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by Soneji
Wed Feb 03, 2016 9:04 pm
Forum: The Drawing Board
Topic: What is Your Least Favorite Mafia Game Mechanic and Why?
Replies: 154
Views: 6083

Re: What is Your Least Favorite Mafia Game Mechanic and Why?

I don't count Gohan because 1) he was made by you and 2) it was an in-joke due to SoulTaker submitting Gohan into Favorites for a third time straight. It served a comedic purpose and you added a nice twist to it compared to the standard jester.
by Soneji
Wed Feb 03, 2016 7:11 pm
Forum: The Drawing Board
Topic: What is Your Least Favorite Mafia Game Mechanic and Why?
Replies: 154
Views: 6083

Re: What is Your Least Favorite Mafia Game Mechanic and Why?

I would have to say the jester role as a whole. In games where if the jester wins the game ends its terrible due to the nature of the game being to lynch scummy players, which the jester will try to appear as without making things too obvious, hinging the entire game continuing on a crapshoot. At least in those games though it has a purpose, if the presence of a jester is made known to the players as it always should be when lynching the role ends the game. Its in games where a jesters death just wastes town's time by taking up a phase lynching it or debating on peoples jesterhood that really grinds my gears. The whole role just goes against the spirit of the dayphase and is just a boring role that takes little effort to win as.

As a host, I have only used it once, announcing to the thread that a jester was present and lynching it may have consequences, for town or mafia. If 70% or more of town were on the lynchwagon, three town members would be killed at random. This made it more of a challenge for the jester and town. Mafias negative was that if they had too many members on the jester lynch, that condition of its role being shown upon death is fairly damning. The jester still won but had to put effort into it. I still think the role is terrible though, even with my adjustments.

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