I was asked to weigh in on the Pick your Poison setup. I've run 4 of these, each of them also allowed town to vote during day 0 on what abilities scum would be given, but I don't know what standard of normality is being used in this queue. If you're looking for simplicity, I'd replace the cop with something weaker, maybe a vig or even one with limited shots if people see a full one as too powerful. If the choice was between doctor/roleblocker/vig, would people consider putting a vig in as scum? If not, maybe a 2 shot vig?
Small variations are possible, like allowing scum to double up on the same role if you're confident on the balance. Ironically, I think as I got better at balancing the PYP setups, they became less fun because town agonised for so long over what roles to give the scum that half of them became apathetic before day 1 had even started. I think the best kind of setup for open queue would be just scum choosing between 3 balanced roles and possibly being allowed to give town two of the same role if they want. That gives them a more challenging decision that the current version without making it into too big a deal.
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