Alright, I'm postponing Mafia and Sign-ups for two weeks, in an effort for helping more people have more time to play and all that.
Yep, it's that time again. Time for another game of mafia. Hosted by yours truly, this game of mafia is going to have a special theme: Food! Fast Food, restaurants, Iron Chef, the food network, Chef Ramsey, anything goes, as long as it's related to food. Want to be Ronald McDonald? Go ahead! Play as Martha Stewart? Sure. Yeah, it seems strange, but I'll do my best to make it fun.
The game begins at the beginning of EST Tuesday, as soon as I get the roles out.
There will be no new roles. Everything you see will have been seen before in most mafia games. This will be straight-up mafia. The difference in my rules? I'll summarize it for you:
In the event of a tie, all people who brought that tie to be will die. That means that if you voted for one of the two (or more) tied people, you die, unless there is explicitly something blocking your death. The tied players die as well.
Every single day, you must at least vote, or you must make three posts in the mafia thread. Yes, this is more than normal, but I'm also someone who hates the "stand by until they forget you're playing strategy." That's not strategy, IMO. DO NOT SIGN UP IF YOU CAN NOT PLAY! THIS GAME, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON EACH SIDE, AND THE RULES ARE BALANCED BASED ON ALL PLAYERS PARTICIPATING. IF YOU PLAN TO SIGN UP AND FORGET ABOUT THE GAME, THEN JUST DON'T SIGN UP AT ALL!
The roles will absolutely be given out at random. If I believe that the I have created too many townie roles based on the size of my mafia, one player is going to be a "mafia sympathizer." Essentially, this player is allied with the mafia, has a role on the townie side, and will not know who the mafia is. This player will be chosen at random, as well, if this role exists.
Additionally, there's one final thing. I've promised a "no twist" mafia game, but I'd like to do something more fun for the townies: I'd like to give each player a secret task they must complete before the end of the game. Sure, that could be a twist, it may not be. It could be something as simple as "Live for four days," or you could get something more complicated, like "Don't be the target for any night actions for 3 nights." I don't want winning to contend on these tasks, but I would like there to be some sort of reward for most. If I can't come up with something decent as an in-game reward, then this certainly would not happen.
So, to sign up, you need to pick a character and vote "yes" or "no" on the secret task option. If you'd like, please suggest a small reward for completing the tasks, I've got a few ideas, but I'd like to see what others think. I'm not announcing the roles yet, but I assure you, there will be no surprises.