The Syndicate

Heyyyy MafiaMenace, thank you for signing up! I will have to put you on the Replacements list if that's all right - it is a 30-player game, and Dana took the final slot mere hours ago.

Thank you Dana, by the way, great to see you!

Black Rock and I are working diligently to put together Role PMs for everybody as we speak. Please be patient, it's a big process for this game.

colonialbob wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 5:14 pm

Long Con wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 11:47 am Which role is the most droppable.... hmm...

Jack's

Ooo, and that means something, given that I have already randomized everyone into roles! One role is for Player X.

If I can't get Player X by tonight after work, then I'll send out some roles and start Night Zero. Picture me sitting down roughly six hours from now to start gettin' goin'.

Yup. 29 players, game was designed for 30.

Which role is the most droppable.... hmm...

Hey Jacky, what's up with that friend of yours?

Are you Kyle1002?

Thanks, Jack! And nova has generously opted to turn a Maybe into a Yes, so that will mean we are just one player away!

I will go ahead with the game within two days of the 29th signup, hopefully I won't have to drop a role.

That pic is eerie to me because I just watched Annihilation on Netflix.

I will start to promote this game more however I can after December 2nd, which is the day we are hosting a Christmas party at our house.

Five more for a comfortable total of 30.

Kylemii wrote: ↑Wed Nov 28, 2018 1:30 am juliets sent me a private message with like 11 exclamation points so i guess i should sign up

Jesus Kyle, you weren't signed up already??

Just want to share a blast from the past. In the first game in the series, Mafia: A World Apart, Yin and Yang were roles:

Yin – White twin, has BTSC with Yang. Looks good on odd nights, bad on even nights. Seeming alignment becomes permanent if Yang dies.

Yang – Black twin, has BTSC with Yin. Looks good on even nights, bad on odd nights. Seeming alignment becomes permanent if Yin dies.

If both Yin and Yang are alive, they may discover one player’s alignment each night. Yin and Yang do not join a team while both are alive. They can win by being the last players alive, but if one dies, the other’s alignment is stuck (if evil, the team they join will be decided by a coin toss). Yin and Yang can kill one another on any night they choose.

In this post, Ikkl Genius (Yin) confessed that he killed Diamond Dog (Yang) on Night 6. He claims to be Yang, killing his partner before his partner could betray the Civs and join a baddie team. This post actually convinced the Civs for some time, and I'll always remember it. Ikkl had killed DD to specifically join the baddies.

Turnip Head wrote: ↑Thu Nov 22, 2018 4:49 pm

Long Con wrote: ↑Thu Nov 22, 2018 4:05 pm I A World Reborn, I had a rule that players couldn't refer to specific map coordinates in-thread, like "there's a sweet bonus on G9, get there!" I can't remember why I made that rule.

Is there any reason why that should be a rule? Help me out here, maybe I'm missing something unbalancing.

I think initially you didn't want players discussing square btsc/ square happenings in the thread, just to maintain the integrity of the game, but it ended up unavoidable to an extent. Imo, trying to carefully step around that rule ends up being less fun than outright abusing it.

Yeah, I have imagined the tedious thread interactions that narrow down a reference without using coordinates. No one wants that.

juliets wrote: ↑Thu Nov 22, 2018 4:59 pm The thing I'm more concerned about is there be some way to shut down what appje did in Lost I think when he almost broke the game.

We were able to avoid it in A World Reborn... I know I had made some changes to cover it. Something about demanding role PMs in shared-square BTSC? Very naughty stuff, not allowed.

I A World Reborn, I had a rule that players couldn't refer to specific map coordinates in-thread, like "there's a sweet bonus on G9, get there!" I can't remember why I made that rule.

Is there any reason why that should be a rule? Help me out here, maybe I'm missing something unbalancing.

Not much more complicated... except for the host. Just more fun!

sprityo wrote: ↑Tue Nov 20, 2018 9:26 pm “Trickster - Has an aura of three squares, within which any info that is given or received will be corrupted in the Trickster’s favour. When the Trickster kills, that kill can be forged. When the Trickster enters BTSC, it may be under any name.”

My face when LC uses my coined term for messing with role reveals <3

Really? Wow, that term is so slick that I thought it was just common Mafia parlance I didn't know before, like busdrive. It's in the books now.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Tue Nov 20, 2018 3:58 pm I’m cutting myself off from mafia until the end of the semester, which is December 10th. I’ll jump to yes if this is still in signups by then. If the game is already underway at that time, I’ll be a willing replacement if y’all need one.

Sounds perfect. I imagine it will have started by then, but there's no game that ever runs that a replacement isn't needed. Maybe read up for a break here and there before the 10th.

