Ghostbusters Mafia
A Normal Setup for 16 Players
Created by Cantripmancer
Modded by Cantripmancer and Wuffles_II
Reviewed by Ecophagy and Prophylaxis
Game Results:
Sucking Ectoplasm (Dead):
0. Walter Peck, Town Vanilla, excised from the original FTQ setup, sucked into the containment unit, and murdered in the ectoplasmic clouds pregame.
1. Rodemy, Ivo Shandor, Mafia Architect, lynched D1, but won.
2. Atogaholic, Female ESP Student, Town Vanilla, modkilled D1.
3. Grapefruit21, Egon Spengler, Town Ghostbuster, died N1.
4. TheRealStinkyJoeTerry, Janine Melnitz, Town Vanilla, died during D2.
5. Rhand (repl. rezombied), Louis Tulley, Town Keymaster, died N2.
6. D_V (repl. elijah), Gozer, Town Ubermacht, lynched D3.
7. Tubba Fett, Alice, Town Librarian, died N3.
8. zdtsd (repl. Fuwa), Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, Town Doctorguard, died N4.
9. EtR, Dean Yeager, Town Vanilla, lynched D5.
10. Highroller, Peter Venkman, Town Ghostbuster, endgamed.
11. Rumanshi, The Archbishop, Town Vanilla, endgamed.
12. Vaimes, Winston Zeddemore, Town Ghostbuster, endgamed.
13. vezokpiraka, Dana Barrett, Town Gatekeeper, endgamed.
(No Longer) Caught in the Containment Unit (Alive):
1. KamikazeArchon, Slimer, Mafia Follower, won in endgame.
2. Silvercrys3467 (repl. RE1031), Mayor Lenny, Mafia Bureaucrat, won in endgame.
3. tomsloger, Ray Stanz, Mafia Ghostbuster, won in endgame.
Dangerously Close to Crossing the Streams (Replacements):
1. ganderin_dan
2. Azrael
3. Foopme
4. Bur
Finding Their Seats With a Jumbo Tub of Popcorn (Spectators):
1. osieorb18
2. Wuffles_II
3. Ecophagy
4. Prophylaxis
5. Shadowlancer
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#9: If deadline is reached and no player has reached lynch threshold, the day ends with no lynch.
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#11: Scum players may submit actions for other scum players if the other scum player has not submitted an action. However, if the other player ever submits an action, their fellow scum cannot change what that player submitted.
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, no funny business involving cryptography, etc. and... have fun, that’s the whole point.
Game-Specific Rules:
1. Each player is identified in their role PM as "Human" or "Ecto". Some roles/abilities refer to those designations; there are no other game effects/rules pertaining to those designations.
2. Day deadlines for this game will be: [# of players] + [lynch threshold] = Deadline in days.
3. Night phases will last 48-72 hours depending on life circumstances. Nights may be shortened further toward the end of the game.
4. A sample town role PM is in post #4, but also posted here for clarity:
Walter Peck, Town Vanilla (Human)
You are vanilla; you have no abilities other than your vote. Win Condition: You win when all threats to the town are eliminated (even if you're dead when that happens).
(Note: Flavor is provided for your enjoyment and entertainment; game decisions should not be based on flavor scenes.)
Basement of Ghostbusters HQ, New York, NY
EGON and PECK argue about shutting down the containment unit, while VINZ, JANINE, CON EDISON MAN, and POLICE CAPTAIN watch in uncertainty.
PETER
coming down stairs
At ease, officer. I'm Peter Venkman. I think there's just been a slight misunderstanding and I wanna to cooperate in any way that I can.
PECK
Forget it, Venkman! You had your chance to cooperate, but you thought it'd be more fun to insult me. Well, now it is my turn, wise ass.
EGON
He wants to shut down the protection grid, Peter.
PETER
You shut that thing down and we are not going to be held responsible for whatever happens.
PECK
On the contrary! You're going to be held responsible.
PETER
No! We won't be held responsible!
PECK
Shut it off!
PETER
Don't shut it off. I'm warning you.
CON EDISON MAN
I - I've never seen anything like this before.
PECK
I'm not interested in your opinion, just shut it off.
PETER
stopping CON EDISON MAN
My friend, don't be a jerk.
POLICE CAPTAIN
Step aside!
PECK
If he does that again, you can shoot him.
POLICE CAPTAIN
You do your job, pencil neck! Don't tell me how to do mine!
