Simpsons Mafia (Game Thread)

NinjaCow, I'm not sure I ever want to be your teammate again. I know it's your first game, but if you are mafia, you simply do NOT reveal your entire role PM. Now we're completely screwed. I mean we already were screwed, but I at least had a chance of getting out. Now I don't.

*le sigh*
 
Verarde said:
NinjaCow, I'm not sure I ever want to be your teammate again. I know it's your first game, but if you are mafia, you simply do NOT reveal your entire role PM. Now we're completely screwed. I mean we already were screwed, but I at least had a chance of getting out. Now I don't.

*le sigh*
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I was never Mafia. I was a third party role pretending to be Mafia, see the third spoiler in the Role PM.

Sorry. No hard feelings, eh?

But JHT, don't do stuff like that. You've basically ruined a perfectly winnable game for us. :(
 
Voting period is over. Here are today's tallies, and the update is on the way.

Spoiler tallies :

Lynch

NinjaCow64 - 4 (NinjaCow64, Jarrema, General Olaf, Winston Hughes)
(jail: 0 hospital: 4)

Gone 3 the Celt - 1 (Gone 3 the Celt)

johnhughthom - 1 (classical_hero)

Abstain: 0

Not Voting: johnhughthom

Release From Jail

No one has enough votes to be released

Verarde - 1 (classical_hero)

 
EVENING TWENTY-THREE​

The people of Springfield gathered around their top suspect for the day, NinjaCow64. A majority stood accusing him as the last holdout of the criminals that had plagued the town.

Unwilling to face the violence, he tried to flee, and when caught by the mob with fury in their eyes, he broke down with a full confession

"C'mon, I didn't really do anything. This all started with the rest of them, the elders, they wanted revenge and they'll still get it one day!"

The crowd was not deterred and gave NinjaCow64 a serious beating.

Spoiler :
Milhouse from Shelbyville (NinjaCow64) is a Shelbyvillain!


Spoiler :
The Shelbyvillains have been defeated!

The Capital City Goofball (DaveShack) hospitalized
The Shelbyvillian Squeaky-Voiced Teen (Verarde) jailed
Bort from Shelbyville (GamezRule) hospitalized
Milhouse from Shelbville (NinjaCow64) hospitalized


At the same time, a state trooper arrived from the hospital with important news. Interrogations and confessions gathered over the past few days had revealed enough about the activities of another unlawful group to ascertain the threat had been neutralized. While several private citizens had apparently banded together to form a new oligarchy to rule Springfield, their efforts had been for naught, and the last of the conspirators, only a child, had also been outed.

Spoiler :
Lisa Simpson (mechaerik) is a member of the Sprungfeld Conspiracy!


Spoiler :
The Sprungfeld Conspiracy has been defeated!

Lisa Simpson (mechaerik) hospitalized
Lindsey Naegle (Autolycus) hospitalized
The Sea Captain (Takhisis) hospitalized
Lou (Bestrfcplayer) hospitalized


*******************​

With all these shocking relevations taking everyone's attention, nobody noticed for quite a while that one person had gone missing. Back at townhall everyone frantically searched for johnhughthom but he was nowhere in the area.

While johnhughthom's whereabouts were unknown to the town, he was, however, fleeing from an FBI agent in hot pursuit. Being accidentally placed on America's Most Wanted was no boon to him and his schemes, as it turned out he had been in it for himself throughout this whole crisis, along with a trusted partner.

Spoiler :
Milhouse from Shelbyville (NinjaCow64) was really a member of the Milhouse faction!


Johnhughthom found himself cornered, at the end of a water runoff tunnel overlooking the precipitous drop of Springfield dam.

"I'm telling ya, I didn't do anything!"

"I don't care!" The gruff agent yelled in response.

johnhughthom had no options left, he had to jump.

"Aaaaaahhhhhhh! My glasses!"

Spoiler :
Milhouse Van Houten (johnhughthom) is a member of the Milhouse faction!


*******************​

Back at the center of town, there were only five citizens remaining. Kent Brockman was covering the scene live on television, along with the soon anticipated arrival of an outside reporter from a reputable record book. This year Springfield was hoping to crack 250 on the list of the world's 300 worst cities. It would be a good thing if the town had wrapped up this disastrous crisis before anyone came asking questions.

Yet the remaining people still had a feeling some things were not quite right. A few stole glances at each other, wondering what was up.

classical_hero was the first to make a move. Before anyone else could say anything, he headed towards a vehicle where a couple of privately hired security guards were waiting.

"I've done all I can here, but my only real duties are to my boss, Mr. Burns. We'll get things back on track in the days to come, regardless of what happens to the town."

So he left, leaving only four.

Spoiler :
Waylon Smithers (classical_hero) is Neutral!


Two of the four remaining, however, were only children. And much like every previous night, they had to get home as dusk was setting in.

Winston Hughes, taking on some responsibility for once, picked up Gone 3 the Celt and started to skate away.

"Other than Homer ended up injured like he does pratically every week I think we came out of this ok. Mom's going to want to see us at home."

Spoiler :
Bart Simpson (Winston Hughes) is an Innocent Springfieldian!


Spoiler :
Maggia Simpson (Gone 3 the Celt) is an Innocent Springfieldian!


General Olaf was left to look over the scene at town hall, where so much violence had taken place when the mob succumbed to baser instincts.

Now, he liked what he saw. After all this time and all this effort he had survived. For himself and his fallen friends he would claim victory, there were no dangers left to him now. Fortunately this meant nothing bad for the rest of Springfield, as he headed off on his back to where he came from, muttering to himself about his triumph over liberals, and sarcastic ducks, his mortal enemies.

Spoiler :
Flatulent Fox (General Olaf) is a Scratchyian!


Then, Jarrema had a decision to make. He had faced perhaps the most hardship of all, falsely accused of crimes he did not commit, and once in fear of repercussions for his immigrant status. Now, he had been vindicated of all wrongdoings and accepted as a proud member of the proud Springfield community. Tending to his convenience store could wait for once, he declared, as tonight he was going to party like it was on sale for $19.99.

Spoiler :
Apu Nahasapeemapetilon (Jarrema) is an Innocent Springfieldian!


Spoiler :

INNOCENT VICTORY!

Also Victorious

paulwhoisaghost (Scratchy) - Scratchyian faction survived
Zack (Poochie, Converted Scratchyian) - Scratchyian faction survived
Kennigit (Rich Uncle Skeleton, Converted Scratchyian) - Scratchyian faction survived
General Olaf (Flatulent Fox, Converted Scratchyian) - Scratchyian faction survived
Turqoiside (Homer Simpson, Neutral) - achieved victory goals
TheLastDays (Sideshow Bob, Neutral) - achieved victory goals​

Congratulations to all the victors!
​

This concludes the Simpsons Mafia Game.

Thanks again to all of the participants!​
 
POSTGAME COMMENTS​

First of all, in the following posts all of the full Role PMs will be posted for convenience and ease of reading.

Quicktopics:

Host QT - pretty dry, think just about all night actions should be recorded though

Milhouse QT - they got access partway into the game - see the Milhouse Role PMs for details

Shelbyville Mafia - Note the only Shelbyvillain left towards the end was Milhouse who wasn't fully one of them

Sprungfeld Mafia - likewise had a good run, active QT till they were wiped out

Scratchyian QT - became active when Poochie was recruited as second-in-command, the later recruits never got in on it

Stonecutters QT - active early, but never became much of a factor

Springfield Police - never was very active

Burns/Smithers - had some terrible luck early, town vig just got Burns with a limited ability

Below are some general comments on the game design and what we saw play out from a host's perspective.

Spoiler host commentary :

Basic overview and victory goals
Spoiler :

At the core of the game was the town vs. mafia struggle, which is how it seemed to mostly play out. The town had 8 players they needed eliminated at any time, 4 on each of two mafia teams. Having all of the mafia eliminated would immediately trigger town victory. So the town's overall victory was pretty straightforward and the concept public to everyone, but no townies were given knowledge of exactly which factions were mafia. This might be a point players have noticed but it was purposeful, with what the town needed to do being reasonably deducible and to their credit the townies mostly did so. Ultimately the intention of this seemed to work out quite well, as enough room for confusion and debate left for the early parts of the game, and regarding third party roles, the cult and the serial killer in particular, which did play a factor even into the endgame. Excepting the Milhouse victory, all other third parties and neutrals had their victory conditions resolved independently.

The two mafia factions, like much of the rest of the game, drew consistently from storylines within the TV series with what were hopefully good cover roles.

For particular references, "Lemon of Troy" served as a basis for the Shelbyvillain team, and "Lisa the Iconoclast," and "They Saved Lisa's Brain" provided references and character alignments for the Sprungfeld team; in both cases there were also characters related to these storylines on the townie side.

