Rugrats - A Mafia Game

[JP]

Chas Finster.

I understand the reasons you say you aren't. Thats doesn't mean you're not though.

JP manages to make his way outside, marveling at all the people outside and getting a whiff of what’s cooking on the grill. He slowly inches his way forward, weaving through the people, and just as he’s about close enough to touch the burgers waiting on an unprotected plate, Betty swoops in and picks him up. “Hey there, little scamp! You’re not supposed to be out here right now. Come on, let’s go find your friends to play with.” Try as he may, JP cannot escape Betty’s grasp for now.

After going through old things in the closet, Phil comes out donning a stereotypical Sherlock Holmes hat and a toy pipe. Putting the pipe in his mouth he ponders. “Now, who would know what the growed-ups are up to?” He scans the area before laying his eyes on CWE. He begins heading his direction to question him, but he freezes in his tracks upon witnessing a terrifying scene.

Chuckie runs in and hides behind Susie, gripping onto her dress and shaking. “Protect me, Susie! I think the growed-ups are gonna get me!” Susie looks confused about Chuckie’s fear, but when she turns to see Chas making her way towards him, she gets defensive. “Wait! The babies aren’t up to anything bad! They’re just worried about Tommy’s dad!” Chas approachesslowly with his hands in front of him ready to grab the kids. “Now, now, Susie – Stu will be home soon. The kids have nothing to worry about. Come here, Chuckie!” Chas tries to grab Chuckie, but Susie pushes him out of the way. “Alright missy, looks like you need a long timeout.” Caught off guard, Susie is scooped up by Chas. Chuckie, paralyzed in fear, is also easy pickin’s as Chas scoops him up as well. He puts them both in the pen and forces them to sit and face the outside window. “Now, no talking to each other or looking the other way, CWE and Jarrod1983. Or else your next punishment will be worse.”

He starts walking away, but happens to catch Tommyin the corner of his eye, who is quickly pulling out his screwdriver to let them out. “Ah-ah-ah!”Chassnatches the screwdriver and sets it on top of a high shelf. “Now let’s get you back in there, to- HEY! Come back!” It was too late. Tommy may have failed in saving his friends, but at least he could save his own skin.

Yes, that does say I'm not Chas. That very clearly lays out step by fucking step, that I am not Chas.

Though, and I am a slow fucker sometimes, you're not even fucking town.

[JP]

So why would you even care? Your win condition is not the same as ours.

[JP]

I've been bending over backwards not to vote for you. But why?

You are shown, step by step, that your information is wrong yet refuse to consider an alternative path. We have speculation, but no real idea as to what you role and win conditions are. And you are consistently voting for town players.

[BBF]

As i said i understand the reasons you say you aren't. You are though.

Me being so vehement about that should convince people. I know the rules and roles of the game. Why would I still name you as Chas?!?!

[Cewsh]

Let me be clear. In much the same way that gimmick posting is what I do, this is what JP does. When he decides to go on the offensive he throws up endless smokescreens in a quite brilliant display. We’ve seen it in nearly every game, especially when we get to this point where the town is uncertain and hasn’t made any progress. This is where he wants us. You are being worked by a master.

I have little more to say. If JP is Mafia, and we do not lynch him today, we will lose this game. If I’m wrong then we have a chance. I just really hope I’m wrong.

[JP]

If it walks like a threat to town, talks like a threat to town and votes like a threat to town, it's a threat to fucking town.

Vote: BBF

[JP]

As i said i understand the reasons you say you aren't. You are though.

Me being so vehement about that should convince people. I know the rules and roles of the game. Why would I still name you as Chas?!?!

Please guys, trust me yeah? I know I was totally wrong about that other thing, but trust me on this.

[JP]

Let me be clear. In much the same way that gimmick posting is what I do, this is what JP does. When he decides to go on the offensive he throws up endless smokescreens in a quite brilliant display. We’ve seen it in nearly every game, especially when we get to this point where the town is uncertain and hasn’t made any progress. This is where he wants us. You are being worked by a master.

I have little more to say. If JP is Mafia, and we do not lynch him today, we will lose this game. If I’m wrong then we have a chance. I just really hope I’m wrong.

What you see is game mechanics and somebody arguing that they're fucking important.

Pablo was lynched because game mechanics were overlooked.

You two are trying to do the same thing to me. Yeah, just ignore that RB which means JP can't be Chas, because UNICORNS!

[Kotre]

BBF, Chas was active the night JP was roleblocked. The writeup indicated that there was potential for doubt after you targeted JP. Those are two indicators that not everything is what it seems.

You have a powerful - if chaotic role, and it could be useful to have you around to bring down the scum, but take the blinkers off, buddy.

Also, my theory was built around Pablo being Chas. Why did you vote for Pablo when you had intel that it was JP?

[Cewsh]

I don’t know what BBF is doing. Also don’t care. I have one target. I am not important, nor am I particularly dangerous. I just have a mission to see completed and I will see it done.

[BBF]

BBF, Chas was active the night JP was roleblocked. The writeup indicated that there was potential for doubt after you targeted JP. Those are two indicators that not everything is what it seems.

You have a powerful - if chaotic role, and it could be useful to have you around to bring down the scum, but take the blinkers off, buddy.

Also, my theory was built around Pablo being Chas. Why did you vote for Pablo when you had intel that it was JP?

If im useful to have around then unvote ffs!

Again id ask why would i still be targetting JP as Chas if i didn't know?

Maybe you should trust me on this one.

[kangus]

Alright let's find out what's what.

Vote: BBF

[wardy]

Oh shit I was just about to unvote.

[wardy]

Lol

[JP]

I don’t know what BBF is doing. Also don’t care. I have one target. I am not important, nor am I particularly dangerous. I just have a mission to see completed and I will see it done.

The fucking gall of this, blimey.

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Oh man, seriously, that is fucking craven.

