[READ!] Mafia RULES AND GAMEPLAY

So, I have decided to revise the rules and clear up some possible misunderstandings and other stuff.


Player requirements:

Activity – To keep the game going, people MUST at least carry out their responsibilities by PMing the host if their role requires it. If the host deems a player inactive enough to slow down the gameplay, he is entitled to kick him (disqualify), meaning the player is not part of the Mafia game anymore.

Awarness – Before signing up, make sure you read the rules and guidelines. If you don't understand something, you can ask, but ask BEFORE THE START OF THE ROUND.

Fair-Play – I know I don't really have any means by which I could monitor what you tell each other via PM, MSN and other media, but please don't do that. If you cheat, you kill the fun. The only allowed communications are between Mafia members and between special roles and the host. So no inter-citizen PMing. Moreover, PMing between dead and alive players is STRICTLY FORBIDDEN.

The host and his rights and duties:

The host is the member who keeps the game running. Every forum member has a right to host, though it has to be confirmed by me, Divisor. If the host does not follow his responsibilites or goes inactive, a new host is picked from the dead players.

Rights:
- The host can kick players if he deems them inactive or suspects them of cheating.
- The host can abort the round, put the round on hiatus or restart the round at any point in the game if he has reasons for it (mass cheating, inactivity).
Aborting the round: Closing the round and starting a completely new one.
Restarting the round: Closing the round and starting a new one with the same players, but different distribution of roles.
- The host can choose freely between the roles he will include in a round.
- The host can freely distribute the roles, though he must follow the rules (see: Roles).
- The host can provide hints, but he must write them in public.

Duties and restrictions:
- The host must help the players if they ask for it.
- The host must not give hints to players in private (reveal roles,…)
- The host is responsible for changing between Day/Night. He must change between Day/Night every 24 hours at maximum, though he is allowed to prolong the period if neccessary.
- The host must not reveal the contents of PMs he receives.

Roles are PMed at the beginning of the round by the host. Roles are not exchangable, the role you get is the role you keep until the end of the round.
The following is the list of all existing roles. The host can freely choose which roles will he include in a specific round, though he must follow these rules:
- There have to be at least 3 bystanders in the round.
- The minimum Mafia member count is 3, at least one of them has to be a normal Mafia member.
- Sheriff, Doctor, Spy, normal Mafia and Godfather are obligatory roles.
Every role has a right to participate in the free discussion, to accuse and to vote. The rest is explained in the following list:

Citizen side:

Bystander
Can only accuse and vote.

Doctor
Has the ability to save 1 person per Night. He performs this role by PMing the host the name of the player he wants to save. The name of the Doctor is not revealed in the Day round, only the target's name.

Sheriff
Has the ability to check which side a player belongs to. He can check 1 person per night by PMing the host his name. The checked person is not informed of Sheriff's action. He is allowed to reveal the results during free discussion. He IS NOT allowed to reveal his findings after he dies.

Vigilante
He has the ability to shoot (kill) 2 people per round. He executes this action by PMing the host anytime in the game. The Vigilante can only shoot 1 person per Night. The dead player's name is revealed in the Day round, the Vigilante's identity is not.

Trapper
Has the ability to trap 1 person per Night. He executes his action by PMing the host the name of the person whe wants to trap. If anyone targets the trapped person, that player will be killed. The priority is following: Mafia, Vigilante, Doctor, Sheriff. The Mafia member who targets the trapped person first (PMs the host first) is killed. The Godfather can be killed only if he is the last Mafia member standing, even if he targeted first. The trap DOES NOT protect the trapped person from dying. The trapper is not revealed in the Day round, only the trapped person and the player who was killed by the trap. The traps don't stack, meaning they are removed after each Night.

Spy
The Spy doesn't have any special abilities, but he appears in the list Mafia members receive. He does not know any of the Mafia roles. He can learn of Mafia activity if he get accidentally PMed. He can reveal his findings as long as he is alive.

Newbie Sheriff
Has and executes his ability exactly as the Sheriff, however the results he gets are inverted. If he checks a Mafia member, he appears as a citizen and vice-versa. Has the same rights and restrictions as the Sheriff. If the Newbie Sheriff checks himself, he will always appear as a citizen.

