Mafia Round 15B - Game Thread

[Final-Fan]

nordlead said:

trangentspree said:
I want to hear people's thoughts on whether they think a lynch on Day1 is/is not a good idea and for what reasons. I'm not experienced with themed games so I don't know how much the 1/3 ratio could be affected by this being a zombie game, and I would be interested in hearing your opinions on the matter.

The theory, is that if you no-lynch on day 1 the "town" gains 1 extra day. However, the problem is that you essentially give the mafia  free night kill and you don't create meaningful discussion. Mostly people just avoiding everything. Also, day 2 is essentially a repeat of day 1, only it ends in a lynch and the game finally gets rolling. Most people say Day 1 is a "random" vote day. While that may be partially true, the "mafia" know who each other are, and it isn't exactly random. Also, sometimes you can bring in past behavior to gain more knowledge. For example, if I ever no-lynched off the bat on day 1 people would probably be suspicious of me, as I almost always try for a day 1 lynch.

The supposed "benefits" of a no-lynch day 1 is (in my opinion) is outweighed by the benefits of lynching someone. Also, on this forum, I've seen enough games with a day 1 lynch where the town won. If nothing else day 1 typically ends in lynching someone who causes confusion or happens to be mafia.

This is regardless of theme/regular mafia.

See, I disagree.  I agree that just no-lynching "BAM night DEATH day 2" is a bad idea, but I have no problem with a day 1 with a good amount of discussion that ends without a lynch -- in fact, I think it's better.  But there needs to be a real threat of a lynch to get people talking, and if something comes up that seems worth lynching over then that's OK too.