Night 7 ends.
Torres951 has been killed in the night and is the last Tree Stump.
It is now Day 8, but ...
The Mafia faction (iSocialism and Canik) wins in the endgame.
Who was who at the end?
Mafia
- Mafia Ninja Godfather – iSocialism, also Infected at the end
- Mafia Ninja Godfather – Canik, also Infected at the end
Living Townies
- Wrong Place at the Wrong Time Bloodhound – Lord MK
- Gravedigger Follower – Tony Maurice (Colonel Medved previously)
Infected Tree Stumps
- COVID-19 Infection (Cult) Leader and Infection Goo-Maker – Nadarr
- Doctor and Even-night Reviver – SealTeamPi
Non-Infected Tree Stumps
- Alarmist and Odd-Night Reviver – Brewersalliance
- Fruit Vendor and Odd-Night Deprogrammer – Dontavian
- Evangelistic Townie and Even-night Deprogrammer – Rafay
- Miller Private Investigator – Torres951
- Evangelistic Townie Cop – Lyner
- Motion Detector 3-shot Commuter – Velocity
- Paranoid Gun Owner Tourist – Robert2424
- Ascetic (starting Day 2) Vigilante – The Warrior
Sportmanship award goes to Colonel Medved for admitting he learned outside the game after he died that Nadarr had infected him but couldn’t fairly be revived with that knowledge. That’s when Tony Maurice replaced him.
Thoughts on design:
I’m pleased we made it to Day 8 and any faction could have won it until very late in the game, so my attempt at balance worked. Here’s what I was thinking.
Seven players were designated as Deathproof through Day 2: Nadarr, iSocialism, Canik, Brewersalliance, SealTeamPi, Dontavian, and Rafay. This saved Nadarr from a Mafia-kill Night 1, and Rafay from a lynch Day 2. The idea was not to let the game swing one way or another too soon.
The infection mechanic …
Welcome Nadarr!
You are COVID-19 Infection (Cult) Leader and Infection Goo-Maker
◦ Deathproof through Day 2
◦ Night 1: Target someone who will take on Black Goo. They are not Infected but the first two players who target them on succeeding nights will become Infected (Cult).
◦ Night 2: Target someone to make them the Backup Infection (Cult) Leader. They will become Infected but not told they are the backup Leader until your death.
◦ Night 3 onward: Target someone to make them Infected, or target someone to take on Black Goo if it doesn’t exist in the game.
◦ Cult Members will be told they are now Cult but will not know any other Cult members.
◦ You will be told as players become Cult through Black Goo or leave the Cult through Deprogramming.
◦ Win condition is to have 9 players infected.
Black Goo ...
Brewersalliance got the Black Goo on Night 1. He was also targeted by 3 investigators that same night. He was not targeted again until Night 6 when the Mafia killed him; that’s how Canik got infected, but I expected more players to be Infected via Black Goo.
Mafia ...
Welcome iSocialism and Canuk!
You are both Mafia Ninja Godfathers
- Deathproof through Day 2; Immune to Cult mechanics through Night 2
- If Infected (recruited to the Cult), you will investigate as a Cultist but still retain Mafia affiliation for win condition and can even deliver the Mafia factional kill.
- If killed, you become a Tree Stump. You may still talk in the game and in the Mafia Quick-Topic but may not deliver the factional kill.
- For fake role-claim purposes, almost everyone has a combination of two roles and nobody is given a flavor name.
Quicktopic for discussion it at
https://www.quicktopic.com/53/H/vpCMKNw2NRy
The killing mechanics …
We had a paranoid gun owner, a townie vigilante, and the Mafia factional kill so we could have had up to 3 deaths in a night, but that didn’t happen. The PGO was lynched Day 1 and the only shot the Vigilante took was at the same target as the mafia on Night 4.
False Investigations ...
Five townies had modifiers to make them look guilty in one way or another. Normal advice is to claim it right away to avoid being investigated and then having to explain the guilty result. I thought it might make an entertaining Day 1 when everybody claimed but instead nobody claimed.
Ninja Godfathers?
With all the roles out there, nobody would believe there were vanilla townies in the game. I was hoping to make the mafia invent some fake claims and get caught in a lie, but that didn’t happen.
Revivers and Deprogrammers …
Since I thought the deaths and infections would come faster, I tried to balance that with mechanics to bring people back from death and infection. Only 2 revives occurred.
Ascetic Vigilante?
With the Infecteds being a faction, I foresaw a situation where those that were infected would reach a critical mass and try to win as the Infected faction. For balance, I added the Vigilante to be able to kill off the Infecteds if needed.
Tree Stumps
Since players could come back into the game, No-Reveal and Tree Stumps were used. I’d read about the role and was glad to have an excuse to use it.
Game Summary
Day 1
Lynched Robert2424
Night 1
Canik attempted Mafia kill on deathproof Nadarr
Black Goo given to Brewersalliance by Nadarr
Brewersallinace did Alarmist on The Warrior; did not revive anyone
Lord MK bloodhounded Brewersalliance
Colonel Medved/Tony Maurice followed Brewersalliance
Velocity motion detected Brewersalliance
Dontavian gave fruit to Torres951 and deprogrammed Lord MK
Torres951 private investigated Dontavian
Lyner cop investigated The Warrior
Day 2
Lynch attempted on Rafay but he was deathproof
Night 2
Nadarr infected Colonel Medved/Tony Maurice and made him Backup Cult Leader
iSocialism did Mafia kill on Dontavian
Brewersallinace did Alarmist on The Warrior
SealTeamPi protected iSocialism; did not revive anyone
Dontavian gave fruit to SealTeamPi
Rafay deprogrammed Torres951
Lord MK bloodhounded iSocialism
Torres 951 private investigated Colonel Medved/Tony Maurice
Lyner cop investigated Colonel Medved
Colonel Medved/Tony Maurice followed SealTeamPi
Day 3
Lynched Colonel Medved/Tony Maurice
Night 3
Nadarr infected Lord MK
iSocialism did Mafia kill on SealTeamPi
Brewersallinace did Alarmist on Lyner; revived Colonel Medved/Tony Maurice
SealTeamPi protected Nadarr
Lord MK bloodhounded Lyner
Torres951 private investigated Lyner
Lyner cop investigated Canik
Velocity motion detected Torres951
Day 4
Lynched Lyner
Night 4
Nadarr infected iSocialism
Canik did Mafia kill on Rafay
The Warrior did Vigilante kill on Rafay
Brewersallinace did Alarmist on The Warrior
Rafay deprogrammed Velocity
Torres951 private investigated Rafay
Tony Maurice/Colonel Medved followed Canik
Day 5
Lynched Lord MK
Night 5
Nadarr infected SealTeamPi
Canik did Mafia kill on The Warrior
Brewersallinace did Alarmist on The Warrior; revived Lord MK
Torres951 private investigated The Warrior
Tony Maurice/Colonel Medved followed Velocity
Day 6
Lynched Nadarr
Night 6
Canik did Mafia kill on Brewersalliance (Black Goo and last Reviver eliminated so now impossible for Infected faction to win)
Lord MK bloodhounded Velocity
Torres951 private investigated Lord MK
(at this point. it is 4 Townies to 2 Mafia)
Day 7
Lynched Velocity
Night 7
Canik did Mafia kill on Torres951
Lord MK bloodhounded iSocialism
Tony Maurice/Colonel Medved followed Canik
Day 8
(now 2 Townies to 2 Mafia, so Mafia wins)
Congratulations to iSocialism and Canik!