Both Itchy as a serial killer and the Scratchy cult seemed to play out well, two sides of the same struggle. As with other roles anyone curious hopefully sees some things resolved with the Role PMs posted, and the Scratchyians did a great job pulling through after early setbacks, though landlubber deserves an Honorable Mention for a very close call on Itchy victory, almost had it.

The Neutral roles were meant to be truly very neutral, with victory conditions largely indepedent of everybody else. Homer Simpson's role was one of the more enjoyable ones from a host perspective with the mini-victory goals all related to various Simpsons storylines, and it seemed to work well, and Sideshow Bob, having surely one of the harder victoy conditions, still pulled it off too.

Additional honorable mentions go to choxorn and classical_hero who put a lot of effort into a narrow defeat as a neutral team. Fitting the trend with the neutral characters, Burns and Smithers also were some of the most difficult roles, but with flexibility and opportunity had things worked out. They were struck by poor luck and the way the game played out for everybody else being rather unforgiving to them, such as the town doctor/reviver not really being available for them to even make the case on healing Mr. Burns.

One additional ability to help Burns survive could have been nice, though the main intended issue was that the only thing they needed to avoid was Burns being hospitalized, jail likely to be an easy out eventually. I think the holdup was that the design couldn't accodomate additional survival-related abilities with the number of players able to survive or recover from things or help others do so already. Perhaps the first change I'd make to the design in retrospect would be to rework Burns' and Smithers' victories to several mini-goals much like Homer's role.

Lastly, the Milhouse faction was effectively a Lover team set up with a high level of inside knowledge and some powerful abilities, and were also some of the host's favorite roles to see in action. Again in a close losing scenario, both johnhughthom and NinjaCow64 put in monumental efforts to make it as far as they did and almost close it out. Regarding this team, while we didn't know everything that went on behind the scenes, I don't think the hosts could have asked for any better endgame than to see the pair of lovers still trying to outwit everyone else while multiple other factions still battled for victory, well done to both of you.

As a final comment, for anyone curious, balancing done around the number of players, a few lower from the maximum number of signups, was a few minor townie roles were cut (among several possibilities, like Nelson Muntz and Barney Gumble) and some mafia abilities slightly weakened.


Game Events
Spoiler :
Short section here for now.

A lot of the decisions that could be voted on had some tangible gameplay effects, though a few only affected victory conditions and personal goals. Notably, Lyle Lanley was able to cause the Monorail vote to be repeated if it didn't pass and ultimately a player could have been chosen to be monorail conductor, gaining a busdriver ability. This didn't pan out, and the event system also was not designed for a game lasting as long as this did but still seemed to be effective in the early game as it was intended, for creating discussion and votes.


Addressing the pace of the game and seeming lack of "kills"
Spoiler :

This observation is surely something most of the players in the game would have noticed and some preliminary comments are probably due. The game lasted longer than intended, which was ideally around 10-12 phases, 15 not being unreasonable, but not intended at all to last as long as it did.

Far and away the main issue from a host perspective was simply player inactivity. I'd ask not to be harsh on fellow players as across a large number of participants this added up to collective difficulties for the game from a number of sources. It was disappointing at times as a host and I'm sure for some of the active players, the only thing to be done is ask and hope for active participation in future game.

As for the individual players and characters with various forms of kills, here's what we saw:

The Shelbyville mafia attempted kills fairly effectively as long as they were around, a combination of some roleblocks, protections, and their team getting caught or killed. Likewise, a couple of limited vigilante efforts went through, so the hosts were generally pleased with the efforts and results working out within expectations here.

Itchy as a serial killer, over the course of the game did get in a reasonable and respectable number of kills. The possibility of a much more bloodthirsty Itchy existed and was accounted for, but this game through landlubber' choice there was some avoidance of attacks on townies for no good reason. It was interesting to see this decision's effects and it certainly did pan out to helping the town, without really seeming much of a detrimental factor to Itchy either in a close game.

What the above added up to was a roughly expected number of kill attempts and players removed from play by some means, though of course the game still lasted longer than expected. The lion's share of an explanation from a host's perspective would be two factors then.

Firstly, the Springfield Police characters, which all had the opportunity to arrest players at night, sending them to jail, were not active, and this ability was never successfully used. This was particularly very damaging to the Sprungfeld team, with setting up false arrests being their equivalent to a nightkill, and unfortunate the game played out that way.

Secondly, there was a commendable effort by the town as a group for making effective use of the game's lynch mechanics, which was also pleasing to see. The town made heavy use of the jail mechanic from early on and throughout the midgame chose to release many players. With a combination of some useful information deduced and discussed partway into the game, the town got the results of mostly townies from early lynches being released, with a switch to focus on hospitalization to catch the scum.

This was absolutely the right move by the town and it's a credit to many town players to stick to their guns and follow through. It was an expected necessity for non-town players to fool and disrupt this general strategy, certainly with some means to do so, and the town pulled together with many right calls, which meant more players alive for a long time but ultimately helped them to victory.


Any more comments/general discussion may go here.


Specific questions are welcome and will be answered as we go along, however that's all for now.

All participants in the game are now free to post, and again the next few posts will be filled in with the original Role PMs.
 
ROLE PMs​

Starting with INNOCENTS


SouthernKing/Seymour Skinner

Spoiler :
Player: SouthernKing
Character: Seymour Skinner
Faction: Springfieldian (Innocent)​

Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces.
Personal Goal: Discipline Bart Simpson

Abilities: In Loco Parentis: Each night you may attempt to catch another player. You must correctly name the character of the player you are targeting for this ability to be effective. If the character is a child, you will discipline them and send them back to school where they belong. The player’s lynch vote will count only for 0.5 votes and they will no longer be able to perform night actions.

Small, Petty Man: You have a strong sense of justice and want to see things done right. Children should not be sent to the Springfield jail along with other criminals. Once during the game, as a Day Phase ability, you may PM the GM to let a child character out of jail. They will be sent back to school under the same restrictions as your night ability.
Items: None

Background:

You are the principal of Springfield Elementary School. A traumatized Vietnam War veteran, you still live with your elderly mother and have flashbacks of terrible events from time to time. You try to run a strict and efficient school and frequently have to deal with troublemakers. One thing is clear – regardless of this crisis in Springfield, children should be in school and you will not allow truancy.

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbbiecon & Earthling


Winston Hughes/Bart Simpson

Spoiler :
Player: Winston Hughes
Character: Bart Simpson
Faction: Springfieldian (Innocent)​


Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces.
Personal Goal: The Boy Who Knew Too Much: follow a player the night they attack someone.

Abilities: None
Items:
Skateboard: Allows you to follow one player at night and see what they do (Active Ability)
Lucky Red Cap: While in your possession allows you to avoid most night actions, including attacks, against you.

Background:

The oldest child in the Simpson family, you are a renowned troublemaker. Normally children wouldn't have much say in a crisis like this but Springfield does things differently, and your healthy distrust of authority figures and adventuresome attitude say otherwise. You think you can figure some things out while roaming the streets as "El Barto," so long as you don't get caught.

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling


Gone 3 the Celt/Maggie Simpson
Spoiler :
Player: Gone 3 the Celt
Character: Maggie Simpson
Faction: Springfieldian (Innocent)​

Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces.
Personal Goal: At least two members of the Simpsons family survive (this can include yourself)

Abilities: Guardian Angel – Once during the game you may attack another player. This is a Day Phase ability which will take place with the evening writeup – your character’s identity will be hinted but not your identity as a player. If you successfully attack a non-town player, you gain a second use of this ability.
Items: Pistol – required for your ability

Background:

You are the youngest child in the Simpson family and just a baby really. Now you’re lost and separated from your family and just want this crisis in Springfield to end peacefully, even though people still count you as a participant at this town meeting. Ever since you accidentally shot Mr. Burns you’ve also discovered your profound natural talent with firearms.

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling


Jarrema/Apu
Spoiler :
Player: Jarrema
Character: Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
Faction: Springfieldian (Innocent)​

Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces.
Personal Goal: Recover from an attack against you

Jail Status: You are stuck in jail at the beginning of the game. Recall the rules for players in jail – you may not vote, communicate privately, or send ability orders. You must convince the town to let you out of jail.

Abilities: Kiss of Hot Lead: You will spontaneously recover from injuries after two Day Phases pass where you were in the hospital.
Items: None

Background:

You came to America from India and studied under the brilliant John Frink. Since then your career has shifted as you became the owner of Springfield’s Kwik-E-Mart convenience store. Unfortunately, you have just been arrested under suspicion of poisoning Comic Book Guy by Springfield’s less than thorough police department and they don’t look about to clear you of charges anytime soon.

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling


BSmith1068/Snake
Spoiler :
Player: BSmith1068
Character: Snake
Faction: Springfieldian (Innocent)​

Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces.
Personal Goal: Help another Springfieldian (Innocent) player get out of jail.

