After watching a couple of online games of this, I decided to ask for volunteers for a game here on the osu! boards. I want nine people to join before I start.

If you're not familiar with the concept or how it's played out, head to the wikipedia page here, or head to the dedicated wiki here. I will, however, be putting up the ruleset I'm using in another post, so it's not required. Please note that this game *may* require many PMs to other players, so, peppy, if you are concerned about possible overload, tell me.

I do have one prerequisite, if you plan to join. You should be available on these boards at least once every day. Updates will happen at around 8:00 PM GMT-10 (AKA Hawaiian Time) when required--usually once each day, depending on how fast the Phases go. It's alright if you need to take a day off for something (i.e. a paper that a professor wants you to do for HW), but try not to make it a habit. AIM will be used as primary means of communication, with PMs and #random as more last-ditch. Please note however that PMs will be used for system communication (such as distribution of roles and announcement of Night decisions from such roles). Note that if you don't wish to use AIM or MSN Chat or something like that, you can use http://www.meebo.com instead.

Basically, the thing behind Mafia is that there is a town of innocents being terrorized by the Mafia. In order to stay alive, the innocents must eliminate all members of the Mafia through public lynching before getting eliminated by the Mafia themselves.

Who gets which identity will not be determined until everyone's in. However, those are just names. Try not to roleplay once I give out the identities. Also, don't ask for roles. That'll just wreck it.

Once nine people have signed up, I'll start sending PMs containing relevant information to each player.

If you plan to join, say it somewhere in your post.

If you need to contact me for any reason whether you want to join as a GM or character, or if you need rule clarification once I reveal the roles, PM me here or (if it's just rule clarification) just make a post here.

I'm in for it. Mafia is a great game especially at night, theres a good mafia site somewhere ill post when i find it.

Ooooh, I'm definitely doing this (Hah, I figured it was this). This should be fun if people don't suck.

Also, shouldn't the people playing this game all have a common messenger service (like, you know, MSN, AIM, that stuff)? Just for easy communication between players about the game and such (hell, the whole AIM thing is mandatory on The Werewolf Game, FFR's version of this, which is an entire subforum).

On AIM:
Apparently, my normal SN is already taken, so if you need to contact me via AIM, use "Sol Acacio" without the quotes.

GM)SLAIN087
P1) NAKAO
P2) MOGSWORTH
P3) SATUROS-FANGIRL
P4) LUKEWARMHOLIDAY
P5) LOGINER
P6) CHAN
P7) REMMYX25

Signups have been closed.

OH PICK ME OH OH PICK MEEEE~ *raises hand and bounces up and down*

/in

Ah, what the hell, I'm in.

I want to play!

Might as well get this out of the way now, since we've got almost every user: IM service to use.

Honestly, from past experience, Mafia works well on AIM. But if anyone has a personal preference, speak now. :3

If you don't have AIM, get it now. Try to use your SN from here.

Download AIM from the site here.


Should I start putting up rulesets and roles now, or should I wait until we have the nine?

Post the rules first, then wait until there's 9 to assign roles.

Slain087 wrote:

If you don't have AIM, get it now. Try to use your SN from here.

FOOL, only Pidgin can defeat Ganon.
http://www.pidgin.im/download/

Loginer wrote:

Slain087 wrote:

If you don't have AIM, get it now. Try to use your SN from here.

FOOL, only Pidgin can defeat Ganon.
http://www.pidgin.im/download/

pidgin is ftw

I use GAIM on my Linux machine, which is pidgin minus updates.

awp wrote:

I use GAIM on my Linux machine, which is pidgin minus updates.

pidgin minus lawsuit

Bump. We still need a few players.

Hmm maybe we need to explain the game to some people.

Nakao wrote:

Hmm maybe we need to explain the game to some people.

I thought it was a video game until I googled it. <.<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafia_(game)

I guess I should make the links on the first post more prominent then...

Give me a day. It's nearing midnight, and I gotta wake up in eight hours for college. I should get the ruleset and a better explanation of the game by then.

BTW for those people who DON'T want to download anything, http://www.meebo.com is a browser based AIM/YIM/MSN/etc client and works just fine if you keep your browser open

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Since this is getting so little attention, should I just start the game with seven, or hold out for nine?

