Hi all,

This is a forum game which proved to be very popular on another similar mafia game which unfortunately got taken down recently and I'm hoping it will be well received here too, it's a fascinating game involving mind games, virtual killing and plenty of drama so hopefully it should interest a few of you!

The Rules

At the beginning of the game each player is given a 'role' at random and in secret by myself, the moderator, via PM. Those roles are Villager (good) and Werewolf (evil). 

The villagers will greatly outnumber the werewolves — in a 21 player game for example there will only be 3 werewolves — and the aim of the villagers is to identify and kill all the werewolves before the werewolves can kill enough villagers so that (#of wolves = #of villagers).

 

Special Roles
To help the villagers out in their decision, some of them will be given special roles, there will be one of each per game. These roles are as follows:

Seer: the seer has the ability to PM the moderator once per turn and ask him 'Is X a werewolf?' to which the moderator will answer truthfully yes or no. 

Priest: the priest will learn the roles of any players killed in the game. 

Witness: the witness selects another player (has to be different each turn) to follow, if that player is killed during the night then the witness learns the identity of one of the werewolves. If the witness selects a werewolf then he/she learns nothing, because werewolves are too crafty to be followed, and if he ever does witness a killing then he becomes, for the remainder of the game, a normal villager.

Players given these roles can announce them to the group if so desired, as can any player announce anything to the group really (in a game of Werewolf lying and deception is encouraged), but beware, doing so would likely make you a prime target for slaughter. 
 

If all goes well I'll keep a league table between games: 10pts for each player if their team is successful + any other points from different personal achievements (new player roles can be added to increase complexity, and sometimes these can have personal victory conditions) as well as points for still being alive at the end of a game. I'll try to keep track of as much as possible regarding statistics, which will always be helpful during deduction as well as perhaps making for an interesting read. 
 

Time Scales
As I've said, each 'day' in the game lasts for 24hrs in real life, 10am-10pm Day Phase and 10pm-10am Night Phase.

That's it really, that's how you play. 

Sign up below if you want to be involved in the first game and we'll see if we can get enough to start the first Night Phase tomorrow night.

There's a version of this on IRC. Prat has to get the bot running, but it's about.

if you get enough players i'll play.

count me in mr box

It's more fun in some ways in a forum format because you get to strategise and stuff over a long time, which you can't so much in real-time.

You can count me in.

I'll give this a go if anybody else goes for it.

Count me in!

i am in :D

We have 6 players so far, 8 is probably the minimum needed but it's a way more fun with more players obviously so don't be shy and sign up people :)

It might look complicated but it's quite straightforward really, and you can always learn as the game goes on.

sure count me in though with thoes Time Scales are we going out from Gametime or your timezone?

Gametime

You don't have to be there at those exact times

For the village lynch, you just have to submit your vote at anytime between 10am and 10pm, but obviously, the more time you have for discussion with the other villagers, the bettet

For the werewolf kill, the werewolves must pick a target between 10pm and 10am

Let me know what your preferred times are and I can find better times if needed.  It's difficult with a mix of Europeans and Americans and these are the best times I feel but let me know if you have any better ideas.

I don't think I will start this tonight as I want ti get as many players as possible and Sunday night might be better.  Tell all your friends, the more the merrier!

Sign me up

Is there a role for a were-pig?

What special abilities would a were-pig have?

On a more serious note, are you saying you're interested? ;s

I think a were-pig would have pretty much the same special abilities as a werewolf just more piggy like and dirtier

I'm in!

Also, this game is awesome to play IRL. I love it!

I'm up for it, count me in.

count me in :D