Newbie 1198: Mafia on Holiday (Game Over)

Equinox · Post Post #0 (isolation #0) » Tue Mar 13, 2012 6:38 am

It was difficult to stand under all the decorations and not feel some of the holiday cheer. Christmas had come and gone, but the resort was still fairly crowded. Instead of staying inside to serve all the guests, the fellow plowing snow outside the entrance had chosen to go outside to enjoy some fresh air. It wasn't going to take much longer now. As soon as the new year broke and the holiday was over, he would be done with this job. He'd only taken it because the pay was good and the job was short-term; he'd have avoided it otherwise, since the resort was known as a place where shady dealings were made, and most of the locals had agreed that it was best to not stay there for too long. It amazed him how popular the place was with tourists.

He paused. He had heard the chatter from within the building even outside earlier, yet it was quiet now. He was about to go back to his work, thinking it was just a lull in activity, when he heard gunshots inside. His mind went back to the things about which he had been warned about the resort, how there were ties to the mafia... He let the shovel drop from his hands. He had to warn someone, but who? Would they try to kill him for going to the authorities? He decided on consulting the governing council of the town down the hill. He'd heard the stories of how they dealt with the mafia in times past. They would know what to do.

A cached version of the original thread can be downloaded here.

Players

BBmolla (IC)
nurC (SE)
Pizzadudes (SE)

Does Bo Know (SE)

RayFrost (SE)

theamatuer (SE)

LostGirlChan

Rubicon

Jammed

ThursdayAngel
Voidedmafia (SE)

Brinatoo

Askesis

Zenatsu
Ziggler

Spoiler: Game Reveals

Game Links

Rules
Setup
Rubicon replaces Jammed
Day 1 Begins
theamatuer replaces LostGirlChan
RayFrost replaces theamatuer
Pizzadudes7 replaces Does Bo Know
Day 2 Begins
Brinatoo replaces Askesis
Day 3 Begins
Day 4 Begins
Aftermath of the Site Crash
Voidedmafia replaces Brinatoo
Endgame

Equinox · Post Post #1 (isolation #1) » Tue Mar 13, 2012 7:00 am

Rules

(References: Hoopla, Nobody Special, Vel-Rahn Koon, zoraster)

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Lynches occur through simple majority (50% of living players + 1, rounded down). If no majority is reached at deadline or there is a majority of votes for No Lynch, Day will end without a lynch. Once majority is reached, no further votes or unvotes will count.
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Equinox · Post Post #2 (isolation #2) » Tue Mar 13, 2012 7:03 am

Setup

The 2of4 setup is a test game format we're trying out in Newbie Games to get around balance issues with the F11 setup. To prevent the development of game-breaking strategies, these Newbie Games are semi-open, wherein the actual game setup is randomly chosen as detailed below:

1
mafia role cop
1
mafia goon
5
townies
2 of the following with no duplicates possible:
- 1
  town cop
- 1
  town doctor
- 1
  town jailkeeper
- 1
  townie

Keep the following in mind:

The role cop has the option of submitting both investigations and kills, even when the goon is still alive.
Mafia must specify who is performing what Night action when the actions are submitted!

Below are all of the possible role PMs:

Player

Mafia

XXX
(a mafia role cop) and
YYY
(a mafia goon) are part of the local mafia crime family. Since your plot to quietly overtake the town has failed, you will attempt take it by force by eliminating the others until you outnumber the populace.

During the Day, try to blend in with the normal townies and attempt to get someone lynched.

During the NIGHT phase ONLY, you may talk with your fellow mafia (via this QuickTopic) and choose another player in the town to kill that Night.

One of you must notify the moderator with your choice of who to kill
and who is performing the kill
before the Night deadline.

The mafia role cop has the ability to investigate another player and learn their role (i.e., vanilla, cop, doctor, or jailkeeper).

One of you must notify the moderator with your choice of player that you want to investigate (usually along with the kill) before the Night deadline.

If the mafia role cop is blocked by a jailkeeper, then the role cop will receive a PM stating "no result."

You may communicate privately via QuickTopic with your fellow mafia up until the game thread is opened. Once the game begins, all outside communication must cease until the Night phase.

Please do not communicate with each other outside of the QuickTopic.

You win when the number of mafia equals or exceeds the number of remaining town players, whether you survive to the end or not.

Please confirm by PM.
You must include your role name in your reply!
The game thread is here; I recommend bookmarking this topic for your convenience.

Player

Townie

You are a normal townsperson, trying to make a living and survive this insanity.

You have no abilities at Night other than getting a good night's rest.

Although you do not have any special abilities, your voice and vote are powerful weapons in their own right. Use them to your best advantage!

At no time may you privately communicate with any other player.

You win when all the mafia players are gone, whether you survive to the end or not.

Please confirm by PM.
You must include your role name in your reply!
The game thread is here; I recommend bookmarking this topic for your convenience.

Player

Cop

You are a member of the local law enforcement and can tell the good guys from the bad.

Each NIGHT, you may notify the moderator with your choice of player that you want to investigate before the Night deadline.

