want at least 7 players, I'm happy to be the moderator to keep in control of things (Mafia members would email me with their kills, and I would post, the cop would email me with his target, and I would inform him). More than 7 players leads to a longer game, but it's much better with more people because you can get more information the longer the game goes on. Role playing is purely optional, though can add character to the game!
If there's enough interest I'll get everything ready for a game! I hope this isn't against the 'no forum games' rule since this is technically a tabletop game? The threads certainly will be less spammy than the 'this moment' thread in GD
