Theme Test Market

[Korts]

I'm n00b, so I'm not really well informed on mafia and such, and I haven't read through the threads much, but has anyone made

Post-Nuke Mafia

yet? I guess that could be great, you know, survivors don't know who the scavengers are, scavengers go nightkilling for water rations, etc. Perhaps peace-keeping forces or soldiers instead of cops, you know, and can be varied with water rations, like everyone has their daily rations, and if somebody steals it, they die of thirst, and... whatever, maybe this is lame after all.

[Korts]

Basically, every day, a person is voted to become the Prosecutor, majority rules applying. The prosecutor has a fun job of their own, which is to choose someone to press charges against. The plaintiff will then be put on trial, with the jury as everyone except themselves and the prosecutor. All players may bring up their own evidence in order to prove the plaintiff as guilty (of being scum), or innocent. Once a majority vote is obtained for one or the other in the jury, that is the verdict. If the verdict is guilty the Plaintiff is killed. If he is found innocent, however, the Prosecuter is killed.

I like this idea. A bit like "Ten little indians."

Has anyone done a Dick Tracy Mafia yet? I have a pretty clear idea, been thinking about it for days. Multiple cops, less town, more scum, fun galore.

[Korts]

About this Shakespeare's Villains Mafia, I had an idea of a Montague vs. Capulet Mafia. In my mind it should be nightless, and the Capulets have to get Romeo killed while the Montagues' goal is to see Thybalt dead. I have a hazy idea of each family picking a player from the other family, and letting the two chosen players duel somehow. That's how far I got.

Edit: This has the problem of not being interesting to the players who are not Romeo or Thybalt. Also, a family would also win if the montague:capulet ratio reaches 1:2 or 2:1.

Edit: Also, Romeo and Juliet would naturally be lovers, if Juliet dies, both families lose. Also, Mercutio would be a Bodyguard. Also, there could be a third party with Friar Laurence and the Apothecary and some others, Laurence's win condition would be that Romeo and Juliet be alive at the end of the game, the Apothecary's win condition would be that they both die, so on.

[Korts]

How about Annoying Internet Meme Mafia? Laden with (hopefully) humor throughout.

Internet meme and humor? They don't go well together.

Anyway, I was thinking Cowboy Bebop Mafia. I haven't really got the specifics down, but I'm thinking a cop/vig masonship of three against lotsa scum.

[Korts]

Rock Star Heroin O.D. Purgatory Mafia

Theme and setting are a mash-up of the early 70's and Dante's

Divine Comedy

All players are Rack Stars that died thanks to the big H in their veins.

Each day takes place in a different terrace of Purgatory.

The informed minority are the angels who send another Rock Star to heaven during each night cycle.

There is no Heroin in heaven, and the Rock Stars don't want to go.

Awesome. Just awesome.

Thanks. If "There is No Heroin in Heaven" isn't the name of an existing song, then it needs to be.

QFT

[Korts]

Tarh, would you allow me back in the second part? It was real fun... And I thought from the Mostly Mountainous rules that paraprhasing was not only allowed, but encouraged here, too. Again, sorry for that.

By the way, comparing me to mozsuggs is a pretty low blow...

[Korts]

Gangs of New York sounds awesome, but it's not a game of mafia as such.

Also awesome is the Timewolf, but that also differs from a game of mafia in many ways.

[Korts]

Gangs of New York sounds awesome, but it's not a game of mafia as such.

Also awesome is the Timewolf, but that also differs from a game of mafia in many ways.

Wow you actually read them.

Yes, the forum I started on had a much looser definition of werewolf ('s what we called mafia) and so themed games like this were the rule rather than the exception.

You could mod one of these in the Mish Mash forum, I think. But I don't really know, I don't play there much. If/when Gangs of New York runs, please send me a PM or something. Sounds really awesome.

[Korts]

I'm in the queue now for a semi-open ten player Deep South game with Anarcha-Feminist + Space Opera flavor and normal roles:

Biker Riot Grrrls in Space!

what do y'all think?