PETER
Thank you, officer.
PECK
Shut it off!
PETER starts up stairs. EGON makes an explosion with his fingers in POLICE CAPTAIN's face, mouthing "Boom".
CON ED MAN pulls red lever. Alarms goes off. Lights flash.
TIME, HISTORY, AND REALITY SHIFT
The trap door of the containment unit slams open, a hot white light pouring forth and solidifying into snaking tendrils of ectoplasm. There's a sudden sunburst of energy, some beams hitting individuals in the room, others shooting out through walls and ceilings. A sound, like that of a rushing train, fills the small basement space. The light tendrils twist into a vortex and start pulsing; the light now seems to be retreating back into the containment unit. Those in the basement watch as Walter Peck is enfolded in light, his body becoming slightly ephemeral and distorted as it's stretched toward the trap door. With a small *pop*, Peck is sucked into the containment unit.
A quick succession of similar tiny explosions occur, and those still in the basement see several other...*somethings* flash by and enter the containment unit. And as quickly as it began, it seems to have ended. The klaxons fall silent; the lights shut off. Just another basement in New York City.
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You find yourself floating in billowy clouds reminiscent of ectoplasm. Looking around, you see a number of glowing spheres of light interweaving and coming together, then separating, interacting. You can hear whispers among the spheres, murmurs of fear, anger, surprise, resignation. You think about moving toward a pair of spheres, and find yourself floating in that direction. You quickly discover that by thinking about communicating, sound issues forth. After playing with this ability a little, you notice the one thing in the immediate vicinity that stands out: a body. There are a number of spheres surrounding it, and as you approach you hear snippets of conversation.
"--is down. Now to tend to the others."
"They won't succumb... ...lost the element of surprise."
"True, but...mean we don't have...secrets...overwhelm them quickly."
"...put enough down, we'll be free of this prison."
"They come! Disperse!"
The spheres--you can't even tell how many there are--fly away from the body into the aether. Slowly, sixteen glowing spheres approach the body lying on the ground.
Walter Peck has been killed; he was:
Walter Peck, Town Vanilla (Human)
You are vanilla; you have no abilities other than your vote.
Win Condition: You win when all threats to the town are eliminated (even if you're dead when that happens).
Day 1 has begun.
With sixteen alive, it's 9 to lynch.
The day may now proceed with its business of stately murder (you may post).
Day 1 Deadline is set to 1pm, MST, on Wednesday December 19th: Countdown Clock
Also tom standing up for Rumi doesn't feel like a scum move seeing as if they were scum together that puts them together in the beginning and i don't think tom is that careless.
if rumi were town and tom were scum, I think he'd be pushing for a lynch here.
If tom is town and Rumi is scum, then it's null and void but hey, 2 out of 3 point to a town tom.
Private Mod Note
():
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
Thank you for choosing
Rodemy Pizza
It’s not the best choice, but it’s a choice nonetheless
Rod do you think scum would just... always push ruma regardless of his alignment or...
?
I don't know what scum would do Tom....
I just think that if *I* were scum i would take that "ruma is scummy" post and turn it into a wagon if ruma was town.
Where did you get that I thought scum would "ALWAYS" push ruma?
Private Mod Note
():
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
Thank you for choosing
Rodemy Pizza
It’s not the best choice, but it’s a choice nonetheless
A Normal Setup for 16 Players
Created by Cantripmancer
Modded by Cantripmancer and Wuffles_II
Reviewed by Ecophagy and Prophylaxis
0. Walter Peck, Town Vanilla, excised from the original FTQ setup, sucked into the containment unit, and murdered in the ectoplasmic clouds pregame.
1. Rodemy, Ivo Shandor, Mafia Architect, lynched D1, but won.
2. Atogaholic, Female ESP Student, Town Vanilla, modkilled D1.
3. Grapefruit21, Egon Spengler, Town Ghostbuster, died N1.
4. TheRealStinkyJoeTerry, Janine Melnitz, Town Vanilla, died during D2.
5. Rhand (repl. rezombied), Louis Tulley, Town Keymaster, died N2.
6. D_V (repl. elijah), Gozer, Town Ubermacht, lynched D3.
7. Tubba Fett, Alice, Town Librarian, died N3.
8. zdtsd (repl. Fuwa), Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, Town Doctorguard, died N4.