Jail Status: You are stuck in jail at the beginning of the game. Recall the rules for players in jail – you may not vote, communicate privately, or send general ability orders. Note your ability is an exception to this general rule. You must convince the town to let you out of jail or break out of it yourself.

Abilities: Jailbreak: You may attempt to break out of jail as a night action, PM me to plan your escape. If the police are guarding the jail you won’t succeed but you can keep trying until you breach their security. It takes one night to prepare for your jailbreak and then you will attempt to break out the next night.

Whenever you are out of jail as a Living player, you may choose to go back and attempt to break one other player out of jail each night, though again police patrols may thwart this action.
Items: None

Background:

You are a career criminal who has engaged in all sorts of violent and non-violent crimes. Escaping from Springfield police custody has become practically a ritual for you. You’ll be living large again in no time!

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling


civplayah/Chief Wiggum
Spoiler :
Player: civplayah
Character: Clancy Wiggum
Faction: Springfieldian (Innocent)​


Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces.
Personal Goal: No player illegally escapes from the jail.

Abilities: Stakeout: Each night you may choose a player to watch. You will see all other players who attempt to perform an action on the target player, and in addition your presence will deter petty thieves.
Items: None

Police Department: You are a member of the Springfield PD along with YoshiEgg737 – Eddie, who may block other players’ actions, and bestrfcplayer – Lou, who may perform detective work to determine if a player has committed a crime. You may communicate on a quicktopic here if you wish. Due to standard police protocol you are forbidden from revealing your internal communications to others. (do not give this link to other players, publicly or privately. If you reveal your Role PM publicly, remove the quicktopic link)

Police Ability: To Protect and Serve: Each night, any member of the police may attempt to arrest a character in place of another night action. There is no limit on the number of police who may attempt arrests. Should the player be guilty of a crime they will be sent to jail. However, should an arrest be attempted on a non-criminal player the scandal will reflect harshly on the police and the player attempting the arrest will have his lynch vote count as 0 votes and lose the ability to attempt further arrests for two Day/Night cycles.

The criminal status of players may change during the course of the game due to game events, such that players who were not criminals may become criminals, or players pardoned and let out of jail by town consensus are cleared of charges.

Police Duty: Guard the Jail Each night any member of the police may choose to guard the Springfield jail in place of another night action. If no police officer is on duty, jailbreaks or other events may be at risk of occurring.

Background:

You are the longtime Chief of the Springfield Police. If you believed the rumor mill, you are an incompenet pig waddling about on stubby legs and prone to making the wrong arrests and accepting kickbacks. You’ll show them you can do your job right… sometimes. Take em away, boys!

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling


Yoshiegg737/Eddie
Spoiler :
Player: Yoshiegg737
Character: Eddie
Faction: Springfieldian (Innocent)​


Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces.
Personal Goal: Successfully arrest at least two criminals.

Abilities: Roleblock: Each night you may tail a player and make sure they get into no trouble.
Items: None

Police Department: You are a member of the Springfield PD along with civplayah – Chief Wiggum, who may set up a police perimeter and watch over players at night, and bestrfcplayer – Lou, who may perform detective work to determine if a player has committed a crime. You may communicate on a quicktopic here if you wish. Due to standard police protocol you are forbidden from revealing your internal communications to others. (do not give this link to other players, publicly or privately. If you reveal your Role PM publicly, remove the quicktopic link)

Police Ability: To Protect and Serve: Each night, any member of the police may attempt to arrest a character in place of another night action. There is no limit on the number of police who may attempt arrests. Should the player be guilty of a crime they will be sent to jail. However, should an arrest be attempted on a non-criminal player the scandal will reflect harshly on the police and the player attempting the arrest will have his lynch vote count as 0 votes and lose the ability to attempt further arrests for two Day/Night cycles.

The criminal status of players may change during the course of the game due to game events, such that players who were not criminals may become criminals, or players pardoned and let out of jail by town consensus are cleared of charges.

Police Duty: Guard the Jail Each night any member of the police may choose to guard the Springfield jail in place of another night action. If no police officer is on duty, jailbreaks or other events may be at risk of occurring.

Background:

You are one of Springfield’s senior police officers. You are known for being a dutiful cop and all around upstanding citizen.

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling


Kennigit/Carl
Spoiler :
Player: Kennigit
Character: Carl
Faction: Springfieldian (Innocent)​


Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces.
Personal Goal: The Stonecutters reach at least six living members.

Abilities: Mason You know the identity of Lenny is CivGeneral and that he’s an Innocent Springfieldian
Items: None

Stonecutters: You a member of the secretive Stonecutters organization. You may communicate on a quicktopic here. Sacred tradition prevents you from sharing the details of your meetings with outsiders, so you are not allowed to forward this quicktopic link here to other players. If you post your Role PM publicly, remove the quicktopic link.

Stonecutters Abilities:

Recruitment: Every even number night you may recruit a player to your organization if you choose. A majority of all Living Stonecutters must approve of the selection, and only certain players will be eligible to be recruited per Stonecutters tradition. A list of possible recruits will be provided and updated by the GM as needed.

Protection: For every three players who are members of the Stonecutters, you may order protection for one player at night. Loyal NPC Stonecutters will protect your target. Likewise, the group must reach a consensus on any such action, post on your quicktopic or PM me.

Background:

You grew up in Springfield and graduated from college here, to eventually start your career at Springfield’s Nuclear Plant. You spend a lot of your time with your best friend Lenny and trust him completely.

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling


Kennigit converted to Rich Uncle Skeleton, a cultist. Basic cultists kept the rest of their roles except could choose to change victory conditions - so sample PM
Spoiler :
Player: Kennigit
Character: Rich Uncle Skeleton
Faction: Scratchyian​


Victory Condition: At least one member of the Scratchyian faction survives. Note that survival for you, as a cartoon character, differs from survival for other players. As long as you are not permanently killed you are counted as surviving, hospital/jail status notwithstanding.

Personal Goal: The Stonecutters reach at least six living members.

Abilities: Mason You know the identity of Lenny is CivGeneral and that he’s an Innocent Springfieldian
Items: None

Stonecutters: You a member of the secretive Stonecutters organization. You may communicate on a quicktopic here. Sacred tradition prevents you from sharing the details of your meetings with outsiders, so you are not allowed to forward this quicktopic link here to other players. If you post your Role PM publicly, remove the quicktopic link.

Stonecutters Abilities:

Recruitment: Every even number night you may recruit a player to your organization if you choose. A majority of all Living Stonecutters must approve of the selection, and only certain players will be eligible to be recruited per Stonecutters tradition. A list of possible recruits will be provided and updated by the GM as needed.

Protection: For every three players who are members of the Stonecutters, you may order protection for one player at night. Loyal NPC Stonecutters will protect your target. Likewise, the group must reach a consensus on any such action, post on your quicktopic or PM me.

Background:

You are a minor character from an old Itchy & Scratchy show. As you found yourself transformed into this crisis in the town of Springfield, you're allied with Scratchy and his friends, to survive the violence Itchy would inflict on you all.

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling


CivGeneral/Lenny
Spoiler :
Player: CivGeneral
Character: Lenny
Faction: Springfieldian (Innocent)​


Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces.
Personal Goal: Not a Cow College: The taunts of your Springfield U rivals often annoy you but this year you’re sure your alma mater will get the better of them. See Springfield A&M win the annual football game.

Abilities: Mason You know the identity of Carl is Kennigit and that he’s an Innocent Springfieldian
Items: None

Stonecutters: You are a member of the secretive Stonecutters organization. You may communicate on a quicktopic here. Sacred tradition prevents you from sharing the details of your meetings with outsiders, so you are not allowed to forward this quicktopic link here to other players. If you post your Role PM publicly, remove the quicktopic link.

Stonecutters Abilities:

Recruitment: Every even number night you may recruit a player to your organization if you choose. A majority of all Living Stonecutters must approve of the selection, and only certain players will be eligible to be recruited per Stonecutters tradition. A list of possible recruits will be provided and updated by the GM as needed.

Protection: For every three players who are members of the Stonecutters, you may order protection for one player at night. Loyal NPC Stonecutters will protect your target. Likewise, the group must reach a consensus on any such action, post on your quicktopic or PM me.

Background:

You grew up in Springfield and graduated from college here, to eventually start your career at Springfield’s Nuclear Plant. You spend a lot of your time with your best friend Carl and trust him completely.

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling


sirtommygun/Egg Council Lobbyist
Spoiler :
Player: sirtommygunn
Character: Egg Council Lobbyist
Faction: Springfieldian (Innocent)​


Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces.
Personal Goal: Successfully protect a player with your personal ability.

