[Morgoth]

Game Mechanics

1 - General Structure
Players may begin posting as soon as the mods announce that the game has started on the thread. The game begins during the day. The day ends when when a sufficient number of people have voted to lynch a player (remove that player from the game) or voted to end the day without a lynch. Many games also have time limits on the days, and if no consensus is reached when the time expires, the day ends with no lynch (36 hours is the time limit for the present game). When the day phase has ended, night begins. The mods will then post a scene reporting the outcome of the day. Players may continue posting in the thread (unless they've been voted out) but no voting is allowed. Night ends when the mods post the morning scene reporting the outcome of the night actions. Day and night phases continue to alternate until the game ends.

2 - Day Phase
During the day, players may post in the thread and vote. Some roles may have special powers which can be used during the day. See later posts for a list of roles.

2.1 - Voting Mechanics
To vote for a player: bold that player's name.
To vote to end the day without a lynch: bold the word night.
To change your vote: bold the other player's name (or bold night).
To remove your vote without casting a new vote: bold the phrase remove vote.

2.2 - Voting Restrictions
You may only vote during the day phase. You can only have one vote outstanding at any time. You may not vote for yourself. You may not edit a vote into a post. You may not edit a vote out of a post.

2.3 - Bold Restrictions
The use of bold should be limited to voting. If you want to emphasize a players name or another word, you can underline the word or post using a different color

2.4 - Majority Defined
A majority means either more than half of the active players voting for one player's lynch or half or more of the active players voting to go to night without a lynch.

2.5 - Ending the Day
The day ends as soon as a majority is reached (or, if the game has a day time limit and the players fail to achieve a majority, once the time limit has elapsed). Anyone lynched is no longer an active player and must not post in the thread. Votes can no longer be withdrawn and new votes cannot be cast until the night phase ends.

2.6 - Evening Scene
The mods will post a scene shortly after the day ends to report the results of the day actions. If the day ended with a player's lynch, the mods might also reveal information about the lynched player, such as the player’s alt or alignment. This is the mods’ choice, and they’ll explain what, if any, information will be revealed in the game rules. There are no hidden clues in the evening scenes.

3 - Night Phase
During the night, players may post in the thread but may not vote. Some players will have the ability to perform special actions. Once again, the mods decide which roles will be included for their game, so be sure to fully read the game rules and any role descriptions which may be included.

3.1 - Performing a Night Action
If your role includes the ability to perform a special action at night, you need to PM the mods to indicate the action you wish to take. Most, if not all, roles have the ability to "withhold" their powers (i.e. take no action). This will be made clear to the roled players, and, usually, to all other players as well. If you chose to not perform your allowed action, you must PM "no action" to the mods. Most games have a time limit on nights (12 hours is the time limit for the present game). All players must PM their night actions to the mods within this timeframe. Players are strongly encouraged to send their night actions as soon as possible. You may also send in a PM for your special action during the day phase, this is very strongly encouraged.

3.2 - Contingent PM
If you send in a PM during the day phase, you may choose to list alternative actions contingent on the manner in which the day ended. If none of the contingencies you list actually occur, your PM will be disregarded, and you must send a new PM to the mods (example: if Meanas is lynched I kill Kaschan, otherwise I kill Hood's Path).

3.3 - Provisional PM
You may choose to send a provisional PM if you want to further consider your night action but do not want to extend the night if all other roled players have decided upon their actions. Provisional PMs must be clearly marked as such. A provisional PM will not be acted upon by the mods until it becomes a 'definite PM.' A provisional PM becomes definite as soon as ( a ) you confirm your choice with another PM, ( b ) all other roled players that need to send night actions have done so, or ( c ) the time limit for the night has expired.

As a courtesy to other players we ask that you confirm your provisional PM as soon as you are able.

3.4 - Last Resort PM
In extraordinary circumstances you may be allowed to send in a last resort PM. A last resort PM will not be acted upon by the mods until ( a ) you confirm your choice with another PM or ( b ) the time limit for the night has expired. Should you need to send a last resort PM, you must first seek the mods approval by explaining the circumstances that necessitate such a PM. Last resort PMs are accepted only at the discretion of the mods.