[JP]

I don’t know what BBF is doing. Also don’t care. I have one target. I am not important, nor am I particularly dangerous. I just have a mission to see completed and I will see it done.

One target? Interesting. Here I was thinking anybody who is town would want to eliminate all 4 scum. Given, you know, that's how we win the game.

Or does that not apply to you?

[Rip]

You two are trying to do the same thing to me. Yeah, just ignore that RB which means JP can't be Chas, because UNICORNS!

Well if it’s because of unicorns, we’ll that’s ok then.

[Psycho666Soldier]

Vote Count
6 - BBF (wardy, Kotre, Stan Accy, Badger, JP, kangus)
2 - JP (Cewsh, BBF)

That's a lynch. Write-up incoming.

[wardy]

Were BBF and Cewsh both claiming Angelica here?

[Psycho666Soldier]

DAY FOUR

“I’m telling you all, JP is the one who took out Chuckie and Susie! You have to believe me!” All the babies look at each other, then back to BBF. None of them are convinced. Since when has BBF given them any reason to actually believe what BBF says? BBF turns to Drew and tugs on his pants. “Daddy, please! Make them believe me! I know JP is up to no good!” Drew picks up Angelica as she continues to plead and starts taking her upstairs. “Angel, I think it’s time we took a good long nap.” Angelica immediately goes into hysterical tears as Drew tucks Angelica in the bed, slowly closing the door as he says, “Now no coming out until the adults say it’s fine to come out, okay, sweetie?”

BBF has been forced to take a nap. He was Angelica Pickles, Neutral-aligned Survivor/Jack-of-all-Trades.

Living Players
1. Kotre
2. Rip
3. Badger
4. Stan Accy
6. kdestiny
7. JP
9. wardy
13. Virmalicious
14. Cewsh
15. Kangus

Dead Players
1. CWE - Susie, Neighborizer
2. Jarrod1983 - Chuckie, Hider
3. Pablo Diablo – Lil, EN Tracker
4. Kneeneighbor – Grandpa Lou, EN Bodyguard
5. BBF – Angelica, Survivor JOAT

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Night Four has begun! You have 24 hours to send in your roles.

[Rip]

We’re doooooooooomed.

[wardy]

Let's say BBF is telling the truth, can anyone explain how JP could be Chas despite being roleblocked the same night he acted?

[Kotre]

If im useful to have around then unvote ffs!

Again id ask why would i still be targetting JP as Chas if i didn't know?

Maybe you should trust me on this one.

To answer your question: it got busy in clinic.

And your tunnelled vision is to town's detriment. We already have Cewsh vote locked on JP.

[Cewsh]

Well there you go, BBF was exactly what you said he was. Very nicely done.

[JP]

Well there you go, BBF was exactly what you said he was. Very nicely done.

BBF voted to lynch Pablo for being Chas. Definitely the actions of a consistent town member who always told the truth.

Crikey.

[Kotre]

Go back to sleep now, Grandpa Boris.

[Cewsh]

Tonight I take matters into my own hands.

[Kotre]

Interesting.

[Cewsh]

Whatever happens, you know exactly what my priorities are.

[Dreyski]

Points to ponder:
Why are people's actions failing (N1 Tommy, N2 Didi, N3 Betty)?
Where has Chas been since N1?
What's to stop JP being Drew?
Where are Kdes and Virm?

[Kotre]

Points to ponder:
Why are people's actions failing (N1 Tommy, N2 Didi, N3 Betty)?

N1 Tommy didn't take an action. We have been through this. It was flavour.

N2 I don't know what I can say without getting modkilled. But take it from the guy she targeted. You are barking up the wrong tree with this line of thought.

N3 Betty's action went through. She was Rolecop that night. Didi did the block, Drew the kill. Scum know your role now.

No actions have failed, other than ones that you would expect to fail.

Where has Chas been since N1?

Mafia have three actions. Guess they chose not to use him night 2 to make it look like Pabs was guilty then chose different characters to act N3.

What's to stop JP being Drew?

Probability. And while I'm not great at reading people, I don't get the feeling that he's out to screw us like that. He's driving town in the right direction if nothing else. He worked hard to try and stop us killing Pablo which is not a sensible move for a scum player. Easier just to ride my lynch train and let a townie die.

Where are Kdes and Virm?

Good question. I assume out having a life. Maybe that explains Chas and Spike's inactivity.

[Cewsh]

Kotre and JP are very clearly aligned.

[Kdestiny]

I was in St. Louis over the weekend and came back late yesterday night, but I am here now.

Cardinals won when we were there, so there you go, that at least was worth it

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Late last night, who says yesterday night, sorry, a bit tired and maybe still drunk

[Kotre]

Kotre and JP are very clearly aligned.

I am unequivocally with town, Cewl kid. Though, I don't think he's heavy.

[Badger]

There is one thing I don't get though. If Angelica/BBF redirected all actions onto Kotreincluding Mafia kill, why couldn't Didi kill him?

[Kotre]

Badger. Take my word for it. All will become clear when we win. I cannot possibly be more blatant than I am right now without getting modkilled.

[virms]

Badger. Take my word for it. All will become clear when we win. I cannot possibly be more blatant than I am right now without getting modkilled.

You are starting to get on my nerves like JP and Cewsh do. Maybe you are all scum x3. I don't know. Been busy with death in the family crap and most of it is caught up...I think. :sad: Didn't realize my family had so many vultures. Fighting for money and property left behind. Anywho, I will be reading through after I watch Smackdown.

I would also like to state Kdestiny is straight up scum. Who the fuck goes and watches the Cardinals play other than scum?

vote kdestiny

[Dreyski]

I am unequivocally with town, Cewl kid. Though, I don't think he's heavy.

Nah, he is. Trust me on this.