Stalker
Has the ability to follow one person per round. At any point in the game, the Stalker can PM the host the name of a player he wants to stalk. From that moment on, the host will PM the Stalker every detail of every Night action the followed player executes.

Policeman
Has the ability to arrest one person per Night. He can use this ability 3 times per round at maximum. When a player is arrested, he can't accuse/vote in the following Day and cannot use his special ability in the Night after that. The identity of the arrested player is not revealed.

Mafia side:

Mafia
A Mafia member has the right to PM the host names of 3 players each Night (3-name PM). The name that appears on the majority of all Mafia members' PMs is the name of the player that will be killed that Night. Mafia members receive the list of all fellow Mafia members + Spy. Mafia members get their roles and Mafia member list in seperate PMs.

Godfather
Beside his 3-name PM ability, the Godfather appears as a Citizen if checked by the Sheriff. Also, if he stays as last Mafia member in the game, he can kill two people per night, instead of one. Then, however, checked by Sheriff he'll appear as Mafia. He can choose the killing order. If the Godfather is banned (not inactive or away, only banned), a dead Mafia can assume his postion only if he remains the last one standing to execute his enhanced powers.

Mafia Vigilante
Beside his 3-name PM ability, he can shoot (kill) one player per round. He executes his action as the normal Vigilante, by PMing the host at Night.

Hacker
Beside his 3-name PM ability, he can intercept a player's PM twice in the round and modify it by his own liking. The Hacker executes his action by PMing the host the name of the player he wants to hack. The host PMs the Hacker the player's role and his Night action, afterwards the Hacker sends the host back the modified action. Due to the specific nature of the Hacker's role, he sends his PM at Day, not at Night. The Hacker sends his hack PM at Day, so the following Night the host can send him back the player's action.


Mindfucker
Doesn't have the 3-name PM ability. He gets and appears on the Mafia members list. If he gets checked by the Sheriff, he appears as a citizen. If he gets arrested by the Policeman, the arrest fails. If followed by Stalker, he appears as a Bystander. After death, he is marked as a Bystander. Appears as a citizen in the Roles list and Mafia : Citizen ratio. After the round ends, he is revealed as a Mindfucker.

Consigilere
Has the same active and passive abilites as the normal Mafia, except that he notes 4 names instead of 3 in the PM he sends the host. He also works as the tie-breaker. Also, being the Godfather's right-handed man, the Godfather knows his identity at the beginning of the game, but the Consigliere does not know the Godfather. Moreover, if the Godfather dies, the Consigliere (if still alive) assumes his postion and gets every passive and active ability as the Godfather, except of the ability to kill 2 people if he remains the last Mafia standing.

The round consits of multiple Night and Day rounds. Changing between Night/Day is the host's responsibilty. Night/Day can last 24 hours at maximum. The host can prolong this period if extremely necessary (mass inactivity, busy host,…). When the host announces the Day round, all roles who did not PM yet are disregarded. Additionally, all accusations/votes that are not made in the Day, will be disregarded as well.

Night:

The roles who PM at Night are:
All Mafia members (without Hacker), Doctor, Sheriff, Vigilante, Trapper.

You cannot accuse/vote at Night, except if you feel you won't be able to do it at Day. In that case, you must not post your accusation/vote at Night, but PM the host, who will post your accusation/vote when the Day is announced. You can discuss freely during Night.

Day:

Roles who PM at Day are:
Mayor (only Votings phase), Hacker.

Day is split into Accusation and Voting phase. Chaning between two phases is the host's responsibilty, and he can do it whenever he likes during the Day. Players can also discuss freely during Day.

In the Accusation phase, anyone can accuse anyone. You can accuse by posting the name of the accused player in color, bold, italic, underlined, etc. It must be seperated from the other text by an empty line.

Example wrote:"Blablablablablablabla gibberish blablablablabla...

I accuse >insert name here in bold, italic, color, etc.<

You can change your accusation once, and only once. If you change your accusation, you must make it clear enough.

In the Votings phase, anyone can vote for top 3 accuses players from the previous phase. You vote the same way you accuse, and you can also change your voting once.