Screw this. If this falls off the first page, I'll just start the damn thing.

You could keep bumping the topic and hope it'll get noticed.

*cough*

The game will start on 2000 Hours Hawaiian Time, on September 1 - Labor Day, in other words, for US players. That's two days from this post. PMs containing your roles will be sent out within the next few minutes. Rules and conditions will be posted this time tomorrow. Good luck to you.

EDIT: PMs sent. Here are the possible roles that I have distributed, again, based off of Touhou 8 (Loginer should know these people - maybe):

--

You are Reimu Hakurei. As Gensokyo’s premier disaster resolution specialist, the full moon incident has caught your attention. You just want to have a good night’s sleep with the full moon rather than the red imitation shown before you. This method in particular catches your attention, as it’s essentially another way to go out and just shoot at random people looking for an answer.

Your role is: Protagonist. Vote along with your fellow players to find the Lunarians responsible for this incident. You win if all Lunarians are felled.

--

You are Yukari Yakumo. Sure, you could have perpetrated this incident the same way you fooled around a year ago with the Netherworld, but this time, it’s not you. To be honest, you just want to be able to do your favorite activity—full moon watching while asleep. Unfortunately, border hax won’t help you find Kaguya any faster than if you just go with the other Protagonists.

Your role is: Protagonist. Vote along with your fellow players to find the Lunarians responsible for this incident. You win if all Lunarians are felled.

--

You are Marisa Kirisame. Your specialty is laser beams, not lunar magicks, so it’s certainly not you who perpetrated the incident. However, also being a disaster resolution specialist like Reimu, you are forced to move out and see what’s going on. Just don’t make a detour to the Scarlet Devil Mansion while everyone’s out searching for Lunarians.

Your role is: Protagonist. Vote along with your fellow players to find the Lunarians responsible for this incident. You win if all Lunarians are felled.

--

You are Alice Margatroid. A doll specialist, you helped Marisa, Reimu, and Sakuya during the Netherworld incident. Now, you’re bribing Marisa in order to find who’s responsible for the full moon incident. No one really knows why exactly you chose Marisa to go with… but I’m sure that you’d rather go with black-white than the one-week magician.

Your role is: Protagonist. Vote along with your fellow players to find the Lunarians responsible for this incident. You win if all Lunarians are felled.

--

You are Sakuya Izayoi. A perfect and elegant maid to the Scarlet Devil, Remilia, your time manipulation powers are topnotch. Sadly, because you are a protagonist, you can’t just go “Killing Doll” on everyone in hopes of sniping a Lunarian.

Your role is: Protagonist. Vote along with your fellow players to find the Lunarians responsible for this incident. You win if all Lunarians are felled.

--

You are Remilia Scarlet. A vampire who’s lived half a millennium, the full moon is your night, and you won’t let anyone get in your way. Along with Sakuya’s time manipulation, you set out to find who exactly is preventing you from having your night. Hopefully Flandre won’t go berserk while you’re out tinkering with fate.

Your role is: Protagonist. Vote along with your fellow players to find the Lunarians responsible for this incident. You win if all Lunarians are felled.

--

You are Kaguya Houraisan. Master of eternity, you’ve just been spending the time before you’re “killed” again by Mokou to have a little fun with the local residents. Just hope your little game doesn’t mess with your raid of the new dungeon in the most recent expansion of your favorite MMORPG.

Your role is: Mafia Hitman. You will decide whom it is that will be killed during the Night phase. Note that you will be considered Lunarian under a search. Your allies are the Lunarians Reisen Udongein Inaba (aka:_____) and Eirin Yagakoro (aka:_____). You win if the number of Lunarians equals the number of Protagonists.

--

You are Reisen Udongein Inaba. A rabbit from the moon with an almost unspellable middle name, you are a master of illusion. By just looking in your eyes, you can make anyone see whatever you want them to see. Changing wavelengths is fun, isn’t it?

Your role is: Mafia Roleblocker. In this role, you are able to stop one person’s Night action from taking place. If you block the Cop, they will be notified. If you block the Doctors, they will only be notified that they were blocked if the result is a Night death on the person being protected. Neither will directly implicate you as the Roleblocker. You will turn up as Lunarian if searched. Your allies are the Lunarians Kaguya Houraisan (aka:_____) and Eirin Yagakoro (aka:_____). You win if the number of Lunarians equals the number of Protagonists.