[Kotre]

You are starting to get on my nerves like JP and Cewsh do. Maybe you are all scum x3. I don't know. Been busy with death in the family crap and most of it is caught up...I think. :sad: Didn't realize my family had so many vultures. Fighting for money and property left behind. Anywho, I will be reading through after I watch Smackdown.

I would also like to state Kdestiny is straight up scum. Who the fuck goes and watches the Cardinals play other than scum?

vote kdestiny

I have literally been given a warning for what I have said to hint my identity so far. Hence why I'm not being more blatant than that. I have been copped, killed and rolecopped. I am definitively a townie.

Sorry for your loss Virm.

[wardy]

Just get your roles in lads. There are still loads of folk in this game we know NOTHING about.

[Kdestiny]

@virmicious sounds about right from you st this point.

Cards have been fire of late so I will let your comments slide. It was a great time seeing the first place Cardinals

[Psycho666Soldier]

Working on the write-up now

[Psycho666Soldier]

END GAME


Seeing the way Angelica got taken out terrified Kimi. It seemed like she was actually trying to help, and the babies keep getting taken out like yesterday’s news. She can’t help herself to run up and hide behind her father, clinging tightly onto Chas’ leg. He looks down and gives a smile. “Aww, is there too much stimulation for you, Kimi? Maybe it’s time you had a little nap, too.” This was far from the truth as Cewsh screams out in terror and tries to run, but it was too late. Chas had scooped him up and took him upstairs.

Cewsh has been forced to take a nap. He was Kimi Finster, Town-aligned Vanilla turned EN Hider.

“Maybe all the babies just need to take a nap.” Didi turns to Tommy who’s sneaking around a corner, as Betty happens to spy Phil. They both freeze in their tracks, and try to do the same as before, but their moms are too quick this time. Stan Accy and Rip get picked up and erupt into howling tears as they are being taken to the bedroom.


Spike hears the crying sounds, and happens to see Betty. He runs to try and stop her, and manages to trip her in the process. Drew sees this just as he’s coming back down. “Spike, no! Bad dog!” He catches Spike’s collar and picks him up in his arms. “Looks like you need to spend some time in the doghouse. wardy whimpers as he and Tommy share a longing stare.

wardy has been put in the doghouse. He was Spike, Town-aligned ON Roleblocker

The babies would never know if Stu would ever come back again, or who would be next.

YOUR WINNERS:
kangus – Didi Pickles, Mafia Goon
JP – Chas Finster, Mafia Goon
kdestiny – Drew Pickles, Mafia Goon
virmicious – Betty DeVille, Mafia Goon

SURVIVING LOSERS:
Stan Accy – Tommy Pickles, ON Doctor turned full-time.
Rip – Phil DeVille, ON Cop
Kotre – Dil Pickles, 1-shot Bulletproof

Badger – Grandpa Boris, 1-shot Vote Resetter

Dead Players
1. CWE - Susie, Neighborizer
2. Jarrod1983 - Chuckie, Hider
3. Pablo Diablo – Lil, EN Tracker
4. Kneeneighbor – Grandpa Lou, EN Bodyguard
5. BBF – Angelica, Survivor/JOAT
6. Cewsh - Kimi, Vanilla/EN hider
7. wardy - Spike, ON Roleblocker

[Psycho666Soldier]

Growed-up Huddle/Adultes is Fun(Scum Chat):
https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/FcUL6xH4u6GgW

The Playpen/Some Cool Room(Dead Chat):
https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/kRifDBkUmmf

[Psycho666Soldier]

Well, this game was a shit-show, and I'm kinda proud of it. I was being very experimental with this game. I wanted a mafia with no Godfather, and in exchange of a range of good abilities as well as full reign over who gets to do what role. I think the Strongman kill was potentially a bit overpowered in it's usage, and I definitely think I should have made the kill rotational(once a person uses it, they can't again until everyone else has), as that sort of decision sort of helped win the game when it came to wardy's roleblock.

So in case anyone's wondering, the game came to a draw. wardy tried to roleblock Virm, but kdestiny killed wardy. That would have put town at LYLO, 5 vs. 4. But Cewsh used his hide on JP. Which, is brilliant in that it would have sealed the deal on JP being scum...if it weren't for the fact that the night kill would make the town come to 4 vs. 4. With the roleblocker gone, there was no hope of stopping the kill, and basically no way for town to outvote or kill scum.

Really unfortunate how this went down for town. I think killing CWE early was a vital move, because he could have got time to speak with Pablo one on one and defend him. Not to mention be able to talk some sense into Kotre's assessment of the write-ups. Between the Kotre push on Pablo and Cewsh's hide on JP, those were the town's two biggest mistakes. Kotre made a lot of sense, so it was hard not to look at it that way. And I was intentionally a bit vague with the write-up.

But keep this in mind: if it's not separated by "------", then I will rarely, if ever, include a character that didn't target someone. But the flavor could have some hints to roles and what actually happened...like how in the following night I confirmed that Tommy was trying to protect Susie with the intro flavor.

I also think BBF played his hand too soon. Had he not said anything, or pushed hard enough to get himself lynched, he could have A) survived and won with mafia, B) killed JP in the night, or C) Waited until the right moment to reveal his info. The BBF lynch was a killer for town and a clincher for mafia.

Anyway...this game was meant to be chaotic, but I think town was a bit under-powered for what scum had to offer. But I don't think it was impossible for town to turn this around at any point had people poked in different directions.

I loved the Immunity phase, though. I'm probably going to keep that for most of my games. And I think the lack of content over night phases helped prove that there's not much harm in night chat. Could potentially influence night actions, but that's at the discretion of the players to put their selves out like that. I was really surprised at how little it was utilized, though.

