Game roles:

Citizen - The object of the game for the citizens (i.e., everyone who isn't in the Mafia) is to figure out who is in the Mafia and kill them. Citizens accuse people of being in the Mafia and vote on who to kill during the Citizen's round.

Mafia member - The two (sometimes three) Mafia families work separately and are trying to kill the Informants, Vigilantes, the citizens, the doctors and the other Mafia family's members. The way they do that is by PMing the other members in their family and deciding on which players they want to kill. Once they chose a player to kill, they pick a member from their family to PM me with the hit. I will announce that family's hit in the thread and that player will be dead. Note: Try and have some idea of who you'll want to kill beforehand, so if you can't reach one of your family's members, you'll still get your hit in on time. If a family doesn't PM me by the end of their 24 hours they won't get a hit that round. Also, please figure out who will be PMing me the hits for your family, and make sure your whole family is in agreement with the hit choices so I don't get multiple hits from different members of your family with different names of who they want to kill. NOTE 2: To speed up the game, Mafia Families are encouraged to PM their kills during the Citizen round.

Informant - The job of the Informants is to find out who is in the Mafia and report it to the Vigilante and/or the Citizens. After the mob families have made their hits, the Informants can PM me and ask me if one person is in the Mafia or not. If that person is in the Mafia, I will tell them, otherwise, I will tell them they're not. When the Informant finds out a player is in the Mafia, they PM the Vigilante with the name of the Mafia member. At any time, the Informant can announce what they know to the other players in the game. Note: When PMing the Vigilante, the Informant is only allowed to say the name of the player in the Mafia and what family they are in. No talking about the game should be happening in these PMs. Also, please don't tell anyone, besides the Vigilante, who is in the Mafia through PMs because that ruins the game. The Informants can announce what they know in the game thread, but then the Mafia will know who the Informants are, so usually they're only good for one shot doing this. Informants that uncover a Cleaner can kill the Cleaner on their own, without telling their Vigilante.

Vigilante - The Vigilantes works like this: Each Vigilante has their own Informant who knows who the Vigilante is and sends him/her the names of the players that are in the Mafia. The Vigilante then uses that knowledge to make a hit like the Mafia does. The catch is the Vigilante will only get to make two hits per game. The Vigilante is not allowed to respond to the Informant's PMs, only take note of who they tell them is in the Mafia. The Vigilante can PM me at any time in the game with a hit, but they must use their 2 hits in separate rounds. Note: If your Informant is killed you still get your hits, but be careful doing this as the last thing you want to do is kill off a Citizen.

Cleaner – The Cleaners work like this: Each Cleaner is assigned to a Mafia Family that can “contract out up to two kills” per game. The Cleaners can negotiate the person being killed, they can deny the kill or they can accept the kill. The Cleaners are not immune to being killed by their Mafia Family (Game Master will try to hint that it might not be a good idea or something). The Cleaners can also use their two kills as a freelance option too (they can decide to kill people on their own). The Cleaners cannot be offered jobs until the Second Round, and are only available thru the Sixth Round. Informants that uncover a Cleaner can kill the Cleaner on their own, without telling their Vigilante.

Doctors – The Doctors position is part of the Live Game of Mafia, and has been incorporated into this game version as well. The Doctors, starting in Round Two, PM the Game Master with the name of a player that they choose to save for the Round. The only time that the Doctor’s save will not work, is if the player that they chose is killed by the Citizens. The Doctors will not know the player’s position that they are saving, so it is conceivable that they could save a Mafia member.

Spirit of Vengeance – The SoV’s are designated players that are citizens, but if they are killed, they get to take someone to the grave with them. The SoV will gain Ban Immunity for the game after dying, and then chooses a player at random to kill, without knowing the position of the player.

Mafia Private Eye – The PI is a person who is not playing in the game, and does not have any positives or negatives on the game on a personal standpoint. After the First Round, all players are eligible to PM the MafiaPrivateEye and ask to investigate any player they wish. The PI at that point shuffles thru all the offers, and chooses one and asks the Game Master about the selected player. The Game Master reveals the asked about player’s identification in the game, and the PI then tells the player that asked, or the PI can reveal the information in the game thread for all to see. It is really up to the PI at the time, as the person controlling the position changes routinely, so different methods of revelation will be done. After a player’s question is selected, that person is no longer allowed to ask about any more players in the game.


How the game is played:

1. The game is played with 25 or more players. Of the twenty-five (or any number of players) people who are playing, I will PM six players (or more – because three mafia families can exist & sometimes mafia families have 4 members) alerting them that they are in one of the two (or three) Mafia families (various Mob Family names). I will then PM two (or three) other players alerting them that they are the Informants for this round, and two more players who will be the Vigilantes. Everyone else will be a citizen. EDIT: Cleaners, Doctors and Spirit of Vengeance players will also be notified at this time and are not involved with every game.