9. EtR, Dean Yeager, Town Vanilla, lynched D5.
10. Highroller, Peter Venkman, Town Ghostbuster, endgamed.
11. Rumanshi, The Archbishop, Town Vanilla, endgamed.
12. Vaimes, Winston Zeddemore, Town Ghostbuster, endgamed.
13. vezokpiraka, Dana Barrett, Town Gatekeeper, endgamed.
(No Longer) Caught in the Containment Unit (Alive):
1. KamikazeArchon, Slimer, Mafia Follower, won in endgame.
2. Silvercrys3467 (repl. RE1031), Mayor Lenny, Mafia Bureaucrat, won in endgame.
3. tomsloger, Ray Stanz, Mafia Ghostbuster, won in endgame.
1. ganderin_dan
2. Azrael
3. Foopme
4. Bur
Finding Their Seats With a Jumbo Tub of Popcorn (Spectators):
1. osieorb18
2. Wuffles_II
3. Ecophagy
4. Prophylaxis
5. Shadowlancer
Checkpoints:
#1: Have fun, be respectful towards the other players and follow the normal forum rules. This is a game, which we're playing for fun. Expect a low tolerance for flaming.
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.
Also, remember that image leeching is not allowed on MTGSalvation.
While profanity itself is not against the forum rules, and you are free to include profanity in your posts as appropriate, certain words are automatically censored by forum software. Do not attempt to evade the censor. Self-censoring, any attempt to 'cheat' a word past the censor, or attempting to clarify what a censored word is, are all considered censor evasion. If you're going to swear, just swear.
While I don't care about cursing, I will report, replace, and/or modkill you for derogatory content, in particular, slurs, in relation to another user or person, at my own reasonable discretion.
#2: Keep the out-of-game separate from the in-game. This is a modkillable offence.
#3: DO NOT edit, delete, or thank posts. Even if it’s an accidental double post. This is a modkillable offense.
#4: No funny business. DO NOT use invisible text, cryptography, tiny writing, hidden messages, acronym/alphabet claims, or similar. DO NOT post after you are dead. DO NOT post if you are not a player. This is a modkillable offense.
#5: Post game-related content at least once every 48 hours. LET'S MAKE THIS A REPLACEMENT-FREE GAME, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.
#6: I make no promises about public answers to any question. If you have a question about your role or a rules interaction, please communicate with me privately.
#7: By confirming that you have received your Role PM you also confirm that you have read it. Not reading your Role PM is a reportable offense.
#8: Once lynch threshold is reached, votes are considered locked in. Votes and unvotes made after that will not be counted. (This is known as the Twilight phase.)
#9: If deadline is reached and no player has reached lynch threshold, the day ends with no lynch.
#10: Make your votes clear to the mod. BOLD your votes and place them on separate line.
#11: Scum players may submit actions for other scum players if the other scum player has not submitted an action. However, if the other player ever submits an action, their fellow scum cannot change what that player submitted.
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, no funny business involving cryptography, etc. and... have fun, that’s the whole point.
This game will follow Natural Action Resolution with potential twists at mod discretion.
EDIT: Most have confirmed; waiting on a few others. The game will likely start tomorrow morning.
Basement of Ghostbusters HQ, New York, NY
EGON and PECK argue about shutting down the containment unit, while VINZ, JANINE, CON EDISON MAN, and POLICE CAPTAIN watch in uncertainty.
PETER
coming down stairs
At ease, officer. I'm Peter Venkman. I think there's just been a slight misunderstanding and I wanna to cooperate in any way that I can.
PECK
Forget it, Venkman! You had your chance to cooperate, but you thought it'd be more fun to insult me. Well, now it is my turn, wise ass.
EGON
He wants to shut down the protection grid, Peter.
PETER
You shut that thing down and we are not going to be held responsible for whatever happens.
PECK
On the contrary! You're going to be held responsible.
PETER
No! We won't be held responsible!
PECK
Shut it off!
PETER
Don't shut it off. I'm warning you.
CON EDISON MAN
I - I've never seen anything like this before.
PECK
I'm not interested in your opinion, just shut it off.
PETER
stopping CON EDISON MAN
My friend, don't be a jerk.
POLICE CAPTAIN
Step aside!
PECK
If he does that again, you can shoot him.
POLICE CAPTAIN
You do your job, pencil neck! Don't tell me how to do mine!
PETER
Thank you, officer.