MVP: JP hands down. Scum gelled together real well, and that was key to the success, but JP definitely takes the cake here. He suggested using the strongman kill on CWE right out the gate, and that definitely leaned things heavily in scum's favor, especially for what it did to Kotre when trying to resolve the neighborizer role against the Susie/Chuckie kill and everything else. And with his near clear and immunity, he power-wolfed like a motherfucking. We're talking open scum play and just manipulating most like a fiddle.

[JP]

Kangus won us this. That Night One RB on me and use a Strong Arm Kill was genius, just blew the game apart immediately. All three of the other scum flew under the radar magnificently.

Psycho's done an incredible job making and running this. The designation of mafia roles was interesting, but I honestly thought we were underdogs once it was clear we could only use one kill per night. Slow games favour town and some of the investigation and block choices from town really did raise a few eyebrows. I know I can be like an annoying ant on the shoulder of the game runner when I'm scum, if it's there to exploit my hands be grimy, but Psycho's always understood why I might be angling a certain way and the time, effort and patience running something like this requires is huge, so thank you again bab.

How many scum clean sweeps have we had?

[Psycho666Soldier]

For the lulz, Tommy's protect action was on kangus this last night phase.

[Psycho666Soldier]

Kangus won us this. That Night One RB on me and use a Strong Arm Kill was genius, just blew the game apart immediately. All three of the other scum flew under the radar magnificently.

Psycho's done an incredible job making and running this. The designation of mafia roles was interesting, but I honestly thought we were underdogs once it was clear we could only use one kill per night. Slow games favour town and some of the investigation and block choices from town really did raise a few eyebrows. I know I can be like an annoying ant on the shoulder of the game runner when I'm scum, if it's there to exploit my hands be grimy, but Psycho's always understood why I might be angling a certain way and the time, effort and patience running something like this requires is huge, so thank you again bab.

How many scum clean sweeps have we had?

kangus definitely deserves some side love. I think kdestiny really came in clutch towards the end, and same with Virm. Good thing you guys didn't decide to go with him as the killer, though. That would have kept the game alive.

And to explain, Cewsh had no info whatsoever. In my mind, fakeclaiming/crumbing is perfectly acceptable, because most should recognize that if it's not getting modkilled, it's a lie. On top of that, I never felt what he was saying was strictly a breadcrumb thing and read as more of a town angling the game. Whether he actually scumread you or not, who knows, but it worked out for him in the end...sorta. I guess it actually backfired.

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I wanna give some love to wardy for having a pretty clear head in this game. He tried to block Virm two times in a row, and I think he was one of the first one to call out the fact that kangus, virm and kdestiny were flying under the radar.

If I were playing, I would have lynched kangus the moment he voted no lynch.

[JP]

So in case anyone's wondering, the game came to a draw. wardy tried to roleblock Virm, but kdestiny killed wardy. That would have put town at LYLO, 5 vs. 4. But Cewsh used his hide on JP. Which, is brilliant in that it would have sealed the deal on JP being scum...if it weren't for the fact that the night kill would make the town come to 4 vs. 4. With the roleblocker gone, there was no hope of stopping the kill, and basically no way for town to outvote or kill scum.

Oh that is brilliant.

[Pablo Diablo]

Kotre you damned fool.

[Psycho666Soldier]

Tommy Pickles (ON Doctor)
The de facto leader of the Rugrats. Even though you’re scared of what the growed-ups might do to you and your friends, you’ll do whatever it takes to protect your friends while saving your dad. A baby’s gotta do what a baby’s gotta do. Every odd night(starting from Night 1), you will be able to choose someone to protect from elimination.
Win Condition: Eliminate all threats to Town.
Mod Note: Becomes full-time if Grandpa dies.

Charles “Chuckie” Finster (Hider)
This whole ordeal sounds scary to you. Going against the growed-ups isn’t something you ever wanted to do, but you don’t want to lose your mommy and daddy forever. Every night, you will choose a player to hide behind. Any action directed towards you will fail. If they are mafia, you will be eliminated from the game. If your target is eliminated over night, you will be eliminated as well.
Win Condition: Eliminate all threats to Town.

Phillip “Phil” DeVille (ON Cop)
All the growed-ups may be biggerer and strongerer, but you and your sister Lillian have long mastered the art of tag team excellence, so you’ll trade days investigating the supspects. On odd nights(starting from Night 1), you will choose a target to investigate, and you will receive a result of “Town” or “Not Town.
Win Condition:Eliminate all threats to Town.
Mod Note: If Chuckie, Kimi, and Lil are all eliminated, Phil becomes full-time.

Lillian “Lil” Deville (EN Tracker)
All the growed-ups may be biggerer and strongerer, but you and your brother Phillip have long mastered the art of tag team excellence, so you’ll trade days investigating the supspects. On even nights(starting on Night 2), you will choose a player to follow, and you will get a result of who they targeted at night.
Win Condition:Eliminate all threats to Town.
Mod Note: If Phil is eliminated, Lil becomes full-time.

Dylan “Dil” Pickles (1-Shot Bulletproof)
You may be a gift from Bob, but being stuck in a walker leaves you pretty limited in what you can do to help. All you know is drooling and throwing toys. Too bad the growed-ups aren’t coming closer, huh? The good thing is, being so young and unable to participate, you’ll be able to survive any elimination attempt one time.
Win Condition:Eliminate all threats to Town.

Kimiko “Kimi” Finster (Vanilla)
While you might not be as used to working with the other Rugrats in their silly operations, your moral support is highly appreciated. Besides, it’s not like you’ll sit idly by and watch as your mommy and daddy get taked!
Win Condition:Eliminate all threats to Town.
Mod Note: If Chuckie is eliminated, Kimi becomes an EN Hider.

