#HBC | Kary
Fiend of Fire
KARY PRESENTS:
NEWBIE MAFIA 23 A.K.A.
METAL GEAR SOLID 3: SNAKE EATER
VILLAINS MAFIA
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WELCOME
To Smashboard's Newbie Mafia 23. I'm your host, Kary.
Mafia is a game of deception, communication, strategy and argument, and this newbie game is designed to show you the ropes. To this end, the setup is meant to be easy to understand, and to aid you on your way you'll be joined by two ICs- experienced players whose role involves guiding you through the game and taking any questions you may have.
/ PLAYING MAFIA
How does mafia work? Put simply, you're given a role, typically town or mafia, and your job is to either identify the mafia and eliminate them by popular vote, or to avoid being detected and survive. If that wasn't clear enough, you're probably better off asking someone other than me:
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/ THE FLAVOUR
Most mafia games on Smashboards have a theme, or 'flavour', which gives the game a certain character and hopefully makes it more enjoyable. The flavour of a game is distinct from the mechanics, or how the game actually works, but sometimes the two are related.
This game's flavour is Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater Villains, and I hope you enjoy it. Metal Gear Solid 3 is a story-heavy stealth action game set in the Soviet jungle during the Cold War. It also has an unusual cast of characters, and a self-referential sense of humour, which is what the focus of this game will be. In this game, the villains of MGS3 have put aside any differences they may have for the time being in order to hunt down their common enemy, Naked Snake, and anyone who might be working with him. So check those cardboard boxes, soldier! I mean, uh... vote for who you think might be a FOX operative in disguise, and we'll get rid of them!
THE SETUP
/ FACTIONS
There are exactly two factions in this game, the Villains, who are the town faction in this game; and FOX, the mafia faction. Yes, the villains are town-aligned. This is counter-intuitive, I know.
Villains-aligned players (townies) will receive a role PM that looks something like this:
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JAILGUARD JOHNNY, Vanilla Villain
That’s right! You’re an all-round alright guy, it just happens to be your job to keep an eye on that pesky Snake. You’ve no particular beef with him, but if he gets past you you’re going to be in all sorts of trouble! Considering the amount of weird stuff going on around you, you just hope you’re up to the task.
You’re a vanilla villain and as such have no special powers. Your abilities in this game consist of your vote and your voice! Make the most of them!
Now as far as you know, Snake seems to be an alright kinda guy; but unfortunately it’s your job to stop him messing up whatever plans the higher-ups have going on. Maybe in another lifetime circumstances would be different!
You’re Villains aligned and win when all FOX members are eliminated. Good luck![/COLLAPSE]Hopefully that all makes sense. It is worth noting you do not have to be alive to achieve your win condition! Details of how to vote and when you can post can be found in the rules. The paragraphs in italics are flavour, which doesn’t affect the way the game works. I should also point out/confirm that Jailguard Johnny is not in this game
Players who are FOX (mafia) aligned also have the following traits/powers, typical to all mafia factions in any game:
[COLLAPSE=MAFIA ABILITIES]Mafia Night Kill:
Once per night, you or one of your mafia partners may PM me the command ‘Mafia Kill: PlayerZ’ and that player will die unless something prevents it.
If you PM me the mafia kill, it will be you that performs the kill. I will accept only the first mafia kill action I receive.
Mafia Communication:
Throughout the game, at any point while you are alive, you may talk with your mafia buddies in the following quicktopic: . I do not expect you to communicate with them outside of this QT, if you wish to do so please PM me and we’ll discuss it. Mafia Safeclaim: You, and only you, know that CharacterZ is not in this game; and as such you can safely use their name in place of your own! You may wish to claim that you are a vanilla townie, or some other role! [/COLLAPSE]
Any ability (such as the mafia night kill) that can be used on another player does not have to be used, and cannot be used on yourself. Using an ability on another player means you visit the player you target, though your target will not be informed of this (another player may see you visit someone). (These rules apply to this game, but are typical of most games).
/ POWER ROLES
This game may contain power roles- roles with additional abilites beyond those of normal players. However, this is a semi-open setup, and as such you know only the following details about the setup: There may not be any power roles in this game whatsoever. However, if any power roles do exist, they will be limited to the following:
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1-shot Vigilante - Vigilante Kill: One time only, during a night phase, you may PM me the command ‘Vigilante Kill: PlayerZ’ and you will take that player down!That player will die unless something prevents it. You can use this ability only once throughout the game!
Bodyguard - Bodyguard: Once per night you may PM me the command ‘Bodyguard: PlayerZ’ and you will defend that player with your life; if they are targeted by any kill actions that night you will die in their place.
Jailer - Jail: Once per night you may PM me the command ‘Jail: PlayerZ’ and you will keep that player out of mischief for the night. That player will be unable to use any abilities they may have BUT will be protected from any kill actions.
Roleblocker - Roleblock: Once per night you may PM me the command ‘Roleblock: PlayerZ’ and you will mess with all that player’s plans for the night- that player will be unable to use any abilities they may have.
Tracker - Track: Once per night you may PM me the command ‘Track: PlayerZ’ and you follow that player around for the night. If that player visits another player you will find out who they visited. If that player does not visit anyone, or if you are prevented from using your ability, you will not receive a result. You will receive any results via PM at the start of the following Day.
Universal Backup Once during the game, if a player of your alignment with a usable power role dies, you will inherit their power and I will PM you a new ability. You have no choice in this matter! You will inherit this ability as the game changes from Day/Night or vice versa. You do not inherit power roles with no abilities remaining.