2. The game starts off with a citizen vote. During the citizen vote everyone posts who they think is in the Mafia and votes on who to kill for that round. Whoever gets the most votes gets killed, and I will announce if they were in the Mafia or not. Now remember, the Mafia members can (and do) vote as citizens, so be on the look out for who votes for who and whatnot during this round.

3. After the citizen's vote round, the Mafia families each PM me with their hits and I announce the them in the thread. Note: Mafia families are encouraged to get their hits in as early as possible. Even encouraged to get the kills in during the citizen round to make posting kills easier.

4. After I announce the Mafia kills we start over with another citizen vote. Any time during the citizen's round the Informants can PM me asking if one player is in the Mafia. EDIT: At this point, Doctors, Cleaners, and the use of the Mafia Private Eye begin.

5. After that citizens round and the Informants PM me, we just keep repeating these steps: Mafia hit, citizen vote, Informant PM, Mafia hit, citizen vote, Informant PM...so on and so on until we have our winners.

6. The last Mafia members, or citizens, or one Mafia member and one citizen left standing at the end of the game will be the winners. EDIT: Game can end when deemed to be good for timing.

Rules

1. The game is restricted to a minimum of twenty-five players. I will open the floor to contestants and the first twenty-five people to post in the thread saying that they want in are in. Afterwards anyone who wants to play has to wait until the next game. Note: This is not always the case. Games have been played with as many as 50 players.

2. If you get killed by either the Citizens, Vigilante, Cleaner, Spirit of Vengeance, or Mafia you are no longer part of the game and will receive a 24-hour ban. You may post in the thread with a sock, but you can't talk about the game currently being played, accuse people of being in the Mafia, or vote on whom to kill as a sock. DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES!

3. Both the Mafia families and the Citizens have 24 hour time limits for their rounds. So, if you're in a Mafia family, decide on who to kill and send your hit in quickly. Citizens, post your vote early.

4. No socks allowed! You are only allowed to play with one user name per game. If I find out someone is playing as two different names they will be banned from all future games of Mafia.

5. The only people who are allowed to talk about the game in PMs are the members of the Mafia families. The Informant is allowed to send the Vigilante PMs, but only containing the name of Mafia members and what family they are in, no other talk about the game should be happening in these PMs. The only place anyone else (dead or alive) should be talking about the game is in the game thread. Not in emails, IMs, PMs, at other message boards, but here in the game thread.

6. If you miss 3 Citizen votes in a row you will now be removed from the game. I'm sorry if this seem harsh, but we were having too many people sign up to play then never actually play the game. Anyway, this isn't as bad as it sounds, what it means is you'll have to miss 3 Citizen votes and 2 Mafia kills before action is taken. At up to 24 hours per round that's at least 3 days, and as many as 5 days, you'd have to go without posting in the game thread before being kicked from the game. The "up to 5 days" could be less because the Mafia doesn't always take the whole 24 hours to get their hits in. Anyway, if you think you'll miss 3 straight Citizen rounds for some reason please let me know in advance and perhaps we can work something out, otherwise you will be booted from the game.

Extra game info

1. While you cannot sign up for the next game while a game is still going, I will PM you telling you when a game is starting if you'd like. Simply post, "PM me when the next game starts" in the game thread and I will do so. Note: Please do not PM me asking to PM you about the next game, it's much easier if you just post in the game thread. Also, if you could highlight your post, like so, it will help your post standout when I'm getting the PMs ready and increases your chances of me not accidentally missing your post.

2. This game does include bannings, so don't play if you don't want a 24 hour ban. Note: Mod/Admin or Advisory Council members will be exempt for bannings for obvious reasons. CR’s and VIP’s will be stripped of their colors for the 24 hours.

3. If you are still banned after 24 hours that just means I haven't been online yet. Simply send in an unban request stating that you were banned for Mafia and any mod that sees it will unban you.

4. This game does not offer VIPship as a prize every game, but if you win a game you will have ban immunity if you play in the very next game of Mafia (with the same ID) and be eligible to play in the Championship game. We play Championship games every 15 rounds, and this game does have a prize of VIPship and a title for one week awarded to the winners. These games are only open to the players who have won a game since the last Championship game, so if you want a chance at the VIPship you'll have to play your best as you will be up against other past winners. EDIT: This game now offers 24 hour VIPship as the prize for each game. Therefore ban immunity for winning the previous game is no longer in effect.


Well, I think that's about it, if you have any question about how the game is played please feel free to PM me or ask them here.

Ok, if everyone is ready, Let's play.......Mafia!