Anarcha-feminist in the Brownian or in the McElroy sense? Brownian would be interesting.

[Korts]

Sounds good. I lurves me grrls with attitude. In tight-fitting space suits.

[Korts]

What Pentadragon said. Town wouldn't lynch and no-one would turn traitor, because they've already won without doing anything. Unless there are spoilsports among us. Which there aren't.

<_<

>_>

[Korts]

I know that someone already did them, but would anyone be interested if I were to run a game for each of the 5 books in the Hitchhiker's Trilogy?

Definitely.

[Korts]

would anyone be interested in a Discworld Mafia in the distant future when I qualify myself for modding large themes?

[Korts]

would anyone be interested in a Discworld Mafia in the distant future when I qualify myself for modding large themes?

Only if the Death of Rats is in some way involved.

That'd be one heck of a PR...

[Korts]

Poet Showdown Mafia

Mountainous, but every player has a PR: everyone is given a poetic form in which they must post, i.e. shakespearian sonnet, petrarcan sonnet, villanelle, acrostic, etc.

[Korts]

Just because I didn't see it anywhere. I am planning on running The Princess Bride as a mini theme mafia game.

Chelo. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.

EDIT: by which I mean I'd definitely play, though it wouldn't be hard to break with role claims, and there aren't a lot of characters to choose from...

[Korts]

EBWOP: sorry, farside, it's been done.

[Korts]

Poet Showdown Mafia

Mountainous, but every player has a PR: everyone is given a poetic form in which they must post, i.e. shakespearian sonnet, petrarcan sonnet, villanelle, acrostic, etc.

I totally thought of hosting a game like that!

I'd love to play this.

Great minds think alike

I'll be sure to send you a PM if you're still around when it's in signups (it'll probably be quite a few months)

[Korts]

Also, your T-Rex has a vagina.

Now I'll never be able to sleep again. Or close my eyes. Damn you!

[Korts]

EDIT: Wait...never mind, I think this has already been done . I recall some talking about another game where the mod was an SK :S.

No, that wasn't like that, if it's the game I'm thinking about. In that game, the mod, Dragon Phoenix, was just like any other mod except neither faction could win until they lynched the mod. I think. I only read the last couple pages of that game, though.

[Korts]

Wouldn't it be easier to have a role that simply knows the setup? That seems to be what you're after.

Actually, I have such a role among my notes. It's paired with a bastard PR that won't enable them to say anything comprehensible

[Korts]

Wouldn't it be easier to have a role that simply knows the setup? That seems to be what you're after.

Actually, I have such a role among my notes. It's paired with a bastard PR that won't enable them to say anything comprehensible

Codes and breadcrumbing will kill this pretty quickly. Someone once used a restriction that made them post only in smileys to communicate plenty of information. Never assume you can limit what a player does meaningfully, especially if what they are trying to do is help their faction.

I doubt it'd be possible to communicate properly when the PR is "each post may and must contain a single "<meaninglessword>", no more, no less. No quoting, no multi-posting." Voting and FoSing are allowed naturally, but I'm not sure they'd be able to communicate their intent adequately through only that channel.

[Korts]

Wouldn't it be easier to have a role that simply knows the setup? That seems to be what you're after.

Actually, I have such a role among my notes. It's paired with a bastard PR that won't enable them to say anything comprehensible

Codes and breadcrumbing will kill this pretty quickly. Someone once used a restriction that made them post only in smileys to communicate plenty of information. Never assume you can limit what a player does meaningfully, especially if what they are trying to do is help their faction.

I doubt it'd be possible to communicate properly when the PR is "each post may and must contain a single "<meaninglessword>", no more, no less. No quoting, no multi-posting." Voting and FoSing are allowed naturally, but I'm not sure they'd be able to communicate their intent adequately through only that channel.