Abilities: Thick Shell: Each night you may protect one player from attack
Items: None

Stonecutters: You are a member of the secretive Stonecutters organization. You may communicate on a quicktopic here. Sacred tradition prevents you from sharing the details of your meetings with outsiders, so you are not allowed to forward this quicktopic link here to other players. If you post your Role PM publicly, remove the quicktopic link.

Stonecutters Abilities:

Recruitment: Every even number night you may recruit a player to your organization if you choose. A majority of all Living Stonecutters must approve of the selection, and only certain players will be eligible to be recruited per Stonecutters tradition. A list of possible recruits will be provided and updated by the GM as needed.

Protection: For every three players who are members of the Stonecutters, you may order protection for one player at night. Loyal NPC Stonecutters will protect your target. Likewise, the group must reach a consensus on any such action, post on your quicktopic or PM me.

Background:

You were an immigrant to this great country from Eastern Europe and worked your way up to settling down in a stable career. Now, you represent the Egg Council in marketing and outreach in Springfield, a wonderful town you’ve grown to love. You are also a member of the secretive, worldwide Stonecutters organization.

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling


Zack/Grandpa Simpson
Spoiler :
Player: Zack
Character: Grandpa Simpson
Faction: Springfieldian (Innocent)​


Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces.
Personal Goal: Prevent the Stonecutters from recruiting any harmful players

Abilities: Stonecutters Scan: Three times during the game you may scan a potential Stonecutters recruit to determine if they would be a trustworthy member of the organization.
Items: None

Stonecutters: You are a member of the secretive Stonecutters organization. You may communicate on a quicktopic here. Sacred tradition prevents you from sharing the details of your meetings with outsiders, so you are not allowed to forward this quicktopic link here to other players. If you post your Role PM publicly, remove the quicktopic link.

Stonecutters Abilities:

Recruitment: Every even number night you may recruit a player to your organization if you choose. A majority of all Living Stonecutters must approve of the selection, and only certain players will be eligible to be recruited per Stonecutters tradition. A list of possible recruits will be provided and updated by the GM as needed.

Protection: For every three players who are members of the Stonecutters, you may order protection for one player at night. Loyal NPC Stonecutters will protect your target. Likewise, the group must reach a consensus on any such action, post on your quicktopic or PM me.

Background:

You’re an old man who spends far too much of his time at Springfield’s Retirement Castle. You were once a soldier and longtime Simpsons family farmer before your retirement. But you still have some influence around town as a member of the powerful Stonecutters.

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling


Zack was converted to Poochie, a cult second-in-command
Spoiler :
Player: Zack
Character: Poochie
Faction: Scratchyian ​

Victory Condition: At least one member of the Scratchyian faction survives. Note that survival for you, as a cartoon character, differs from survival for other players. As long as you are not permanently killed you are counted as surviving, hospital/jail status notwithstanding.
Personal Goal: Prevent the Stonecutters from recruiting any harmful players

Abilities: Stonecutters Scan: Three times during the game you may scan a potential Stonecutters recruit to determine if they would be a trustworthy member of the organization.

Second in Command – as the second member of the Scratchyian cult faction, you may take over and continuing recruiting in the event Scratchy is unable to. Recruitment may be attempted every even night in place of another night ability. Further recruits are not told the identity of the player who recruited them, so you may choose to reveal details as you wish, though they will know they have been recruited.

Items: None

Stonecutters: You are a member of the secretive Stonecutters organization. You may communicate on a quicktopic here. Sacred tradition prevents you from sharing the details of your meetings with outsiders, so you are not allowed to forward this quicktopic link here to other players. If you post your Role PM publicly, remove the quicktopic link.

Stonecutters Abilities:

Recruitment: Every even number night you may recruit a player to your organization if you choose. A majority of all Living Stonecutters must approve of the selection, and only certain players will be eligible to be recruited per Stonecutters tradition. A list of possible recruits will be provided and updated by the GM as needed.

Protection: For every three players who are members of the Stonecutters, you may order protection for one player at night. Loyal NPC Stonecutters will protect your target. Likewise, the group must reach a consensus on any such action, post on your quicktopic or PM me.

Background:

You are Poochie the dog, a rapping surfer with lots of attitude. Unfortunately, people could not find a place in their hearts for the little dog that nobody wanted and you were very unpopular. As you found yourself transformed into this crisis in the town of Springfield, you're allied with your new acquaintance Scratchy, to survive the violence Itchy would inflict on you both.

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling


Mergle/Ned Flanders
Spoiler :
Player: Mergle
Character: Ned Flanders
Faction: Springfieldian (Innocent)​


Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces.
Personal Goal: Homer Simpson survives.

Abilities: None
Items: Holy Bible You’re in the Good Lord’s hands. (passive self-protection ability)

Background:

You are an incredibly kind and compassionate person and even your troublesome neighbor you care for in your bosom. Your recently opened Leftorium store is a success and you’re a charming if zealous example of Springfield’s Christian community. Most of the rest of the town loves you and wouldn’t want anything bad to happen to you or your family.

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling


Some notes: Ned Flanders also had his own "piece of the true cross" that would protect him from a second attack - he would be shot in the writeup and the bullet would be stopped. If Flanders was lynched, as happened in the game, he would suffer a breakdown and the town would skip the next day.

mayor/Dr. Hibbert
Spoiler :
Player: mayor
Character: Dr. Julius Hibbert
Faction: Springfieldian (Innocent)​


Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces.
Personal Goal: Heal two town-aligned players

Abilities: First Do No Harm: Twice during the game you may revive a player from the hospital as a night action. Any player in the hospital is a valid target for this action.
Items: None

Background:

You are one of Springfield’s more experienced medical practitioners, often on call in emergencies. And in times like this things are even busier. Perhaps if you found something special you could study it to help with your medical treatments…

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling


askthepizzaguy/Mayor Quimby
Spoiler :
Player: Askthepizzaguy
Character: Mayor Quimby
Faction: Springfieldian (Innocent)​


Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces.
Personal Goal: Get reelected as mayor.

Abilities: Town Mayor Your vote counts double for lynches and decides any tie.
Items: None

Background:

Known as “Diamond Joe” Quimby you’re a longtime political figure on the Springfield scene. With a wealthy background and extensive connections you’ve been mayor of the town for quite some time and kept things running smoothly enough, at least for you and your friends. So long as Springfield’s criminal elements or the opposing party don’t get to you there won’t be any more scandals to deal with this time.

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling


Visorslash/Krusty the Clown
Spoiler :
Player: Visorslash
Character: Krusty the Clown
Faction: Springfieldian (Innocent)​


Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces.
Personal Goal: Discover a non-town player with your ability

Abilities: Personal Goal Scan: As an entertainer you know what people want and as a participant in some more regrettable doings you’ve learned even more. Each night you may scan a player to learn their personal goal.
Items: None

Background:

As Herschel Krustofski you are the son of a Jewish rabbi but you’re much better by your stage name, and appearance for that matter, in the career you set out on. You are an ever-popular children’s entertainer and like many celebrities even personal trivia about you is widely known, such as your cow-skull birthmark and superfluous third nipple.

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling


Some notes: Krusty's scan didn't see through cover roles, but could still have caught a couple mafia, as well as identified neutrals.
 
:w00t:

Props to the Innocents. Turns out I would have been on the winning team, no matter which set of VCs I picked. :D
 
Continued Role PMs​

Last Few INNOCENTS

Red_Spy/Moe
Spoiler :
Player:Red_Spy
Character: Moe Szyslak
Faction: Springfieldian (Innocent)​


Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces.
Personal Goal: Acquire at least three items

Abilities: Theft: Each night you may target a player and attempt to steal an item from them. Should they have more than one a random item in their possession will be stolen.
Items: None

Background:

You are the proprietor of Moe’s Tavern in Springfield. Often struggling with anger and depression, and sensitive about your big ears, you have a shady past and some terrible, terrible secrets. However, in times like this you know how to take care of yourself and make a profit out of it.

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling


BigTin/Reverend Lovejoy
Spoiler :
Player: BigTin
Character: Reverend Timothy Lovejoy
Faction: Springfieldian (Innocent)​


Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces.
Personal Goal: Whack ye all the serpents: You rather enjoy a uniquely Springfieldian event that has seen recent criticism. See that Whacking Day is celebrated this year.

Abilities: Tend to the Flock As an upstanding and well respected citizen in the town your lynch votes count for double.
Items: None

Background:

You are the pastor of a Protestant Church attended by many of Springfield’s residents. You’re a straightforward man who cares for your family, avoids vices, and has a strong hobbyist’s interest in model trains. Though most people just see you as a community leader, even some who take things you say a little too seriously.

