A Game of Thrones Mafia
A Specialty for 19 players
By Shadowlancerx
Reviewed by Ganderin_Dan, Osieorb18, Prophylaxis, and Silvercrys3467
When you play the game of thrones, you either win or you die.
King Robert is dead, and Westeros has many who vie for the throne, believing themselves worthy to fill the power vacuum that his death has created. You find yourself among them, and why not. Your claim to the throne is as good as any other, and you would be a fine ruler. Perhaps you’d use your power to quash those who have opposed you in the past. Or you might use the power to subvert the system in place and lift up those around you to new heights. Maybe you’d spend your time enjoying the comforts of wealth and power; after all, if you can’t enjoy the pleasures in life as the most powerful person in the realm, then what was the point? Maybe you’d reluctantly take charge because you’re an idealist, and who else will put their subjects before themselves?
Whatever your motivation, the time to act is short. And even though you trust those closest to you, there are many who would see you dead, using you as a stepping stone towards their own purpose. So prepare yourself, for winter is coming, and so is your demise if you’re not ready.
Game Specific Rules
The Iron Throne:
During each day:
Each player will PM the mod privately the name of the player who’s claim to the iron throne they would like to support. They may change this as many times as they desire, up until twilight is announced. The player with the most supporters will gain control of the throne. You may not support yourself. The player that takes the throne will be revealed during the end of day scene.
While at least 50% of the starting players are alive:
That player’s actions (including factional) cannot be interfered with (they can be observed, but not stopped, redirected, or prevented), and they have two votes the following day.
The Houses/Additional Win Conditions:
Each player will not only have a traditional Mafia alignment, but will also be a part of an ingame house or faction that has an alternate wincon (or wincons) that can be achieved in spite of or alongside your main factional win. You will know the members of your house/faction, and share a night chat with them (as such, use of discord is required for this game). You will not know their alignment, and flavor will be functionally random between the factions. It is possible for a player to win two ways.
A note on flavor:
While flavor is not relevant to traditional alignment, it may be relevant to another player or house’s alternate Wincon, and revealing it may not be in your best interest. You have been warned.
A note on the scum team:
Mafia have daychat, and the factional kill is assigned, and it can be used alongside any other actions.
A note about spoilers:
It should go without saying, but this game will contain spoilers, so if you have not seen the show or read the books, go binge them.
Ready to die in creative ways! (/in)
1. KamikazeArchon
2. Vaimes
3. Sir Chris
4. Cantripmancer
5. Shinichi
6. Rhand
7. Hunger
8. Grapefruit21
9. Tubba Fett
10. LnGrrrR
11. Coballt
12. Highroller
13. Rodemy
14. RE1031
15. 1053nm
16. Lastwhisper
17. Killjoy
18. D_V
19. tomsloger
In the Unsullied army! (/replace)
1. Voxxicus
2. XequalsY
3. Gentleman Johnny
Streaming from your living room! (/spectate)
(I will not accept spectators until I have at least 3 replacements)
Regular game rules (Adapted from rules by Silvercrys):
Boring Stuff:
0: I am the game host, which means I am the final arbiter of role interactions and game rule infringements. I will never lie or intentionally mislead you. If you have a problem with a ruling I make please shelve it until post game. To the best of my and my reviewer(s)’ knowledge this is not a b@stard game.
1: Mafia is a game, we’re here to have fun. Please be respectful of your fellow players. Sometimes emotions run high and we get caught up in the moment. That is not an excuse for flaming or poor sportsmanship. I will be very strict on this front; regardless of whether you initiate or retaliate.
2: When generating (or faking, as applicable) reads, please do not use angleshooting or out of game knowledge to the best of your ability. This means do not use the timing, reasons, or order of substitutions and modkills to influence others, do not use the timing or phrasing of role PMs to influence others, do not make alignment bets with out of game consequences, do not speculate on reason for replacement, and do not use “trust tells” or similar. This list is not exhaustive.
3: If you have a question about your role or a rules interaction, please PM me or message me on Discord. I will not answer questions posed to me in the game thread other than questions about vote counts or deadlines. If you raise a question that needs addressing to the entire game (regarding a special rule or similar) I will anonymize your question and announce the answer.
4: Do not talk about this game outside of this thread and discord links or PMs given to you in your role PM or approved by me. Please ensure I am copied on PMs sent to other players. This is a modkillable offense.
5: No funny business. Do not use invisible text, cryptography, tiny writing, hidden messages, acronym/alphabet claims, or similar. This is a modkillable offense.