--

You are Eirin Yagakoro. Resident doctor of the House of Eternity, you make sure all the rabbits (and Kaguya herself) remain fit. Of course, there is the fact that you more often than not put them in those situations in the first place, but…

Your role is: Mafia Doctor. If you so choose, you may choose to shield any one person from being eliminated. Note that this offer is only valid during the Night, so… You can protect any person as many times as you wish, but you cannot protect yourself. Do NOT confer with the Hit Man about who you will choose to protect. You will turn up as Lunarian if searched. Your allies are the Lunarians Kaguya Houraisan (aka:_____) and Reisen Udongein Inaba (aka:_____). You win if the number of Lunarians equals the number of Protagonists.

--

You are Keine Kamishiwasawa. A were-hakutaku with a nigh-unspellable name, it falls on you to protect humans from the Lunarian’s schemes. Your power to change history and rewrite it, unfortunately, will not be useful here, as you can only delete it without the full moon. Although you prefer to protect solely humans, you’ll have to resort to also protecting the youkai as well.

You role is: Doctor. You have the ability to defend one person against the Hit Man’s attacks. Your protection is guaranteed. You may protect anyone else as much as you like, but you are unable to protect yourself. You are allied with the Protagonists, and will count as one in victory conditions. You win if all Lunarians are felled.

--

You are Fujiwara no Mokou. Eternal rival to Kaguya, the fact that you’re immortal will not stop the possibility that you will be killed during these events. However, because you’ve fought her for millennia, you can tell if someone you tail is a Lunarian or just one of your allies, even without looking directly at them (as is often the case, because Kaguya loves ambush situations).

Your role is: Cop. You are allied with the Protagonists, and will count as one in victory conditions. You win if all Lunarians are felled. A Cop can do surveillance once every Night Phase on a single target. The resulting information will determine if that person is Lunarian or otherwise. Only the Cop will be notified.

--

You are Aya Shameimaru. Despite not even being in this game (next time, Aya, next time), you just can’t refuse the spectacle of people trying to kill each other over nothing. Who cares about the full moon, journalistic rules, or even the truth—you just want a scoop.

Your role is: Informant. You are able to tell if a person is able to act during the Night phase (but not if they’re Lunarian or Protagonist). However, 66% of the time, you must lie when posting messages after Day Phase 1. If your percentage falls below 33%, you will be ModKilled for actually providing useful advice. You win if you live through the ordeal. You will not count as Protagonist in victory conditions. If your identity is revealed by any other character (even the GM), the current Phase will immediately end and you will be killed because no one wants her around.

--

You are Hieda no Akyu. As the recorder of history, even overriding Keine’s powers, you will write this down. You cannot fight, nor can you vote, but you control the destinies of everyone here. Not even Kaguya herself can kill you without special powers.

Your role is: GM. You will write down what happens through the events of this game. If something will fail, it is your responsibility to change it. It is also your responsibility to ensure a constant schedule. You are untargetable. You win if the game plays out to a conclusion.

=====

Again, the game will start two days from now. Please be ready by that time.

Slain087 wrote:

(but not if they’re Lunarian or Protagonist)

Wouldn't that make the informant... Useless? <.<
Also, I recognize most of the characters, but I barely know anything about them. Screw the story, it barely makes sense.

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Current instructions:

The game has started. Lunarians may PM each other at any time. No other characters are allowed to contact another player during this period. All characters with Night actions have until this time tomorrow to PM me with their action. The Hit Man cannot use their action tonight, and by extension, neither can the Doctors.

Current Players:
NAKAO
MOGSWORTH
SATUROS-FANGIRL
LUKEWARMHOLIDAY
LOGINER
CHAN
REMMYX25


Oh, also, a small addendum in the rules - all it says is that editing posts from here on out is banned. Double (or even triple) post if you must, just don't edit anything.


Story (warning: huuuuuuge wall of text - don't bother reading this big thing):
======THE GAME IS NOW AFOOT…======
Add random three-sentence phrase here

A journal entry found in the bowels of the Hieda residence. Penned by the ninth Child of Miare, this journal chronicles the events of the second Lunar incident.