Scum

Vote: Korts

Easy enough to get around.

by <meaninglessword> I mean a word specified by me. i.e.

diddly-poo

vote: Natirasha

I doubt the town'd get that.

[Korts]

And the interesting thing about that is that it's the voting pattern that'd probably get them lynched. I mean, no-one has a perfect voting pattern.

[Korts]

by <meaninglessword> I mean a word specified by me. i.e.

diddly-poo

vote: Natirasha

I doubt the town'd get that.

That's also easy to get around (someone's had a votes-only restriction before). They started to use the names of the people they were voting as part of the code. The town figured it out pretty quickly, and that player didn't even have the incentive that you've given them.

Even if I restrict the number of <meaninglessword> in a post to one and forbid multiposting or multi-voting, you think the player could get around it?

But actually, what's the point of a PR if the player can't get around it in any way?

[Korts]

I was 15 one month ago...

No shit? I dunno why I thought you'd be around 20...

[Korts]

Key Party Mafia

Takes place at a motel in the middle of nowhere. A group of couples have gathered for a week of fun and games (orgies and partner swaps). Days take place in the lobby. Nights take place in rooms that people have drawn keys for.

Rooms with two people may night talk. Most likely ~half the people end up in the orgy room and are too "busy" to talk.

I like. Possibly pre-in?

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News Mafia

Famous real and fictional journalists fight an unknown gang of reporters writing under an as yet undisclosed alias who take all the good scoops and stories. Possible roles include Photographer, Editor, Field Reporter.

[Korts]

Sound interesting, yeah.

[Korts]

I'm thinking of doing a game based off George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Sounds like a good game. Animal Farm would be interesting, too.

[Korts]

So you died again. A bit reckless.

[Korts]

I thought you only changed when lynched/NKed.

[Korts]

Martial Law Mafia- Coming Soon!

This gave me an idea--Marital Law Mafia. Don't know the specifics yet, but I'm throwing it out there as an idea. Probably something like timed lovers and public divorces and hunting polygamists and stuff.

[Korts]

I like wording the SK win condition so that you can have two serial killers on the same team...

So basically a mafia group?

With two NKs, probably. I've also seen SKs that become a Mafia-style group if they target each other, but start out independent.

This, along with having read a massive amount of Sandman recently, gives me the idea of

SK convention

No idea of a particular setup, though.

[Korts]

I would like to mod a big theme game of Robin Hood when I have the chance.

That'll be almost two or three years based on the current queues.

Nah, I'd guesstimate 18 months.

Mod queue sizes will be huge in 3 months.

Roughly a third of the people are due to flake, though.

EDIT: multi-posting in style, sorry.

[Korts]

Mmm, how about if the Serial Killers are actually the uninformed majority? Give the Sandman a role. Maybe give Death a cameo appearance in flavor, that kinda thing. I'm definitely reserving this idea, the more I think the more I like.

[Korts]

How about a Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Mafia?

[Korts]

Advertising Mafia

CEO, Creative department, Account Services Department, day-talk within departments via quicktopic, CEO can communicate with all departments.

Creative teams etc.

Maybe even briefs.

EDIT: also, Smalltown sans role rotation (if that's a standard Smalltown mechanic at all), since everyone in an ad agency usually knows who's from which department and what they do.

[Korts]

Re: open discussion

If there ever is a Jew Mafia it should have Lawyers and Doctors and Bankers, and national socialists as the uninformed majority.

[Korts]

I'd play 1.

same here

[Korts]

Cognitive Functions Mafia

--another one of those ideas that come when half-asleep.

[Korts]

What's wrong with lynching, again? It is, after all, Racist Mafia.

[Korts]

Dead or Alive?

I'm working on a vampire-themed game. I remember Back to Gambits had a vampire role, but I'm not sure of any others. If anyone knows of any games or has any ideas, I'd love to discuss.

Lost Boys (Flay's large theme) had vampires, IIRC.

edit: and I'm pretty sure there's some Twilight game ongoing.