Imma just copy and paste the post from last time (yet again!) as most of the rules will be identical. Hopefully we can get a full boat this time. The game can run relatively quickly so hopefully more people turn up. The rules can be adjusted to allow more if there are slightly too few. 

THIS IS A SIGNUP THREAD FOR A FORUM-BASED GAME CALLED MAFIA. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PLAYING THEN PLEASE ADD YOUR NAME TO THE LIST.

Mafia, also known as Werewolf, is a game originating in real life, but adapted for a forum setting. Basically, you have a small village of innocent people, but hidden among them is a group of mafia, whose sole goal is to have at least 50% of the population belong to their organization so that they can control the lynch-votes. Since they cannot recruit people, the only way to achieve this is bloody murder, but not more than one per night. The rest of the town uses their deductive abilities, along with some special roles, to find these infiltrators and lynch them. The town wins when there are no mafia left.

I am modding this game (tallying votes, announcing day/night, applying night PMs). There will be 3 mafia and 7 town players [of which 1 will be cop and 1 will be doctor].

Hopefully it should be fun!


How it works:

Pre-game:

- You sign up in this thread
- When 10 people have signed up, it's closed and I will PM you your role (nothing, Cop or Doctor) and alignment (Town or Mafia).
- I will then post the game thread.
- You will make a confirming post in the new thread once you recieve the PM.
- Once all 10 have done that, I announce Day 1 has begun.

In-game:

- The whole town votes to lynch one person per "day" (days last until a majority is reached or a deadline I set). If you are Town you should lynch mafia as when they are gone you win, if you are Mafia you should avoid being lynched until you make up 50% of the population but acting suspicious could kill you.
- Once a majority, or deadline is reached or after everyone has voted it is night-time.
- The Night is when people who are not regular townies send in their night actions, discuss among themselves (in this case the mafia), etc. You cannot not post in the thread when it is night. During the night, the mafia can PM each other and collectively vote to kill one person. Please CC me any PMs you send so I can check they're following the rules.
- Night ends when everyone's submitted a night action and the mafia have a majority of votes to kill someone or have decided not to kill anyone.
- It is then Day again and the cycle repeats until the Mafia or Town win.
- If someone is lynched, or killed during the night, they are dead and their alignment and special role and revealed in the morning (i.e. my IT'S NOW DAY post)


Special roles:


- There are two special roles - Cop and Doctor. There will be one of each, and they are both town-aligned (if town wins then you do)
- If you have a special role, no one else knows. You can announce it to the thread that you are one, but false claiming is allowed and you have to convince everyone you are one.
- The Cop investigates one person a night (PM me with the target of your investigation once it is night-time) and they are told whether that person is Town or Mafia.
- The Doctor can protect one person per night from mafia nightkill. (PM me with who you want to protect each night.) The doctor cannot protect themselves.

- I've decided to add some other special roles, what they do will be in the PMs. like the last thread, I'll post the ones I'm interested in, but won't tell what I'm actually chosing to be a special role.

ADVICE:

- Mafia is a game of deduction based on what other people say. That's all you have to go on. If people claim various roles or say that they are Town/Mafia, they could be lying. If people are acting suspiciously when voting or analysing other people, they are probably Mafia.
- The Mafia all know who each other are. If people appear to be acting together they are probably mafia.
- If Mafia know you are a cop/doctor they will try any nightkill you. Doctors should generally stay hidden, and cops could attempt to get the protection of a doctor.
- Always think: why have people done that, said that, voted for that?
- Not voting, or voting "No Lynch", are acceptable tactics.
- Giving reasons as to why you think a given person is mafia/town is ENCOURAGED and helps everyone enjoy the game!

To Vote: You must bold it, if you don't and I miss it, it's not my fault! It should also be on a separate line such as:
Vote: Soriku

If you want to change a vote, do it in this manner:
Unvote: Soriku
Vote: Rolstoppable


Rules:
1. Do not talk about the game outside the game thread. This also means NO PMs or other outside communication, unless you are Mafia and it is nighttime.
2. Please stay on topic.
3. Don't lurk through the whole game; if you need to drop out, tell me. Persistent lurkers will be modkilled or replaced.
4. If you aren't part of the game, please do not post in the game thread.
5. Once I say that it's nighttime, do not post in the game thread AT ALL. Minor off topicness will be tolerated but please, do not discuss the game during night.
6. If you die, don't say anything for the rest of the game except a simple, "Bah, you got me," or "Urrghh" which reveals no information. Seriously, dead people, you are dead, stay that way. YOU ARE DEAD DEAD DEAD DEAD!
7. You may not post verbatim or quote from your role PM. Paraphrasing is fine. YOU MAY NOT QUOTE YOUR ROLE PM, anyone who does anything even close to this will be publicly executed or if I am feeling particularly nasty I might decide to give you a completely new role and I promise, YOU WILL HATE IT.
8. You may not edit your posts. This is to preempt the possibility of cheating by sending messages to other people and then editing them out. Or a for a number of other reasons. DON'T EDIT.