Day 7, Month 9, Year 119 of the Gensokyo Lunar calendar.
Something has been bothering me lately. Despite claims by Reimu Hakurei, Yukari Yakumo, and Eirin Yagakoro that the full moon has been returned to normal, I have noticed certain changes in the last month since Reimu and Yukari defeated Mokou in the Bamboo Forest. The moon has been reaching its phases later and later than normal. Even now, when it should be by all means a half moon, it is still a crescent. I am certain that Renko, an outsider I have had the chance to meet during one of their forays into Gensokyo, must be tremendously irritated. Her power to instantly determine the time and location through the moon and stars must have been thrown far out of whack.

My first thought was that Sakuya Izayoi, a maid with the power to manipulate time, was for some reason slowing down the moon. However, this would be very detrimental to the other residents of the Scarlet Devil Mansion—notably, the vampires Flandre and Remilia Scarlet. Their power also stems from the moon, so moving the date of the full moon would make little sense. Also, there is the fact that the younger sister, Flandre, is prone to going completely, if I may take a word from the outside, batshit. Please pardon the pun. It may be possible that Flandre may just obliterate Gensokyo because of this event. Therefore, this possibility is out.

Remembering the cause of the Endless Winter incident, I then thought that it may have been possible for Yukari Yakumo, a gap youkai, to fiddle around with the borders controlling the moon’s phases. However, after having someone observe her for a full week, I have come to the conclusion that this is impossible. Something of this magnitude requires constant upkeep of the borders, and to be honest, there’s absolutely no way that’s going to happen if you’re asleep 23 out of the 24 hours of the day. It also doesn’t help if the one hour awake is spent tormenting Reimu Hakurei.

Because Eientei is filled with Lunarians, most notably the princess of the Moon, Kaguya Houraisan, and the aforementioned Brain of the Moon, Eirin Yagakoro, they should have the most knowledge of lunar magicks. To my surprise, however, when I dispatched one of my allies, she reported that all of the Lunarians have suddenly fled the House of Eternity that has been their home for millennia. They had left all of the Earth rabbits, including Tei, the rabbits’ leader, behind.

Confused, I consulted with Fujiwara no Mokou, a fellow human with a bitter eternal rivalry against Kaguya. She revealed some information to me that was very surprising—the Lunarians had been gone ever since she was defeated a month ago.

Something was wrong, so I called in three pairs most notable in Gensokyo to seek them out:

Yukari Yakumo and Reimu Hakurei, the masters of borders. Despite a powerful battle in the Netherworld not too long ago, they’ve (begrudgingly) become partners. Their homing abilities are weak, but they can hit pretty much any enemy at any angle.

Alice Margatroid and Marisa Kirisame, magic-users and general powerhouses. Despite Marisa stopping Flandre Scarlet in the aftermath of the Scarlet Mist disaster, both Marisa and Alice are below either Reimu or Yukari in power. That doesn’t stop either of them, though. Their devastating laser attacks make them useful when high power is required.

Remilia Scarlet and Sakuya Izayoi, two people who control fate and time, respectively. They were the ones to create the Scarlet Mist disaster, but they have reformed since, especially with the primary cause now tamed and not sealed. Sakuya uses many knives, in a very wide area, while Remilia uses her ability to control fate by precisely placing her bat familiars for the most damage to an enemy.

As each of them came in, Mokou and our mutual friend, Keine Kamishirasawa, made an appearance, saying that they were going to help get to the bottom of this mystery.

Night 7, Month 9.
I have received disturbing news. Kaguya has seen fit to obliterate all those who would look for her. I received a message delivered by Tei, who appeared before me afflicted by one of Reisen’s illusions. As soon as she handed over the note, the hold was snapped, and to my surprise, Tei started crying.

Akyu,
I have heard that you are trying to find me. While I am not allowed to kill you directly for reasons beyond my personal control, I will start killing anyone you send. I have already taken out a few of your numbers. Sadly, this came at… some expense, but this is of little consequence. No matter how many enemies you bring to bear against me, I will not lose. Until I next contact you again.

