The Syndicate

You walk down your driveway to the mailbox and pull out what is inside it. At first glance, there's nothing out of the ordinary- a utility bill, a couple pieces of junk mail, another batch of return address labels from that children's hospital you gave $50 to eight years ago. Of course, no sign of the Amazon order you placed either in the mail box or on your porch.

As you throw the mail down on the dining room table, one return address logo catches your eye. There's no mistaking the Lenker Brothers Construction logo- big, bold, and obnoxious (just like the Lenker brothers themselves). Wondering what those jackass con men wanted this time, you open it.

Swear to God, if it's another dues increase, you think.

But no. It's more surprising than that. On a single piece of paper adorned with that same obnoxious logo, you read the following...

Dear homeowner(s),

This letter serves as notice of an emergency meeting of the Piano Estates Homeowners Association. The purpose of this meeting is to execute the immediate and final transition of HOA duties from Lenker Brothers Construction to the resident homeowners of Piano Estates.

If the residents of Piano Estates are unable to elect a board of directors and assign officers at the conclusion of this meeting, Lenker Brothers Construction will have a property management company in attendance at said meeting to take responsibility for executing and upholding all HOA covenants, use restrictions, and adjustment of dues assessments if necessary.

We ask that any and all homeowners attend the meeting as possible.


Thank you,

Lenker Brothers Construction
Builders of luxurious and exquisite homes!

I've got a bad feeling about this, you think.

This game is simply called Mafia.

We'll keep sign-ups open for three weeks, unless it really tapers off after two weeks.

The game can involve as many players as sign up. Roles and faction ratios will be allocated based on the number of people who sign up.

This will be a closed-setup, role madness game.

Gameplay
1. All players are limited to 30 posts per phase (M+A+F+I+A = 13 + 1 + 6 + 9 + 1 = 30).
1A. At the end of each phase, the thread will be locked momentarily so the host can screenshot post counts.
1B. All players are responsible for monitoring their post limit for each phase. Exceeding 30 posts during a day phase will be punished by invalidating your role power the following night. Exceeding 30 posts during a night phase will be punished by invalidating your vote the following day.
2. Days are 24 hours long.
3. Nights are 24 hours long. Getting night PMs in to the host in a timely fashion helps to keep things moving.
4. Only those players who have BTSC may communicate with each other outside of the game thread but ONLY in designated BTSC threads or chat rooms. For everyone else, no game-related discussion is permitted outside the game thread.
5. Votes in the poll are the only votes that count. It's helpful but not mandatory that you declare your vote in the thread in a way that stands out to the host.
6. All votes are changeable all the way up to the deadline.
7. A tied day poll will result in no death. Votes matter. There will be no coin flips to determine poll results.
8. There is no hammer vote element in this game.
9. Dead is dead; you don't get to come back from that. Dead players will have their BTSC rights removed.
10. Roles will be revealed upon death.
11. Additional gameplay elements will be added/revealed on an as-needed basis.
12. I will probably end phases between 9:00 and 9:30 p.m. EST for this game. Any earlier is a challenge for me with getting the kids to bed.


Rules
1) Respect your fellow players, your host, and your Facilitator.
1a) Don't be an asshat.
1b) Don't get butthurt.
2) If you feel like another player is out of line or making/taking things personal/ly, contact the Facilitator, Sloonei.
3) No BTSC regarding the game outside of the game thread(s). Players are told in their rolecard if they have BTSC. If you don't have it, don't engage in it. Violating this rule will result in a modkill.
4) No editing or deleting posts.
5) Self-voting is prohibited.
6) Double-targeting is prohibited.
7) Info-dumping and/or power-role-claiming is permitted. You may not, however, post your rolecard or any other host communication verbatim.
8) Off-topic posts should be in OT Green.
9) Dead players are to post in Dead Red.
10) Non-Players should post in Non-Player Blue.
11) This is the host's color. Do not post in this color.
12) Participation is polite to everyone involved. If I feel you may not be paying attention to the game, I will reach out to you. Replacements and modkills may be employed if necessary. If you sign up, please play. If you can't play, request replacement.
13) Additional rules will be added/revealed on an as-needed basis.

wow 30 posts per phase eeeeek

nutella wrote: ↑Sat Feb 06, 2021 4:43 pm wow 30 posts per phase eeeeek

Yeah, this one should fall under the "shit just happens and you just kinda flail around and it's extremely fun" category.

