Not Known 15's mini normal review circa January 2019

[Not Known 15]

You don't think this falls under Normal?

[Not Known 15]

So I'll step in and say:

This game is technically normal; it fits the strict requirements of a normal game.

However, it will not fit the expectations, I suspect, of a good majority of players entering the normal queue.

Having a single nearly all-powerful role like a bulletproof IC that is given a free division of the player list in half goes against the expectation of a "normal game of mafia." If that person shares the information publicly then the game turns into "hunt the two scum from each subgroup" which feels distinctly like a theme mechanic because it becomes the entire focus of the game. If they don't share that information, then the game becomes essentially one person playing solitaire and directing all of the lynches while everyone else is forced to blindly follow (and in fact, this is probably the optimal way to play the role, as it prevents scum from knowing how the groups are laid out and planning nightkills around it).

Fair point. I will think on how to change that.

[Not Known 15]

Alright, so I recycled another idea and removed Bulletproof.

2 Vanilla Townies

Spoiler:

Vanilla Townie

Abilities:
You have no abilities other than your voice and your vote.
Win Conditions:
You win if all threats to the town are eliminated and at least one town-aligned player is alive

(or nothing can prevent the same)

.

3 Town Macho Neighbor

Spoiler:

Town Macho Neighbor

Modifiers: Macho: You cannot be protected from kills.
Neighbor:You are part of a Neighborhood:[Link]. You may talk at any time.
Win Conditions:
You win if all threats to the town are eliminated and at least one town-aligned player is alive

(or nothing can prevent the same)

.

1 Town Informed Night 3+ Vigilante

Spoiler:

Town Informed Night 3+ Vigilante)

Abilities:Kill:You may attempt to kill another player.
Modifiers:Informed:You know that if you target Mafia, your target will die. This information will be redacted upon your flip.
Night 3+:You cannot use your role on Night 1 and Night 2.
Win Conditions:
You win if all threats to the town are eliminated and at least one town-aligned player is alive

(or nothing can prevent the same)

.

1

Informed Macho Innocent Child

Spoiler:

Informed Innocent Child

Ability:Innocent Child:You are confirmed to be town(at the start of the game).
Modifiers:Informed:You know that there are four people aligned with the Mafia, one of them being a traitor. These informations will be redacted upon your flip.
Macho:You cannot be protected from death.
Win Conditions:
You win if all threats to the town are eliminated and at least one town-aligned player is alive

(or nothing can prevent the same)

.

1 Town Macho Neighbor Night 1 Cop

Spoiler:

Town Macho Neighbor Night 1 Cop

Abilities:
Investigate: Each night phase, you may target one player in the game to investigate them. You will receive a result of "Town", "Anti-town", or "No Result".
Modifiers: Macho:You cannot be protected from kills.
Night 1:You can only use your role on Night 1.

1 Disloyal Informed Macho Neighbor Ninja Night 1-2 Babysitter

Spoiler:

Town Disloyal Informed Macho Neighbor Ninja Night 1-2 Babysitter

Abilities:
Babysit: Each night phase, you may target one player in the game to babysit them. They will be protected from a single kill. However, if you are killed, your target will die with you.
Modifiers: Disloyal: Targeting those of the same alignment fails.
Informed: You know that all members of the Neighborhood are Macho.
Macho:You cannot be protected from kills.
Neighbor:You are part of a Neighborhood:[Link]. You may talk at any time.
Ninja: Your visits are hidden.
Night 1-2: You can only use your role on Night 1 and Night 2.
Win Conditions:
You win if all threats to the town are eliminated and at least one town-aligned player is alive

(or nothing can prevent the same)

.

2 Mafia Encryptor

Spoiler:

Mafia Encryptor

Abilities:
Encrypt:As long as you are alive the Mafia have daychat.
Factional Communication: Each night phase, you may talk to your group here [Link].
Factional Kill: Each night phase, you may send a member of your group to target another player in the game, attempting to kill them.
Win Conditions:

You win if at least one mafia member is alive and all other players are dead (or if nothing can prevent the same).