She had already acted. While I do not know exactly who was eliminated on either side, the fact remains that there are at least seven or eight remaining. After crying as many tears as she could shed, Tei offered to help me recapture the Lunarians. Unfortunately, due to the sensitive situation, I did not feel that someone like her should be attempting to locate Kaguya, and so I had no choice but to refuse her offer.

I do not know where she has gone to.

I have been informed about the aliases that each person uses, but I have no knowledge of who has which alias.
======BEGIN NIGHT PHASE 1======

Slain087 wrote:

So, when does the first day end?

I was wondering that, as well. Need time to talk to people, after all.

People, post ways to contact each other. AIM names, mostly, since I will be on there more often than not.

I'll make an exception for the first day. And I told you about the huge-ass wall of text. Did you read it or something?

Current instructions:

Day Phase 1 has started. All players are free to post and chat amongst each other. All players have 96 hours (4 days) before the next Phase starts. If a majority (4 people) vote for one person, that person has twelve hours from the time of the decisive post to present their case. If this does not occur in time, the Phase will end, with the next Night Phase starting at the next 24th hour. If a majority is not reached before the Day ends, there will be no kills.


Current Players:
NAKAO
MOGSWORTH
SATUROS-FANGIRL
LUKEWARMHOLIDAY
LOGINER
CHAN
REMMYX25



Story (smaller this time, but still not required to read):

======END NIGHT PHASE 1======
Girls have found a lead…
Please wait until they are ready.
Thank God that annoyance is gone…

Day 8, Month 9.
The Tengu reporter, Aya Shameimaru, has been found in front of Marisa’s house at approximately 8:15 A.M., dead from a lethal blow to the head which appears to have been done by a stone bowl the main suspect, Kaguya Houraisan, is fond of eating from—the “Buddha’s Stone Bowl.” There have been traces of an ofuda, as well as stardust, detected, but seeing as she was at Reimu’s place the day before the murder, this is more likely coincidence. Analysis of her notebook has revealed that before the incident, she was writing an article about a possible relationship between Reimu and Marisa. The fact that she was in front of Marisa’s house (when Marisa was killing time at Alice’s) when the murder occurred points toward her last action as an investigative “search” of Marisa’s room. The Forest of Magic is far from Eientei, Kaguya’s last known location, so one thing is certain.

She has moved out…with the intent to kill. Perhaps she was attempting to kill Marisa instead, but after finding the reporter, she had no choice in the matter. It was kill or be revealed.

While I did not particularly like this reporter (generally because of her rather false reports), I am saddened by the fact that an innocent to our little fight has been killed. This has only strengthened my resolve to keep going. Kaguya must not be allowed to kill another.

There is but one week before the supposed next full moon. I have a bad feeling… if the 15th passes without a full moon… Not only will Keine and I have to work harder to catch up on history, history itself may be thrown out of whack. Not to mention the ever looming possibility of Flandre Scarlet going berserk again.

======BEGIN DAY PHASE 1======

Slain087 wrote:

I'll make an exception for the first day. And I told you about the huge-ass wall of text. Did you read it or something?

Yes, but it's more satisfying to post a picture of a wall.

Loginer wrote:

Slain087 wrote:

I'll make an exception for the first day. And I told you about the huge-ass wall of text. Did you read it or something?

Yes, but it's more satisfying to post a picture of a wall.

^

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Im on and around, but im not sure if i really have time to play and discuss, i apologize

T_T sorry, I've been a little busy dying to have been talking much...

I'm usually on AIM if anyone wants to discuss the game. Keep in mind that I might be modding, so don't always expect an immediate response.

I've actuallly been leaving pidgin on because of this thread, soooooo talk ppl

Remember that in a last-ditch situation, you could always PM other players as you will during Day phases, instead of having to use AIM, MSN, etc.

In any case, there's about 21 hours left to make a decision before the curtain falls on the first Day. No votes yet. I'm not privvy to what you guys are talking about, but it seems that the Mafia will be the ones to strike the first blow on the iron.

And so, the day ends without a kill.

Current instructions:
The Night Phase has begun. All non-Lunarians must cease contact with others concerning the game. All characters with a Night action have 24 hours to PM me their action.

