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Welcome to your first/one of your first games of Mafia on Smashboards! Mafia is a very fun game of strategy, psychology, and deception. While the game may seem a bit overwhelming at first, these "Newbie Mafia" games are designed to help players get into the swing of things. The game will be composed of 11 players: 9 that are new to mafia, and 2 IC (Inexperience Challenged) players that will show you the ropes throughout the game.
Now for the mechanics of the game. Mafia is divided into two alternating phases of "Day" and "Night". During the Day players are allowed to post within the thread, debate amongst each other, and most importantly, vote for whom they would like to be lynched for that day. When a player has been voted for by a majority of the players, that player will be lynched and removed from the game! Following the players lynch, the game moderator will then reveal the player's alignment (Town, Mafia, Etc) and role to the rest of the players and the Day Phase will end. During the Night Phase, the entire thread goes silent. However, Mafia will still be able to talk amongst themselves privately. Through private communication, they'll then be able to select one player to kill for the night, and, baring nothing prevents this action, the player will show up dead the following morning, having their alignment and role revealed. This process continues until either all of Mafia are eliminated through lynch, or Mafia eliminates enough players to have majority over the town and its votes.
As a mafia player, you're often going to find that games are based around a "theme," or as we call it, a "flavor." The particular "flavor" of this game is My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Please note that this is an open set up, and that all roles have been assigned randomly. Also note that, unlike some previous newbie mafia games, flavor does play a part in this game to extent. "Town" roles will be "good guys" flavor wise and "scum" roles will be "bad guys" flavor wise. However, all scum have been given safe claims, thus knowledge of the flavor is neither necessary nor beneficial towards your success this game. Now then, let's get to it.
Twilight Sparkle overheard some of the lesser ponies talking.
"I agree with Derpy, we deserve our own episode!" She heard one of the ponies shouting. Some of the other ponies shouted in agreement.
Oh no! Twilight Sparkle thought to herself in horror. Luckily none of the other ponies saw her. Immediately, she rushed off to her tree house to write a letter to the princess.
Twilight Sparkle was in such a panic, she didn't even finish writing her name! Immediately, she sent the letter off to the princess with her trusty pet, Owlicious. Normally she would ask spike, but not even he could know about this. Almost as soon as he's left, Owlicious returned with a letter from the princess.
That night...Twilight Sparkle snuck out to meet Celestia, making sure she wasn't followed.
Just as the letter implied, Celestia was waiting in her secret chambers when Twilight Sparkle arrived.
"Were you followed?"
"No, your poniness."
"Are you sure? You know what I did to my sister when she falsely told me that a hundred years ago?"
"Please, not the moon your poniness! I made sure of it!"
"Good...Now then, tell me everything..."
And so she did. She explained to the princess how she overheard the background ponies talking about having an episode of their own. "They are planning on having a convention in a few days..." Celestia was not pleased to hear this. They talked all night about how to handle the situation. Finally, Celestia made a decision.
"Please, your poniness! There has to be another way!"
"We cannot deal with this publicly, Twilight Sparkle. I have an image to uphold. These ponies have brought this upon themselves."
"But..how are we going to get in without being noticed?"
"I know some forbidden disguise magic. It should last us through the convention."
Forbidden magic!? Now this Twilight Sparkle had to see. She worked all her life on learning spells. She wanted to know every thing there was to magic. And it wasn't like she could go against the princess' orders. "Well... what should we do until then, your poniness?"
"For now, get some rest Twilight Sparkle. We have a difficolt road ahead of us..."
[collapse=Rules]Fundamentals
1.) Have fun and do not personally attack another player in an offensive manner.
2.) Once you have died in the game, you may no longer post.
3.) No communication about this game is allowed with non-players or players who are dead, even if you yourself are dead. (If you are dead, you may not discuss the game with anyone who is currently playing, even if you could while you were alive, unless your role specifically states otherwise.)
4.) Unless your role PM specifically allows you the power, you are not to communicate with anyone about this game outside of this game thread. This includes posting content outside of the game thread and linking to it in the game thread.
5.) Do not edit your posts. Double posting is fine in its place.
6.) I reserve the right to deny anyone from signing up/replacing.
7.) You are not allowed to quote any mod communication of any kind, real or fake. You must paraphrase all information you wish to claim. This includes any additional PMs I may send to you outside of your role PM. You are not allowed to post or refer to any images in your role PM, nor may you post metadata about mod PMs in an attempt to break the game (e.g., message ID in the URL, time of day the message was sent, etc.).
8.) You may not post screenshots of any kind.
9.) The use of non-English, invisible, hidden, coded, or otherwise intentionally hidden or indecipherable text is strictly prohibited. (Spoiler tags are allowed because they are easily noticeable. This rule is not meant to disallow breadcrumbing within the visible text of a message.)
10.) You may not quote logs of communication with other players. You are free to paraphrase.
11.) Failure to send in your night action(s) will result in no action(s) being taken.
12.) Failure to adhere to the rules will result in replacement or modkill based on the moderator's discretion.
