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[Xtoxm]

I like NN's idea more...But I think Islam would be the SK...

[NabakovNabakov]

Try harder, with Religious Mafia. Using all the different religions, Buddism being a survivor, and the atheist as the SK.

Bah.

I don't want to just slap new names on the standard game. A well-known story with many characters that happens in a compact time interval can take on a more complex and statisfying shape than the arbitrary series of lynches and killings we've grown used to.

[The Jester]

Oh, I thought we were just trying to be controversial without trying very hard.

[dahill1]

i would be interested in running The Wire themed mafia.
but i'm not too sure if anyone here even knows what The Wire is...

EDIT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wire_(TV_series)

[Twomz]

Lovers With Multiple Personallities.

12 actual players. Each player has two or more alt accounts that actually play in the game that they control. Lovers are assigned between the alts (some pairs, some groups, some loners).

Oh yeah and everyone is crazy...

[zu_Faul]

Metal Gear Solid: Guns of the Patriots

mafia, anyone?

[OhGodMyLife]

Would anyone be interested in Medieval Mafia, roles inspired by the history of the Middle Ages? Slash does anyone know if this has already been done?

It'll be a large theme, so its gonna have to wait until I'm eligible to mod one of those, but someday in the near future.

[hasdgfas]

Metal Gear Solid: Guns of the Patriots

mafia, anyone?

so really, really long flavor and very little actual playing?

[farside22]

So I had this dream last night that gave me an interesting idea for mafia. It would have to be a large game (which I can't run anytime soon).

Basic idea is battle of the sexes.
Men vs Women on who is the better scum hunter.

Here is how it would work I'm thinking 9 or 10 on each team.
The women would have to figure out of the 9 or 10 guys which ones were the scum and vis versa. The team that figures out who is scum first has bragging rights on which sex is the better scum hunters.
Thought?

[Mr. Flay]

Wait, farside, who is the scumgroup in that game?
Sounds more like two invitationals, gender-restricted.

[farside22]

Wait, farside, who is the scumgroup in that game?
Sounds more like two invitationals, gender-restricted.

There would be 2 to 3 scum in each group. You know the hockey game that was going on. Well it would be two groups like that except in one game and the guys would vote on which woman they thought was scum and the women would vote on which guys was scum. Majority causes the lynch. So that means two lynches a day and 2 NK's. One from the women and one from the men.
The one thing I thought of on this is I could see people trying to quick lynch to cause confusion however I think giving the team 24 hours to lynch someone or having a no lynch will solve that issue.

[Mr. Flay]

Oh. If you want to look at a similar game (that ran into some of the pitfalls with multiple towns), try Checkmate by AndrewS: http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1873

[The Fonz]

Actually, farside, i was considering asking a permission to run an invitational entitled 'fonzie's favorite ladies' for female scummers only.

[Natirasha]

Sleepwalker Mafia

It's a simple game of mafia, no special roles or rules or anything. There's just one small caveat--no one knows their own role.

[The Fonz]

Sleepwalker Mafia

It's a simple game of mafia, no special roles or rules or anything. There's just one small caveat--no one knows their own role.

Fail.

[farside22]

Actually, farside, i was considering asking a permission to run an invitational entitled 'fonzie's favorite ladies' for female scummers only.

That sounds fine. I just thought a battle of the sexes would be interesting to watch/ play/ mod.

[Natirasha]

Sleepwalker Mafia

It's a simple game of mafia, no special roles or rules or anything. There's just one small caveat--no one knows their own role.

Fail.

I've actually ran it before(not here), outside scum shooting scum night one, the cops, and mafia found out their roles quite quickly. The doc, on the other hand...

[hasdgfas]

Sleepwalker Mafia

It's a simple game of mafia, no special roles or rules or anything. There's just one small caveat--no one knows their own role.

Look here for this already happening here.

[stark]

I like NN's idea more...But I think Islam would be the SK...

Islam is better as Miller Vijj

[NabakovNabakov]

So I had this dream last night that gave me an interesting idea for mafia. It would have to be a large game (which I can't run anytime soon).

Basic idea is battle of the sexes.
Men vs Women on who is the better scum hunter.

Here is how it would work I'm thinking 9 or 10 on each team.
The women would have to figure out of the 9 or 10 guys which ones were the scum and vis versa. The team that figures out who is scum first has bragging rights on which sex is the better scum hunters.
Thought?

Wouldn't work (at least not like that)

The scum wouldn't be scummy. They'd be trying just as hard as the townies of their sex to identify the other scum. They don't have to accuse or be accused by anyone they're interacting with, they don't really have any extra information (thus nixing "informed minority), and there would be no penalty for being right. They wouldn't even have an incentive to kill at night, considering that it keep their party larger.

What you're talking about is a game of Battleship.

[farside22]

So I had this dream last night that gave me an interesting idea for mafia. It would have to be a large game (which I can't run anytime soon).

Basic idea is battle of the sexes.
Men vs Women on who is the better scum hunter.

Here is how it would work I'm thinking 9 or 10 on each team.
The women would have to figure out of the 9 or 10 guys which ones were the scum and vis versa. The team that figures out who is scum first has bragging rights on which sex is the better scum hunters.
Thought?

Wouldn't work (at least not like that)

The scum wouldn't be scummy. They'd be trying just as hard as the townies of their sex to identify the other scum. They don't have to accuse or be accused by anyone they're interacting with, they don't really have any extra information (thus nixing "informed minority), and there would be no penalty for being right. They wouldn't even have an incentive to kill at night, considering that it keep their party larger.

What you're talking about is a game of Battleship.

They would be killing someone on the other side so yes there is an incentive to NK's and lynches. I can see the game being non informitive, but I can also see the chaos. I think if people play like they normally do they have a better chance at winning, but who knows.

[shaft.ed]

Nab's just afraid the guys will lose.

[Twomz]

So the guy scum would be Bigots and the girl scum would be Feminists?

The Bigots win condition could be to get all the women to go back to the kitchen and make them a sandwich and the Feminists could try to get all the guys sentenced to sensitivity training.

[farside22]

Nab's just afraid the guys will lose.

Does that mean most of the guys will shot this down because they are afraid of the challenge.
I think this idea came because of DGB's post in general topics about mafia playing. If anyone is up for a challenge like this it would be her.

[shaft.ed]

Has anyone tried a 7 player Smalltown? I was just pondering a Gilligan's Island Smalltown game. Seems swingy but plausible.