Current players:
NAKAO
MOGSWORTH
SATUROS-FANGIRL
LUKEWARMHOLIDAY
LOGINER
CHAN
REMMYX25

No story today. Nothing happened, so there's nothing for Akyu to write about.

=====END DAY PHASE 1=====
=====BEGIN NIGHT PHASE 2=====

Current instructions:
The Day has begun. Players have 48 hours to do their thing.

Current players:
NAKAO
MOGSWORTH
SATUROS-FANGIRL
LUKEWARMHOLIDAY
LOGINER
CHAN
REMMYX25


Story (filler):
=====END NIGHT PHASE 2=====
Day 9, Month 9.
Despite my fears that Kaguya would attack someone tonight, after Aya was killed the day before, it has been strangely quiet. I have received no letters from her, and my sources outside my mansion tell me that the others are alive and well.

Frankly, yesterday scared me a little. Perhaps everyone's just biding their time. Perhaps they've gotten so lost that they can't find each other. Only they know.

As I warm myself underneath my kotatsu, I have to wonder what they're doing. There's less than a week left before the moon is supposed to be full again, and I've been working overtime in the meanwhile. I hope I can finish this part of the Chronicle before then.
=====BEGIN DAY PHASE 2=====


Back at the Scarlet Devil Mansion (more filler, yay!):

allright, ppl contact me using my aim, Luthien11, lets get this thing rolling >>

I'm using goddamn pidgin for once, i'm opening a program that takes 1 second of my life to open. TALK.

People, seriously, add me. I'm too lazy to add you guys right now. >:

=====END DAY PHASE 2=====

Current players:
NAKAO
MOGSWORTH
SATUROS-FANGIRL
LUKEWARMHOLIDAY
LOGINER
CHAN
REMMYX25

=====BEGIN NIGHT PHASE 3=====

Go.

Less than two hours left before the Phase ends. If you're going to take action, now would be a good time to do so.

=====END NIGHT PHASE 3=====
Day 10, Month 9
I…I didn’t think this would happen. Apparently Yukari, known by her alias Nakao, has been defeated at the edge of Gensokyo by Kaguya. Evidence found at the scene points to the culprit using one of her Impossible Requests – the Robe of the Fire Rat. Yuka, the flower youkai, was also at the scene, complaining of the fact that she can’t have a rematch anymore. Considering what happened last time, I don’t think that would be a good thing, as Yukari was forced to bring out an ICBM – whatever that is.

It’s a half moon tonight. The youkai are getting more restless, and some have even tried attacking the Human Village. Thankfully, the two people from the Netherworld are holding them off for now. I’ve called in reinforcements from Makai and the Scarlet Devil Mansion, but they have not arrived yet.

I hope they hurry.

Akyu,
I’m surprised at your allies’ lack of attacking. At this rate, they’ll all die before they even try to take me out. Is your Cop disabled or something?
Kaguya
=====BEGIN DAY PHASE 3=====



Current players:
NAKAO (Yukari Yakumo, Protagonist)
MOGSWORTH
SATUROS-FANGIRL
LUKEWARMHOLIDAY
LOGINER
CHAN
REMMYX25

Remember, Nakao, you can no longer communicate with the other players about the game.

=====END DAY PHASE 3=====
=====BEGIN NIGHT PHASE 4=====

I'm surprised at the lack of indiscriminate guessing. Don't like the backlash or something?

=====END NIGHT PHASE 4=====
Day 11, Month 9
Kaguya has struck once again. Alice Margatroid, also known as Saturos-fangirl, has been found at the brink of dawn, ironically hung by a noose similar in construction to her own Hourai dolls.

It will end today... one way or the other. My allies must take out a Lunarian today, or it's over.
=====BEGIN DAY PHASE 4=====

Current players:
NAKAO (Yukari Yakumo, Protagonist)
MOGSWORTH
SATUROS-FANGIRL (Alice Margatroid, Protagonist)
LUKEWARMHOLIDAY
LOGINER
CHAN
REMMYX25

I may very well just default this to the Lunarians already. At the current pace (that is, no pace at all), today will have no decision, and then no matter who the Hit Man kills during the Night (if the Doctor cannot successfully defend the Hit Man's target), their victory condition will be met. I don't think we'll be having another one of these soon, if ever again, thanks to the seeming lack of participation coming from the Night players.

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