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling


taillesskangaru (replaced by Skwink)/Helen Lovejoy
Spoiler :
Player: taillesskangaru
Character: Helen Lovejoy
Faction: Springfieldian (Innocent)​


Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces.
Personal Goal: Somebody Please! Proposition 24 passes

Abilities: Think of the Children! Each night you may attempt to protect one player from attack. If they are a child character, your protection will be successful.
Items: None

Background:

You are a longtime Springfield resident, married to Timothy Lovejoy. With a tendency to gossip and judge others you are nevertheless you are an overall decent, family-centered person and care passionately about the moral decline of the town.

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling


RRRaskolnikov/Kirk Van Houten
Spoiler :
Player: RRRaskolnikov
Character: Kirk Van Houten
Faction: Springfieldian (Innocent)​


Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces.
Personal Goal: Find the person who stole your belongings.

Abilities: Thief Scan: Each night you may scan a player to determine if they have the ability to steal items and are the thief you're looking for.
Items: None

Background:

You’ve fallen on tough times lately and worrying about the rest of Springfield should be the least of your concerns, except for the pride you have left. You have a dead-end job at the cracker factory and a marriage that’s turning unhappy. Your son Milhouse often seems to be getting into trouble at school these days, often running around with Bart Simpson. It's also probably no thanks to the school sometimes serving two spaghetti meals in one day. Recently after a drunken night out on the town you found yourself robbed of some of your valuables.

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling


Some notes: The scan would identify Moe Syzlak as the thief, and Bort of Shelbyville as a thief but not the thief from Springfield he was looking for.

General Olaf/Birch Barlow
Spoiler :
Player: General Olaf
Character: Birchibald T. Barlow
Faction: Springfieldian (Innocent)​

Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces.
Personal Goal: Sideshow Bob gets out of jail

Abilities: Swing Voters: You can investigate a player each night to determine if they have non-standard voting powers.

Influence: Your vote counts double on any non-lynch vote

Items: None

Background:

You are a popular radio talk show host and Springfield Resident. You’ve made a name for yourself with your staunch political views and constantly decrying the corruption and bad decisions of Springfield’s local government. This includes longtime perceived persecution of good, conservative Americans.

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling


General Olaf also converted to a basic Scratchyian Cultist, Flatulent Fox.


THIRD PARTIES/NEUTRAL

choxorn/Mr. Burns
Spoiler :
Player: choxorn
Character: C. Montgomery Burns
Faction: Neutral ​

Victory Condition: C. Montgomery Burns Victory : Monty Burns survives the game. As a Neutral you are not part of the town but you are not hostile to them.
Personal Goal: Excellent Due to the convoluted nature of college football standings, a victory by Springfield U will boost your beloved Yale’s ranking. See that they defeat their rivals, Springfield A&M.

Abilities: Release the Hounds: Once during the game you may release the hounds. For three nights starting from the night you use the ability, anyone trying to attack you or your assistant Smithers will be chased off instead.

Mason Status: You know the identity of Waylon Smithers is classical_hero. He shares your victory condition. You may communicate in a quicktopic here.

Items: None

Background:

Springfield’s oldest resident, you are a wealthy billionaire and owner of the Springfield Nuclear Plant. You are also an exceptionally cruel and bitter old man. This latest crisis in the town is a significant threat that you would like to escape, though you care little for the common men who may be discarded on your way to victory just as a boxer sheds roll after roll of sweaty, useless, disgusting flab before he can win the title.

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling


classical_hero/Smithers
Spoiler :
Player: classical_hero
Character: Waylon Smithers
Faction: Neutral​

Victory Condition: C. Montgomery Burns Victory Monty Burns survives the game. As a Neutral you are not part of the town but you are not hostile to them.
Personal Goal: Innocent (Springfieldian) victory is attained.

Abilities: 5 times during the game you may roleblock another player.

Mason Status: You know the identity of C. Montgomery Burns is choxorn. He shares your victory condition. You may communicate on a quicktopic here.

Items: None

Background: You are the ever loyal assistant of Mr. Burns and effectively top management at the Springfield Nuclear Plant. Your priorities are doing whatever you can for the man you care about as more than just a boss.

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling


TheLastDays/Sideshow Bob
Spoiler :
Player: TheLastDays
Character: Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
Faction: Springfieldian (Innocent)​

Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces.
Personal Goal: Prevent passage of the anti-immigrant Proposition 24.

Jail Status: You are stuck in jail at the beginning of the game. Recall the rules for players in jail – you may not vote, communicate privately, or send ability orders. You must convince
the town to let you out of jail.

Abilities: Kiss of Hot Lead: you may survive one night attack
Items: None

Background:

You came to America from India and studied under the brilliant John Frink. Since then your green card has expired and you live in the United States illegally, and your career has shifted as you became the owner of Springfield’s Kwik-E-Mart convenience store. Unfortunately, you have just been arrested for a ridiculous case of public nudity and find yourself in jail. Anti-immigrant sentiment makes your situation even worse.

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling

BUT WAIT A MINUTE, YOU ARE REALLY
Spoiler :

Character: SideShow Bob
Faction: Neutral​

Victory Condition: SideShow Bob Victory : Nightkill or be part of the lynch (to the hospital) of Krusty the Klown. As a Neutral you are not part of the town but you are not hostile to them.
Personal Goal: Innocent (Springfieldian) victory is attained.

Jail Status: You are stuck in jail at the beginning of the game. Recall the rules for players in jail – you may not vote, communicate privately, or send ability orders. You must convince the town to let you out of jail or find another way to escape.

Abilities: Vengeance: Three times during the game you may attack another player at night
Items: None

Background:

Once a television celebrity as a sidekick to Krusty the Klown, years of humiliating treatment got to you until you finally snapped. Now, you bear a lifelong grudge against Krusty and Bart Simpson, the boy who first foiled your schemes of killing and sent you to jail.

However, there is hope for you yet again, as Springfield has been thrown into a recent crisis which you could take advantage of. When a simple-minded shopkeeper was arrested and put into a cell near yours you figured to steal details of his identity and use it however you can. With your brilliant Machiavellian plans and new connections, you hope to break out and achieve your revenge.

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling



Turquoiside/Homer Simpson
Spoiler :
Player: Turquoiside
Character: Homer Simpson
Faction: Homer Simpson (Neutral) ​

Victory Condition: Homer Simpson Victory (See Below). As a Neutral you are not part of the town but you are not hostile to them.

Abilities: Basic Actions Once during the game you may roleblock another player. Once during the game you may protect another player.
Items: None

Background:

You are the head of the Simpson household and longtime safety inspector at the Springfield Nuclear Plant. Though in some ways you’re a simple family man who loves his beer and sports, you’ve lived a life of amazing escapades, whether it’s going into space, winning a Grammy, or punching George HW Bush.

Goals: As Homer Simpson you are far too self-centered and disinterested in the town at large to care about more than your personal whims. You have a set of independent goals to accomplish in order to achieve victory. Accomplish at least 3 out of 7 to achieve a marginal victory, and 5 out of 7 for a decisive victory (equivalent to another player completing victory + personal goal).

Simpsons Family First: At least two members of the Simpsons family (this can include yourself) survive at the end of the game
Stupid Flanders: Ned Flanders is lynched
Hunger Strike: Prevent the Isotopes from moving to Albuquerque
Chosen One: Become a member of the Stonecutters
I Call the Big One Bitey: Become the monorail conductor
King of the World: Jump the Springfield Gorge
My Name is Homer Simpson Mr. Burns does not survive the game

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling


Some notes: Homer gained protection from one nightkill when the Springfield Isotopes vote passed. The monorail conductor would grant a busdriver ability (to any player chosen). If Homer jumped the Gorge (using Bart's skateboard) the night phase would be skipped - all other actions canceled as the town turned out to watch him, and he would be hospitalized.

The Bake/Lyle Lanley
Spoiler :
Player: TheBake
Character: Lyle Lanley
Faction: Neutral ​

Victory Condition: Monorail Victory : Ensure construction of the Monorail. As a Neutral you are not part of the town but you are not hostile to them.
Personal Goal: Innocent (Springfieldian) victory is attained.

Abilities: Burst Into Song: It might take some effort to get the people of Springfield to vote in favor of the monorail. Construction of the monorail will be up to vote as the first Day’s Decision. A majority of all Living players must vote in favor for the monorail to be constructed – note this is not a majority of all players who cast votes, it’s a majority of all Living players even if some don’t vote either way.

If the vote does not pass, twice more during the game you may put the monorail decision up to vote again. PM me at night to use this ability and the monorail vote will come up again the next day.

After completion of the monorail additional effects may come into play.

