Token Power 4: Purity Signups (7/7)

[osieorb18]

A Mafia game created by Osieorb18.
Reviewed by DV, Jackrito, Silvercrys, the worst.

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Osie's Rules for Mafia 451 Games

#0: I am the host and I reserve the rights to change these rules.

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 after the game. To the best of my and my reviewers’ knowledge, this is not a bastard game.

#1: Follow the spirit of these rules in addition to the letter.

These rules direct the actions of human beings and are enforced by human beings. I am lenient in many a case, as I know that human beings are fallible and that players often don’t read the rules. That said, I do not like to have to warn the same player for the same rule multiple times.

If you try to cheat the game or the game rules in any manner, usually it will be discovered. As of the writing of this rule, I only have one offense for which I would blacklist a player. That offense is intentionally and knowingly cheating. If I catch you intentionally and knowingly cheating, not only will you be immediately modkilled, not only will I be extremely likely to not allow you in any games I run in the future, but I will be inclined to do everything in my power to ensure that you do not participate in any other games on this site or in any other community in which I play Mafia as a publicly-broadcasted cheater.

If you believe that you have found a mistake or loophole in these rules, please discuss it with me before posting.

#2: Have fun, be respectful towards the other people involved in the game, and follow the normal forum rules. This is a game, which we’re playing for fun. Expect a low tolerance for toxicity.

You are responsible for following all forum and subforum rules and guidelines. Forum-wide rules and Mafia Game Rules are available here.

Mafia is a game, we’re here to have fun. Please be respectful of the other people involved in the game. Sometimes emotions run high and we get caught up in the moment. That is not an excuse for flaming or poor sportsmanship.

I won’t be moderating profanity, though if you are asked politely and reasonably to not use a word or phrase, then you are expected to follow the site rules and do not use that word or phrase.

While I don’t care about cursing, I will report, replace, and/or modkill you for derogatory content, in particular, slurs, in relation to or targeted towards another user or person, at my own reasonable discretion.

#3: Keep the out-of-game separate from the in-game. This is a modkillable/reportable offense.

• DO NOT talk about this game outside of this thread and outside communication given to you in your role PM or approved by me. Please attempt to copy me in as appropriate on out-of-game messages sent to other players. 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.
• DO NOT directly quote or screenshot your role PM or any private communications when posting in the main game thread. This includes mason chats and scum chats. Pretending to break this rule is the same as actually breaking it. Putting words or phrases in quotation marks when discussing private communications in-thread is also a violation of this rule. Please paraphrase - if you are in doubt, ask me before posting!
• DO NOT bring up rule-breaking in thread. If you feel that someone is breaking the rules, bring it up with myself directly. Accusing someone of rulebreaking in thread or in game-related communications that involve multiple people other than the host will be grounds for a modkill.
• When posting in a mafia game, please do not use angleshooting or out-of-game knowledge, to the best of your ability. This means do not discuss the timing, reasons, or order of substitutions and modkills, do not discuss the timing or phrasing of role PMs, do not make alignment bets with out of game consequences, and do not use “trust tells” or similar. This list is not exhaustive. Providing direct proof (e.g. picture of yourself at an out-of-game activity, screenshot of out-of-game notes) of an out-of-game context in thread is another form of angleshooting.

#4: By confirming that you have received your Role PM, you also confirm that you have read it.

Not reading your Role PM is a form of cheating. I consider there to only be one warning for this, for life. If I know that a player knows that they must read their role PM but has chosen not to do so, this rule and related consequences will be enforced with great prejudice.

#5: DO NOT make more than a small edit to posts unless discussed with the mod. Even if it’s an accidental double post. In particular, DO NOT delete posts. This is a modkillable/reportable offense.

#6: No funny business. If you no longer wish to participate in a game for any reason, contact the host. DO NOT attempt to force the host to modkill you. DO NOT use invisible text, cryptography, tiny writing, hidden messages, trust tells, lynching for reasons outside of perceived alignment, or similar. DO NOT post after you are dead. DO NOT post if you are not a player. This is a modkillable/reportable offense.

#7: Post game-related content as required by the game-specific inactivity rules. LET’S MAKE THIS A REPLACEMENT-FREE GAME, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

If you have not maintained minimum posting requirements, you will be prodded. Failing to respond to the prod within 24 hours will lead to your replacement or modkill. 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 or contact me directly 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 a full round, you should consider requesting replacement.

#8: Do not spam the thread.

While I will not enforce a strict posting maximum, if I feel that you’re posting too much in a row (more than five posts in a row is generally excessive), action may be taken ranging from a warning to eventual replacement/modkill. That said, I do not usually consider simple edits by way of double posting in this context, unless it is egregious.

#9: 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. If you do choose to tag a host in the thread, that host may ignore you.

I will be particularly unlikely to answer questions posed to me in the game thread other than questions about vote counts or deadlines. If you raise a question in a private message that needs addressing to the entire game (regarding a special rule or similar), I will respond as I feel is appropriate.

#10: Once a lynch is reached, votes are considered locked in. Votes and unvotes made after that will not be counted. (This is known as the Twilight phase.)

#11: If deadline is reached and no player fulfills the requirements to be lynched, the day ends with no lynch.

#12: Make your votes clear to all people reading your posts. Please place your votes on a separate line and utilize the proper formatting:

[vote]osieorb18[/vote]

If your vote is not counted, please contact the host(s).

#13: Mafia team players may submit actions for other Mafia team players if the other Mafia team player has not submitted an action. However, if the other Mafia team player ever submits an action, their fellow Mafia team players cannot change what that Mafia team player submitted.