Susie Carmichael (Neighborizer)
You know Angelica loves messing with the babies’ imaginations, but this time she’s gone too far! Using your friendliness and politeness to the fullest, you decide to have some deep chats with everybody in the hopes to figure out the truth of what’s going on and get the celebration back on track. Every other night, you may choose a player. During that phase, that player will be untargetable. They will also be added to a private chat where you can communicate with them for the rest of the game. You may claim your role(as it will be pretty obvious), but you may not ask them to claim. You also may not quote anything from the chat inside the game thread.
Win Condition:Eliminate all threats to Town.
Mod Note: If Tommy is eliminated, she will get a 1-shot Jailer variant. Chat will not be permanent.

Spike (ON Roleblocker)
Being the wild animal you are, all this excitement has you running around like crazy and getting into whatever trouble you can. Most of this involves snatching important items or delicious food, but it sure does work to provide a distraction for the babies. Every odd night(starting on Night 1), you may choose a target to role block. They will not be able to carry out any actions that night.
Win Condition: Eliminate all threats to Town.
Mod Note: Becomes full time if both even night roles(Grandpa and Lil) are dead.

Louis “Grandpa Lou” Pickles (EN Bodyguard)
Back in your day, you used to get down on the sprouts’ level and indulge their imagination rather than ignore them or lock them up in a pen! Those babies may be wild, but you know your grandkids and their friends wouldn’t be up to no good. Every even night(Beginning with Night 2), you will target a player to protect. If they are eliminated during this phase, you will be eliminated instead.
Win Condition: Eliminate all threats to Town.
Mod Note: If Tommy is eliminated, becomes full-time.

Boris “Grandpa Boris” Kropotkin (1-Shot Vote Reset)
While everyone else wants to play games and eat food, you’d rather just relax on the recliner and sleep all day. That said, if everyone starts getting too loud, you’ll have no problem shutting them down. Once in the game, you may reset a vote count. The person with the highest votes will no longer be a lynch target for that phase.
Win Condition: Eliminate all threats to Town.
Mod Note: Can be used on self.

Angelica Pickles (Survivor Jack-of-all-Trades)
Those dumb babies will fall for anything. You thought about maybe telling them the truth, but causing problems for everyone around sounds a lot more fun than trying to be cute for grown-ups. You have a handful of abilities available to you. You may only use each one once.
-Bus Driver: Choose two targets. Anyone who targets Player A will target Player B, and vice-versa.
-Lightning Rod: Choose a target. All actions of the night phase will be redirected to that player.
-Flavor Cop: Choose a target. Their flavor role will be revealed to you.
-Neighborizer: Choose a target. They will enter a permanent private chat with you. No claiming is allowed. They will also be untargetable that night.
-Roleblock: Choose a target. They will be unable to carry out any night actions.
-Framer: Choose a target. Any investigation on them will turn up negative.
-Kill: You may kill a chosen target.
Win Condition:Use a minimum of 4 abilities and survive until Town or Mafia win.
Mod Note: If she neighborizes Drew, this will activate his secret win condition of surviving with her through a town victory.

Diane “Didi” Pickles
It’s bad enough that Stu’s flight has been delayed with no word on how late it’ll be. But now the babies have broken out of the pen again and seem to be up to something mischievous. And there’s still food to prepare! Thankfully, with the help of Chas(kangus), Betty(virmicious), and Drew(JP), wrangling the babies back in the pen and getting everything finished for the party will be a cinch. Right?
As a team, you will have access to five abilities that you will be able to assign to whomever on any night. You may not use the same ability twice in one night. These abilities are:
Factional Kill: Target a player to be eliminated from the game.
Rolecop: Target a player and discover their mechanical role.
Roleblock: Target a player and prevent them from using their night action.
1-Shot Ninja Kill: Target a player to be eliminated. The killer will be untrackable.
1-Shot Strongman Kill: Target a player to be eliminated. The killer can not be blocked and the kill can not be protected.
Mafia Chat: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/FcUL6xH4u6GgW
Win Condition: Eliminate all enemies until the mafia achieves majority.

Andrew “Drew” Pickles
You just want to get some burgers on the grill and show your dad that you know the ultimate way to grill out. You don’t mind Stu being late so he can’t hog all the glory, but trying to deal with your precious angel and your nephew is becoming a handful. Hopefully Didi(kdestiny), Chas(kangus), and Betty(virmicious) can pull their weight to keep everyone in line.
As a team, you will have access to five abilities that you will be able to assign to whomever on any night. You may not use the same ability twice in one night. These abilities are:
Factional Kill: Target a player to be eliminated from the game.
Rolecop: Target a player and discover their mechanical role.
Roleblock: Target a player and prevent them from using their night action.
1-Shot Ninja Kill: Target a player to be eliminated. The killer will be untrackable.
1-Shot Strongman Kill: Target a player to be eliminated. The killer can not be blocked and the kill can not be protected.
Mafia Chat: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/FcUL6xH4u6GgW
Win Condition: Eliminate all enemies until the mafia achieves majority.

Charles “Chas” Finster
You’re glad she offered to close up the coffee shop so you could get Chuckie and Kimi over to the house sooner, but you’re really wishing Kira was here to help reign the kids in. With more guests arriving and the babies now loose again, it’s going to take the help of Didi(kdestiny), Drew(JP), and Betty(virmicious) to keep this party together before Stu gets home.

As a team, you will have access to five abilities that you will be able to assign to whomever on any night. You may not use the same ability twice in one night. These abilities are:
Factional Kill: Target a player to be eliminated from the game.
Rolecop: Target a player and discover their mechanical role.
Roleblock: Target a player and prevent them from using their night action.
1-Shot Ninja Kill: Target a player to be eliminated. The killer will be untrackable.
1-Shot Strongman Kill: Target a player to be eliminated. The killer can not be blocked and the kill can not be protected.
Mafia Chat: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/FcUL6xH4u6GgW
Win Condition: Eliminate all enemies until the mafia achieves majority.