3.5 - Failure to PM
If not all PMs are received within the time limit, everyone who has failed to send in a PM will be considered to have taken no action. In addition, those who failed to send in a PM will be warned by the mods or may risk further penalties.

3.6 - Changing a Night Action
PMs to the mod can be changed at any point before the new day is announced. A PM is considered to be changed only after the mod receives and has read the PM. The player bears the risk that the mod will post the morning scene after the player has sent in a new PM but before the mod has actually read it.

3.7 - Abusing the Time Limit
If the mods have included a night time limit, it begins as soon as the previous day ended, regardless of when the mods posted the evening scene. However, this time limit is a maximum limit, and all players should send in PMs as soon as they feel comfortable doing so. Players (and mods) prefer shorter nights, as people are anxious to see who may have died and to begin voting again. If the mods feel that a player is abusing the time limit by unreasonably stalling, they may force the player to take no night action or take other appropriate action.

3.8 Preventing Night Actions
Except where expressly noted, no night actions prevent any other night actions sent in from taking effect.

3.9 - Morning Scene
The night phase ends when the mods post the morning scene. The mods will post the scene shortly after all night action PMs have been received. The scene will report any player deaths that occurred during the night, and might also reveal information about the lynched player, such as the player’s alt or alignment. There are no hidden clues in the morning scenes. As soon as the scene is posted any players who have been killed at night will no longer be active players and can no longer post in the thread. The time limit for the new day will begin with the morning scene.

Section 4 - Endgame
The game will continue to alternate between day and night phases until the game ends. The game can end after either a day or night phase.

4.1 - Winning Conditions
The game ends once one faction has reached its winning conditions, which the mods will state in a later post.

Mafia is a team game. Once one faction achieves its winning conditions, all members of that faction have won whether or not they are active players when the winning conditions are achieved.

4.2 - Ending Scene
The mods will post an ending scene and declare the game over shortly after one faction achieves its winning conditions. If for any reason it becomes impossible for either faction to achieve its winning conditions, the mods will declare the game a draw.

The game is only over when a mod posts the ending scene. Even if you know (or believe you know) the result of the game before then, you may not post in the thread unless you are an active player.

4.3 - Calling the Game Early
The mods reserve the right to end the game at any time before a faction achieves its winning conditions provided there are compelling reasons to do so. In general, the mods will end the game early as soon as one faction's victory becomes inevitable.

4.4 - Spoilers
When the game is over, the mods will reveal the alts and roles of everybody who played and also give everyone access to the spoiled spectator threads on the discussion board.

RULES

All players must:

A1) Have an account on malazanempire.com/forums

A2) Log in and view the thread and the discussion board anonymously at all times, unless they have informed the mods that this is not possible for technical reasons

A3) Post at least once every 24 hours. Any player who has not posted within the last 24 hours will be automatically modkilled, whether or not the mods announce this on the thread.

The mods may grant extensions to this limit in some cases (if so, they will give details in a later post). However, if they have not posted on the thread to announce an extension before the 24 hour limit is reached, no extension will be granted, whatever may have been said elsewhere. Please contact the mods as early as possible if you wish to request an extension.

A4) Send in role prescribed night actions (including the desire to take no action) within the time limit

A5) Treat everybody else playing with courtesy and respect

A6) Make any edits the mods request of them as soon as possible, whether or not they believe that the posts need to be edited.

A7) Contact the game mods as soon as possible if they feel you are at risk of breaking a rule or fear they or another person may have already done so.

Players must not:

B1) Act in any way intended to reduce the chance of their faction achieving its win conditions. (However, should all surviving members of a faction agree that they wish to resign and end the game early, they may do so by PMing the mods privately, without stating their intentions on-thread until the mods post to announce that the game is over.)

B2) Discuss the game with any other living players outside this game thread except when told they may do so in their role PMs.

B3) Reveal any information about the game at all in any other thread than this one, or in any other forum (including message boards and chat rooms) where it may be seen by a living player.

B4) Give anybody access to any of their accounts (including game alts, if the game is using them), either here or on the mafia discussion board.

B5) Attempt to obtain advice about the game from anybody not currently playing.

B6) Post information on the thread relating to another player's past or current activity on (or absence from) the board that would not otherwise be available to anybody reading the thread.

