JohannaK
Heroically Clueless
It just comes with the K.
New Mafia Hosting Queue
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Zack
99% hot gas
@Tak - You're calling me lazy? Have you looked at one of your writeups?
JohannaK
Heroically Clueless
but yer usernames dun end in k. 
O K then.
<sticks out a hand> Mr. Kettle, I was told to meet you, my name is pot.
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Then just host a small game with 16 townies and 4 mafia.
That would be horribly imbalanced towards the Mafia, 2-3 Mafiosos depending on the amount of power roles. At least I THINK that is balanced.
Also, I am updating the queue now. If there are any errors, please notify me as I have not updated the queue in quite some time so I might miss something. Thanks.
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Queue updated. I removed BestRFC's game from the queue as he hasn't ventured into a Mafia game for ages and I bumped Classical's game to the bottom of the queue.
@Araknor: Would you prefer a small game spot? Because right now I have got you in the large game queue.
@Araknor: Would you prefer a small game spot? Because right now I have got you in the large game queue.
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But ATPG has about ~30-35 people in his games with that much scum. 2 is good for pure Vanilla games, 3 is what you would use when you have power roles. 4 is overpowered unless you have multiple teams, or the town is REALLY powerful.
Some good guidelines:
If one mafia team exists, about 1 of them per 5-6ish townies is good for small games.
If two, up the ratio to about 1 to 4-5, as they're split in half.
In the really big games with lots of cool roles, several neutral teams, and mafia and SK's and stuff... well, that's the sort of thing you have to figure out on your own. There's no good rule of thumb for that.
If one mafia team exists, about 1 of them per 5-6ish townies is good for small games.
If two, up the ratio to about 1 to 4-5, as they're split in half.
In the really big games with lots of cool roles, several neutral teams, and mafia and SK's and stuff... well, that's the sort of thing you have to figure out on your own. There's no good rule of thumb for that.
I believe it is good when town have some power roles. In full vanilla, I would go with 1 mafia per 7-9 townies (like 2 mafia in 18 player game)
It is good idea to start with some kind of mini. Mini can be really fun, and are not so time-consuming. Also, before you host your first game, you do not really know what you will need... at least, that was true in my case.
My first game was small one, with some power roles and some additional mechanics. It also included cult. I was almost overwhelmed by it.
If you want to start with small rather with mini, I will advice you to start with vanilla, or near-vanilla. Because during first game, you will 'build' your methodology of hosting: how I would track votes? How I would manage night actions, esp. when there is more of them and they interact with each-other? How much I want to reveal in write-ups? And one of most important IMO - how I would react to players trying to get additional info
My first game was small one, with some power roles and some additional mechanics. It also included cult. I was almost overwhelmed by it.
If you want to start with small rather with mini, I will advice you to start with vanilla, or near-vanilla. Because during first game, you will 'build' your methodology of hosting: how I would track votes? How I would manage night actions, esp. when there is more of them and they interact with each-other? How much I want to reveal in write-ups? And one of most important IMO - how I would react to players trying to get additional info
Keep me in the large game queue for now if you please, but I do have some ideas for a small game. I'll talk with my Scottinian conspirator and see where we go from there.
Zack
99% hot gas
Check the Zack Mafia IV thread first!
Spoiler :
Who cares? This may be the epic finale in the Zack Multiverse!
Zack
99% hot gas
I considered naming it something like Stairway to Heaven II: The Fifth Zack Mafia, but that was too hokey even for me. Everyone knows that a title grows exponentially worse for every subtitle, excluding the first, that you add. I point to Figure 1A.
Everyone knows that a title grows exponentially worse for every subtitle, excluding the first, that you add. I point to Figure 1A.
As soon as Smurf Mafia has 1/3 people left, I'm ready to host Smilie Mafia; That is, if SouthernKing isn't hosting his game.
