Come up with the best original Mafia role and win 6 months of Premium Membership! :D
I hope to make this the first of many premium contests held in Decisive Games. We can "make a role," "make a game," "make a game with X theme," "balance X setup," and have fun Mafia-based contests on a regular basis. And now that there is Premium Membership again, you actually have something to win! (Although... I heard a rumor that there might even be a better prize for DGamers in the works...)
The contest is simple. Anyone can enter, but you can only enter once. Make an original (or as original as you can get) role for the game Mafia. It can be a town-aligned role, a mafia-aligned role, an independent role, anything you want. I will get two more judges and we will judge the roles in a 10 point mock-WWYP rubric of originality and balance.
Note that this is not a contest of flavor at all. The contest will simply judge the originality and the mechanics of the role you create. The person with the winning role will receive 6 months Premium Membership.
To enter, simply make a post in this thread with your role PM in it.
Here is an example (although it is not original, it is a good one!):
You are an Abductor. Each night, you may abduct one player and they will be removed from the game. Their role and alignment will not be revealed, and it will simply be announced that they "are MISSING!" The people you have abducted can no longer post (and therefore no longer speak nor vote) and they do not count towards majority at all. If you die, all the people that you have abducted will re-enter the game. You are independently aligned and win when you are the last man standing or nothing can prevent this.
As you can see, although this role is a Serial-Killer variant, it is very different from the SK. It is a nice spin on the previous role, and it is very easy to balance in a game.
Categories you might want to think about when deciding what your role is:
Investigation variants: cop, tracker, watcher, forensic investigator
Protection variants: doctor, bodyguard, martyr
Roleblocking variants: hooker, drunk
Vigilante variants: vigilante, paranoid gun owner, hunter
Independent variants: Serial Killer (Arsonist, Abductor), Survivor
These links might help you get started:
Common Mafiascum Roles
More (common and uncommon) Mafiascum Roles
Epicmafia Roles
Have at it!
The submissions phase of the contest will end the very last second of Monday, September 14st, EST; the judging phase will take exactly 1 week and the results will be formatted and posted. The prize will be given out... and the next contest will begin!
The contest is currently closed for judging!
I hope to make this the first of many premium contests held in Decisive Games. We can "make a role," "make a game," "make a game with X theme," "balance X setup," and have fun Mafia-based contests on a regular basis. And now that there is Premium Membership again, you actually have something to win! (Although... I heard a rumor that there might even be a better prize for DGamers in the works...)
The contest is simple. Anyone can enter, but you can only enter once. Make an original (or as original as you can get) role for the game Mafia. It can be a town-aligned role, a mafia-aligned role, an independent role, anything you want. I will get two more judges and we will judge the roles in a 10 point mock-WWYP rubric of originality and balance.
Note that this is not a contest of flavor at all. The contest will simply judge the originality and the mechanics of the role you create. The person with the winning role will receive 6 months Premium Membership.
To enter, simply make a post in this thread with your role PM in it.
Here is an example (although it is not original, it is a good one!):
You are an Abductor. Each night, you may abduct one player and they will be removed from the game. Their role and alignment will not be revealed, and it will simply be announced that they "are MISSING!" The people you have abducted can no longer post (and therefore no longer speak nor vote) and they do not count towards majority at all. If you die, all the people that you have abducted will re-enter the game. You are independently aligned and win when you are the last man standing or nothing can prevent this.
As you can see, although this role is a Serial-Killer variant, it is very different from the SK. It is a nice spin on the previous role, and it is very easy to balance in a game.
Categories you might want to think about when deciding what your role is:
Investigation variants: cop, tracker, watcher, forensic investigator
Protection variants: doctor, bodyguard, martyr
Roleblocking variants: hooker, drunk
Vigilante variants: vigilante, paranoid gun owner, hunter
Independent variants: Serial Killer (Arsonist, Abductor), Survivor
These links might help you get started:
Common Mafiascum Roles
More (common and uncommon) Mafiascum Roles
Epicmafia Roles
Have at it!
The submissions phase of the contest will end the very last second of Monday, September 14st, EST; the judging phase will take exactly 1 week and the results will be formatted and posted. The prize will be given out... and the next contest will begin!
The contest is currently closed for judging!
Although, I'm pretty sure I've heard of the role Kirb described. Anyway, I would consider putting in an entry but, well, I've already become premium so ya knowXD
