Do you find lynching boring? And want a whole new way to play Mafia? Then you're in luck,
Gameshow Mafia
is finishing review and will be coming to the Large Theme queue soon!
This will be a mechanics-oriented game. Instead of choosing who to lynch every Day, everyone first gets to vote on a Power to use every Day. Following which, the power is used to progress the game.
Here's a sample* of the powers you'll be able to use this game:
Spoiler: Lynch
Choose by majority vote a player. That player is eliminated from the game.
Spoiler: Vengeful
Choose by majority vote a player to eliminate from the game. That player can choose another player to eliminate from the game. Mafia cannot kill after this power.
Spoiler: Veto
Choose by majority vote a group of four players. The Mafia must kill two players from the selected group that Night.
Spoiler: Coalition
Town by majority vote choose a majority group of players (half living players rounded down plus one, equal to power selection threshold) in the game. If all chosen players are town, town immediately win. Otherwise, the game continues into Night phase with no deaths.
So, I started smoking weed and I thought of this and it was brilliant.
I want to laugh, so please post memes to make me laugh.
If you post a funny meme that makes me laugh, you get a fun 1-shot ability.
The setup is mountainous because otherwise things would get too crazy.
Its not really a game to take that seriously, the goal is to have a good time and laugh at some funny pictures and copypastas.
PM Me if you want to pre-in and I'll respond back to you if I'll let you pre-in.
I want to be selective with pre-ins to people who will give me a good laugh, but if you don't make pre-ins you'll probably be able to make it if you just /in in the micro queue
Also, I am going to have a different mod mod this when the first run is over, and hopefully this is a tradition that can continue
Pre-ins: 6/6
Secret Alt games are games where the playerlist has to post on a mod given account. Because you don't know who anyone is, this can allow for engaging gameplay and a fresh take on the game in general, since you're not allowed to say who you are or use any meta to help read players. I strongly believe that this kind of environment enhances gameplay and makes mafia not only a more fun game to play, but also a more challenging game. Ontop of this, some secret alt games can have some really dam good playerlists to make them even better. Overall its a fun experience that I want to try to encourage people to explore again.
The setup is Regfan's "It's an Owner's Market" a very simple setup exploring economy and attempting to re-create an auction type environment. You have some money, and you place bids to try to get items you want, and hopefully, you get the item you want. Its simple, offers a lot of depth, and is really fucking fun to play and watch.
I am going to enforce WotM and try to use that WotM to create a playerlist that will be engaged with the game and interact with it. I want to try to get a playerlist where people will play my game, not lurk out and do nothing. Thats just no fun for everyone involved
Pre-ins: 4/6
btw no hydras for this. You can hydra in the other games tho
I find the idea of having economy in a mafia game to be a fun environment that's not really explored, because it becomes a resource that the player has to manage. So I started designing a game that is heavily inspired by Military Turn Based Strategy Games like
Advanced Wars
or
Wargroove
. During each phase, you will gain 100 gold (so 100 gold at the start of the day, 100 gold at night). From there, you will attempt to built up to an engaging and fun late game. I am doing all I can in the efforts to make the setup timeless and to be able to be replayed as much as possible, and am going by some strategy game rules, mechanics, and interactions to try to re-create that experience.
Ontop of this, I am going to see if I can add roles to this (that will be designed privately ofc).
Roles would be structured as followed:
A passive: This is a passive ability that would probably affect units or something else somehow.
An active 1-shot ability: This ability would charge over time and can be used once it is fully charged.
A charge rate: This is how fast your ability charges.
Overall, if this type of game seems interesting to you, I'll be mostly accepting of anyone who wants to play, so this game will be WotM/WotC-lenient.
You can view progress that happens with the setup: https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=79115
And if you have any ideas, comments, or concerns about the setup, feel free to pm me or contact me on discord. I am trying to get literally everyone I can to look at it, and more opinions would only make the setup better. Again, you can still play if you offer feedback towards the open parts of the setup, since thats open and public knowledge.
4/16 Pre-ins.