6: Do not directly quote your role PM or any private communications (Discord, etc.) when posting in the main game thread. This includes mason chats and scum chats. Please paraphrase - if you are in doubt, ask me before posting! This is a modkillable offense.
7: Do not edit, delete, or thank posts. Even if it’s an accidental double post. This is a modkillable offense.
8: Please post content at least once every 48 hours. Content is, of course, subjective, but “Posting to avoid prod,” “catching up,” or similar short not-really-game-related posts are obviously not content. If you need to be absent for an extended period of time please post “V/LA until [Date]” in bold on its own line in the thread so that I and the other players know when you’ll be back. You do not need to explain your reasons for being absent in thread. If you will be gone for more than four or five days you should consider requesting replacement.
9: You are responsible for following all forum and subforum rules and guidelines. Forum-wide rules are available here, and our subforum specific Mafia rules are in the Mafia Hosting Sign-Ups & Hosting Rules thread (spoilered here for convenience):
-Game Limit-
Players may participate in only three games at any given time. An exception to this rule can be made by moderators in need of a replacement for a game, if no other replacement can be found.
-Suicide-
If you no longer wish to participate in a game for any reason, contact the moderator. Do NOT attempt to force the moderator to modkill you.
-Current Game Discussion-
A player in an ongoing game may not discuss that game with any other player in that game, or in public forums. Also, it is a good idea to ask permission before discussing the game with anyone outside the game, because they can no longer replace into the game once any meaningful discussion takes place.
-Cryptoclaims-
Unless explicitly authorized by the game moderator in their opening rules section, cryptoclaims are forbidden.
-Out-of-game Promises-
Players may not use out-of-game promises (example: I swear on my grandmother's life, I bet you my entire collection of magic cards, etc.) in an effort to influence other players.
-Multiple Players On One Account-
"Hydra" accounts - multiple people playing and posting as one player with shared access to the "gimmick" account, are not allowed unless they have prior approval from the specific game Moderator. Please do not do this on your own.
-Traitor/Alignment Switching Roles-
Game moderators are strongly encouraged to be extraordinarily careful if they seek to include a traitor role in their designs. These roles are notorious for causing games to implode, for creating fairness concerns, and for the challenge they pose to the town's behavioral analysis. (See Discussion in Council Thread, Post 3351, onwards.)
Please note that bold red text is permitted by non-moderators in this subforum for town/scum lists, game host actions, and similar. Just don’t use it excessively.
TL;DR: Be excellent to each other, post something substantial every 48 hours, ask me questions in private when possible, don’t edit or delete posts unless your role explicitly allows it, no funny business involving cryptography, etc. and... have fun, that’s the whole point. Deadlines:
All day phases will have a deadline equal to 14 days, scaling down as the number of players in the game decreases. I strongly encourage you to plan on attempting to secure a lynch threshold 24 hours before the actual deadline. This is not a rule, but a measure you as players can take to prevent unwanted no lynches that often cause the game to stagnate.
Night phases will last for as close to 48 hours as I can manage, but the deadline for night actions will be 47 hours so I can open the thread promptly when Day begins.
I will post the deadline and approximate time remaining until the deadline at start of day and when I post official vote counts. I will PM players with unsubmitted night actions 24 hours before the action deadline as a reminder. Lynching:
Players will be lynched once a simple majority of votes for that player is achieved (i.e. Majority lynch).
There will likely be some amount of time (twilight) between the final lynch vote and the lynch scene. Players may post during twilight.
If a majority lynch is not achieved by the deadline, no lynch will occur. Order of Operations:
The short version is, stuff works the way you probably expect it to work. If you have a question about a specific interaction, PM me and I will explain in general terms how it would resolve. Other Role Stuff:
You cannot self-target unless your role PM specifies otherwise.
[Active] abilities must be manually activated each time you wish to use them (i.e. you need to PM me, preferably with the intended activation in bold). These abilities can be tracked, roleblocked, and redirected unless otherwise specified.
[Passive] abilities are always active and cannot be tracked, roleblocked or redirected.
Active abilities with a limited number of shots will expend a shot when activated even if they fail to resolve. Passive abilities with a limited number of shots will automatically expend shots when used.
Killing a player does not prevent them from using night actions or being targeted by other night actions.
The Mafia Factional Night Kill is an [Active] ability and can be tracked, roleblocked, redirected, etc.
There is a limit of one night action per player per night. The Mafia Factional Night Kill does not count towards this limit.