The first racket was 25 per day. A true light game this is. Nice.

30 posts a day role madness. What could go wrong.

Rackets are the only games I consider signing up for, and 30 posts per phase is why.

I'm considering it.

Would the 30-posts-per-phase limit be easier to swallow if this game ran on a set 24/24 setup?

48 hours with a 2/3 hammer is probably fine, 48 with 30 posts and no way to end day early probably drags a bit imo

In.

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Thu Feb 11, 2021 8:27 pm 48 hours with a 2/3 hammer is probably fine, 48 with 30 posts and no way to end day early probably drags a bit imo

I don’t use hammers in my games.

24/24 is workable though.

G-Man wrote: ↑Thu Feb 11, 2021 8:23 pm Would the 30-posts-per-phase limit be easier to swallow if this game ran on a set 24/24 setup?

If you don't do hammers, I think so.

Are you going to have a player cap? 30 per day is certainly fine with a small group, but 15 players would be a huge challenge.

Marmot wrote: ↑Sun Feb 14, 2021 12:55 pm

G-Man wrote: ↑Thu Feb 11, 2021 8:23 pm Would the 30-posts-per-phase limit be easier to swallow if this game ran on a set 24/24 setup?

If you don't do hammers, I think so.

Are you going to have a player cap? 30 per day is certainly fine with a small group, but 15 players would be a huge challenge.

I hadn’t really considered capping the number of players, but sign-ups are only open for another two weeks. I don’t anticipate exceeding Heist-level participation since the post cap seems to be turning a number of people off.

And I’m sure some players won’t even meet their daily post limit anyway.

Would you say this one is more likely to be:

a) straight Mafia
b) mildly zany Mafia
c) loopy Mafia from Jupiter

None of these is "wrong" of course. If you'd prefer not answer that's fine.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sun Feb 14, 2021 1:45 pm Would you say this one is more likely to be:

a) straight Mafia
b) mildly zany Mafia
c) loopy Mafia from Jupiter

None of these is "wrong" of course. If you'd prefer not answer that's fine.

I would say that this could fall anywhere from B to C (or even beyond) depending on how many people sign up. It's closed setup role madness with claiming allowed. The more players, the more the role madness is likely to intensify.

Enters Poison.

Chaos.

Holy mother of smashed potato, 30 posts a phase!?!?!!?!!

Poison is scared. She is a hyper poster. Can she do this? Let's find out in the first episode of G-Man's upcoming Mafia game!

I will be the mod for this game.

Poison wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 8:06 am Holy mother of smashed potato, 30 posts a phase!?!?!!?!!

Poison is scared. She is a hyper poster. Can she do this? Let's find out in the first episode of G-Man's upcoming Mafia game!

I challenge you to post fewer times than I do.

okay

I hate HOAs.

I have to try.

Im curious if the more characteristically rapid style posters will try to do wall posts, or if they'll still try to play like normal.

I'm fine doing wall posts, if not a bit rusty.

Epignosis wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 12:08 am I hate HOAs.

I have to try.

Remember the Syndicate's first attempt at a post-restriction game, the Omerta Mafia game that you hosted?

The post restriction was 4 posts per day (that's right 4), but each post made beyond that accrued an additional vote against you. Turnip Head and I decided to ignore the post cap and match each other in posts one day knowing that only one of us would be yeeted.

Oh do I miss Turnip Head.

I do remember that, you bastards.

Marmot wrote: ↑Tue Feb 16, 2021 11:44 pm

Poison wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 8:06 am Holy mother of smashed potato, 30 posts a phase!?!?!!?!!

Poison is scared. She is a hyper poster. Can she do this? Let's find out in the first episode of G-Man's upcoming Mafia game!

I challenge you to post fewer times than I do.

I will gladly accept that Challange to lose. Wanna bet with me about who is gonna win?

Poison wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 12:44 pm

Marmot wrote: ↑Tue Feb 16, 2021 11:44 pm

Poison wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 8:06 am Holy mother of smashed potato, 30 posts a phase!?!?!!?!!

Poison is scared. She is a hyper poster. Can she do this? Let's find out in the first episode of G-Man's upcoming Mafia game!

I challenge you to post fewer times than I do.

I will gladly accept that Challange to lose. Wanna bet with me about who is gonna win?

If the last Racket was any indication, minimal post count is still quite manageable.