13.) If you have any questions/requests for me, the mod, then please either PM me about it or use the @MOD: command to list your request/question.
Voting and Lynching
1.) Each Day, you may vote for a player to be lynched using a bold vote command. For example, vote: Brosukle.
2.) To unvote, use the command unvote. For example, unvote vote: Swiss.
3.) No lynch is a viable lynch choice and a majority will end the Day without a lynch. For example, vote: No Lynch.
4.) After the majority lynch has been decided but before the lynch scene is posted, there will be a Twilight phase. Everyone can post in this phase, including the lynch majority target. The Twilight phase ends when I post the lynch scene and officially begin the Night phase.
5.) The Day will end when a majority lynch is decided or a preset deadline has been reached. If deadline is reached without a majority lynch decided, there will be no lynch.
6.) There is no posting in this thread during the Night phase, the thread should be closed anyway.
Activity and Deadline
1.) You are required to post every 48 hours. If you fail to do so, you will be replaced or modkilled depending on the circumstances. If you will be inactive for an extended period of time, you must notify me in advance.
2.) I do not expect to grant deadline extensions, barring extenuating circumstances. In the event I need to replace a player, I may extend the deadline to accommodate the new player. Certain game events may also result in a change of deadline.
3.) Days will last 8 days.
4.) Nights will generally last approximately 48 hours. If you have a Night action and do not wish to use it, please send me a PM to that effect, lest I have to wait until the deadline for naught.
Game-specific
1.) The game mod is the game god. However, if you feel the game god happens to be testing your faith by placing an error in the game, then please feel free to point it out via PM
2.) All roles are assigned entirely at random.
3.) Modkills only end days if the player being modkilled is town-aligned. Otherwise, day continues. In the event that a player is modkilled during twilight/night, the modkill will affect the next day phase (meaning that day would automatically end if the player is town and that day would continue as normal if otherwise). Exceptions to this rule may be made based on the state of the game and my personal judgment.
4.) All of these rules are written on a dry erase board. In the event of a conflict between these rules and any game-specific rules or mod communication, the game-specific rules/mod communication take precedence.[/collapse][collapse=Player List]1. LoliLovesRain
2. BadWolf28738
3. PrivateJoker-Brown
4. ToasterBrains
5. Tyranitarphantom
6. BSP
7. tonberry
8. mightbebenjamin
9. Vinyl.
10. Soup (IC)
11. Sold2 (IC)
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Alive
1. LoliLovesRain
2. BadWolf28738
3. PrivateJoker-Brown
4. ToasterBrains
5. Tyranitarphantom
6. BSP
7. tonberry
8. mightbebenjamin
9. Vinyl.
10. Soup (IC)
11. Sold2 (IC)
Dead
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Now for the mechanics of the game. Mafia is divided into two alternating phases of "Day" and "Night". During the Day players are allowed to post within the thread, debate amongst each other, and most importantly, vote for whom they would like to be lynched for that day. When a player has been voted for by a majority of the players, that player will be lynched and removed from the game! Following the players lynch, the game moderator will then reveal the player's alignment (Town, Mafia, Etc) and role to the rest of the players and the Day Phase will end. During the Night Phase, the entire thread goes silent. However, Mafia will still be able to talk amongst themselves privately. Through private communication, they'll then be able to select one player to kill for the night, and, baring nothing prevents this action, the player will show up dead the following morning, having their alignment and role revealed. This process continues until either all of Mafia are eliminated through lynch, or Mafia eliminates enough players to have majority over the town and its votes.
As a mafia player, you're often going to find that games are based around a "theme," or as we call it, a "flavor." The particular "flavor" of this game is My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Please note that this is an open set up, and that all roles have been assigned randomly. Also note that, unlike some previous newbie mafia games, flavor does play a part in this game to extent. "Town" roles will be "good guys" flavor wise and "scum" roles will be "bad guys" flavor wise. However, all scum have been given safe claims, thus knowledge of the flavor is neither necessary nor beneficial towards your success this game. Now then, let's get to it.
The story thus far...->Click<-
Twilight Sparkle overheard some of the lesser ponies talking.
"I agree with Derpy, we deserve our own episode!" She heard one of the ponies shouting. Some of the other ponies shouted in agreement.
Oh no! Twilight Sparkle thought to herself in horror. Luckily none of the other ponies saw her. Immediately, she rushed off to her tree house to write a letter to the princess.
Twilight Sparkle was in such a panic, she didn't even finish writing her name! Immediately, she sent the letter off to the princess with her trusty pet, Owlicious. Normally she would ask spike, but not even he could know about this. Almost as soon as he's left, Owlicious returned with a letter from the princess.
That night...Twilight Sparkle snuck out to meet Celestia, making sure she wasn't followed.
Just as the letter implied, Celestia was waiting in her secret chambers when Twilight Sparkle arrived.
"Were you followed?"
"No, your poniness."
"Are you sure? You know what I did to my sister when she falsely told me that a hundred years ago?"
"Please, not the moon your poniness! I made sure of it!"
"Good...Now then, tell me everything..."