Voting:
I will NOT be using Ecophagy’s vote counter to total your votes. However, in the interest of site wide voting consistency, I ask that the following voting rules still be adhered to.
Creating vote counts will be trivial for me (and you!) with this tool, however it places some restrictions on the ways you can vote.
The current voting rules are:
Make sure your votes are bolded. Please keep nicknames reasonable.
Unvotes must stand alone (instead of using "unvote: player X", simply use “unvote”).
A player cannot vote and then afterwards unvote in the same post (the program looks for unvotes before votes).
Do not use extraneous punctuation in your vote. A single “:” after the word “vote” is permissible but not required.
You must have a space between the word "vote" and the name of the player you wish to vote. If you use a colon, the space must appear after the colon. Ex.: [b]Vote shadowlancerx[/b] or [b]Vote: shadowlancerx[/b]
You cannot use italics or colors when voting unless you make the bold tags the innermost tags. Ex: [color=blue][b]Vote: shadowlancerx[/b][/color]
I do encourage you to color your votes though!
Do not put extra spaces between your vote and the bold tags. This kills the vote.
If your vote was not counted, simply vote again. “Incorrect” vote counts will not be altered unless I determine they were uncounted due to an error in the program.
If you accidentally break quote tags that contain someone else's vote, your vote will be changed by the machine and you will need to revote.
In general, if you vote using the player’s full name and only type “[b]vote playername[/b]” your vote will be counted.
You can generate your own vote counts by downloading the tool here. Note that the “nicknames” field is a comma delineated list that will work incorrectly if you use spaces after the commas. Victory Conditions:
A faction (Town/Mafia) will win when all threats to their team are eliminated, or if nothing can prevent that from happening.
2014 - Best Mafia Performance (Individual)(Wu Tang) 2014 - Best Mafia Newcomer 2015 - Best Town Performance (Individual) (Predator) 2015 - Best Town Performance (Group) - Predator Mafia 2015 - Best Mafia Performance (Group) - 2015 Invitational 2015 - Best Town Player 2015 - Best Mafia Player 2015 - Best Overall Player
Quick Iron Throne rule question - if the player with the most votes is somehow also the lynch for the Day (unlikely, I know), would there be an empty Throne the next day or does it go to the second highest votes?
Quick Iron Throne rule question - if the player with the most votes is somehow also the lynch for the Day (unlikely, I know), would there be an empty Throne the next day or does it go to the second highest votes?
I am confirming with my reviewers, but my inclination is that the throne is decided at end of day, and support for someone who gets lynched fizzles, leaving the next highest to take the throne.
Mechanics
Guild chats with secret names, and guilds have secret objectives.
A public elected council that makes decisions that move the guilds towards or from their secret objectives.
I started designing this game(Eventually scrapped it) at the around the same time Shadow designed this game and independently of him. Shadows publicly declared system probably works better than my system I had in place.
I would /in for this, but I have never used Discord and don't especially want to. Can't we have a quicktopic or something?
Private Mod Note
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Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
Quote from Bateleur »
Ambush Krotiq makes me laugh so much. I keep rereading the card and it keeps not having Flash. In what sense is this an ambush again? I just have visions of this huge Krotiq poorly concealed in some bushes, feeling slightly sad that his carefully planned ambushes never seem to work.
Can I ask why you don't want to, Axel? I can attest to Discord bringing a lot of benefits to the table, including real time chat which in my experience can be a lot more fun than a QT.
I don't facebook, twitter, Instagram or whatever you kids are doing these days.
Private Mod Note
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Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
Quote from Bateleur »
Ambush Krotiq makes me laugh so much. I keep rereading the card and it keeps not having Flash. In what sense is this an ambush again? I just have visions of this huge Krotiq poorly concealed in some bushes, feeling slightly sad that his carefully planned ambushes never seem to work.
I don't facebook, twitter, Instagram or whatever you kids are doing these days.
As a self-proclaimed old man myself, I don't do any of those either (ok, I have a Facebook account, but I've never updated my status and I think I've only posted 1-2 times, about ten years ago), but I enjoy the ease of Discord.
I don't facebook, twitter, Instagram or whatever you kids are doing these days.
I don’t do any of those either fwiw.
The discord aspect is unfortunately a part of it, but I will tell you it will be worth it. Also, you can get in discord, use it just for this game and nothing else. I do think you should /in, I think you’d be an asset to the game and I would love to have you.
I prefer QTs just because trying to scroll chronologically through Discord servers at the end of each game is ridiculous.
Now I just read less of obs/scumchat and skim for mentions of me.