1 Informed Mafia

Spoiler:

Mafia Informed

Abilities:

Factional Communication: Each night phase, you may talk to your group here [Link].
Factional Kill: Each night phase, you may send a member of your group to target another player in the game, attempting to kill them.
Modifiers:Informed:You know that one of [name of Traitor, name of Cop, name of Disloyal Night 1-2 Ninja Babysitter; sorted by playerlist number] is a Cop with a modifier. You know that there is an Informed Macho Innocent Child.
These informations will be redacted upon your flip.
Win Conditions:

You win if at least one mafia member is alive and all other players are dead (or if nothing can prevent the same).

1 Mafia Macho Neighbor Traitor

Spoiler:

Mafia Macho Neighbor Traitor

Abilities:
Traitor:You assist the Mafia, who are [name],[name], and [name]. They are informed that a traitor exists in game. By default, they don't know your name. You lose if you are the only member of the Mafia alive.
Modifiers:Macho:You cannot be protected from kills.
Neighbor:You are part of a Neighborhood:[Link]. You may talk at any time.
Win Conditions:
You win if at least one mafia member is alive and all other players are dead (or if nothing can prevent the same).

[Not Known 15]

1. For the n3+ vig - wouldn't the below be "Disloyal" as a modifier instead of "Informed?"

"Modifiers:Informed:You know that if you target Mafia, your target will die. This information will be redacted upon your flip."

No, this is very valuable information. It essentially says that no one can protect Mafia or stop a mafia kill or roleblock Town on Night 3+
It is NOT disloyal; if they target town then town can(and will) die, too.

2. I count 6 people in a neighborhood? Interesting.
What is the intent of the Babysitter having the Ninja modifier?

Yes, 6 people... quite a bit!
The Ninja is a red herring.

1 Informed Mafia

I forgot to change the cop to modifier

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; here is the repaired RolePM.

Spoiler:

Mafia Informed

Abilities:

Factional Communication: Each night phase, you may talk to your group here [Link].
Factional Kill: Each night phase, you may send a member of your group to target another player in the game, attempting to kill them.
Modifiers:Informed:You know that one of [name of Traitor, name of Cop, name of Disloyal Night 1-2 Ninja Babysitter; sorted by playerlist number] is a Cop with modifiers. You know that there is an Informed Macho Innocent Child.
These informations will be redacted upon your flip.
Win Conditions:
You win if at least one mafia member is alive and all other players are dead (or if nothing can prevent the same).

[Not Known 15]

Hm. Do you think this is better or not?

[Not Known 15]

I realize people tend not to consider Neighbors as roles in the design world, but I'm a bit concerned that from the play perspective, the setup only has two VTs?
Yes, there's essentially-vanilla-neighbors, but they aren't actual bona fide VTs.

Well, the rule is.... minimum of 1 VT in normal games.
This has a pretty low amount of night actions for a Mini Normal, because despite 2 VT's there are no very complicated night actions nor is the game completely dominated by night actions(although it is, due to the number of Mafia, a bit more reliant on Night actions than normal).
We have three possible actions Night 1, and two for the rest of the game, including the Mafia kill.
However, I just noticed a problem with the setup- potentially - the interaction of Macho with Babysitter - (or a Jailkeeper). Erm. So please don't sign it off yet- I need to ask implosion about that.

[Not Known 15]

The problem is: What actually happens if a Jailkeeper or Babysitter visits a player with the Macho modifier?

[Not Known 15]

But based off the newer posts, were you contemplating further altering the setup ?

Well... no, I think it should be fine.

Another thought - the setup with the 2 vts , 4 neighbors, and IC - makes me think this is focused largely on day play .

Well, dayplay is significant, yes - as it should be always for Normal games. The Nightkill is also important, however.

[Not Known 15]

Are you still thinking about the setup?

[Not Known 15]

I'm still uncomfortable with how there's only two legitimate VTs--even the neighbors aren't just neighbors; they have a modifier which makes them stand out even more than just being a neighbor would. It still feels like a theme more than a normal with that mechanic.

Would removing the Macho modifier from everyone except the Traitor, the IC and the Babysitter work? The information from the Babysitter would have to be altered to "Two people in the neighborhood have the Macho modifier".

[Not Known 15]

2 Vanilla Townies

Spoiler:

Vanilla Townie

Abilities:
You have no abilities other than your voice and your vote.
Win Conditions:
You win if all threats to the town are eliminated and at least one town-aligned player is alive

(or nothing can prevent the same)

.