The game often takes a few days, but all that is required is a few useful posts here per day. If this is a success I may run further games. If you want to see how a game is usually played then read a couple of threads from this forum: http://echochamber.me/viewforum.php?f=53

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GAME, POST THEM IN THIS THREAD. Once the game has started you may ask questions to me too, but nothing that would spoil the game.

IF YOU WISH TO SIGN UP, COPY THIS LIST INTO YOUR POST AND ADD YOUR NAME TO THE BOTTOM. WHEN WE REACH 10 PLAYERS WE'RE SET.

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Again, not limited to ten...

I'm in, of course.

1. Khuutra
2. insomniac17
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Sure, I'll join again. Why not?

1. Khuutra
2. insomniac17
3. Words Of Wisdom
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1. Khuutra
2. insomniac17
3. Words Of Wisdom
4. zexen_lowe
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1. Khuutra
2. insomniac17
3. Words Of Wisdom
4. zexen_lowe
5. Dgc1808
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Anyone wanna PM darth? He was interested, i think.

The Reporter can check a player's house to find out if they are home (anyone doing something during the night is not home).

A Jester is a role which wins when they are lynched. They generally cause difficulty for the Town in two ways. First, because (while the Jester is alive) they aim to prevent the Town from lynching Scum. Second, because their attempts to get themselves lynched inevitably involve trying to convince the Town that they are Scum, and thereby cause confusion and distraction for as long as they are alive.

The Tracker is an informative role that can target a player at night and learn who, if anybody, that player targeted the same night (but not the action the player performed).

The Watcher is most commonly understood to be an information role that can target a person at night and learn who else targeted (or visited) that person on that same night.

4 more roles for you to chew over. I'm also going to consider all the ones suggested/used last game.

what is this all about anyway?
I guess I'll read it damn it! keep me in reserve and I'll let you know after I'm done readi....zzzzz

Nevermind. Sounds fun though

Some roles that got introduced last game:

Mason: Masons are a group, usually all on the Pro-Town side, that know each other to be innocent. They can communicate with each other at Night, if they choose, but otherwise usually have no special abilities. The Masons cannot reveal that they are Masons to the town through roleclaiming. Instead, they must find other ways to defend each other. (Not sure about this one) at least 2 people.

Arsonist:An arsonist is a Serial Killer that kills with fire, and sometimes has a 50% chance of success. One Person.

Firefighter: A firefighter is a role that only appears in games with an Arsonist. Every night, the firefighter chooses someone to protect, like a doctor. However, the firefighter can only protect people from the arsonist. If the arsonist is killed, the Firefighter becomes an ordinary townie. One Person.

Sibling: The classic Siblings roles are two people who know each other, with the condition that if one dies, the other commits suicide the following night. Two Dudes.

Lie Detector: A Lie Detector is a potentially powerful power role. Each night the Lie Detector sends the Moderator a post made by another player during the previous day, and the Moderator tells the Lie Detector, to the best of his ability, whether that other player was telling the truth when they made that post. The power can be used, for example, to find out whether a role claim is true or not. The lie detectors ability is lost when he roll claims, or if another player figures it out. One Dude.

Traitor: The Traitor is a role with a pro-Mafia alignment that is not actually in the Mafia family. The Traitor knows who is in the Mafia, but the Mafia do not know who the Traitor is. The Traitor works, through his or her vote, to keep the Mafia from getting lynched and wins with the Mafia. One dude.

Paranoid Gun Owner: The Paranoid Gun Owner, similar to the Army Veteran, involuntarily kills anyone who targets him during the night, regardless of alignment. He can be a liability to the Town for this reason, as he indiscriminately kills Cops, Doctors, etc. He can not choose to kill. One dude.

Body Snatcher:  During the night, the Body Snatcher chooses another living person.  All things that would happen to that person happen to the Body Snatcher instead and vice versa.  Aligned with Townsfolk.

Insane Cop: Always returns reversed results, no knowledge.

Poisoner: Chooses a target each day, that person is informed publicly they have 2 days to live (rather than dying instantly)

The last thing I do before I pass the candle for modship onto Zexen.