Typically I’ll pin the first message, and probably start pinning day and night starts so people can navigate through easier. Being on mobile, discord is easier both for me as a player and a host to manage everything.
A Specialty for 19 players
By Shadowlancerx
Reviewed by Ganderin_Dan, Osieorb18, Prophylaxis, and Silvercrys3467
King Robert is dead, and Westeros has many who vie for the throne, believing themselves worthy to fill the power vacuum that his death has created. You find yourself among them, and why not. Your claim to the throne is as good as any other, and you would be a fine ruler. Perhaps you’d use your power to quash those who have opposed you in the past. Or you might use the power to subvert the system in place and lift up those around you to new heights. Maybe you’d spend your time enjoying the comforts of wealth and power; after all, if you can’t enjoy the pleasures in life as the most powerful person in the realm, then what was the point? Maybe you’d reluctantly take charge because you’re an idealist, and who else will put their subjects before themselves?
Whatever your motivation, the time to act is short. And even though you trust those closest to you, there are many who would see you dead, using you as a stepping stone towards their own purpose. So prepare yourself, for winter is coming, and so is your demise if you’re not ready.
The Iron Throne:
During each day:
Each player will PM the mod privately the name of the player who’s claim to the iron throne they would like to support. They may change this as many times as they desire, up until twilight is announced. The player with the most supporters will gain control of the throne. You may not support yourself. The player that takes the throne will be revealed during the end of day scene.
While at least 50% of the starting players are alive:
That player’s actions (including factional) cannot be interfered with (they can be observed, but not stopped, redirected, or prevented), and they have two votes the following day.
Each player will not only have a traditional Mafia alignment, but will also be a part of an ingame house or faction that has an alternate wincon (or wincons) that can be achieved in spite of or alongside your main factional win. You will know the members of your house/faction, and share a night chat with them (as such, use of discord is required for this game). You will not know their alignment, and flavor will be functionally random between the factions. It is possible for a player to win two ways.
A note on flavor:
While flavor is not relevant to traditional alignment, it may be relevant to another player or house’s alternate Wincon, and revealing it may not be in your best interest. You have been warned.
A note on the scum team:
Mafia have daychat, and the factional kill is assigned, and it can be used alongside any other actions.
A note about spoilers:
It should go without saying, but this game will contain spoilers, so if you have not seen the show or read the books, go binge them.
Ready to die in creative ways! (/in)
1. KamikazeArchon
2. Vaimes
3. Sir Chris
4. Cantripmancer
5. Shinichi
6. Rhand
7. Hunger
8. Grapefruit21
9. Tubba Fett
10. LnGrrrR
11. Coballt
12. Highroller
13. Rodemy
14. RE1031
15. 1053nm
16. Lastwhisper
17. Killjoy
18. D_V
19. tomsloger
In the Unsullied army! (/replace)
1. Voxxicus
2. XequalsY
3. Gentleman Johnny
Streaming from your living room! (/spectate)
(I will not accept spectators until I have at least 3 replacements)
Regular game rules (Adapted from rules by Silvercrys):
1: Mafia is a game, we’re here to have fun. Please be respectful of your fellow players. Sometimes emotions run high and we get caught up in the moment. That is not an excuse for flaming or poor sportsmanship. I will be very strict on this front; regardless of whether you initiate or retaliate.
2: When generating (or faking, as applicable) reads, please do not use angleshooting or out of game knowledge to the best of your ability. This means do not use the timing, reasons, or order of substitutions and modkills to influence others, do not use the timing or phrasing of role PMs to influence others, do not make alignment bets with out of game consequences, do not speculate on reason for replacement, and do not use “trust tells” or similar. This list is not exhaustive.
3: If you have a question about your role or a rules interaction, please PM me or message me on Discord. I will not answer questions posed to me in the game thread other than questions about vote counts or deadlines. If you raise a question that needs addressing to the entire game (regarding a special rule or similar) I will anonymize your question and announce the answer.
4: Do not talk about this game outside of this thread and discord links or PMs given to you in your role PM or approved by me. Please ensure I am copied on PMs sent to other players. This is a modkillable offense.
5: No funny business. Do not use invisible text, cryptography, tiny writing, hidden messages, acronym/alphabet claims, or similar. This is a modkillable offense.
6: Do not directly quote your role PM or any private communications (Discord, etc.) when posting in the main game thread. This includes mason chats and scum chats. Please paraphrase - if you are in doubt, ask me before posting! This is a modkillable offense.
7: Do not edit, delete, or thank posts. Even if it’s an accidental double post. This is a modkillable offense.
