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After the last game of Mafia, I had an idea for a different game.

Normal Mafia (Godfather, Hitman, Cop), but with these additions:

There is an Independent Child role. The Child wins if they are alive at the end of the game, and does not affect the win conditions of other factions, except that the other independent player cannot win while they are alive. The Cop, the secret Town role, and members of the Mafia know who the Child is at the start of the game.

There is a secret Independent role. They are not on the same team as the Child, and have a separate win condition.

There is a secret Town role. They do not have any initial powers, but develop a power as the game progresses

There are no Universal Backups. Once a power role is dead, there is no way for the role to come back. A Godfather becomes a Hitman if there is no other Hitman.

Ties result in a secondary Emergency Vote phase, in which all players may only vote for people who are tied for the most votes. If the result is a tie again, both players die.

You may not vote for yourself, but No Elimination is a valid vote.

There is no hammer. Voting continues until the end of the day. A majority is not necessary for an elimination. If, at the end of the day, a player has more votes than any other player, they are eliminated.

Looking for a minimum of 9 players, 12 max.

Edit: Changed the Child role slightly to make it worth playing.

The child role doesn't have any incentive to play. Since all players know who the role is, they simply don't vote for that player nor do mafia kill them.

The secret roles... spice things up with the child.

Freddino18 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 11, 2023 5:55 am The secret roles... spice things up with the child.

They may spice things up for those other roles, but the child still has no incentive to do anything in the game. The rules as they are guarantee them a win, because no faction has any reason to eliminate them.
Unless of course the rules are lying, but that'd be "bastard"

Sometimes when people want to do something experimental, they run their setups by a more experienced mod (i.e. Sabrar or bessie) to check for balance issues.

Slight change then: The Child's role will only be known to the Mafia, the Cop, and the secret Town role. In addition, the secret Indie role cannot win while the Child is alive.

Fred, we have a lot of experimental games and I look forward to playing your game. But I concur with moody that it might be a good idea to have the game reviewed by an experienced player, or perhaps even get a co-mod for your first game. I'm sure we can find someone to look it over. But not me, as I will be playing!

Sab, would you like to co-mod?

I probably won't have time to fully co-mod but I can review the setup if you want.

Might just let this die, I have long periods of not even logging on, the most recent one due to the Escape Speed comic being on this tab.