Any ability that can be used on another player does not have to be used, and cannot be used on yourself. Using an ability on another player means you visit the player you target, though your target will not be informed of this. [/COLLAPSE]
No power roles other than these exist in this game. In addition, in this setup there is at most one of any given power role;it is not possible for two players to have the same power role, regardless of their alignments. Finally, any of these power roles may be of either alignment, and no player will have more than one power role.
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- If you are mafia aligned, you may use your night kill alongside any other ability you may have; you are allowed to use both abilities in a given Night phase, and they will resolve separately.
- Night actions resolve in this order: Roleblock & Jail> Bodyguard> Vigilante Kill & Mafia Kill> Track.
- All night kill actions resolve simultaneously; if you send a night kill action it will resolve regardless of whether you are targeted with a kill action.
- If you are roleblocked you will be treated as though you did not use any ability you may have; you will not count as visiting, and will not expend any 1-shot abilities.
- If two players roleblock one another they will both be roleblocked; it will be as though neither had used an ability.
- If you track a player who dies that same night, you will still receive a result.
THE RULES I expect you to read all of these; you should 100% do so if this is your first game. / FUNDAMENTAL RULES
- I am your moderator and host; my decision is final on all matters, sorry. Your co-mod for this game is X1-12, whose decision is almost as final as mine.
- Be nice; play that involves personally attacking/insulting other players will not be tolerated.
- Breaking any of these rules will result in many sad faces all round, and potential consequences include any sort of bad stuff I feel is appropriate, which may include modvotes, modkills, forced replacement or blacklisting.
- I reserve the right to deny anyone from signing up/replacing in
- Once you have died in the game, you may not post in the game thread or talk to anyone who is still in the game about the game!
- The only exception to this is that you may post exactly one message along the lines of ‘go scum!’ or ‘good luck town!’ in the game thread shortly after you’ve died, provided it reveals no information about the game!
- You may not talk about this game while it is ongoing outside of the game thread or other locations that I specifically allow! This includes asking ICs or other players for advice! If you are allowed to communicate outside of the game thread, you are not allowed to quote that communication in the game thread.
- You are not allowed to quote, link or otherwise try and directly refer to any part of any communication from me, including your role pm! This includes images, timestamps, URLs and so on; you must paraphrase anything which you wish to claim.
- Editing your posts is not allowed, multi-posting is fine, however.
- You may not post in a language other than English, or in any form of code, or any form of hidden/unreadable text. Spoiler tags are ok.
- You are not allowed to post in the game thread during the Night phase, regardless of whether the thread is locked.
- During the Day you may vote for a player by using the bold command ‘Vote: PlayerX’. Votes that do not exactly meet this format may still be counted if I deem them serious, though a vote should be in bold if it is to count.
- You may retract your vote by using the bold unvote command ‘Unvote: PlayerX’. You don’t have to unvote between votes.
- You may vote not to lynch someone by voting for No Lynch, e.g. ‘Vote: No Lynch’. If no lynch is chosen by majority vote, no lynch will occur and the day will end.
- The Day will end when a majority lynch is decided or a deadline is reached. If a deadline is reached without a majority lynch decided, there will be no lynch.
- There will be a Twilight phase between the end of the Day and the start of the Night, of approximately 12 hours (my discretion). During this time votes do not count but all players still alive (including any lynch target) may still talk. Twilight ends when the lynch goes through and I post the flip (the lynched players’ alignment and role). You may submit night actions during the Twilight phase if you so desire.
- You’re expected to post at least once every 24 hours. Failure to post within the space of 48 hours will result in a prod; If you fail to respond to a prod or accumulate too many prods you may be replaced or have other bad things befall you.
- If you are likely to be inactive for any length of time over 24 hours please post a V/LA message in the game thread or contact me via PM. If you are likely to have a very long absence you may have to be replaced in some capacity; please PM me if you think this is likely.
- If for any reason you no longer wish to be part of the game please PM me and I will try and organise a suitable replacement.
- Deadlines may be extended in certain circumstances by my discretion, for instance in the case of a player being replaced.
- One time thoughout the game, during the Day phase, the deadline may be extended if a majority of players request this in thread, using the bold command ' Request Deadline Extension'; this extension will last 48 hours.
- All roles are assigned to players at random.
- A game Day will last approximately 10 days; see deadlines for specifics.
- A game Night will last approximately 2 days; see deadlines for specifics.
- Everything described in the setup or in any communication from me is to be considered accurate.
- The flavour and mechanics of this game are only loosely linked; there is no guarantee that the flavour will produce results you expect.
- If you don't me send a night action before the deadline, no action will be taken. If you don't intend to use a night action you could use, you may PM me to that effect.
- Do not get yourself modkilled. I will be using the following as a guide when adjudicating any necessary modkills:
- Modkills only end the Day if the player being killed is town-aligned. All other modkills will continue the game. In the event that a player is modkilled during twilight, the modkill will effect the next day phase (meaning that day would automatically end if the player is town and that day would continue as normal if otherwise).
- If you have any questions/believe anything needs addressing, you may either talk to me via PM or by asking questions in-thread in bold using the @moderator: command.
- If you believe I have made a simple mistake, such as miscounting votes etc., please let me know.
- Please preface all PMs with regards this game with ‘MGS3V Mafia’ and preferably also the nature of the message e.g. ‘night 2 action’, ‘question about role’.
- Please keep votes, unvotes, and anything else you would like me to see as its own paragraph.
THAT'S EVERYTHING, GOOD LUCK!