Made some pictures for the roles list.

Oh, don't count the roles. I have it posted at the top, under the title: 30 players.

Oh, and here's the raw map as it stands right now:

Look, everyone, I have unintentionally overlooked a pretty important factor here, and it's only because I am a giant ass that it happened.

My amazing wife, Black Rock, will be co-hosting this game with me. I got the nudge from Syndicate admins that I could put this into signups, I had a lot of things to get straight, and I put it up here as quickly as I could. I knew in my mind on my end that BR was my co-host but I totally neglected to fill everyone in on that end of things.

Despite my total dick move, she still agrees to co-host with me. Please welcome [mention]Black Rock[/mention] as co-host of this epic game.

Ok, shit, I have kept my cool pretty well so far, but seriously fingersplints just showed up??

Fingersplints pleeeease play, you CAN decide to give us some time of your life in the next couple of months for a unique gaming experience! TRULY, you are given a golden ticket to participate in a game that has never existed before and will never exist again! Magic! Treasure! Betrayal! Public executions! Cosmic ripples!

Get keys too.

LOL good times... there were several times when the Civs could have turned things around. But Freckles' decision on that one was crucially bad. I don't know where the series would have gone. I guess if the Civs won the first one, that World would not have been cast into oblivion, and would have been the setting for the subsequent games.

Halfway there, and every single name on the list is a proven A-list player. This is gonna be good. Maybe I should amp up the map goodies a little more so everyone can really party.

juliets wrote: ↑Mon Nov 12, 2018 6:22 pm Kylemii I didn't forget you I just wanted you to have your own post. Come and play! Have you played one of these map games with LC? You gotta do it.

Kyle has never, and he must now.

timmer wrote: ↑Mon Nov 12, 2018 8:13 pm

Long Con wrote: ↑Mon Nov 12, 2018 1:19 pm
BUT! This is more than a mere Mafia game, there's much map-based fun to be had!

Was the previous game the one where I found a GPS and was handing it to people to prove a false role claim, or something? I remember that game being a BTSC nightmare of people demanding claims and screenshots from people.

That might have been the LOST game?

Last game you were the Cursecrafter and you made a number of cool items and went on to win with your baddie team, the Circle of Decay.

timmer wrote: ↑Mon Nov 12, 2018 1:13 pm

juliets wrote: ↑Mon Nov 12, 2018 8:47 am Civs have never won? Really? What about the game where aapje organized the civs - I thought that was a win for the civs. Oh wait, was that the LOST map game?

Hey
@Jackofhearts2005
@timmer
@JaggedJimmyJay

sign up this game will be a blast. Timmer, didn't you play with us before in this series?

I did but I've got to think about it. There are some elements of media that get under my skin which is why I don't play much anymore, and I'm not sure it's in my best interest to keep trying, lol.

BUT! This is more than a mere Mafia game, there's much map-based fun to be had!

juliets wrote: ↑Mon Nov 12, 2018 8:47 am Civs have never won? Really? What about the game where aapje organized the civs - I thought that was a win for the civs. Oh wait, was that the LOST map game?

I think it was... Civs have never won a game in this series, but this is only the third installment, so it's not like a CURSECURSECURSE or anything.

Timmer, didn't you play with us before in this series?

Timmer was in A World Reborn.

Here's the player/role list from the first one, A World Apart:

AaronLittleton - Acolyte of Death
ADDICTEDTOTHESHINDIG - Golden Genie
AlaskaDave - Psionic Ninja / The Illusionist
Aldo - Willow Rosenberg / Dark Willow
bigsimpsin - Voluptuous Siren
Black Rock - Silver Golem
blacxthorne - Creeping Death
Bubbles - Tribunal of Judgment
Ceb18 - Necromantic Fiend
Diamond Dog - Yang
Eko - Seductive Ghoul
Freckles - Karma Chameleon
Fried_Frogurt - Diabolic Manipulator
G-Man - Scout Pixie
Ikkl Genius - Yin
Illyria - Chaos Wizard
Jason Maher - Tribunal of Judgment
jennibean - Jimmy
Kadaj - Possessing Entity
LittleTiger - Venomous Imp
Lorab - The Seemer
nutella - Dark Leprechaun
sassafras815 - Spirit Oracle
scocub - Dr Von Dreszen
SeptemberValentine - Living Statue
stlgirl - Soul Elemental
TokyoRose - Devious Goodie
Turnip Head - Tribunal of Judgment / The Imprisoner
Typhoony - Desperate Baddie
You Lost Me - Will-o'-the-Wisp

Four old-timers that need to come play... @LoRab you really must sign up. @G-Man any way you can make it happen?

sprityo wrote: ↑Mon Nov 12, 2018 11:55 am If there was ever a game anyone must absolutely play, I would assume it’d be this one

Turnip Head wrote: ↑Sun Nov 11, 2018 11:42 pm The civilians have yet to win a game in this series, that's why the prologue is so goddamn bleak

Indeed, maybe we can change it this time. Where will it go next - maybe A World Reforged? Or getting worse with A World Corrupted... Accursed... Condemned? A World Ascended is possible.

