I think that's how the traditional mafia game was designed. All players interact and vote during the day. Then at night, mafia gets together and communicates who they want to nightkill while all the civilians go to bed (and not talk).Ricochet wrote:Cripple the Mafia...game, I presume?
Does that mean that, in your opinion, every Mafia game starts as a game of luck until catching a first baddie and developing from there further hunts? How much is mafia hunting for you, in percentage even, about reading into a player's behaviour and how much reading into a player's interactions or links with other suspects or confirmed mafia?
As for the alternative, it's not only taking away the scheming, but the coordination of night power uses and other actions (unless you count that as scheming as well). I've had experiences already where a teammate went ahead with something and left the rest going "goddamnit, Marsh-...er, I mean 'teammate, you', why'd you go and did done that".
Incidentally, I remember the Championship game not allowing the mafia to have BTSC during the Day phase, only during the Night phase (when, instead, everyone was muted from writing in the thread). So what's the essence of Night BTSC then, so that the mafia always require it? Would it impact them too much not to have it?
I think no BTSC would or could work, as long as mafia knows who each other are. It would be interesting to see a mafia who didn't know their teammates (a la Flash Mafia).
Also, I don't think planning everything in the comfort of BTSC is the best way to go. It can lead to inconsistencies in the game. But BTSC is still oodles of fun.