Elizabeth “Betty” DeVille
You always knew those scamps were a hassle to deal with, but now that the food’s late, more people are showing up, and Didi’s on the verge of a meltdown with Stu’s delay, having to put up with the rugrats shenanigans is becoming overwhelming. You better whip Didi(kdestiny), Drew(JP), and Chas(kangus) into shape so you can get those babies back in the pen.
As a team, you will have access to five abilities that you will be able to assign to whomever on any night. You may not use the same ability twice in one night. These abilities are:
Factional Kill: Target a player to be eliminated from the game.
Rolecop: Target a player and discover their mechanical role.
Roleblock: Target a player and prevent them from using their night action.
1-Shot Ninja Kill: Target a player to be eliminated. The killer will be untrackable.
1-Shot Strongman Kill: Target a player to be eliminated. The killer can not be blocked and the kill can not be protected.
Mafia Chat: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/FcUL6xH4u6GgW
Win Condition: Eliminate all enemies until the mafia achieves majority.

[Badger]

I knew there was something off about kangus, I pointed it out quite early on but no-one else in town did.

[Psycho666Soldier]

GAMERUNNER NOTES

-Another wacky set-up. I'm expecting this to be a bit of a shit-show. I'm not sure who has the advantage. Town has some pretty good roles but separated by the ON/EN dynamic. Mafia never loses any abilities and has two OP kills, but has no Godfather. Angelica is going to fuck everything up. This should be great.

-Another amazing rand. Stan, Rip, Pablo have all the top power roles, Knee is the bodyguard, and fucking CWE got the neighborizer role. He's probably the best person to take advantage of getting personal time with players. Hopefully he can last past N1. Then you have the maifa, which is kdestiny, kangus, JP and Virm. Hell of a team.

-There is one role I actively changed, and that was Jarrod. He had initially rolled scum, and the poor bastard can't get past D2 to save his life. I wanted to give him another chance to be town, so his shrinking inexperience won't cause him to give himself away and he can find his footing without trying to trick everyone. He was originally Chas, so I randomized the player's for him to swap with, and he got kangus. Of all the fucking people.

-I'm honestly surprised no one has self-voted in the immunity round yet. kangus came close but didn't actually commit. It was a slow start, but I think the Cewsh/JP/Badger controversy shook things up to get 'em moving a bit.

-I'm a bit surprised JP seems so paranoid about their chances. It's like he found out about not being able to use all kills in one night and suddenly he thought they had an uphill battle. You've got more gusto than that, JP!

-Speaking of which, I hadn't considered that mafia might try to use the kills at the same time, as I had just assumed the kills would be separate and never put that in their rolecard. I thought about letting them have it, but felt that would have been too overpowered. Considering they have a 1-Shot bulletproof to worry about and no Godfather, perhaps I should have given it to them. But the town starting with a -3 deficit would have been hard for town to come back out of, methinks.

-Shoutout to Stan for trying to keep my boy Jarrod alive.

-So, JP has requested that Cewsh be modkilled for breadcrumbing, even if it's a fake breadcrumb. To be honest, I hadn't considered the potential of fakecrumbing when I made the rule. In my opinion, it should be clear that if he's not getting modkilled, he's not breaking the rule and isn't breadcrumbing an actual role, but I can't tell that to mafia without confirming whether it's true or not. On top of that, I don't even think Cewsh was intending for it to look as a breadcrumb as much as it was just some arbitrary gimmick he placed on himself. I asked Grim for advice, but after about 12 hours or so, no response, so I gave him a warning. Hopefully he doesn't suspect JP was the one who complained about it.

-I absolutely love Knee and I'm so happy he's trying to get a tie going. It makes so much sense for him. I hope it happens.

-Props to Kotre for damn near calling out the whole setup in his first post. Only thing he was wrong about was Susie being the cop(Glad he's paying attention to the flavor). Also, his mentioning of Dil is the perfect kind of breadcrumbing subversion. He's not saying anything that you couldn't find out from the write-up, and I had actually forgot he was Dil when I first read it.

-No. No, JP. Don't waste your strongman AND KILL MY BEAUTIFUL GIFT OF A CWE NEIGHBORIZER, YOU EVIL SHIT! If you were town, it would be YOU in his shoes. PLEASE GOD LISTEN TO KANGUS AND LET KDESTINY DO THE KILL.

I swear, my favorite roles always get killed early over some bullshit. Every. Damn. Game.

-For real, though, I see JP wanting to take out Kotre before too long. He's going to regret using that strongman kill which I OBVIOUSLY GAVE THEM FOR A REASON. To be fair, if they're deadset on killing CWE this phase, the strongman kill is the only way it's happening. But still!

-There goes my Neighborizer, and poor Jarrod STILL gets killed early. It really is a running gag at this point. It can't be helped, I suppose.

-I'm loving the confusion over the flavor. I did things intentionally this time, like including Tommy in the write-up because he was trying to protect CWE. I also had planned to clarify the following phase, so it's fun watching everyone flounder right now.

-Kotre's brightness may be his undoing in this case of wanting to lynch Pablo over incorrect mechanics. He's soooo close, too.

-Scum kangus wanting to No Lynch is a big lol

-I think BBF definitely played his hand a bit too soon. Especially as neutral as his win condition depends on survival. Landing JP on D1 was probably the best thing he could do, but he should have kept that close to the chest until he needed to out it. At least when he was outside immunity.

-I can see the MU rubbing off on Knee. That question involving the living player list is totally the sort of thing I would expect from a MU player.

-Pablo the only one calling out the possibility of a strongman kill. Also find it creepy that he was able to surmise that they have a 1-shot Strongman AND a Ninja kill. I wonder when they find out about rotational abilities?

-Oh no. I think Kotre's falling down his first tunnel. Poor guy. It happens to all of us(Especially with me and JP on Rip). But he really needs to take a step back from the set-up expectations at the moment.

