It all started on a night. This night was not much unlike any other night.
It was dark, damp, and miserably cold. Those still awake at this ungodly time
of night huddled into seedy clubs and bars, desperate to find a break from
the monotony of their daily lives somewhere in the night life of the city of lights.
A thick, choking fog fell upon the city, forcing even the rodents out of the streets.
However, there are always those who push on undeterred by fog or cold, darkness
or shadow, rain or mud. On this desolate night, the creatures who pushed on did so
with one purpose, to dispose of a corpse with a quick toss into la Seine.
And so the story begins...
1. Never post a screenshot or quote any messages sent to you by the host. Paraphrasing is acceptable.
2. Do not talk about or mention this game outside of the game thread, mafia club, or private messages with the host.
3. Do not post after your death until the game has ended.
4. Follow all site-wide rules.
5. Play to your win condition
6. Do not bring external factors into the game. This includes, but is not limited to, compensation or bets.
1. The game consists of two alternating types of phases: day and night phases
2. Phase changes will occur at 9PM Eastern Daylight Time
3. This game has two factions: the town and the mafia
4. Players will be assigned roles randomly
5. Mafia players will have a secret club where they can discuss their plans
6. Each faction has a win-condition that its players must fulfill to win the game:
Town Win Condition: You win if all threats to the town are eliminated and at least one town-aligned player is alive. Mafia Win Condition: You win if at least one member of your group is alive and all other players are dead (or if nothing can prevent the same).
1. The game will start with a day phase
2. Day phases will last 48 hours each
3. If a player does not make at least 3 relevant game posts during a day phase, they will be deemed inactive and replaced
3. During the day phase, players will be able to vote on who they want to lynch
4. If at any point in the phase, a strict majority is achieved, votes will be locked and the phase will end
5. Time left in a phase that ends early will be added to the next night phase
6. At the end of the phase, if no majority is achieved, the player with the most votes will be lynched
7. Only the flavour category of the lynched player's role will be revealed
8. If the votes are tied at the end of the phase, no lynch will occur
9. Votes can be changed at any point during the day phase
10. When voting, post in bold and include the name of the player you are voting for like so:
Example said: Penta is always scum! Vote: PentaFlare
1. Night phases will last 24 hours each
2. The mafia will convene in their secret club to select their actions
3. Town players with abilities will PM their actions to the host
1. This game features a semi-open set-up. All possible roles are listed, but not all will be in play
2. Roles are sorted into flavour-based categories
3. A specified number of roles from each category will be in play
4. Upon death or lynch, only the flavour category of the player's role will be revealed, not the role
5. There are 8 distinct flavour categories, each listed below
Curious Investigators (1 in play)
Every film noire needs a daring lead who is not afraid to poke around where they don't belong
Private Eye: Town Special Cop
Every night may check a player to determine the flavour category of their role
Curious Amateur: Town Tracker
Every night may track a player to see who they visit
Femmes Fatales (1 in play)
What would an investigator be without a dangerous woman to pique their curiosity?
Seductress: Mafia Neighbourizer
Every night may pick a target to unlock a special chat with them for the next day phase
Secretary: Town Neighbourizer
Every night may pick a target to unlock a special chat with them for the next day phase
The Jealous Mobster (1 in play)
He wants her, and plans to show that investigator what happens when you stick your nose where it doesn't belong
Murderer: Mafia Goon
Mafia-aligned player with no special abilities
Townspeople (4 in play)
They are just extras. Don't pay them much heed
Citizen (x4): Town Vanilla
Town-aligned player with no special abilities
Those Who Hide (1 in play)
Everyone has secrets, but these characters have a lot more than everyone else
Deceitful Crook: Mafia Goon
Mafia-aligned player with no special abilities
Shady Lawyer: Town Miller
Will receive a "Citizen" role and will believe they are a Citizen but will invest and flip as one of Those Who Hide
Killers (2 in game)
Nothing makes a film gritty like some good deaths, especially deaths in the pursuit of justice
Hardened Criminal: Mafia Paranoid Gun-Owner
Twice per game may activate their ability at night to shoot any visitors. If someone is shot, this ability is lost
Torturer: Mafia Jailkeeper
Every night may pick a target to both roleblock and protect
The Law Itself: Town Vigilante
Once per game may pick a target to kill at night
Grizzled Police Chief: Town Jailkeeper
Every night may pick a target to both roleblock and protect
Intrigue (2 in game)
Every film noire needs to use the elements of dramatic writing, might as well embody them
Mystery: Mafia Janitor
Once per game may hide the role type of a player killed by the mafia
Suspense: Mafia Ninja
Once per game, may kill a player without visiting them. Everyone knows it is coming, but it sure won't happen on screen
Foreshadowing: Town Back-Up Investigator
If a Curious Investigator dies before D3, you will become a 1-shot Special Cop but will still flip as Intrigue
Pathetic Fallacy: Town Named Vanilla
It is always raining, it is always dark, it is always cold, and it is all your fault. Town-aligned player with no special abilities
Wild Card (1 in game)
It wouldn't be a good mystery without some more uncertainty, would it?
