Mafia is an educated guessing game of epic proportions. At the start of the game each player is randomly assigned a role. The majority of players become members of the town, but a few players will be transformed into the game's secret villains: the mafia. After receiving their roles, the players discuss amongst themselves and work to uncover the deceivers within their ranks. In the day players vote on somebody to lynch, eliminating them from the game. During night the mafia faction selects in secret a member of the town to kill.
The objective of the game is to lynch or kill all mafia members before they outnumber the rest of the town. If the mafia at any time outnumber or equal the townspeople, they win.
The game is typically very active, so the thread may grow large quickly. However, it is essential to read the thread to play the game. This game can involve hours of reading and typically spans 2 weeks. If you do not have the time or patience to read a lot of text, do not play.
New players are always welcome to join. The best way to get acquainted with the game and see whether it's something you may enjoy is by reading through a previous game in this forum.
Signups:
Come play with us!
Sign up for the game by posting your MS-Paint /in in the thread If you find that you no longer have time to play prior to the game starting simply post /out. You may also post /replace to potentially fill in for an inactive player.
Rules:
Cheating: Cheating includes (but is not limited to): [*] Posting after death. You may have one polite goodbye post; but it may not contain any potentially game-changing information. [*] Ruining the game by doing something like hand out your mafia's member list to the town. [*] Logging on to someone else's account to get their role or looking over someone's shoulder to get their role. [*] Comparing role PM times to determine roles. [*] Posting screenshots of your inbox. [*] Posting any PM you receive from a host. [*] Getting yourself modkilled to help your team. Your non-majority-decided death may not be used as a bargaining chip. [*] Signing up more than once using smurf accounts. [*] Betting items outside of the game in exchange for in-game benefits. [*] Sharing accounts with other players. Only you may post on your account. [*] Posting the link to any QT's you have. [*] Posting a townie seal to remove yourself from the lynch pool. Seals include, but are not limited to, the traditional Coag townie seals, + Show Spoiler +
as well as players utilizing a 15+ year history of never lying about their own alignment. Do not pressure players to post their seals.
Posting:
Host Color: The color blue is reserved for the hosts of the game to make our posts easy to notice. Please do not use it.
Questions: The color green is reserved for questions by players for the hosts during pre-game.
Once the game begins, please PM the hosts with any questions.
Smurfs: Smurfs must PM the host because TL doesn't allow multiple accounts otherwise. If the host is unaware of smurfs, you (and/or your smurf) can be banned for having multiple accounts
Editing: Editing is not allowed for any reason. Editing will result in a warning. After that, you will be modkilled. This is the one part of the site where it is okay to be double posting, even triple-posting. "Editing" includes indirect editing like linking an image, then editing the image. Editing your profile or signature are allowed, but if you edit them for any game-related reasons (ie, breadcrumbing, sending messages, etc) this will be considered out-of-thread posting and will be punished.
Inappropriate posts and use of the report post link: If you want to post something insulting or inappropriate and know the TL mods would have a problem with it elsewhere, don't post it here. If you do, a host will warn you or modkill you and request that you be banned from future games. The hosts have the final say on what is inappropriate. If you do not like how someone is talking to you, please PM a host before involving the TL moderation staff or using the report post link. If you are unsatisfied with how the situation is resolved, then you can appeal to the TL staff normally.
Ban discussions: Please wait until this game is over to talk about modkills and bans resulting from this game.
Play to win. This means you play your best to help your team win while you are alive and in the game. However, this does not mean that you should try to win by being a jerk to the other players so they all want to quit playing.
This also means that you cannot leave the game without a good reason without a ban. These situations will be dealt with on a case by case basis. PM your host if you need to leave the game.
Out of thread communication:
Players who have not explicitly been given permission to communicate outside the thread are not allowed to do so.
Voting rules:
Voting is done in a separate voting thread that will be posted at the start of the game. Do not PM your vote to the hosts, it will not be counted.
Please vote in the following format: ##Vote Palmar.
No conditional voting.
You may vote for yourself.
This game uses plurality voting, so whoever has the most votes at the end of the day is lynched. There is no minimum number of votes required to lynch someone. If there is a tie for most votes, whoever most recently had more votes than the other is the person who is up for the lynch.
The person who is up for the lynch is whoever has the most votes. Bringing another player up to that number of votes doesn't put him up for the lynch; s/he has to have the most votes.
Voting is mandatory. You may NOT abstain.
Game-specific rules:
Vibes This game is intended to be a fun experience for everyone and will not be as serious as most other Mafia games. Players that disrupt the atmosphere will first be warned, and on a second offense modkilled unless said offense was bad enough to warrant an insta modkill (Example: Robik threatening to punch Rsoul in the vagina). Be fun and have fun.
Modkills:
Modkills will be used at the host's discretion. I don't inform players of pending modkills.
Replacements: If you are unable to continue playing for a legitimate reason please PM the host. If it's still early in the game a replacement will be subbed in if available.
