[REVIEW] Open Setup Reviews

[RH9]

A secret alt game seems fun. If it is run after my Limited Access ends, I might want to try it. Wait, by real identity, do you mean the actual player who is playing? Like the Puppet Master knows who all the Townies (and Ministers) are.

[RH9]

Oh. I just looked at it. Does everybody imitate other people, in secret alt games? I glimpsed through it and I thought that Not_Mafia played in it.

[RH9]

Oh, that's why he was acting like Not_Mafia. To be fair, I feel like if everybody imitated Not_Mafia, then the scum would realise that. (I think that realistically, they can just play the opposite of their usual playstyle. For example, a normally quiet and passive player can play aggressively and post a lot. Wait, has there been anybody who uses a different playstyle when they are in a secret alt game?)

[RH9]

Technically not mafia, despite being hidden information (there's no informed minority). EV is exactly 50% if you change it to 3:3:3 and probably plays out similarly to BoP Mafia. (50/50 in each hood so all right and all wrong are equally likely, 50/50 in the final trio). There is a slight townsiding influence in that the IC in the second round knows at least one hood chose wrong, but it's not really useful from a POE stance because they don't know which one or whether said player is even in the final grouping.

For reference, BoP is observably balanced, but has a third townsiding faction instead of the ICs.

Notably: you could have a separate queue for the IC roles to allow players to self select whether they want to be in that role.

Also notably: the EV remains unchanged for every setup where the size is n:n:n.

I think making it 3:3:3 would make it mafia and make it easier to fill, so this is good feedback!

I agree.
Though, if keeping it at 12 players is preferred, 4:4:4 is also a good idea.