One role not in use will be added to finalize the role list.
This role could come from any other category.
It will still flip as the category it is from upon death.
I have 12/13 confirmations at this point. I'm going to start the game tonight if there are no objections. Everyone has received and read their role pm. Including roz because I'm sneaky and annoying. :)
PentaFlare said: I have 12/13 confirmations at this point. I'm going to start the game tonight if there are no objections. Everyone has received and read their role pm. Including roz because I'm sneaky and annoying. :)
It's a play on words with Louis Armstrong's "La vie en rose", a jazz song, of which the title is a french expression for a very romanticized and beautiful outlook on life. The title for this game would be the opposite, translating as "life in darkness" (although the literal translation would be "life in back")
Scene 1
Scene opens on a street corner. There is a solitary streetlamp, struggling to shine some light on this dark night and with an old bench below it.
On the other side of the streetlight, a newspaper dispenser can be seen. The headline reads "La corps d'une jeune homme retrouvé dans la Seine".
All three are soaked from the torrential downpour, along with the two gentleman, both in long, black coats. One walks away slowly towards a side alley.
The other lies facedown in a puddle, blood seeping from a wound in his side, slowly turning the water around him a dark shade of crimson.
blinddate she was never awake even with her eyes wide open never where she longed to be and if you’d meet her just know you were on a blind date with a dreamer
blinddate she was never awake even with her eyes wide open never where she longed to be and if you’d meet her just know you were on a blind date with a dreamer
I am gonna start off by saying this now, if a miller doesn claim in the next 24 hours i am gonna assume that slot is taking by the mafia goon, atleast until the wild cards role is known.
Shinichi-Kun said: I am gonna start off by saying this now, if a miller doesn claim in the next 24 hours i am gonna assume that slot is taking by the mafia goon, atleast until the wild cards role is known.
I also believe the neighborizer should claim as soon as possible since that role has a 50/50 chance to be scum, unless u have other plans with the role i dont see a reason for it to be hidden away from the public.
Shinichi-Kun said: I am gonna start off by saying this now, if a miller doesn claim in the next 24 hours i am gonna assume that slot is taking by the mafia goon, atleast until the wild cards role is known.
Read the role again
Oh wtf thats clever haha, ignore what i said about the miller.
I am more worred about the deceitful crook now because if he gets investigated he can just claim that he was given the innocent role :/, what a trouble some role.
1. There are 4 Vanilla in play
2. The Jealous Mobster (1 in play) (Mafia Goon)
3. Those Who Hide (1 in play) (both roles in this group with show up as mafia
aligned)
Less Confirmed: I believe this game is semi flip and you only see the flavor group of the person that dies and gets lynched
blinddate she was never awake even with her eyes wide open never where she longed to be and if you’d meet her just know you were on a blind date with a dreamer
Clarification on the order of actions:
If multiple night actions might conflict, they will be resolved in this order:
Paranoid Gun-Owner
Town Jailkeeper
Mafia Jailkeeper
All other actions
Wisp-O said: Ok lets start off with what is confirmed:
1. There are 4 Vanilla in play
2. The Jealous Mobster (1 in play) (Mafia Goon)
3. Those Who Hide (1 in play) (both roles in this group with show up as mafia
aligned)
Less Confirmed: I believe this game is semi flip and you only see the flavor group of the person that dies and gets lynched
3 will be harder to catch, hopefully if a cop exists they find the jealous mobster as soonas possible.
@shinichi-kun wtf do you mean by my forum set? Secondly, why are you voting for yourself? Third, I dont believe claiming will solve this game, read above where i posted about how I think flips work.
blinddate she was never awake even with her eyes wide open never where she longed to be and if you’d meet her just know you were on a blind date with a dreamer
PentaFlare said: Clarification on the order of actions:
If multiple night actions might conflict, they will be resolved in this order:
Paranoid Gun-Owner
Town Jailkeeper
Mafia Jailkeeper
All other actions
its is possible for both jail keepers to exist? If so why is town 1 faster than the mafia 1? Is there a logical decision behind that?