-A bit disappointed by the low activity this game, especially since I allowed night chat. I figured town would be all over it. Maybe it'll get better when we actually start having lynches.

-So much to unpack following N2. First off, BBF used his Lightning Rod on Kotre, which was pretty brilliant. Not only did it thwart Mafia's overall plan for the night, but it also stopped their kill as Kotre was a 1-shot bulletproof. However, didn't help town as much as I thought.

-I specifically planned to start Night Two with Tommy getting his screwdriver back and clarifying that he targeted Susie, but somehow that only affirmed Kotre's theory. I'm really shocked at how easily some of the more experienced people jumped on that Lynch. And rushing a hammer, too. This is probably an uphill battle for town.

-So Pablo dead. I can't wait to see Kotre's reaction to being wrong. Here's hoping town actually listens to Pablo's dying words, as he's actually spot on.

-I would like to clarify that I avoid including characters in write-ups for no reason. If something is strictly flavor, I try to separate with a border line. But if I mention a character during flavor write-ups, that meant they tried to do something. And as far as whether I use character names or not, the only time I'll ever show one character targeting another character instead of character to player is in the case of something that would give away a role. Like a traitor joining scum, or the hider dying behind scum.

That said, I try to make my write-ups a little less clear cut. It would be boring if every time I showed a character, I basically said, "This character did a cop action.". I want people to think about the flavor as well as not relying on mechanical info.

- - - Updated - - -

I knew there was something off about kangus, I pointed it out quite early on but no-one else in town did.

That's right, you were the first, I'm sure. You were very astute this game. A lot of improvement. You just fucked up when you started sheeping Kotre.

- - - Updated - - -

I stopped taking notes after D3, and I think most of my comments are summed up in the dead chat.

[Dreyski]

I thought Kangus was claiming cop when he said Kotre was innocent after being investigated.
I was so confused after N1 that I asked Psycho whether he'd received my N1 action.

Well played scum...

[BBF]

I BLOODY TOLD YOU ALL

[Kneeneighbor]

GAMERUNNER NOTES

-I absolutely love Knee and I'm so happy he's trying to get a tie going. It makes so much sense for him. I hope it happens.

-I can see the MU rubbing off on Knee. That question involving the living player list is totally the sort of thing I would expect from a MU player.

I did try a few tings I saw in my game at MU. Unfortunately my time has been at a premium this week. Move happens in 10 days, plus because of earlier weather we are playing a game every single day of the week so I dont get home till very late.

[Pablo Diablo]

I am amazed there wasn't a single scum on my lynch. That is unbelievable.

[Pablo Diablo]

I would probably have gone for Badger next assuming one of those first three had to be scum.

[wardy]

Brilliant. Thanks Psycho for another great game. HOWEVER, how could JP be Chas if he was roleblocked on a night Chas acted?

[Kotre]

Dude. I can tell you right now the mafia kill was used. Look at Didi's action last night. Pretty clear I think.

Breadcrumbing, unfortunately is not a;lowed. Luckily we have some good players here so I know one of you can figure out why I'm not in the playpen. Either way, that is not important right now. Provided we get back on the right track and start hitting scum not ourselves. Reading the posts again after JP schooled me made me feel like an eejit. Obviously it was flavour and I let myself get worked up over nothing. Oh well I guess there's no use continuing to reflect endlessly over my dipshittery. For now I think I'm going to take a step back and cool my jets until there's more information and not try and start a lynch mob over a quarterbaked theory.

I can't do that again and I like to think I can learn from my mistakes.

Don't know if anyone caught that. But it kept me entertained while I was writing it.

[Badger]

Yeah I wasn't buying that Pablo was scum after round one as he called out JP early on, but Kotre was so damned convincing when he said thematically it wouldn't work with Chas because he was a wimp.

Also I was saving the vote reset for myself in case I got suspected and town started a lynch on me. If they saw that Boris all of a sudden had saved me, then that would have proved my innocence and made it obvious I was Boris. Kotre was claiming Boris was Cewsh at one point and I tried to say to him he wasn't without telling him it was me obviously.

Well done Mafia.The first two nights really put on the back foot. At least I survived! :hapoysad:

[Dreyski]

Brilliant. Thanks Psycho for another great game. HOWEVER, how could JP be Chas if he was roleblocked on a night Chas acted?

Strongman kills can 'pierce' a roleblock.

[Kdestiny]

Unless our roles changed, I should technically be Didi based on my OG PM

[wardy]

Ahh I see. Still so much to learn.

[Kotre]

Strongman kills can 'pierce' a roleblock.

I thought they only bypassed a doctor's protection. If I'd known that I... would probably still be in on Pablo but BBF probably would have got me to drop his lynch.

[Cewsh]

I miscounted the players. Jesus, what a fail on my part.

The JP thing started because I wanted to find out if he was scum off the bat, because he’s fucking dangerous. Since I was basically useless I was trying to set up to be a sacrifice to bust him since I was certain he was scum after day 1, but I didn’t get a real chance until it was too late and I was too eager to jump on it. But I knew it was a scum victory after day 2. We were getting rolled no matter what.

[Cewsh]

Trying to get me mod killed is a bit rich though, isn’t it? I never role claimed anything. I did make a mistake day one by saying that I had been instructed to target JP, which I was going to spin out into some performative nonsense. After I Psycho messaged me I back peddled that.

[Kotre]

Banning breadcrumbs is silly. I will die on this hill.

[Cewsh]

For some reason due to the lack of activity I thought there were a bunch more people playing who just weren’t saying anything. Gonna go down as my worst moment in Mafia.

I don’t think people realized that I really did have JP pegged from the start based on his play. Ah well. Gotta do better next time.

[Psycho666Soldier]

Banning breadcrumbs is silly. I will die on this hill.

The problem is breadcrumbs get too out of hand. While you can police things like direct quotes from the character or something like that you don't really want to mod kill all the people in the game and completely skew it towards Town or Mafia.

