Posted February 20, 2017
So, you just came here and have no idea what is mafia but you would like to know. For you there is a short summary of this game and this link to flash tutorial.
Game of Mafia in short
Mafia is a forum game with two teams - the Mafia and the Town. The goal of the game is for one team to kill the other. The game also has two phases, Day and Night.
During the Day phase all the players in the game discuss, and eventually decide on a player to lynch. The Townies try to deduce who the Mafia are, while the Mafia try to blend in while also casting suspicion on Townies. Each player has a vote, and when one player has more than half the votes, that player will be lynched. At that point their alignment will be revealed, the day ends, and the game heads in to the Night phase.
During Night, there is no posting in the game thread. The Mafia discuss between themselves, and decide on one Townie to kill. After a set period of time (normally 48-72 hours), The moderator then informs the player of who has been killed, and Day starts again.
There might also be Townies who have abilities at night, such as the Cop who can investigate other players to determine their alignment, or the Doc who can protect another player from being killed that night.
This cycle continues until either all Mafia are dead, or the Mafia equals the town in size.
(When the Mafia equals the town in size they "control the lynch", and as such the outcome of the game is no longer in question)
The Townies (~75% of the players) do not know the alignment of any other players, and through logic and discussion they must try to deduce who the Mafia are. The lynch is their most powerful weapon.
The Mafia (~25% of the players) do know who their team mates are, and must try to deceive the Townies and stay out of the spotlight. Their most powerful weapon is the Mafia nightkill.
If you are interested in playing let us know in this thread and we will PM you when new game is about to start. In the meantime you can learn more about mafia theory and read our older games - also see these links.
Please use this thread for any and all discussion on the topic of mafia.
Useful links -
Barefoot Essentials for general forum improvements.
Adalia Fundamentals A handy script for filtering for names, bold case, and votes for use by players and moderators alike by adaliabooks.
Links useful (not only) for new players - Please read at least some of them!:
Flash tutorial describing game of mafia
Another flash tutorial describing roles of mafia
Mafiawiki page Very useful source of any informations about mafia.
List of common roles
A Beginner's Guide to Being Awesome At Mafia
A Beginner's Guide to Claiming
JEEP's Tells for Finding Mafia
Interesting MTGS post about ways to find if player is scummy or towny. Includes examples.
Follow-up to the previous one. This one is mostly about various scum tells.
-------> Links to all games<-------
Make sure not to discuss games in progress.
Even if you are dead. Not even things you consider as harmless. You can use quicktopic created for observers but not open forum or PM. Thank you!
Game of Mafia in short
Mafia is a forum game with two teams - the Mafia and the Town. The goal of the game is for one team to kill the other. The game also has two phases, Day and Night.
During the Day phase all the players in the game discuss, and eventually decide on a player to lynch. The Townies try to deduce who the Mafia are, while the Mafia try to blend in while also casting suspicion on Townies. Each player has a vote, and when one player has more than half the votes, that player will be lynched. At that point their alignment will be revealed, the day ends, and the game heads in to the Night phase.
During Night, there is no posting in the game thread. The Mafia discuss between themselves, and decide on one Townie to kill. After a set period of time (normally 48-72 hours), The moderator then informs the player of who has been killed, and Day starts again.
There might also be Townies who have abilities at night, such as the Cop who can investigate other players to determine their alignment, or the Doc who can protect another player from being killed that night.
This cycle continues until either all Mafia are dead, or the Mafia equals the town in size.
(When the Mafia equals the town in size they "control the lynch", and as such the outcome of the game is no longer in question)
The Townies (~75% of the players) do not know the alignment of any other players, and through logic and discussion they must try to deduce who the Mafia are. The lynch is their most powerful weapon.
The Mafia (~25% of the players) do know who their team mates are, and must try to deceive the Townies and stay out of the spotlight. Their most powerful weapon is the Mafia nightkill.
If you are interested in playing let us know in this thread and we will PM you when new game is about to start. In the meantime you can learn more about mafia theory and read our older games - also see these links.
Please use this thread for any and all discussion on the topic of mafia.
Useful links -
Barefoot Essentials for general forum improvements.
Adalia Fundamentals A handy script for filtering for names, bold case, and votes for use by players and moderators alike by adaliabooks.
Links useful (not only) for new players - Please read at least some of them!:
Flash tutorial describing game of mafia
Another flash tutorial describing roles of mafia
Mafiawiki page Very useful source of any informations about mafia.
List of common roles
A Beginner's Guide to Being Awesome At Mafia
A Beginner's Guide to Claiming
JEEP's Tells for Finding Mafia
Interesting MTGS post about ways to find if player is scummy or towny. Includes examples.
Follow-up to the previous one. This one is mostly about various scum tells.
-------> Links to all games<-------
Make sure not to discuss games in progress.
Even if you are dead. Not even things you consider as harmless. You can use quicktopic created for observers but not open forum or PM. Thank you!