There has always been a chance for the Civs to win, but both the first two games have just had stronger play on the baddie team.

Golden wrote: ↑Sun Nov 11, 2018 4:20 pm I am going to Africa and will be out of contact for a month... I wish I’d voted for other stuff on the poll now because it’s cruel that I’ll be missing this.

Oh no! That sucks. Maybe cancel Africa...?

That's right. Nothing wrong with that. If it goes through Christmas, I'll give us all time off for it. All good and legit.

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Sun Nov 11, 2018 2:49 am I really *want* to.

You kinda *have* to.

Turnip Head wrote: ↑Sat Nov 10, 2018 6:21 pm Why aren't there any pirates?

Oh, there are pirates.

Now.

juliets wrote: ↑Sat Nov 10, 2018 6:36 pm The last map game LC did was a scream. I got shot by an idiot even though I was helping a civ get across the water. I'm sure this game will be a scream too.

That's not how I remember it. Was it the LOST map game maybe?

Welcome back to this Realm, it has been a number of years since the Cataclysm and the Cosmic Detention. Some of you did not play Mafia: A World Reborn, so I'll start with some quick backstory.

In the beginning, a young witch by the name of Willow Rosenberg had died too early in a Buffy game, and found herself in a new Mafia reality. During the course of this game, an unlikely series of events caused Willow to go mad when her love was murdered, and she turned to Dark Willow, a being of immense power. She attracted the attention of the Realm's god, Long Con, and he invited Willow to ascend into the cosmic pantheon of the gods, while annihilating the rest of the Realm.

The dark goddess Willow created a new Realm, limited in scope and nature, but rife with conflict, betrayal, power, and epic tales. Initially disapproving, Long Con gradually took more and more interest in the Realm, and it also attracted the attention of other gods. Dark Willow's plan succeeded, trapping Long Con's essence within the Realm via the Eldritch Corruptor in an event known as the Cosmic Detention, and at the same time, the Trickster fulfilled the plans of the deceased Cataclysm, causing the Realm vast seismic upheaval, splitting it down the middle.

Now, years later, a new generation of heroes has grown within the Realm, much to the annoyance of the Dark Goddess. A new conflict is brewing, and the Cosmic Pantheon is still reeling from the Detention of the Eternal Essence, Long Con. Join us now, and help shape the destiny of the Realm, its residents, the gods above, and beyond...

Signups have opened for Mafia: A World Asunder! I'm very happy to be putting out the third installment in the series that is closest to my heart. I enjoy this series the most because it's designed to allow for as much creativity as I like, I mix in popular culture with other Mafia games with random fun ideas I like, all put together in a map-based adventure of a Mafia game.

A couple of basic changes to how this game will work. All lynched and killed players will have their role and alignment revealed, barring some game secrets. No role will have their alignment or team affiliation revealed at the outset of the game. Here, in alphabetical order(yeah I know Yang is before Yin), are the finalized Roles:



Aubergine - Hands out extra votes, one each night, to be used in the next lynch. Has three extra votes of her own to use. *secrets*



Blind Seer - Knows who is within a two-square range at all times. Each night, the Blind Seer can choose a player and know who is within two squares of that player. The range increases by 1 for every four Civilian deaths.



Chevuschade Voidwing - Flight, range of 5. Cannot be nightkilled conventionally, but certain magics can kill the dragon.



D’Abrutsi - A wanderer, searching for clues about his past, seeking the path of destiny.



Daisy - Can give out different flowers to players she meets. Some flowers are protective, some offer guidance, some can heal. The recipient of any flower will have -1 applied to their next vote for Daisy, and their next action against her has a 50% chance of failing. *secrets*



Dark Worshipper - Can sacrifice another player three times in the game. Each kill will grant him extra, permanent powers. The role that he kills determines what the gained powers are. *secrets*



Darth Malignus - Can publicly silence someone at any point during the day, for the rest of the lynch. That person may not post or vote, but a cast vote will stand if made before the silencing. Darth Malignus can use the Force to feel who is within a four-square radius, and where they are. Each night, his chance increases by 10% to feel someone targeting him, and if he succeeds, he can use the Force to roleblock them.