What to look foward To
I want to make 2019 a unique year for games. I want to encourage moderators around me to mod new stuff and encourage a boom in the modding community. I don't plan on only doing this with these types of games, there are other ideas I want to explore such as the concept of mentor/mentee games. These games would serve as advanced newbie games, where someone who is trying to develop their play, would recieve an experienced person to help them develop their play. This isn't about working together with someone by forcing them to hydra. Its about learning how to improve your solving techniques, learning new ways to solve, learning different perspectives on the game, developing your own perspective, and being put in an environment where you develop your own playstyle and approach to the game.
Think about it this way:
The Newbie Queue teaches the basics.
This is meant to help grow people into becoming better players.
This is just a small taste of what I want to do, and obviously I still need to work out some details for it.
But I want the moderating community to boom, and I want 2019 to be a great year modding wise.
If you want to reach out to me, you can do so on Discord ( Alisae#2822 ) or just pm me here
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 7:40 am
by RadiantCowbells
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2019 12:30 pm
by momo
Please state your name and claim your role for the record. What's this, you don't know your role? You only know your alignment you say? Oh that's right, it says it right here. You have amnesia and the doctors don't know if you'll ever get your memories back. Who are your friends? Who are your enemies? If you're playing this game, you definitely don't know. But maybe, just maybe, with enough time and good luck, you'll find out.
This is a really cool game I've designed (with some help!). There's a lot of stuff planned to occur throughout the game so I don't want to give too much away, but over the course of the game, the town and scum slowly regain their memories while trying to achieve their wincon. Cool Amnesia flavor, a few nice twists, and a couple unique game mechanics occur.
I designed this game because I realized that a lot of people aren't having fun playing mafia. There are naturally a lot of arguments and the game has gotten very repetitive. I originally fell in love with this game because it felt like there was always more to discover. New setups, new strategies, new people, and new experiences.
Join me in bring discovery back to mafia and in making every game a unique experience.
It’s Daylight Savings, which means we just moved our clocks forward. So it’s time for the next iteration of the series where time may not keep working the way we want it to...
Timeshift Mafia IV
A 13-player Mini Theme
Coming soon...
Now in signups!
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2019 1:20 pm
by Krazy
~~~Starcraft Mafia: Legacy of the Void~~~
Coming Soon
**Please note that due to the time elapsed since I received previous pre-ins, if you previously expressed interest in pre-inning I need you to confirm**
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2019 10:20 am
by Alisae
My secret alt mini theme based on Regfan's market setup is going into sign-ups soon and I have 2 pre-in spots avaliable, if you still want to pre-in, feel free to pm me!
Also if you want to join future games I mod, feel free to join the discord below in my signature
Posted: Wed May 01, 2019 10:11 pm
by Morality
Boonskiies here, taking a detour from my BooneyToonz series.
The first of my 3-part Death Note series should be going into sign ups in like a week and a half in the Micro queue.
Looking for about 3 more solid Pre-in's.
These games are more like a Resistance-Mafia fusion than just Mafia.
A simple micro game, right from the heart, honest and true,
Just once more, because I can't just leave you.
Accepting up to 3 pre-ins.
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 1:42 pm
by Skygazer
~DANNY DeVITO MAFIA~
a micro normal brought to you by skygazer
have u ever wanted to play in a micro normal modded by me that just so happens to have the same picture of tv legend Danny DeVito in every single votecount?
~~~if so~~~
a) what is wrong with you
b) join my game!
(hitting the micro queue probably soonish, taking pre-ins)
Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2019 2:48 am
by Skygazer
EVERYTHING IS COMPLETELY NORMAL (THE GAME) (THE ADVERTISEMENT)
Featuring:
A game that technically follows normal guidelines
Red herrings
Ankamius as a backup-mod !!
Jingle and schadd_ reviewed !!
Hilarious
flavor painting a particular listmod as evil (finna catch a ban)
there probably aren't roles that will make you literally hate me
We thought it was over.
We thought that, after all of our sacrifices, everything would be okay.
Little did we know, it had only just begun.
In name of all rebels, and in name of what's left of our country, I'm asking you, no, begging you, for help. An experimental, dangerous drug has taken over the black market, and we believe Simotech has something to with it. We know they do, it has to be.