Also, every suggestion, question, complaint about anything related to the Mafia game, goes in to this thread.

What is written in here, is the truth. These are the rules you must follow, everything else is invalid.

Now, if I forgot something, please be so kind and remind me

In the Roles post, you only included res in the current mafia game, you didn't include some of the previous roles

Double Agent, Policeman, etc.

Also, new role suggestion:

Mindfucker:
Mafia. He is basically a normal mafia except his job is to confuse people. He knows he is mafia and his fellow mafia know who he is as well, but when a Sheriff or Stalker checks him, he shows up as a Bystander. When a policeman tries to arrest him, the arrest fails, and he cannot be killed by the Trapper. When he dies, the host must write (Bystander) next to his name, not (Mindfucker). Also, when the host does his mafia:citizen ratio, theMindfucker counts as a citizen, and in the list of roles remaining, there will not be a 1 Mindfucker under mafia remaining, but he will count as a Bystander. At the beginning of the round, the host must announce wheyher there is a Mindfucker or not.

Riki X wrote:Mindfucker:
Mafia. He is basically a normal mafia except his job is to confuse people. He knows he is mafia and his fellow mafia know who he is as well, but when a Sheriff or Stalker checks him, he shows up as a Bystander. When a policeman tries to arrest him, the arrest fails, and he cannot be killed by the Trapper. When he dies, the host must write (Bystander) next to his name, not (Mindfucker). Also, when the host does his mafia:citizen ratio, theMindfucker counts as a citizen, and in the list of roles remaining, there will not be a 1 Mindfucker under mafia remaining, but he will count as a Bystander. At the beginning of the round, the host must announce wheyher there is a Mindfucker or not.

I approve!

I think riki means, he's exactly like a bystander but his purpose is to help the mafia by mindfucking everyone and thus he's on the mafia side, he's still counted as bystander in any other aspect though

That's not what he said, a normal Mafia means he has the 3 vote PM.

nah without that thing the role'd be awesome

So, let's sum up.

Mindfucker:

Affilation: Mafia
Active abilities:
-Voting/Accusing
Passive abilities:
-Appears on the Mafia list/knows all Mafia
-Appears as a citizen if checked by Sheriff.
-If he gets arrested, the arrest fails.
-Appears as a Bystander if followed by Stalker.
-Is marked as a Bystander after death.
-Appears on Citizen side in "Remaining roles" and ratio.
-Cannot be killed by the trapper (?) (this doesn't count if he doesn't have any special abilities).

P.S.: Can somebody post the description of the Policeman, I'm too lazy busy to find it.

I know, but he cannot be trapped since he's a normal bystander anyway.

I desire this new role.

Riki X wrote:Actually I wanted the role to be overpowered, the mafia need help winning, because they're having a hard time doing it

Not at the moment.

Meh idk, putting up a poll.

-If a player is suspected of cheating, the host can kick him.
-If a player is deemed inactive, the host can kick him.
-If a player reveals information* after death, he cannot participate in the next round.
-If a player deletes the post he has already made or edits it in a way that changes its meaning, the host can kick him.
-If a player spams/flames/breaks the normal forum rules he gets kicked + warned.

-If a non-player posts in the Mafia game thread when the round had already started, he gets warned.

-If more than 1/3 of players are inactive, the round can be aborted/put on hiatus.
-If it comes to mass cheating, the round can be aborted/restarted.



*Information you MUSTN'T reveal after death:
-Sheriff: mustn't reveal the results of his checks.
-Spy: mustn't reveal any information he might have gotten from Mafia.
-Mafia: mustn't betray their fellow Mafia members.
-Hacker: mustn't reveal the details of his hackings.
-Policeman: musn't reveal who he arrested.
-Stalker: musn't reveal the details about the person he followed.

Getting kicked = getting killed, so yeah.

@Riki
Mafia have to send the PMs, the trapper is a risk everyone must take.

And being active only applies to sending PMs, so if someone doesn't post, it doesn't mean he's inactive.

And after all, it's all up to the host to judge whether someone is inactive or not.

@Boss
I think I've written everything that can happen in this game.
Better too much than too many.