B7) Quote, in whole or part, PMs from (or other private conversations with) the mods on the thread, or discuss the timing of any PMs sent to the mods.

B8) Post on the thread at any time after they are dead until the mods themselves post on the thread to announce that the game is over. Any posts accidently made after death should be immediately edited blank.

B9) Make any bets about the game.

B10) Offer to break any of these rules or any other rules the mods have set in place for the game, encourage others to do so or help to conceal the fact that rules have been broken.

AND JUST SO YOU KNOW

C1) Failure to comply with the rules may result in any punishment the mods deem appropriate, including, but not limited to: a request to edit posts; formal warnings on thread; "modkilling", lashing, spanking, paddling, the rack, thumbscrews, waterboarding, time-out, death and/or ending the game prematurely in favor of one faction or none. Except where clearly stated in the rules, the mods are free to respond to any rules violation in whatever manner they wish. In all cases the mods' decision on these matters is final.

C2) Feel free to PM your thoughts (or questions) to the mods. We love to hear them!

C3) The mods reserve the right to amend the rules during the game if we realize we've forgotten to cover something.

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As well as running the game on this thread, the mods are also responsible for administering the spoiler thread on the discussion board. Anybody not actively involved in the game (whether spectators or dead players) can request access to this thread by PMing the mods. Please not that while in general the mods will be happy to let anybody have access to this thread, they do reserve the right to refuse access to anybody for any reason. Accordingly, please do not ask anybody other than the mods for access to the spoiler thread or give yourself access to it, even if you have the power to do so.

Once given access to the thread, spoiled spectators should also take note of the following rules, and must not:

D1) Share any information from the spoiler thread with living players, or post such in a forum where it may be seen by living players.

D2) Offer any advice, hints or strategy to living players.

D3) Make personal attacks on players in the game or on posters in the spoiler thread itself

D4) Post on the game thread before the mods announce that the game is over.

[Morgoth]

Specific rules for Game 31:

These are the specific rules for Game 31. We encourage you to read them carefully, as merely glancing over the rules usually results in lack-luster performance during the game. If you have any doubt regarding the rules you may PM the mods. Questions asked on the game thread will not be answered. These rules may change at any point prior to the beginning of the game. If the game doesn’t reach its 20/23 player goal they may change drastically, otherwise any change will likely be minor.

This will be an alted game. Day-time limit is 36 hours; night-time limit is 12. You will be mod-killed or replaced if you fail to post during 24 hours unless you notify the mods in advance that you might have a problem.

A coronor finder will be in effect. Upon death a players faction and identity will be revealed.

There are five factions in the game; , The Di Lauro clan, The Corleone clan, The Nouveletta clan, the Triad, and the South American drug cartells. Any of the three italian families and the Triad win if they gain a full majority. The South American drug cartels win by gaining control of the largest remaining faction.

Clan Roles:

The Don - The Don is the head of his family. All member of his famliy know his identity but he knows only the identity of the Poisoner. The Don is immune to the powers of the Faceless Man.

Being a man of influence, the Don can twice during the game call in favours from other families. During the night, the Don can send in the name of one player to the Mods. If that player turns out to be the leader of another Italian clan, that player is killed. If the player in question is not the leader of another Italian clan, the atempt fails.

If the Don dies, the mantel of leadership is transfered to the highest ranking member still alive within the clan. All members of the clan will be informed of the identity of the new leader, but the new leader will not learn of the identity of the Poisoner.

the Poisoner - The Poisoner knows the identity of the Don. He is immune to the powers of the FM.

Once a night the poisoner can send the name of one player to the Mods. That player will unknowingly receive a poison token. Any player holding two or more tokens will die of poisoning.

Doctor - The doctor knows the identity of the Don. He is the second highest ranking member of the clan and will become leader if the Don is killed.

Once a night the Doctor can send the name of one player to the Mods. If that player holds one or more poison token, one of these tokens are removed.

the Hired Detektive - The hired detektive is the third highest ranking member of the clan.

Once a night the hired detective can send the name of a player to the mods. That player's faction will be investigated and the result given to the HD.

the Guard - The Guard is the fourth highest ranking member of the clan.