The moderator will inform you as to that person's guilt or innocence.

If you are blocked by a jailkeeper, you will receive a PM stating "no result."

At no time may you privately communicate with any other player.

In a newbie game, you will always get a correct result (i.e., no sanity issues).

You win when all the mafia players are gone, whether you survive to the end or not.

Please confirm by PM.
You must include your role name in your reply!
The game thread is here; I recommend bookmarking this topic for your convenience.

Player

Doctor

You are a physician, and can use your medical training to protect people from harm.

Each NIGHT, you may notify the moderator with your choice of player that you want to protect before the Night deadline.

If someone attempts to kill that player during the Night, they will be spared.

You will not be informed as to whether your protection was successful or not.

You may not protect yourself.

At no time may you privately communicate with any other player.

In a newbie game, your protection target will always live through the night (i.e., no sanity issues).

You win when all the mafia players are gone, whether you survive to the end or not.

Please confirm by PM.
You must include your role name in your reply!
The game thread is here; I recommend bookmarking this topic for your convenience.

Player

Jailkeeper

You are a prison guard, and it's your job to ensure the undesirables are kept in their place.

Each NIGHT, you may notify the moderator with your choice of player that you want to send to jail before the Night deadline.

If the jailed player attempts to use a Night action (i.e., investigate, protect, or kill), their action will not resolve.

If the jailed player is the target of a kill, that action will not resolve. Any other actions (i.e., investigate or protect) will resolve.

Neither you nor your target will be made aware of whether your own action was successful.

You may not put yourself in jail.

At no time may you privately communicate with any other player.

You win when all the mafia players are gone, whether you survive to the end or not.

Please confirm by PM.
You must include your role name in your reply!
The game thread is here; I recommend bookmarking this topic for your convenience.

Equinox · Post Post #3 (isolation #3) » Tue Mar 13, 2012 7:09 am

Due to a major site crash, the original thread for this game was lost and can no longer be accessed from the forums. Information about the crash can be found here. A cached version of all 34 pages can be downloaded here. This archive contains all posts that were made up to February 25. If this link does not work for any reason, please contact me and I'll hook you up with a new one.

Many thanks to nurC for helping me with the final page.

The game will resume as soon as I find a replacement for Brinatoo. Thank you for your patience.

Equinox · Post Post #4 (isolation #4) » Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:28 am

Voidedmafia replaces Brinatoo.

Given the length of time it took to get the game running again, I will restart the deadline for Day 4. Good luck to all, and, again, thank you very much for being patient.

Vote Count 4.00

Not Voting (3) - ThursdayAngel, Voidedmafia, Zenatsu

With 3 alive, it's 2 to lynch.

The deadline is Tuesday, April 3, 2012, at 6:29 PM EDT (UTC-4).

Equinox · Post Post #20 (isolation #5) » Sat Mar 17, 2012 12:53 pm

A post containing spam has been deleted.

Equinox · Post Post #26 (isolation #6) » Sun Mar 18, 2012 5:21 am

Vote Count 4.01

Not Voting (3) - ThursdayAngel, Voidedmafia, Zenatsu

With 3 alive, it's 2 to lynch.

The deadline is Tuesday, April 3, 2012, at 6:29 PM EDT (UTC-4).

Equinox · Post Post #50 (isolation #7) » Fri Mar 23, 2012 4:07 pm

Vote Count 4.02

Not Voting (3) - ThursdayAngel, Voidedmafia, Zenatsu

With 3 alive, it's 2 to lynch.

The deadline is Tuesday, April 3, 2012, at 6:29 PM EDT (UTC-4).

Equinox · Post Post #55 (isolation #8) » Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:03 pm

*poke*

Equinox · Post Post #60 (isolation #9) » Tue Mar 27, 2012 5:37 am

Zenatsu has been prodded.

Equinox · Post Post #75 (isolation #10) » Fri Mar 30, 2012 8:14 am

Vote Count 4.03

Not Voting (3) - ThursdayAngel, Voidedmafia, Zenatsu

With 3 alive, it's 2 to lynch.

The deadline is Tuesday, April 3, 2012, at 6:29 PM EDT (UTC-4).

Equinox · Post Post #128 (isolation #11) » Sun Apr 01, 2012 8:22 am

Vote Count 4.04

Voidedmafia (2) - Zenatsu, ThursdayAngel

Not Voting (1) - Voidedmafia

With 3 alive, it's 2 to lynch.

The deadline is Tuesday, April 3, 2012, at 6:29 PM EDT (UTC-4).[/area]

Equinox · Post Post #129 (isolation #12) » Sun Apr 01, 2012 9:18 am

How many days had it been?

Voidedmafia had lost track. He knew that his stay here had not been long, yet he couldn't help feeling that there was a spring breeze outside, beckoning to him. Sometimes, in those rare moments of silence, he could hear birds singing their little spring songs. Yes, if he could only finish his business here, he would be out in the sunshine and be done with this holiday once and for all. For all those sensations that he felt, however, he knew it was simply yearning; when he was done here, he would still have to greet the world in all its chilly glory.