I'm betting on town to win.


Unless you're talking about post count: then I bet that your average daily post count will be lower than mine.

30 posts? Yaaah. Perfect to take it chill and try something new out.

I’m still going to leave sign-ups open for the remainder of the poll setting (one more week). We have a solid number already, but I need to refine some of the rules so that the language gels better with the game flavor.

If any of the tweaks don’t suit you, feel free to back out.

Game happening soon?

Grogu wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 1:47 am Game happening soon?

Sign-ups close later this week. Roles will go out the next day.

you know what... i’m in.... this is exactly what i need

I haven’t played a game in so so many years, but I’ve been a bit bored lately and am seriously considering it. This game looks small enough that I might be able to manage. I’ll vote maybe for now and decide by tomorrow.

fingersplints wrote: ↑Wed Feb 24, 2021 3:49 pm I haven’t played a game in so so many years, but I’ve been a bit bored lately and am seriously considering it. This game looks small enough that I might be able to manage. I’ll vote maybe for now and decide by tomorrow.

it would be amazing to have you back~~!!!

fingersplints wrote: ↑Wed Feb 24, 2021 3:49 pm I haven’t played a game in so so many years, but I’ve been a bit bored lately and am seriously considering it. This game looks small enough that I might be able to manage. I’ll vote maybe for now and decide by tomorrow.

I strongly encourage it, birthday twin.

fingersplints wrote: ↑Wed Feb 24, 2021 3:49 pm I haven’t played a game in so so many years, but I’ve been a bit bored lately and am seriously considering it. This game looks small enough that I might be able to manage. I’ll vote maybe for now and decide by tomorrow.

G-Man wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 5:42 pm I’m still going to leave sign-ups open for the remainder of the poll setting (one more week). We have a solid number already, but I need to refine some of the rules so that the language gels better with the game flavor.

If any of the tweaks don’t suit you, feel free to back out.

For the life of me, I cannot remember what flavor-related tweaks needed to be made. In the meantime, please review the following additions and changes to the rules:

1A. At the end of each phase, the thread will be locked momentarily so the host can screenshot post counts.

1B. All players are responsible for monitoring their post limit for each phase. Exceeding 30 posts during a day phase will be punished by invalidating your role power the following night. Exceeding 30 posts during a night phase will be punished by invalidating your vote the following day.

2. Days are 24 hours long.

Another rule update:

7) Info-dumping and/or power-role-claiming is permitted. You may not, however, post your rolecard or any other host communication verbatim.

fingersplints wrote: ↑Wed Feb 24, 2021 3:49 pm I haven’t played a game in so so many years, but I’ve been a bit bored lately and am seriously considering it. This game looks small enough that I might be able to manage. I’ll vote maybe for now and decide by tomorrow.

That would be a thrill! How's ilostmykeys doing?

Days 24 hours long with open nights? Not really the light game i thought it was, sorry.

/out

Guillotine wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 12:29 pm Days 24 hours long with open nights? Not really the light game i thought it was, sorry.

/out

I haven’t dabbled in closed nights for quite some time. As verbose as folks tend to be these days, I feel it’s a necessary concession to the players given the posting cap. I also figure that civvies should be able to talk at night since baddies have perpetual BTSC.

Long Con wrote: ↑Wed Feb 24, 2021 9:00 pmHow's ilostmykeys doing?

Mostly good. His eyesight has unfortunately deteriorated quite a lot since you would have last seen him around the forums. But he’s got me and Valerie and another little one on the way to keep him busy!


Ok, I think I’ll try it. Take it easy on me guys.

yes mandi!!!

fingersplints wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 3:52 pm Ok, I think I’ll try it. Take it easy on me guys.

You take it easy on me!

G-Man wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 1:43 pm

Guillotine wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 12:29 pm Days 24 hours long with open nights? Not really the light game i thought it was, sorry.

/out

I haven’t dabbled in closed nights for quite some time. As verbose as folks tend to be these days, I feel it’s a necessary concession to the players given the posting cap. I also figure that civvies should be able to talk at night since baddies have perpetual BTSC.

I understand. I just don't like games with open nights. Not my thing.

glgl

This looks like a fabulous assortment of players. Role cards will go out in a few hours. We’ll have a Day 0 that will start around 9:00 p.m. EST tonight. There will be a 10-post limit during Day 0 so you all can enjoy your weekend.