Wisp-O said: Ok lets start off with what is confirmed:
1. There are 4 Vanilla in play
2. The Jealous Mobster (1 in play) (Mafia Goon)
3. Those Who Hide (1 in play) (both roles in this group with show up as mafia
aligned)
Less Confirmed: I believe this game is semi flip and you only see the flavor group of the person that dies and gets lynched
Also minimum mafia i would assume is 1 and maximum is prob 4 or 5
Wisp-O said: New Info:
Miller will not know he is miller
@shinichi-kun wtf do you mean by my forum set? Secondly, why are you voting for yourself? Third, I dont believe claiming will solve this game, read above where i posted about how I think flips work.
Ur forum avatar and ur signature -.-.
Because I can, and also ik how they work but claiming categories wont change much.
PentaFlare said: Clarification on the order of actions:
If multiple night actions might conflict, they will be resolved in this order:
Paranoid Gun-Owner
Town Jailkeeper
Mafia Jailkeeper
All other actions
its is possible for both jail keepers to exist? If so why is town 1 faster than the mafia 1? Is there a logical decision behind that?
It is possible for both to exist. The reason for town resolving first is because it makes more sense flavour-wise.
logic340 said: @Shinichi-kun I want your Syo forum set hand it over.
Also why do you think Shinichi is role fishing so heavy to start this game?
maybe he thinks its beneficial? I on the other hand dont...
blinddate she was never awake even with her eyes wide open never where she longed to be and if you’d meet her just know you were on a blind date with a dreamer
PentaFlare said: Clarification on the order of actions:
If multiple night actions might conflict, they will be resolved in this order:
Paranoid Gun-Owner
Town Jailkeeper
Mafia Jailkeeper
All other actions
its is possible for both jail keepers to exist? If so why is town 1 faster than the mafia 1? Is there a logical decision behind that?
It is possible for both to exist. The reason for town resolving first is because it makes more sense flavour-wise.
@shinichi-kun link is in my signature, both made by Chrome Falcon
blinddate she was never awake even with her eyes wide open never where she longed to be and if you’d meet her just know you were on a blind date with a dreamer
It wouldn't be a good mystery without some more uncertainty, would it?
One role not in use will be added to finalize the role list.
This role could come from any other category.
It will still flip as the category it is from upon death.
so there is one extra role from a random category
blinddate she was never awake even with her eyes wide open never where she longed to be and if you’d meet her just know you were on a blind date with a dreamer
Shinichi-Kun said: Pathetic Fallacy: Town Named Vanilla I also think if this role exists someone should claim it cause it harms no one for thiis role to be claimed.
Shinichi-Kun said: Pathetic Fallacy: Town Named Vanilla I also think if this role exists someone should claim it cause it harms no one for thiis role to be claimed.
wouldn't this cause harm to potential town pr's?
Outside of narrowing down potential pr, when 4 vanilla townies exist i doubt it. Plus the only other PR in that section is a backup.
Actually I take that back, I think both town and mafia are equally harmed by vanilla claims. So I wouldnt mind some vanilla claims
blinddate she was never awake even with her eyes wide open never where she longed to be and if you’d meet her just know you were on a blind date with a dreamer
Wisp-O said: Actually I take that back, I think both town and mafia are equally harmed by vanilla claims. So I wouldnt mind some vanilla claims
mafia have PR's as well plus if a mafia jail keeper exists, the sooner it gets known the better.
why are you voting urself...
blinddate she was never awake even with her eyes wide open never where she longed to be and if you’d meet her just know you were on a blind date with a dreamer
Shinichi-Kun said: Pathetic Fallacy: Town Named Vanilla I also think if this role exists someone should claim it cause it harms no one for thiis role to be claimed.
wouldn't this cause harm to potential town pr's?
Outside of narrowing down potential pr, when 4 vanilla townies exist i doubt it. Plus the only other PR in that section is a backup.
bolded sounds horrible tho. If a fifth vt exists how does coming forward help town? Is that player like IC in it eyes after that? To me the con out weighs the pro.
Shinichi-Kun said: Pathetic Fallacy: Town Named Vanilla I also think if this role exists someone should claim it cause it harms no one for thiis role to be claimed.
wouldn't this cause harm to potential town pr's?
Outside of narrowing down potential pr, when 4 vanilla townies exist i doubt it. Plus the only other PR in that section is a backup.
bolded sounds horrible tho. If a fifth vt exists how does coming forward help town? Is that player like IC in it eyes after that? To me the con out weighs the pro.
No not at all, but i dont think town should be lieing about being a vt makes literally no sense for someone thats town to lie about that, it actually harms town.