Items: None

Background:

You’re a travelling salesman who has made a name in the monorail business. You’ve sold monorails to Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook and it put them on the map. Surely you can convince the people of Springfield to build one, unless it’s really more of a Shelbyville thing…

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling


landlubber/Itchy

Spoiler :

Player: landlubber
Character: Professor John Frink
Faction: Springfieldian (Innocent)​

Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces.
Personal Goal: Have at least five of your creations tested out

Abilities: Invention: Each night you may experiment and create something new. Your invention will then appear as an item in your possession. Due to the experimental nature and your ethical responsibility you cannot put these potentially dangerous items up to public vote nor give them away freely. However, if you can get another player to agree (message me in a PM) to accept one of your inventions then you can give it to them to test.

Any player including yourself may spend a night activating one of your inventions. Remember that if you take the time to test your own invention you can’t use another action at night.

Items: None for now

Background: You are Professor John Frink, a brilliant yet eccentric scientist hailing from Springfield. You spend most of your time working on your inventions and its only in a crisis like this you’d be seen interacting with the rest of the town, rather than being spotted in the background piloting your hovercar, chasing escaped monkeys, or resenting Gordon Moore for his prediction that mostly came true while yours did not.

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling

BUT WAIT A MINUTE, YOU ARE REALLY
Spoiler :

Character: Itchy
Faction: Itchyite​

Victory Condition: Survive to see the Scratchyian faction eliminated. Note that survival for you, as a cartoon character, differs from survival for other players. As long as you are not permanently killed you are counted as surviving, hospital/jail status notwithstanding.
Personal Goal: Personally kill or vote to lynch Scratchy or else survive to the end of the game

Abilities: To Cull a Cult: Each night you may attempt to kill another player. You have a default 100% rate of success against Scratchyian characters without outside factors and will kill them and permanently remove them from the game. Regular human characters will be sent to the hospital, and you have a lower percentage chance of success on such attacks. You may attempt to kill characters who are imprisoned, but this will only work against Scratchyians.

Immunities: You have an absurd hardiness and will survive many different things. You will survive one night attack automatically. Once during the game, you may either escape from jail or spontaneously recover from injuries in the Hospital on your own orders. PM me at night for this ability to occur. After taking these protections into account, any other event that would send you to the hospital will permanently kill you.

Items:

Bombs (3): These Bombs function similarly to the items you would get in your cover role as Professor Frink. However, any attempt to activate the item will cause it to explode and kill or send the player to the hospital.

To other players, your items appear as a Weightless Companion Frinkahedron, Carbon Rod Sequestration Device, and Hamburger Earmuffs. You may not put these items up to vote yourself and must get another player to agree to accept the item in a transfer just as stated with Professor Frink.

Background:

The ultraviolent and ever popular cartoon mouse, you are here solely to inflict terrible pain and suffering on the likes of Scratchy.

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling



paulwhoisaghost/Scratchy
Spoiler :
Player: paulwhoisaghost
Character: Scratchy
Faction: Scratchyian ​

Victory Condition: At least one member of the Scratchyian faction survives. Note that survival for you, as a cartoon character, differs from survival for other players. As long as you are not permanently killed you are counted as surviving, hospital/jail status notwithstanding.
Personal Goal: Personally outlive Itchy

Abilities: Recruitment Every even night, starting Night 2, you may recruit a player to your team. Successfully recruited players become cartoon characters just like you for relevant effects. Recruited players are not told your identity but will know they have been recruited. It is your choice to reveal details to them as you think appropriate. The exception is your first recruit who will be told your identity and will become a second in command who may continue recruiting in case of your death.

First Night Immunity: You are immune to being nightkilled the first night.
Items: None

Background:

You are a beloved cartoon character from a worldwide franchise centered in Springfield. Unfortunately you are also the constant victim of terrible violence. This time, you hope to survive.

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling
 
Continued ROLE PMs​

SCUM

bestrfcplayer/Lou
Spoiler :
Player: bestrfcplayer
Character: Lou
Faction: Springfieldian (Innocent)​

Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces.
Personal Goal: Successfully arrest at least two criminals.

Abilities: Investigation: Each night you may investigate a player to determine if they have engaged in criminal activity and the police have cause for an arrest.
Items: None

Police Department: You are a member of the Springfield PD along with civplayah – Chief Wiggum, who may set up a police perimeter and watch over players at night, and Yoshiegg737 – Eddie, who may block other players’ actions. You may communicate on a quicktopic here if you wish. Due to standard police protocol you are forbidden from revealing your internal communications to others. (do not give this link to other players, publicly or privately. If you reveal your Role PM publicly, remove the quicktopic link.)

Police Ability: To Protect and Serve: Each night, any member of the police may attempt to arrest a character in place of another night action. There is no limit on the number of police who may attempt arrests. Should the player be guilty of a crime they will be sent to jail. However, should an arrest be attempted on a non-criminal player the scandal will reflect harshly on the police and the player attempting the arrest will have his lynch vote count as 0 votes and lose the ability to attempt further arrests for two Day/Night cycles.

The criminal status of players may change during the course of the game due to game events, such that players who were not criminals may become criminals, or players pardoned and let out of jail by town consensus are cleared of charges.

Police Duty: Guard the Jail Each night any member of the police may choose to guard the Springfield jail in place of another night action. If no police officer is on duty, jailbreaks or other events may be at risk of occurring.

Background:

You are one of Springfield’s senior police officers. You are known for being an effective and all around upstanding citizen.

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling

BUT WAIT A MINUTE, YOU ARE REALLY
Spoiler :

Character: Lou
Faction: Sprungfeld Conspiracy (Mafia)​

Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces. Victory is achieved when members of your faction outnumber all other players in the “Alive” category at any time or equal the number of other players alive at the beginning of a Day Phase.
Personal Goal: Do not get sent to jail at any point during the game. That would be a black mark on your career even if you get out of the “misunderstanding.”

Abilities: Investigation: Each night you may investigate a player to determine if they have engaged in criminal activity and the police have cause for an arrest.

Also, note that the actions and responsibilities of the Springfield Police Department mentioned in your cover Role PM are real.

Team Ability: Frame: While underhanded and unethical, you and your allies have come up with a brilliant plan to resolve this crisis, remove uncooperative elements in the town and restore dignity and truth once and for all.

Each night one member of your team may frame another player with criminal evidence, making them eligible for police arrest. This ability is in place of another night action.
Items: None

Background:

The unconscionable corruption rife in Springfield’s government and various public services has become too much for you. Of course you’re not the type of man to outright betray his fellows but something had to be done, so you first got in touched with other concerned citizens to discuss Springfield’s past and future. Now, the current crisis calls for action and you may have to do unsavory things to make sure everything turns out all right in the end. Fortunately, you now have trustworthy allies outside of the woefully incompetent police department to help you out.

Teammates: Your allies in the Sprungfeld Mafia are Takhisis – The Sea Captain, Autolycus – Lindsay Naegle, and mechaerik – Lisa Simpson. I have created a quicktopic for you to communicate if you wish here

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling



mechaerik/Lisa Simpson
Spoiler :
Player: mechaerik
Character: Lisa Simpson
Faction: Springfieldian (Innocent)​

Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces.
Personal Goal: The barbaric practice of Whacking Day is outlawed.

Abilities: None
Items: Saxophone. May be used to scan for other members of the Simpson family (active ability). PM me to use this ability in place of another night action. An inscription reads “Dear Lisa: May your new saxophone bring you many years of D’oh”

Background:

Whenever you feel that you’re alone and there’s nobody you can rely on, this is all you need to know.

You are Lisa Simpson.

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling

BUT WAIT A MINUTE, YOU ARE REALLY
Spoiler :

Character: Lisa Simpson
Faction: Sprungfeld Conspiracy (Mafia)​

Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces. Victory is achieved when members of your faction outnumber all other players in the “Alive” category at any time or equal the number of other players alive at the beginning of a Day Phase.
Personal Goal: The barbaric practice of Whacking Day is outlawed.

Abilities: Conservative Scan: Each night you may scan a player to determine if they hold conservative political beliefs.

Team Ability: Frame: While underhanded and unethical, you and your allies have come up with a brilliant plan to resolve this crisis, remove uncooperative elements in the town and restore dignity and truth once and for all.

Each night one member of your team may frame another player with criminal evidence, making them eligible for police arrest. This ability is in place of another night action.

Items: Saxophone. You love playing jazz music but now is not the time for recreation -it is of no use to you right now besides as a demonstrator of your identity.

Background:

You are Lisa Simpson. You are an intelligent, self-righteous young girl and second sibling in the Simpson family. When you once discovered the true story behind town founder Jebediah Springfield’s you were convinced to keep secret his pirate origins. Now, you’re not so sure, as the town has sunk ever farther into corruption and disorder, not to mention the stupid schemes Springfieldians often attempt. You have joined with a group of intelligent Springfieldians who want a better future and shared your story as well as offered your help. You’re in this together now.