3 Town Neighbor

Spoiler:

Town Neighbor

Modifiers:Neighbor:You are part of a Neighborhood:[Link]. You may talk at any time.
Win Conditions:
You win if all threats to the town are eliminated and at least one town-aligned player is alive

(or nothing can prevent the same)

.

1 Town Informed Night 3+ Vigilante

Spoiler:

Town Informed Night 3+ Vigilante)

Abilities:Kill:You may attempt to kill another player.
Modifiers:Informed:You know that if you target Mafia, your target will die. This information will be redacted upon your flip.
Night 3+:You cannot use your role on Night 1 and Night 2.
Win Conditions:
You win if all threats to the town are eliminated and at least one town-aligned player is alive

(or nothing can prevent the same)

.

1

Informed Macho Innocent Child

Spoiler:

Informed Innocent Child

Ability:Innocent Child:You are confirmed to be town(at the start of the game).
Modifiers:Informed:You know that there are four people aligned with the Mafia, one of them being a traitor. These informations will be redacted upon your flip.
Macho:You cannot be protected from death.
Win Conditions:
You win if all threats to the town are eliminated and at least one town-aligned player is alive

(or nothing can prevent the same)

.

1 Town Neighbor Night 1 Cop

Spoiler:

Town Neighbor Night 1 Cop

Abilities:
Investigate: Each night phase, you may target one player in the game to investigate them. You will receive a result of "Town", "Anti-town", or "No Result".
Night 1:You can only use your role on Night 1.

1 Disloyal Informed Macho Neighbor Ninja Night 1-2 Babysitter

Spoiler:

Town Disloyal Informed Macho Neighbor Ninja Night 1-2 Babysitter

Abilities:
Babysit: Each night phase, you may target one player in the game to babysit them. They will be protected from a single kill. However, if you are killed, your target will die with you.
Modifiers: Disloyal: Targeting those of the same alignment fails.
Informed: You know that two members of the Neighborhood are Macho.
Macho:You cannot be protected from kills.
Neighbor:You are part of a Neighborhood:[Link]. You may talk at any time.
Ninja: Your visits are hidden.
Night 1-2: You can only use your role on Night 1 and Night 2.
Win Conditions:
You win if all threats to the town are eliminated and at least one town-aligned player is alive

(or nothing can prevent the same)

.

2 Mafia Encryptor

Spoiler:

Mafia Encryptor

Abilities:
Encrypt:As long as you are alive the Mafia have daychat.
Factional Communication: Each night phase, you may talk to your group here [Link].
Factional Kill: Each night phase, you may send a member of your group to target another player in the game, attempting to kill them.
Win Conditions:

You win if at least one mafia member is alive and all other players are dead (or if nothing can prevent the same).

1 Informed Mafia

Spoiler:

Mafia Informed

Abilities:

Factional Communication: Each night phase, you may talk to your group here [Link].
Factional Kill: Each night phase, you may send a member of your group to target another player in the game, attempting to kill them.
Modifiers:Informed:You know that one of [name of Traitor, name of Cop, name of Disloyal Night 1-2 Ninja Babysitter; sorted by playerlist number] is a Cop with a modifier. You know that there is an Informed Macho Innocent Child.
These informations will be redacted upon your flip.
Win Conditions:

You win if at least one mafia member is alive and all other players are dead (or if nothing can prevent the same).

1 Mafia Macho Neighbor Traitor

Spoiler:

Mafia Macho Neighbor Traitor

Abilities:
Traitor:You assist the Mafia, who are [name],[name], and [name]. They are informed that a traitor exists in game. By default, they don't know your name. You lose if you are the only member of the Mafia alive.
Modifiers:Macho:You cannot be protected from kills.
Neighbor:You are part of a Neighborhood:[Link]. You may talk at any time.
Win Conditions:
You win if at least one mafia member is alive and all other players are dead (or if nothing can prevent the same).

[Not Known 15]

"Informed: You know that two members of the Neighborhood are Macho." Shouldn't that include, 'excluding yourself'?

No. There are three players that are Macho - the IC, the Babysitter and the Traitor. But the IC is not part of the neighborhood.

[Not Known 15]

Can we get access to the pt threads when the game begins? Hehe.

Implosion will have access anyways(in their case:mod access) and you can get access to most PT's on request, too - you have the info about the setup anyways, and you should be experienced enough to not compromise the game.

[Not Known 15]

The game has been completed!