PECK
Shut it off!
PETER starts up stairs. EGON makes an explosion with his fingers in POLICE CAPTAIN's face, mouthing "Boom".
CON ED MAN pulls red lever. Alarms goes off. Lights flash.
TIME, HISTORY, AND REALITY SHIFT
The trap door of the containment unit slams open, a hot white light pouring forth and solidifying into snaking tendrils of ectoplasm. There's a sudden sunburst of energy, some beams hitting individuals in the room, others shooting out through walls and ceilings. A sound, like that of a rushing train, fills the small basement space. The light tendrils twist into a vortex and start pulsing; the light now seems to be retreating back into the containment unit. Those in the basement watch as Walter Peck is enfolded in light, his body becoming slightly ephemeral and distorted as it's stretched toward the trap door. With a small *pop*, Peck is sucked into the containment unit.
A quick succession of similar tiny explosions occur, and those still in the basement see several other...*somethings* flash by and enter the containment unit. And as quickly as it began, it seems to have ended. The klaxons fall silent; the lights shut off. Just another basement in New York City.
-------
You find yourself floating in billowy clouds reminiscent of ectoplasm. Looking around, you see a number of glowing spheres of light interweaving and coming together, then separating, interacting. You can hear whispers among the spheres, murmurs of fear, anger, surprise, resignation. You think about moving toward a pair of spheres, and find yourself floating in that direction. You quickly discover that by thinking about communicating, sound issues forth. After playing with this ability a little, you notice the one thing in the immediate vicinity that stands out: a body. There are a number of spheres surrounding it, and as you approach you hear snippets of conversation.
"--is down. Now to tend to the others."
"They won't succumb... ...lost the element of surprise."
"True, but...mean we don't have...secrets...overwhelm them quickly."
"...put enough down, we'll be free of this prison."
"They come! Disperse!"
The spheres--you can't even tell how many there are--fly away from the body into the aether. Slowly, sixteen glowing spheres approach the body lying on the ground.
Walter Peck has been killed; he was:
Day 1 has begun.
With sixteen alive, it's 9 to lynch.
The day may now proceed with its business of stately murder (you may post).
Day 1 Deadline is set to 1pm, MST, on Wednesday December 19th: Countdown Clock
Dunnanunna nahnah
It’s
“ I ain’t ‘fraid of no ghost”
[b] vote tom[\b]
vote Tom
VOTE: RE
I can smell the scum on him already.
start spelling my name right.
Does it smell like.....
Grapefruit?
Um.. he COULD have been voting RE1031
unvote vote rezombied
Ah yes, the hunt begins.
unvote
I mean I AM in the game.
It was predestined.
also Rumanshi is not Grapefruit.
Vote: Highroller
He knows what he did.
Also this is an RVS Vote for funsies and in no way a deliberate troll.
Like for reals. I’m just RVSing.
See?!
:lock::spamlock::banana:
:dance::jam:
:bunny::jham:
There are all the celebratory emojis i could find.
UGH.
FORMATTING.
Also, RSJT, why do you feel the need to declare you are town in a game where people lie?
15. Vaimes
3. EtR
7. KamikazeArchon
6. Highroller
8. rezombied
10. Rodemy
2. elijah
1. Atogaholic
4. Fuwa
13. tomsloger
11. Rumanshi
5. Grapefruit21
14. Tubba Fett
12. TheRealStinkyJoeTerry
9. RE1031
vote: vez
o/
I had Rumis vote on the brain, he voted RE, which could mean:
REzombie
or RE1031
Yeah, it's definitely me.
POST #2
Correct
vote:rezombie
Narcissism is bad.
Joe town
sounds like a wolf
Town vibes from tom.
Will post when Terry answers my question
Who are you and what have you done with Rod?
Medication
if rumi were town and tom were scum, I think he'd be pushing for a lynch here.
If tom is town and Rumi is scum, then it's null and void but hey, 2 out of 3 point to a town tom.
hmm
atogs are known scum
I mean, so are Kami's...
?
I don't know what scum would do Tom....
I just think that if *I* were scum i would take that "ruma is scummy" post and turn it into a wagon if ruma was town.
Where did you get that I thought scum would "ALWAYS" push ruma?
I feel loved. Tom seems towny, Rod seems towny. elijah needs to explain more
eloborate.
Movie time. I expect some ellabloration by the time it has finished.