Clues: The role PMs and day/night posts are purely flavor text. There are no clues.
PMs: PMs and out of thread communication are not allowed in this game, unless your role explicitly allows them.
Activity: You are expected to keep up with the thread and participate in discussion. If for some reason you anticipate that you will not be available for a period longer than 48 hours, please notify a host ahead of time. Activity modkills will be handled at the host's discretion.
Time Cycle: This game will follow a 48 hour day/24 hour night cycle. Upon reaching the deadline, the game will be put on hold until the next day or night post is posted. Any votes or night actions timestamped up to and including 9:59 will count; those at or after 10:00 will not.
The deadline for each cycle will be 10:00 PM CEST.
Semi-silent nights: During the night, players are not allowed to post other than MS Paint pictures. Please don't just write words in paint - have fun with it.
Credits: Thanks to cohosts, coaches and players. Thanks to every active member of the TL mafia community.
This is a semi open setup. What that means is that all possible roles are known, but what roles players get is not known. With X players there will be X town and Y mafia. Mafia will have 1 KP and all players spawn as Vanilla Town or Mafia Goon.
Each day, next to voting for a lynch, players are encouraged to post MS Paint images in the thread. Other players are encouraged to interact with these images as well. The host will select one player based on the following criteria to receive a 'powerup' of sorts: -How well-drawn or funny the image is -How relevant it is to the thread -How much interaction it generated After the lynch and with the night post, the host will announce which player received the powerup, but not what powerup they received. They can not be shot that night. Other than the Vengeful Townie and Mafia abilities, Their ability has to be used that night.
If the player that wins this powerup is Town, they random one of the following: Jailkeeper (You may roleblock and protect one person from KP.) Cop (You may choose a player to check their alignment.) Vigilante (You may shoot one person.) Vengeful Townie (Upon dying you have the opportunity to take revenge. You may designate one person to be shot. They will receive KP during the same phase in which you die.)
If the player that wins this powerup is Mafia, they random one of the following: Frame (Once this game, you may target a player. The player will appear as the opposite alignment if checked by the cop. You may target yourself.) Mafia Vigilante (You may shoot one person. You have only a single shot. If you are role blocked while shooting your shot will not be refunded.) Vengeful Mafia (Upon dying you have the opportunity to take revenge. You may designate one person to be shot. They will receive KP during the same phase in which you die.) Roleblocker (Next cycle, the townie's action will be roleblocked. They will not be notified of this.) FAQ: Plurality lynch. In the case of a tied vote the first player to obtain the most votes is lynched. Mafia kp is carried. Each night the mafia must designate a player to carry each kill. Players may visit multiple people. Mafia can hold their shot. Town may vote for a no lynch. Self voting is allowed. Mafia communications will be held over discord. Any one player cannot win the power-up twice in a row. If you mainly play on phone, there are surprisingly decent MS Paint phone apps you can use.
The roles will be sent via PM just before the start of the game. The PMs will look like this:
On March 29 2024 20:43 raynpelikoneet wrote: i cant join the game because it doesnt allow me to upload images.
I was having the same issue.
I just used the website that I saw Artanis was able to post with https://imgbb.com and then you have to switch the link from a viewer link to a direct link at the end before uploading it here.
Here's a gif of last game's champions that I finally figured out how to upload.
On March 29 2024 20:43 raynpelikoneet wrote: i cant join the game because it doesnt allow me to upload images.
I was having the same issue.
I just used the website that I saw Artanis was able to post with https://imgbb.com and then you have to switch the link from a viewer link to a direct link at the end before uploading it here.
Here's a gif of last game's champions that I finally figured out how to upload.
On March 29 2024 20:43 raynpelikoneet wrote: i cant join the game because it doesnt allow me to upload images.
I was having the same issue.
I just used the website that I saw Artanis was able to post with https://imgbb.com and then you have to switch the link from a viewer link to a direct link at the end before uploading it here.
Here's a gif of last game's champions that I finally figured out how to upload.
I am completely gone for the next 2 weeks, I'll be abroad. At the rate this is filling up I doubt it matters but if it randomly fills in that time you'll have to get someone else on board for me. I should be back around the 26-27th of April.
On April 12 2024 11:52 Onegu wrote: /in \ Please PM me in Discord when this starts. Or I wont see this.
Miss you all!
It appears you have forgotten something in your signup.
Interesting strategy to quote his post to tell him that, after he just said hes not reading the thread. Im looking forward to the conclusion of this situation.
On May 04 2024 14:04 raynpelikoneet wrote: Okay so what do we need here to start the game? Soon will probably start being time when i can't play anymore for a while.
Oh, I will need to pay attention to this before booking flights
On May 04 2024 14:04 raynpelikoneet wrote: Okay so what do we need here to start the game? Soon will probably start being time when i can't play anymore for a while.
Oh, I will need to pay attention to this before booking flights