Teammates: Your allies in the Sprungfeld Mafia are bestrfcplayer –Lou the police officer, Autolycus – Lindsay Naegle, and Takhisis – The Sea Captain. I have created a quicktopic for you to communicate if you wish here

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling


Some notes: Lisa's scan was a flavor scan that provided clues to the character identity of the player she scanned. Children would consistently come up as "naive" and odd roles like Scratchyians were also meant to sound "off." Like other scans, didn't go through official cover in any effective way.

Takhisis/The Sea Captain
Spoiler :
Player: Takhisis
Character: The Sea Captain
Faction: Springfieldian (Innocent)​

Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces.
Personal Goal: Prevent an attack on an Innocent player.

Abilities: Lost at Sea: It’s a wonder why anyone would involve themselves on a venture with you around, given your eccentric history and propensity for accidents. Still, you somehow manage to convince people to come along on expeditions or journeys at sea. Perhaps if another novel form of transportation became popular in town that would no longer be the case, but for now, you may abduct a player each night, simultaneously roleblocking them and blocking all other actions on them.
Items: None

Background:

From the ports in Springfield, you make a living sailing about on various unglamorous voyages at sea. You generally have little interaction with much of the town but over the years have engaged in businesses such as owning a seafood restaurant or running a small academy for lobsters.

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling

BUT WAIT A MINUTE, YOU ARE REALLY
Spoiler :

Character: The Sea Captain
Faction: Sprungfeld Conspiracy (Mafia)​

Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces. Victory is achieved when members of your faction outnumber all other players in the “Alive” category at any time or equal the number of other players alive at the beginning of a Day Phase.
Personal Goal: Abduct at least two other non-Innocent players.

Abilities: Lost at Sea: You have to take matters into your own hands to prevent the grim fate you fear. You may abduct a player each night, blocking all others' actions on them, including attacks. If you use this ability on one of your teammates you roleblock them as well.

Team Ability: Frame: While underhanded and unethical, you and your allies have come up with a brilliant plan to resolve this crisis, remove uncooperative elements in the town and restore dignity and truth once and for all.

Each night one member of your team may frame another player with criminal evidence, making them eligible for police arrest. This ability is in place of another night action.
Items: None

Background:

Only you know the terrible secret of the dolphins. Thus, it’s up to you to stop them no matter what hardships you face, your resolve hardened by long, maddening nights out at sea. You’ve joined up with a conspiracy of other Springfieldians who for some reason or other talk of reforming the town and accomplishing various other goals. It’ll have to do.

Teammates: Your allies in the Sprungfeld Mafia are bestrfcplayer –Lou the police officer, Autolycus – Lindsay Naegle, and mechaerik – Lisa Simpson. I have created a quicktopic for you to communicate if you wish here

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling


Autolycus/Lindsay Naegle
Spoiler :
Player: Autolycus
Character: Lindsay Naegle
Faction: Sprungfeld Conspiracy (Mafia)​

Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces. Victory is achieved when members of your faction outnumber all other players in the “Alive” category at any time or equal the number of other players alive at the beginning of a Day Phase.

Personal Goal: At least two members of the Sprungfeld team survive. (This may include yourself)
Abilities: Roleblock: Each night you may roleblock one other player.

Team Ability: Frame: While underhanded and unethical, you and your allies have come up with a brilliant plan to resolve this crisis, remove uncooperative elements in the town and restore dignity and truth once and for all.

Each night one member of your team may frame another player with criminal evidence, making them eligible for police arrest. This ability is in place of another night action.
Items: None

Background:

You are a successful Springfield businesswoman who wants to pave the way to a bright future for the town. Recently, you’ve learned from others about the rampant corruption growing by the day and had revealed to you a disturbing secret about the town’s idealized history. All together, you decided it was time for action and formed a group of like minded, intelligent citizens. Even Comic Book Guy seemed to be coming around, but the opportunity to recruit him to your cause was cut tragically short. Now with this crisis going on in the town you’ll take what allies you can get, and in the end, you’re sure you can make the town a better place if you succeed.

Teammates: Your allies in the Sprungfeld Mafia are bestrfcplayer –Lou the police officer, Takhisis – The Sea Captain, and mechaerik – Lisa Simpson. I have created a quicktopic for you to communicate if you wish here

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling


Verarde/The Squeaky-Voiced Teen
Spoiler :
Player: Verarde
Character: The Squeaky Voiced Teen
Faction: Springfieldian (Innocent)​

Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces.
Personal Goal: Elect a new mayor. A change in local politics would be good for the town’s economy and youth like you.

Abilities: Burger Block: Serving unhealthy fast foods and partially gelatinated non-dairy gum-based beverages tends to make people lethargic. Each night you may roleblock one player.
Items: None

Background:

You’re a student at Springfield High School who’s been in and out of many part time jobs. Customers often ignore you and just order their food…and that’s when you’re lucky and don’t have to deal with some weird creep talking about grease.

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling

BUT WAIT A MINUTE, YOU ARE REALLY
Spoiler :

Character: The Shelbvillian Squeaky Voiced Teen
Faction: Shelbyvillains (Mafia)​

Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces. Victory is achieved when members of your faction outnumber all other players in the “Alive” category at any time or equal the number of other players alive at the beginning of a Day Phase.
Personal Goal: Successfully poison a bulletproof player

Abilities: Poison: By tampering with foods served others you can take them out of commission in a fairly untraceable manner. Three times during the game, you may PM me at night a target player to poison. They will become ill and be sent off to the hospital at the end of the next Day Phase. This ability bypasses regular nightkill protection on your target.

Team Ability: Nightkill: Each night one member of the Shelbyvillain team may carry out an attack on another player in place of another night action. As a child, Milhouse (player) may not perform this ability.
Items: None

Background:

You are a teenager from Shelbyville who commutes to work minimum wage job in Springfield. Everyone treats teens like you as interchangeable, just order the chicken and move on. Fortunately it means they are likely to overlook your actions against the town of Springfield as you work with your Shelbyville allies against the town you hate.

Teammates: Your allies in the Shelbyville Mafia are NinjaCow64 –Milhouse from Shelbyville, GamezRule – Bort from Shelbyville, and DaveShack - The Capital City Goofball. I have created a quicktopic for you to communicate if you wish here

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling


GamezRule/Bort
Spoiler :
Player: GamezRule
Character: Bort
Faction: Shelbyvillains (Mafia)​

Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces. Victory is achieved when members of your faction outnumber all other players in the “Alive” category at any time or equal the number of other players alive at the beginning of a Day Phase.
Personal Goal: At least two members of the Shelbyvillain team survive. (this may include yourself)

Abilities: Theft: Each night you may attempt to steal an item from another player.

Team Ability: Nightkill: Each night one member of the Shelbyvillain team may carry out an attack on another player in place of another night action. As a child, Milhouse (player) may not perform this ability.
Items: None

Background:

You are a man from Shelbyville leading the efforts to cause harm and destruction in Springfield. Bort is a strong, masculine name common in Shelbyville but don’t let the Springfieldians get word of that, or of your attractive cousins.

Teammates: Your allies in the Shelbyville Mafia are Verarde – The Squeaky-Voiced Teen, NinjaCow64 – Milhouse from Shelbyville, and DaveShack – The Capital City Goofball. I have created a quicktopic for you to communicate if you wish here

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling


DaveShack/The Capital City Goofball
Spoiler :
Player: DaveShack
Character: The Capital City Goofball
Faction: Springfieldian (Innocent)​

Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces.
Personal Goal: Prevent an attack on an Innocent player.

Abilities: Wacky Antics: You’re an experienced entertainer and may distract others. You may roleblock one player each night.
Items: None

Background:

You’re a beloved mascot from a big city baseball team. Recently you’ve been touring in Springfield for the upcoming playoffs and always appreciate the town’s support and friendly atmosphere.

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbieocn & Earthling

BUT WAIT A MINUTE, YOU ARE REALLY
Spoiler :

Character: The Capital City Goofball
Faction: Shelbyvillains (Mafia)​

Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces. Victory is achieved when members of your faction outnumber all other players in the “Alive” category at any time or equal the number of other players alive at the beginning of a Day Phase.
Personal Goal: Undermine support for the Springfield Isotopes.

Abilities: Roleblock: Each night you may roleblock another player, distracting them with your costumed antics.

Team Ability: Nightkill: Each night one member of the Shelbyvillain team may carry out an attack on another player in place of another night action. As a child, Milhouse (player) may not perform this ability.
Items: None

Background:

You were born in raised in Shelbyville and harbor a deep resentment towards Springfield. You and your allies’ plans for chaos and revenge will surely succeed. You are employed as one of the many men behind the mask to advertise and entertain for the Capital City baseball team. It’s not a bad job and you do like baseball, but like everything else about Springfield, you hate their minor league team, the Isotopes.

