The Syndicate

Designing Mafia games is hard. Hosting Mafia games is hard. I think it's clear that tutuu tried to achieve balance, and whether or not it worked out that way her efforts were considerable. The complexity of the setup, the dedication to the card images and text, and the timeliness of phase changes -- these are to be lauded.

I have no idea if the game was balanced. That's impossible to fairly assess with only one instantiation of play. Whatever. Frankly, the vast majority of Mafia setups that aim for half this degree of complexity are poorly balanced.

All a host can do is try. All the players can do is try. I think everyone tried.

I've updated the site Hall of Fame for this game's results.

I appreciate tutuu’s huge effort to bring the theme to life.

This one looked quite involved. I checked the thread a few times here and there and saw many pictures.