[Kotre]

I'd argue that banning it already tilts the game in favour of the scum. Say Phil had targeted JP night 1. How does he communicate that to everyone else without losing credibility 'dude, how can I be scum when I was roleblocked by them?' or falling foul of the ban?

[Psycho666Soldier]

Sharing info isn't the same as breadcrumbing. In the case of BBF's info, no one thought he was lying. They just thought his info was wrong.

[JP]

Trying to get me mod killed is a bit rich though, isn’t it? I never role claimed anything. I did make a mistake day one by saying that I had been instructed to target JP, which I was going to spin out into some performative nonsense. After I Psycho messaged me I back peddled that.

I didn't ask for you to be modkilled, I ask the question whether it was a breach of the breadcrumbing rule which stated you could be modkilled for breadcrumbing. It's a small difference, but an important one.

That said, you play with what you have at your disposal. As scum, it's my job to kill enough town to get the majority. If it looks as if somebody may be dropping in something they shouldn't, or hinting at something they shouldn't, I'm absolutely going to use that as leverage to try and get an advantage. Working within the rules at hand and manipulating them to your advantage is as big a part of the game as any other.

[JP]

I'd argue that banning it already tilts the game in favour of the scum.

You've got breadcrumbing and info sharing mixed up. But essentially, you're right. The rule came in to help even the odds back up, because town were walking most games thanks to character based breadcrumbing. Even as a town player, I disliked it. It made it too easy or near enough impossible depending on which side you fell on.

[CWE]

What's rule #1 of mafia?

DONT FUCKING TRUST JP. HOW HARD IS THAT?

[BBF]

TELL ME ABOUT IT

[Pablo Diablo]

Giving immunity to a strong character is bad for this reason. If they are scum they will make the most of it and eliminate their threats before we even get a chance to get rid of them.

[JP]

What's rule #1 of mafia?

DONT FUCKING TRUST JP. HOW HARD IS THAT?

TELL ME ABOUT IT

I tell you this, it's an interesting position to now be in. Come the next game, very statistically likely I'll be town (past few games I've been scum much more often than you'd expect). What the hell happens then?

[Cewsh]

TELL ME ABOUT IT

I had no idea what the hell you were trying to tell us. Your last night was all over the place.

[CWE]

What the hell happens then?

You get a prize.

[Kneeneighbor]

Legit have not been mafia on here in ages. Go to Mafia Universe for the practice game and bingo, first game I am scum.

[BBF]

I had no idea what the hell you were trying to tell us. Your last night was all over the place.

Vote JP. He was Chas.

[kangus]

Man, I woke up this morning prepared for battle so this was a surprise!
I thought we played a good game but more than anything you townies kept shooting yourselves in the foot. We didn't face too much adversity this time.
In my opinion nothing crossed the line this game with regard to breadcrumbing or role claiming.

[wardy]

What's rule #1 of mafia?

DONT FUCKING TRUST JP. HOW HARD IS THAT?

TELL ME ABOUT IT

I didn't trust JP. I will never trust JP. But there were several others statistically more likely to be scum at that point.

- - - Updated - - -

BBF what info did you actually get on JP?

[BBF]

On n1 i investigated him and found him to be Chas. I should've clocked the roleblock as a way for him to appear not to be Chas but actually be him. It was infuriating.

On n2 i swapped all actions against Jp and cewsh

[Psycho666Soldier]

On n1 i investigated him and found him to be Chas. I should've clocked the roleblock as a way for him to appear not to be Chas but actually be him. It was infuriating.

On n2 i swapped all actions against Jp and cewsh

That was N3. N2 was your lightning rod

[Pablo Diablo]

On n1 i investigated him and found him to be Chas. I should've clocked the roleblock as a way for him to appear not to be Chas but actually be him. It was infuriating.

Yet you still voted me out. Am I a joke to you?

[JP]

BBF, why did you go after me at all? I as much said in my review of Night One, we know you're a survivor, just lay low and win.

[Rip]

I tell you this, it's an interesting position to now be in. Come the next game, very statistically likely I'll be town (past few games I've been scum much more often than you'd expect). What the hell happens then?

You die.

It happens for 3,4 games then you still get people who ‘have a feeling’ you’re playing like scum even if you aren’t.

It’s s called karma

[wardy]

All three of my role block attempts (successful or not) were against scum btw fyi.

[Badger]

I would probably have gone for Badger next assuming one of those first three had to be scum.

When Kotre put that theory together, It was so convincing that I bought into it but should have looked at the write-up and mechanics a bit more closely. I also had being killed in Mortal Kombat in the back of my mind and thought I was getting revenge and that you were scum. When you turned up good I threw a bit of a fit.

Also Cewsh acting the goat with JP and BBF's seemingly random outburst that JP was Chas just confused things for us I think.

[Badger]

Plus reading the scum chat I see I was gonna be role-blocked. Shame for me the game ended and that never went through because I would've laughed at them wasting it.

[virms]

I would also like to state Kdestiny is straight up scum. Who the fuck goes and watches the Cardinals play other than scum?

vote kdestiny

I tried to help too

[BBF]

Yet you still voted me out. Am I a joke to you?

I was pretty sure you were mafia. Obviously I was massively wrong on that one.

BBF, why did you go after me at all? I as much said in my review of Night One, we know you're a survivor, just lay low and win.

Tbh partly to spice things up. There were quite a few quiet players and I wanted to get things moving a bit. I was a bit strong though and it cost me. Laying low is mafia games is a cop out I think.

[Badger]

I tried to be as active as I could, but my role wasn't all that powerful. Still though it was fun to be a good guy for once.

[Jarrod1983]

Fun game! Fun read. I will last longer than a day or two at one of these some time. It is a running gag. I opened my phone to see the your dead message and was like fuckin motherfucker.