Be careful. They are here.
Project ARCH is a 19 player large theme game.
It may contain bastard elements.
Discover what Project ARCH is, and how the nation's biggest corporations are involved. Use the newest synthetic drug to enhance your skills and find out what Simotech really has been up to, but beware; addiction is imminent.
There are 5 pre-in slots remaining. If you played world.createNew(Utopia everHope); and showed interest in joining, it's your lucky day: you're already pre-inned. I highly suggest reading the flavour of that game if you weren't part of it, as it helps understand the story!
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2019 1:01 pm
by callforjudgement
Role Call I
Don't you just hate it when the wrong players get the wrong roles? There you are, just trying to mind your business hunting scum, when the game goes to Night, and come morning, all the wrong players are dead, all the investigative information is broken, and you thought you spotted a fakeclaim. Perhaps we can find a better way.
Role Call is a new sort of Mafia game: everyone starts out with nothing but factional abilities, but every Day, one role per player will be on offer, and all you have to do is vote on which player gets which role. (Oh, and see if you can get rid of the scum while you're at it.)
Are you looking for a sure-to-be-fun and crazy setup? Then look no further; I present to you Grandest Idea Mafia, a combination of the wacky role list of Grand Idea Mafia with the alignment and role choosing mechanic of Greatest Idea Mafia!
Features:
A talented moderator.
Unique and unusual roles.
Some ability to choose your alignment.
A semi-open setup.
A crazy, bastard game you don't have to take 100% seriously.
Do you like solving logical puzzles?
Do you want to punch your friend who thinks "Why did the chicken cross the road" is a puzzle?
Well, you're in luck!
These puzzles will require effort and intelligence to solve.
Please state your name and claim your role for the record. What's this, you don't know your role? You only know your alignment you say? Oh that's right, it says it right here. You have amnesia and the doctors don't know if you'll ever get your memories back. Who are your friends? Who are your enemies? If you're playing this game, you definitely don't know. But maybe, just maybe, with enough time and good luck, you'll find out.
This is a really cool game I've designed (with some help!). There's a lot of stuff planned to occur throughout the game so I don't want to give too much away, but over the course of the game, the town and scum slowly regain their memories while trying to achieve their wincon. Cool Amnesia flavor, a few nice twists, and a couple unique game mechanics occur.
I designed this game because I realized that a lot of people aren't having fun playing mafia. There are naturally a lot of arguments and the game has gotten very repetitive. I originally fell in love with this game because it felt like there was always more to discover. New setups, new strategies, new people, and new experiences.
Join me in bring discovery back to mafia and in making every game a unique experience.
Now accepting pre-ins!
I know it's been a while since I first posted this but the setup is designed and I just /in'd to mod. Coming real soon!
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2019 10:41 am
by FakeGod
Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2019 11:22 am
by Gamma Emerald
Make Me Regret This uPick
Coming to a Mini Theme Queue near you.
Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2019 3:28 pm
by popsofctown
Undertale Semi-Open
designed by Something_Smart, modded by popsofctown
Winner of the May Monthly Open Setup Design Concept by northsidegal
An 11 player open setup that lets you choose whether to
spare
your townreads, or
kill
your scumreads. Will you regret the choice you make?
Queueing in the Mini Theme queue very soon, PM popsofctown to claim one of 3 remaining pre-in slots. SETUP
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2019 10:21 am
by mastina
Ehhh fuckit, I'll announce this idea even though it's not even remotely close to ready to run yet.
I'm planning on running a nine-game series of mini themes based on Gauntlet Dark Legacy.
Each game will feature these five core mechanics:
-They will all be 9:4 town:mafia
-They will all be nightless
-They will all feature a modified White Flag mechanic where one specific scum player needs to be lynched to win
-They will all feature a mechanic around potions, turbos, blocks, Secret Levels, a conftown player, and combo powers; everything except combo powers will remain constant throughout the series and thus, every setup will be semiopen as a consequence.
I have no clue how to balance a nightless+white flag combo game, so it'll take me a while to hash out the details, but the first game will be the hardest to design; once I have it down, designing the other eight will be easy.
I'll make another announcement once the first game is ready.
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