#14: DO NOT POST IN THE THREAD DURING THE NIGHT PHASE, UNLESS YOUR ROLE SAYS OTHERWISE.

#15: If there is no lynch for a Day, followed by no kill for a Night, followed by no lynch once more for a second Day, then at host discretion, a random town player may become the lynch for the second Day. This rule exists to prevent perpetual MyLO.

TL;DR: Be excellent to each other, don’t be inactive, 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.

Setup

At the start of the game, there are 5 Town players and 2 Mafia players.

Each player is Vanilla. At the beginning of the game, as part of each player’s role PM, that player will receive one of the token items listed below, associated with a 1-shot role. The list of tokens is as follows:

• 1-shot Item Thief - Once per game, as a Night action, you may target another player. Take an item from that player. You will always take an Envelope before Bread, and Bread before a role.
• 1-shot Commuterizer - Once per game, as a Night action, you may target another player. Remove that player from the game for the duration of the Night phase. That player cannot target or be targeted by actions. You gain a chat with that player as long as they are removed from the game.
• 1-shot Tracker - Once per game, as a Night action, you may target another player. Learn who that player targets that Night.
• 1-shot Doctor - Once per game, as a Night action, you may target another player. Protect that player from Kills that Night.
• 1-shot Claim Vigilante - Once per game, as a Night action, you may target another player. You may submit a post or posts that player made that you believe indicate that player’s role. If you are correct, you kill that player.
• 1-shot Bus Driver - Once per game, as a Night action, you may target two other players. Switch all actions that target one of those players with all actions that target the other player. A Tracker targeting one of those players will learn that they are receiving results on the other player. A Claim Vigilante targeting one of those players will be asked to submit a post or posts made by the other player. Any other roles in this setup will not learn at the time that their ability was redirected.
• 1-shot Bread Baker - Once per game, as a Night action, you may target another player. Give that player a Loaf of Bread. A Loaf of Bread is an item with the following actions:
  • “Eat Me” - Once per game, as a Night action, you may eat this bread. The bread will cease to exist.
• 1-shot Envelope Inventor - Once per game, as a Night action, you may target another player. Give that player an Envelope. An Envelope is an item with the following actions:
  • 1-shot Write - Once per game, as a Night action, you may target another player. Write a 280-or-fewer character message on the inside of this Envelope, then seal the Envelope and pass it to that player.
  • 2-shot Read - Twice per game, as a Night action, you may read the Envelope. The first time the Envelope is read, you must target another player. The envelope is passed to that player. The second time the Envelope is read, it ceases to exist, having crumbled into dust.

The Mafia team receives the unused role as a fake claim.

Game-Specific Notes:

• The Mafia team members may submit the factional nightkill and exactly one action in the same Night. However, they may only submit one action. They may not, for example, read the Envelope AND track another player in the same Night.
• The game will be majority lynch during the day and plurality lynch at the end of the day.
• If the game is in LyLO or MyLO, votes will be locked when made.
• Lynch Deadlines will be 72 hours. There will then be a Twilight period of 0-12 hours. The Lynch Deadline applies whether or not any of the hosts are there to post the final votecount.
• Action Submission Deadlines will be 24 hours. There will then be an Action Handling period of 24 hours. The Action Submission Deadline applies whether or not any of the hosts have confirmed your actions as locked. If all players who can submit an action or chat during the Night vote to end the Night early, the Night may end early.
• Players are expected to post content (judged relatively leniently on a case-by-case basis) during the Day at least 7 times in the first 48 hours, at least 3 times in the last 24 hours, and at least 11 times overall. If someone is very close to these numbers, I am more likely to keep a closer eye on them. Be active, please!
• Mafia will have nightchat and daychat.
• You will have 1 free prod over the course of the game. If you are in the top 50% of posters when 50% of the players have been eliminated, you will gain another free prod. If all of your free prods have been used up, you will be replaced or modkilled at host discretion.

Token Resistance (/in, /join, or Join: {name}):

1. Nanook
2. Andresvmb
3. Jakethewolfie
4. srceenplay
5. LogicoftheVI
6. seththeking
7. Dab

Bluffing to a Win (/replace, /sub, or Replace: {name}):

The Audience Goes Wild (/spectate, /spec, or Spectate: {name}):

[Dab (meme)]

/sub

[JakeTheWolfie]

#6: No funny business. If you no longer wish to participate in a game for any reason, contact the host. DO NOT attempt to force the host to modkill you. DO NOT use invisible text, cryptography, tiny writing, hidden messages, acronym/alphabet claims, trust tells, lynching for reasons outside of perceived alignment, or similar. DO NOT post after you are dead. DO NOT post if you are not a player. This is a modkillable/reportable offense.

So, you can’t ever soft your claim?

[osieorb18]

@JakeTheWolfie

So, you can’t ever soft your claim?

It is possible to soft a claim without using code.

[JakeTheWolfie]

But I couldn’t do something like use the first letter of every word to spell out BREAD

[osieorb18]

@JakeTheWolfie

But I couldn’t do something like use the first letter of every word to spell out BREAD

To be fair, I don’t care THAT much about that when it’s obvious. The spirit of the rule as written is more to avoid shenanigans like two people pre-planning how to confirm to each other via a code in the thread.

[osieorb18]

I removed the “Acronym/Alphabet Claims” bit from that.

[osieorb18]

Hmm… Maybe grabbing off-site people…

[LogicoftheVI (Devin Grayman)]

/in
New here from Mafia Colosseum

[Ellibereth (Elli)]

Hey welcome!

Press the blue /in button at the topic of the topic!

[LogicoftheVI (Devin Grayman)]

Got it!
Thank you

[Dab (meme)]

@osieorb18 I changed to /in so this game should start now