Dream Splicer - Two holographic decoys follow the Dream Splicer around, forcing map-based targeting to be difficult. The decoys are always in separate squares, and the three squares must always be adjacent. The decoys may participate in square-based BTSC. Starts each lynch with -1 vote.



Frost Knight - Brings winter down with a range of 2 each night, roleblocking anyone in those squares. Does not block kills. Frost Knight may travel across water as if it were land, freezing it under his feet as he goes.



Gentle Shepherd - Anyone within one square of the Gentle Shepherd has -1 applied to their lynch votes, and a 25% chance to avoid negative night actions against them. *secrets*



Glint Viper - Glint Viper can sacrifice their life to resurrect the player of their choice. *secrets*



Grimlock Wolverson - Treasure hunter, grizzled woodsman, generally unpleasant. Begins the game with the Devil’s Compass. Can remove himself from the lynch poll three times in the game.



Hollow Man - All targeting will fail when targeting Hollow Man. Hollow Man will appear as a random Civilian role if rolechecked or lynched. *secrets*



Kraken - Movement rate of 6 in the water, and 1 on land. Can still move 1 land square after 4 water squares. Knows who is in any square containing water, and has -5 votes while he is in the water.



Lycantha - Can tell who was in the square she’s in, when they were there, and what direction they went in. May discover other information. Keen sense of smell lets her detect who is in adjacent squares. Movement rate of 4.



Portalman - Each night, he creates a portal from his current square to another square. He may travel through this portal during his movement if he wishes. The portal lasts through the following phase unless he closes it.



Psionic Ninja - Can lie-detect one post per phase, but must send in the PM within a half hour of the post being made. Can survive one nightkill. Movement rate of 4. *secrets*



Quantum Key - Each night, the Quantum Key will choose a game secret to broadcast to the various terminals she has installed, in Otherdimensional code. The Quantum Key will know the uncoded secret. The Quantum Key knows the locations of the terminals on the map, and can open portals between them.



Quintessential Cat - Nine lives. Lynches appear stopped; nightkills appear blocked, but the Cat will run four squares in a random direction if targeted. Must visit Seven Points of Curiosity to achieve Win Condition.



Random Animal - Randomly becomes a copy of another role each phase, and assumes that role’s Win Condition at the time. *secrets*



Sakana Sashimi - Can move through water and land squares, and can swim beneath the water.. Movement rate of 5 in the water. One-time kill of someone on the same square who is also in the water.



Savage Pixie - Can see who is within a one-square radius, and can kill someone within that radius once in the game. Undetectable from an outside square, and can only be seen on her square if she chooses. Once in the game, she can inspect a dead body and find out who targeted them on their last night alive.



Spirit of the Living Statue - Wanders the the realm, incorporeal. Cannot be night-targeted. Those who find the missing parts of the Living Statue's body can gain a powerful ally.



Spirit Wrangler - Spirits roam the map, invisible to most. The Spirit Wrangler summons spirits in the area to do her bidding. Some examples include:
Warding Spirit - Reduces the value of votes cast against the Spirit Wrangler by half.
Message Spirit - Can send a short message to another player.
Scout Spirit - See limited info about squares within your range before moving
Truth Spirit - Lie-detect one post.



Thaddeus Mechaspark - Inventor, son of Gladius.

Can create and use/keep one invention per night, give it to somebody, or leave it behind. Each invention contains only one charge.

Subaqueous Apparatus - User can breathe and move at a rate of 5 underwater.
Icarus Contraption - User can fly, range of 3.
Sonic Pulserator - Instantly propels all players within a range of 2 away from user.
Aegis Proton Field - Protects the user’s square from ranged targeting and area effects for the night.
Mercurion Thrust - Movement rate is doubled this phase.



Toxic Frog - Can travel underwater. Poisonous. Undetectable in water squares, except by the Kraken. Anyone targeting the Toxic Frog will become poisoned.



Trickster - Has an aura of three squares, within which any info that is given or received will be corrupted in the Trickster’s favour. When the Trickster kills, that kill can be forged. When the Trickster enters BTSC, it may be under any name.



Waresman - Has various items for sale, for the right price. Any information sold to the Waresman will be truth-verified. He cannot use his own wares. *secrets*



Yin - BTSC with Yang. At any point, may bring Yang to his square. Yin can take votes from Yang onto himself.



Yang - BTSC with Yin. At any point, may bring Yin to his square. Yang can take votes from Yin onto himself.



Secret Role #1



Secret Role #2