8: Please post content at least once every 48 hours. Content is, of course, subjective, but “Posting to avoid prod,” “catching up,” or similar short not-really-game-related posts are obviously not content. If you need to be absent for an extended period of time please post “V/LA until [Date]” in bold on its own line in the thread so that I and the other players know when you’ll be back. You do not need to explain your reasons for being absent in thread. If you will be gone for more than four or five days you should consider requesting replacement.
9: You are responsible for following all forum and subforum rules and guidelines. Forum-wide rules are available here, and our subforum specific Mafia rules are in the Mafia Hosting Sign-Ups & Hosting Rules thread (spoilered here for convenience):
Players may participate in only three games at any given time. An exception to this rule can be made by moderators in need of a replacement for a game, if no other replacement can be found.
-Suicide-
If you no longer wish to participate in a game for any reason, contact the moderator. Do NOT attempt to force the moderator to modkill you.
-Current Game Discussion-
A player in an ongoing game may not discuss that game with any other player in that game, or in public forums. Also, it is a good idea to ask permission before discussing the game with anyone outside the game, because they can no longer replace into the game once any meaningful discussion takes place.
-Cryptoclaims-
Unless explicitly authorized by the game moderator in their opening rules section, cryptoclaims are forbidden.
-Out-of-game Promises-
Players may not use out-of-game promises (example: I swear on my grandmother's life, I bet you my entire collection of magic cards, etc.) in an effort to influence other players.
-Multiple Players On One Account-
"Hydra" accounts - multiple people playing and posting as one player with shared access to the "gimmick" account, are not allowed unless they have prior approval from the specific game Moderator. Please do not do this on your own.
-Traitor/Alignment Switching Roles-
Game moderators are strongly encouraged to be extraordinarily careful if they seek to include a traitor role in their designs. These roles are notorious for causing games to implode, for creating fairness concerns, and for the challenge they pose to the town's behavioral analysis. (See Discussion in Council Thread, Post 3351, onwards.)
Deadlines:
All day phases will have a deadline equal to 14 days, scaling down as the number of players in the game decreases. I strongly encourage you to plan on attempting to secure a lynch threshold 24 hours before the actual deadline. This is not a rule, but a measure you as players can take to prevent unwanted no lynches that often cause the game to stagnate.
Night phases will last for as close to 48 hours as I can manage, but the deadline for night actions will be 47 hours so I can open the thread promptly when Day begins.
I will post the deadline and approximate time remaining until the deadline at start of day and when I post official vote counts. I will PM players with unsubmitted night actions 24 hours before the action deadline as a reminder.
Lynching:
Players will be lynched once a simple majority of votes for that player is achieved (i.e. Majority lynch).
There will likely be some amount of time (twilight) between the final lynch vote and the lynch scene. Players may post during twilight.
If a majority lynch is not achieved by the deadline, no lynch will occur.
Order of Operations:
The short version is, stuff works the way you probably expect it to work. If you have a question about a specific interaction, PM me and I will explain in general terms how it would resolve.
Other Role Stuff:
Voting:
I will NOT be using Ecophagy’s vote counter to total your votes.
However, in the interest of site wide voting consistency, I ask that the following voting rules still be adhered to.
Creating vote counts will be trivial for me (and you!) with this tool, however it places some restrictions on the ways you can vote.
The current voting rules are:
You can generate your own vote counts by downloading the tool here. Note that the “nicknames” field is a comma delineated list that will work incorrectly if you use spaces after the commas.
Victory Conditions:
A faction (Town/Mafia) will win when all threats to their team are eliminated, or if nothing can prevent that from happening.
/in
2014 - Best Mafia Performance (Individual)(Wu Tang)
2014 - Best Mafia Newcomer
2015 - Best Town Performance (Individual) (Predator)
2015 - Best Town Performance (Group) - Predator Mafia
2015 - Best Mafia Performance (Group) - 2015 Invitational
2015 - Best Town Player
2015 - Best Mafia Player
2015 - Best Overall Player
/in
I started designing this game(Eventually scrapped it) at the around the same time Shadow designed this game and independently of him. Shadows publicly declared system probably works better than my system I had in place.
I don't facebook, twitter, Instagram or whatever you kids are doing these days.
Now I just read less of obs/scumchat and skim for mentions of me.
The discord aspect is unfortunately a part of it, but I will tell you it will be worth it. Also, you can get in discord, use it just for this game and nothing else. I do think you should /in, I think you’d be an asset to the game and I would love to have you.