Teammates: Your allies in the Shelbyville Mafia are NinjaCow64 –Milhouse from Shelbyville, GamezRule – Bort from Shelbyville, and Verarde– The Squeaky-Voiced Teen. I have created a quicktopic for you to communicate if you wish here

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling


NinjaCow64/Milhouse from Shelbyville
Spoiler :
Player: NinjaCow64
Character: Milhouse Van Houten
Faction: Springfieldian (Innocent)​

Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces.
Personal Goal: Acquire the Bonestorm game. It will grant you an additional ability the average player will not receive.

Abilities: Van Houten Scan: You may scan a player to determine if they are one of your parents.
Items: none

Background:

You are a child who attends Springfield Elementary. Your parents Kirk and Luann are somewhat overprotective, to the point of hiring a tutor for you even when school was out due to strikes. It worries you when recently their relationship has been strained and they talk of a divorce.

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling


BUT WAIT A MINUTE, YOU ARE REALLY
Spoiler :

Character: Milhouse (from Shelbyville)
Faction: Shelbyvillains (Mafia)​

Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces. Victory is achieved when members of your faction outnumber all other players in the “Alive” category at any time or equal the number of other players alive at the beginning of a Day Phase.
Personal Goal: Personally outlive Bart Simpson, a troublesome youth who is a primary enemy of Shelbyville.

Abilities: Reconnaissance: Each night you may scan a player for items

Team Ability: Nightkill: Each night one member of the Shelbyvillain team may carry out an attack on another player in place of another night action. As a child, Milhouse (player) may not perform this ability.
Items: None

Background:

You are a boy named Milhouse from Shelbyville. You’ve been swept up in this scheme to take revenge on Shelbyville’s longtime rivals in Springfield. Unfortunately as a child you have the most limited role on your team but your cover as your counterpart from the town of Springfield will prove especially useful.

Teammates: Your allies in the Shelbyville Mafia are Verarde – The Squeaky-Voiced Teen, GamezRule – Bort from Shelbyville, and DaveShack – The Capital City Goofball. I have created a quicktopic for you to communicate if you wish here

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling

BUT WAIT A MINUTE, YOU ARE REALLY
Spoiler :

Character: Milhouse (from Shelbyville)
Faction: Milhouse​

Victory Condition: When Doves Cry You achieve victory if you and the other Milhouse are 2 of the final 5 or fewer players in the “Living” category at any time and a mutually exclusive victory is not achieved. Your victory is mutually exclusive to the victories of the town and mafia factions.
Personal Goal: At least one other member of the Shelbyville mafia survives to the final phase

Abilities: Reconnaissance: Each night you may scan a player for items

Team Ability: Resourcefulness – once during the game, either you or Milhouse of Springfield may choose to leave the hospital or escape from jail. The player who is in the jail or hospital may PM me at night to use this ability.

Restrictions: Private Communication Limitation

DO NOT BREAK THIS RULE. ALWAYS KEEP IT IN MIND OR THERE WILL BE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES

Being children unfortunately can make it hard to get about and do things you might have the freedom to do were you adults.

You and the other Milhouse (johnhughthom) currently may not communicate to each other privately in any way, including PMs, chat, setting up your own quicktopic or sending quicktopic links to each other, or any other methods. You may post on the game thread and communicate to other players in private as per the rules.

An exception to note is that if you can convince another living player to relay private discussions between you (you may never include each other in the PM recipient line, and recall the rules on Quoting and Forwarding PMs) that behavior is legal.

This restriction will be lifted whenever Mr. Van Houten and Principle Skinner both are in a category other than “Living,” or at least two of Milhouse of Shelbyville’s mafia allies are the same.

Understand that one of the purposeful reasons for this restriction is to prevent Milhouse of Shelbyville giving away his mafia teammates.
DO NOT BREAK THIS RULE

Items: None

Background:

You in fact are Milhouse from Shelbyville. However, ever since you met Milhouse from Springfield your outlook on life has radically changed and you have worked on the most wonderful plan of all to come out of this crisis in Springfield totally victorious.

Everything’s coming up Milhouse!

Your ally johnhughthom is Milhouse Van Houten of Springfield. You share your primary victory condition and may trust each other completely.

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling


johnhughthom/Milhouse Van Houten
Spoiler :
Player: johnhughthom
Character: Milhouse Van Houten
Faction: Springfieldian (Innocent)​

Victory Condition: Eliminate all hostile forces.
Personal Goal: Bart Simpson survives.

Abilities: Squishee Bender Each night you may scan a character to see if they are Bart Simpson. Once you find him, using this ability on him, you may unlock additional abilities.
Items: none

Background:

You are a child who attends Springfield Elementary. As the best friend of Bart Simpson you are used to getting into all sorts of trouble, whether it’s being put on the FBI’s Most Wanted list or briefly obtaining his immortal soul.

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling

BUT WAIT A MINUTE, YOU ARE REALLY
Spoiler :

Character: Milhouse Van Houten (from Springfield)
Faction: Milhouse​

Victory Condition: When Doves Cry You achieve victory if you and the other Milhouse are 2 of the final 5 or fewer players in the “Living” category at any time and a mutually exclusive victory is not achieved. Your victory is mutually exclusive to the victories of the town and mafia factions.
Personal Goal: Acquire the Bonestorm game. Once you have had it in your personal possession you gain a second use of your team ability.

Abilities: Squishee Bender – Each night you may scan a player to see if they are Bart Simpson

Team Ability: Resourcefulness – once during the game, either you or Milhouse of Springfield may choose to leave the hospital or escape from jail. The player who is in the jail or hospital may PM me at night to use this ability.

Restrictions: Private Communication Limitation

DO NOT BREAK THIS RULE. ALWAYS KEEP IT IN MIND OR THERE WILL BE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES

Being children unfortunately can make it hard to get about and do things you might have the freedom to do were you adults.

You and the other Milhouse (NinjaCow64) currently may not communicate to each other privately in any way, including PMs, chat, setting up your own quicktopic or sending quicktopic links to each other, or any other methods. You may post on the game thread and communicate to other players in private as per the rules.

An exception to note is that if you can convince another living player to relay private discussions between you (you may never include each other in the PM recipient line, and recall the rules on Quoting and Forwarding PMs) that behavior is legal.

This restriction will be lifted whenever Mr. Van Houten and Principle Skinner both are in a category other than “Living,” or at least two of Milhouse of Shelbyville’s mafia allies are the same.

Understand that one of the purposeful reasons for this restriction is to prevent Milhouse of Shelbyville giving away his mafia teammates.
DO NOT BREAK THIS RULE

Items: None

Background:

You in fact are Milhouse Van Houten from Springfield. However, ever since you met Milhouse from Shelbyville your outlook on life has radically changed and you have worked on the most wonderful plan of all to come out of this crisis in Springfield totally victorious.

Everything’s coming up Milhouse!


Your ally NinjaCow64 is Milhouse of Shelbyville. You share your primary victory condition and may trust each other completely.

Feel free to ask any questions about your role. Good Luck!

robbiecon & Earthling
 
Turns out we didn't need these reserved posts, deleteable or will just be left.
 
last reserved post, this one is unnecessary again everyone may post
 
Good god, that was a marathon.

On the whole, I think I did good. Like Preparation H.


I felt sort of abandoned by my fellow townies at times. Thankfully there were a few core people gutting it out.
 
johnhughthom said:
Sorry, what ruined a perfectly good game for us was making a link between us. We were boned from that moment on.
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Sorry. :(

Let's all forget each other annoying each other make up! YAY!!! :D

The one thing I could say though was the lack of NKs. In the future, maybe randomising the kills would help if nobody was killing. Saying that though, that was a fantastic game in terms of everything and you should be proud guys. :goodjob:

THIS IS A COMPLETELY SERIOUS AND OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FROM YOUR MAFIA QUEUE HOST:

People should get on to A Tale of One City as we need the players.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
 
Rock. On.

What I want to know is, who put me in the hospital (twice I might add :D )?
 
Verarde hospitalized you the first time. He poisoned you and you got out three days later. I did it the second time, leaving you permanently hospitalized.

edit: Here is the Shelbyville QT for those too lazy to read the PM's.

http://www.quicktopic.com/46/H/veYp5ngaUHS
 
For me, this game was not fun.

Starting in jail and staying there after first two days had strong demotivational effect on me. I do not know if other players would be as demotivated as I was, but in my opinion that was almost inevitable.
After that, even after my release, I did not regain interest in the game. So, all this interesting features meant nothing for me. I think that putting player in a jail at a beginning of the game was a poor idea.
I do not want to be harsh, I am talking only about my case
 
I at least had the ability to get out on my own, so when it was obvious that the town was not going to release anyone, I could just go and do it.
 
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