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zexen_lowe on 23 September 2009
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nordlead said:
zexen_lowe said:
nordlead said:

Ok, another serious question since not much is happening.

Do we know how many mafia/townsfolk members there are or is everything randomly chosen (within some bounds)?

We don't know for sure, but we can easily speculate. I know that WoW won't unbalance the game, and as such, she won't break the golden rule of one mafia per 3 townies. Given we're 14, that leaves 3 mafia. Of course, that doesn't mean there isn't a serial killer between us, or a pro-mafia role like a Traitor. But I think we can safely assume 3 mafia

1) WoW is a guy and there are no women on the internet unless they provide pictures. It is a fact of life. For this you deserve to be lynched, so my vote is staying for now.

2) 1:3 would lend more nicely to 4 mafia members, as you'd only be down one town folk, which isn't too bad compared to having 3 extra town folk. Either way you are right that there are probably at least 3 mafia.

3) I'm not familiar with all of the "extra" roles. can someone explain them to me. I know of a few, but I might as well have a full list.

1) I'm not entering this debate AGAIN. I've always called WoW a she, and always will

2) Actually, you'd be down by two, as the minimum is 16 people for 4 mafia. And I think the rounding always benefits the town, since a mafia more than necessary may make it impossible for the town to win (check the Round 2, where we town won, but we couldn't afford a single mislynch because ¡t had one mafia in excess). On the other hand, an excess of townies may make it more difficult for the mafia, but as long as they play well they still have full chances

 

3) http://mikeburnfire.sitesled.com/mscumB.swf

Check this out, it offers a good explanation of most of the special roles. We won't be using 75% of them EVER (like for example, most of the roles that involve something during the day), but you can get a good idea of what may be included. For the record, we've used so far (may be missing some) Arsonist/Firefighter, Traitor, Lie Detector, Reporter, Insane Cop, Vigilante, Deputy, Poisoner, Body Snatcher (in that page it appears as bus driver) and a couple more

http://mafiascum.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

This one has a good list of roles too