He turned back to the other two who were trapped with him in the lounge. ThursdayAngel and Zenatsu had been restless all day, one shuffling about the room while the other fidgeted in his seat. Occasionally, they swapped roles. At the moment, they were in the middle of an argument, the quiet, simmering kind that had always given Voidedmafia chills just by hearing how soft it was. He listened carefully for anything that could tell him who the mafioso between them was. He heard nothing, nothing but painful memories of the past few days when they had all killed in desperation.

When he couldn't take it anymore, he told them to get on with it. Zenatsu stopped, and he stood up. Voidedmafia didn't like the look he had in his eye, but there was not much time for Voidedmafia to ponder upon this as what came after was much worse. As Voidedmafia stood, frozen in place by the horror he felt, he listened as Zenatsu listed all of the crimes Voidedmafia had committed this past day and all of the other days. ThursdayAngel could only nod in silence as Zenatsu spoke, each accusation heavier than the last.

And then it was done. Zenatsu and ThursdayAngel cleared the table in the center of the lounge, and they inflicted Voidedmafia upon it with everything they had.

Voidedmafia,

townie

, was lynched on Day 4!

A win condition has been reached!

Zenatsu looked up at ThursdayAngel. ThursdayAngel smiled at him, proud of what the two of them had done together; they had served justice, and it was the greatest feeling Zenatsu had felt for a long time. Even though he knew that they had chosen correctly, he still had to check Voidedmafia's body. It was only right. He looked through Voidedmafia's pockets. Finding nothing, he patted Voidedmafia down, checking for any other places Voidedmafia could have hidden identification. Zenatsu took off Voidedmafia's socks, still finding nothing.

He was worried now. Surely Voidedmafia would have carried something on him. Surely he would have found Voidedmafia's gun by now or some card listing him as "goon member of the mafia since XXXX." Zenatsu took out the drawers from the table, hoping against hope that Voidedmafia would have left something in there, even if the reason for that was beyond Zenatsu. Nothing. He didn't want to think about the possibility that he had just lynched an innocent man. He couldn't because the consequence of that would be far too frightening.

Zenatsu heard the tell-tale click from ThursdayAngel's gun. Game over.

Zenatsu,

townie

, was killed in the endgame!

ThursdayAngel dropped the gun beside Zenatsu and kicked it under the table. It did not matter to him if the police found it; he would be long gone by the time they arrived, if they were coming at all. A town that judged its own people by serial lynchings could not possibly have any law enforcement authority. It just wouldn't make sense. ThursdayAngel gave the lounge one last look, and he stepped out into the winter cold. The door closed shut behind him, which was when he noticed a little wreath hung upon a nail.

It was difficult to stand under this decoration and not feel some of the holiday cheer. The place had been decked out with colorful lights and crimson and green banners. Even the sign by the door was not spared a Santa hat. ThursdayAngel hummed a little carol to himself as he sauntered down the street ankle-deep in snow but not giving it a bit of care. Four days it had been since this had all started. On this, the fourth night, he would celebrate... in memory of RayFrost, and in the joy of knowing he had won a hard-fought battle of wits.

ThursdayAngel,

mafia goon

, survives and wins the game for the mafia!

Equinox · Post Post #130 (isolation #13) » Sun Apr 01, 2012 9:27 am

Roles

The following two roles were chosen at random for this game: town doctor, town jailkeeper

Mafia Role Cop:

LostGirlChan

theamatuer (SE)

RayFrost (SE)
Mafia Goon: ThursdayAngel
Town Doctor: Ziggler
Town Jailkeeper:

Jammed

Rubicon
Townie:

Askesis

Brinatoo

Voidedmafia (SE)
Townie: BBmolla (IC)
Townie:

Does Bo Know (SE)

Pizzadudes7 (SE)
Townie: nurC (SE)
Townie: Zenatsu

Actions

Night 1

Rubicon jails Askesis (successful)
ThursdayAngel kills nurC (successful)
RayFrost investigates Askesis (successful, vanilla)

Night 2

Rubicon jails Zenatsu (successful)
ThursdayAngel kills Rubicon (successful)
RayFrost investigates BBmolla (successful, vanilla)

Night 3

ThursdayAngel kills BBmolla (successful)

QuickTopics

Graveyard: http://www.quicktopic.com/47/H/eyYpe34xksEy4
Mafia: http://www.quicktopic.com/47/H/ydt7YmFeSHN (revealed in post 146)

Everyone should use this time to discuss the game and give and receive feedback for game play. Ask questions and see what you did well and what needs improving, and apply them to future games.

Thank you to everyone who participated in this game, and a special thank you to everyone for your patience during the site crash and the aftermath of setting the game up again. I'd like to apologize to Brinatoo for being too hasty with his replacement; I should have waited a bit after creating the thread before hunting for replacements, and I missed Brinatoo by minutes. Sorry, Brinatoo. Also, thank you to ThursdayAngel for offering to go through his cache; that ended up not being necessary, but I'm glad for the offer nonetheless.

That's probably it. I hope you enjoyed playing and that I'll see you all around sometime in the future.