And so she did. She explained to the princess how she overheard the background ponies talking about having an episode of their own. "They are planning on having a convention in a few days..." Celestia was not pleased to hear this. They talked all night about how to handle the situation. Finally, Celestia made a decision.
"Please, your poniness! There has to be another way!"
"We cannot deal with this publicly, Twilight Sparkle. I have an image to uphold. These ponies have brought this upon themselves."
"But..how are we going to get in without being noticed?"
"I know some forbidden disguise magic. It should last us through the convention."
Forbidden magic!? Now this Twilight Sparkle had to see. She worked all her life on learning spells. She wanted to know every thing there was to magic. And it wasn't like she could go against the princess' orders. "Well... what should we do until then, your poniness?"
"For now, get some rest Twilight Sparkle. We have a difficolt road ahead of us..."
[collapse=Rules]Fundamentals
1.) Have fun and do not personally attack another player in an offensive manner.
2.) Once you have died in the game, you may no longer post.
3.) No communication about this game is allowed with non-players or players who are dead, even if you yourself are dead. (If you are dead, you may not discuss the game with anyone who is currently playing, even if you could while you were alive, unless your role specifically states otherwise.)
4.) Unless your role PM specifically allows you the power, you are not to communicate with anyone about this game outside of this game thread. This includes posting content outside of the game thread and linking to it in the game thread.
5.) Do not edit your posts. Double posting is fine in its place.
6.) I reserve the right to deny anyone from signing up/replacing.
7.) You are not allowed to quote any mod communication of any kind, real or fake. You must paraphrase all information you wish to claim. This includes any additional PMs I may send to you outside of your role PM. You are not allowed to post or refer to any images in your role PM, nor may you post metadata about mod PMs in an attempt to break the game (e.g., message ID in the URL, time of day the message was sent, etc.).
8.) You may not post screenshots of any kind.
9.) The use of non-English, invisible, hidden, coded, or otherwise intentionally hidden or indecipherable text is strictly prohibited. (Spoiler tags are allowed because they are easily noticeable. This rule is not meant to disallow breadcrumbing within the visible text of a message.)
10.) You may not quote logs of communication with other players. You are free to paraphrase.
11.) Failure to send in your night action(s) will result in no action(s) being taken.
12.) Failure to adhere to the rules will result in replacement or modkill based on the moderator's discretion.
13.) If you have any questions/requests for me, the mod, then please either PM me about it or use the @MOD: command to list your request/question.
Voting and Lynching
1.) Each Day, you may vote for a player to be lynched using a bold vote command. For example, vote: Brosukle.
2.) To unvote, use the command unvote. For example, unvote vote: Swiss.
3.) No lynch is a viable lynch choice and a majority will end the Day without a lynch. For example, vote: No Lynch.
4.) After the majority lynch has been decided but before the lynch scene is posted, there will be a Twilight phase. Everyone can post in this phase, including the lynch majority target. The Twilight phase ends when I post the lynch scene and officially begin the Night phase.
5.) The Day will end when a majority lynch is decided or a preset deadline has been reached. If deadline is reached without a majority lynch decided, there will be no lynch.
6.) There is no posting in this thread during the Night phase, the thread should be closed anyway.
Activity and Deadline
1.) You are required to post every 48 hours. If you fail to do so, you will be replaced or modkilled depending on the circumstances. If you will be inactive for an extended period of time, you must notify me in advance.
2.) I do not expect to grant deadline extensions, barring extenuating circumstances. In the event I need to replace a player, I may extend the deadline to accommodate the new player. Certain game events may also result in a change of deadline.
3.) Days will last 8 days.
4.) Nights will generally last approximately 48 hours. If you have a Night action and do not wish to use it, please send me a PM to that effect, lest I have to wait until the deadline for naught.
Game-specific
1.) The game mod is the game god. However, if you feel the game god happens to be testing your faith by placing an error in the game, then please feel free to point it out via PM
2.) All roles are assigned entirely at random.
3.) Modkills only end days if the player being modkilled is town-aligned. Otherwise, day continues. In the event that a player is modkilled during twilight/night, the modkill will affect the next day phase (meaning that day would automatically end if the player is town and that day would continue as normal if otherwise). Exceptions to this rule may be made based on the state of the game and my personal judgment.
4.) All of these rules are written on a dry erase board. In the event of a conflict between these rules and any game-specific rules or mod communication, the game-specific rules/mod communication take precedence.[/collapse][collapse=Player List]1. LoliLovesRain
2. BadWolf28738
3. PrivateJoker-Brown
4. ToasterBrains
5. Tyranitarphantom
6. BSP
7. tonberry
8. mightbebenjamin
9. Vinyl.
10. Soup (IC)
11. Sold2 (IC)
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Alive
1. LoliLovesRain
2. BadWolf28738
3. PrivateJoker-Brown
4. ToasterBrains
5. Tyranitarphantom
6. BSP
7. tonberry
8. mightbebenjamin
9. Vinyl.
10. Soup (IC)
11. Sold2 (IC)
Dead
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