Once a night the guard can send the name of a player to the mods. That player will be unable to commit any action during that night.

the Hitman - the Hitman is the fifth highest ranking member of the clan.

One night, the hitman can send the name of a player to the mods. The decided player will be killed by the end of the night. After this, the Hitman has fulfilled his contract and becomes a regular grunt.

the Thug the Thug is the sixth highest ranking member of the clan.

The thug, having been the target of numerous attacks throughout his career as a clan attack dog, has built up a strong resistance to poison among other things. As such three poison tokens are needed to end his life.

The Grunt The grunt has no special powers. He is not even ranked and is thus not as loyal as is the rest of the clan.

The Triad

Triad Representative - It's difficult sometimes to say where the Triad ends and the chinese government begins. Sufficient to say is that a representative of the triad has ready access to substansial levels of cash. Cash that is meant to be used.

Once a night the TR can attempt to buy the loyalty of one of the other players. Unfortunately, the bonds of loyalty within the Italian families are strong, and thus only the lowliest of members can be recruited. Ergo, if the TR targets a player who is not a Grunt, his action fails.

If the TR is killed, the first he recruited takes his place and so on and so forth.

The TR, though not his sucessor, is immune to the FM.

The Cartel

The Faceless Man - The Faceless Man is one of those men who blends in. You don't remember him, no matter where you met him. This makes him not only an excellent hitman, but also an unmatched impersinator.

Once a night the FM can pick a player which place he wishes to take. The first night he spends making ready. Learning the persons habits, singularities etc. The second night he kills the person unless he has changed his mind inbetween. At the end of the second night, the FM learns the password of the new account and takes control of it (all pms having been cleared in advance). The FMs old alt will be listed as dead, and will be to shown by the CF to have been inhabited by the player who originaly used the FMs new alt. To use an example: Player 1 is the FM and inhabits Meanas. Player 2 inhabits D'riss. the FM takes the D'riss alt, and Meanas is anounced dead with Player 2 inhabiting it.

[Morgoth]

The unnamed village looks like the sort of tranquil, uniquely Italian place you only ever find in a brochure. The reality is quite different. Walking down the main street, taking in the cracking walls, the flaking paint, the few, ancient people huddling on rotting benches. There is not much life here. This village is dying.

Or it was dying. Amusingly, new hope looms on the horizon, not because of a new development but because of something very old and overlooked. As it turns out, within the chaos that is Italian law, a strange anomaly has been discovered. A small area, a little village once the home of a lords aunt many centuries ago, turns out to be exempt from certain aspects of the law . This aunt, it turns out, was fond of her money, and her nephew was... equally fond of her money. As a result, no taxes needed be paid from the area. Imagine building a port, a nexus of commerce right there.

Naturally, there is no such thing as a perfect secret. Especially one as large as this one. Whomever controls this unnamed little village controls a potential source of income that could rival the docks of Napoli themselves. A price worth fighting for. Indeed, it's a price worth dying for. The question naturally will be who has the strength and the willpower necessary to grasp it.

[Path-Shaper]

The thread is open, the fight is on. Good luck everyone

Alts:
Mockra
Omtose
Ruse
Serc
Korvalain
Fener
Galain
Gamelon
Hood's Path
Kaschan
Liosan
Meanas
Shadow
Barghast
D'riss
Emurlahn
Telas
Tellan
Tennes
Thyrllan

[Liosan]

Oh Christ, this is going to be fun...

[Shadow]

Yes it is.

[Liosan]

Shadow, on Oct 6 2008, 04:18 AM, said:

Yes it is.

Your avatar is creepy, signor.

Or signorina. Whatever you like.

[Ruse]

The new avatars are really, really nice.

[Korvalain]

Canelloni? No fockin'a way, you go get'a dem yousself'a!

[Ruse]

Korvalain, on Oct 6 2008, 11:30 AM, said:

Canelloni? No fockin'a way, you go get'a dem yousself'a!

And there's the Cartel guy, trying to blend in...

[Liosan]

Korvalain, on Oct 6 2008, 04:30 AM, said:

Canelloni? No fockin'a way, you go get'a dem yousself'a!

Way to be subtle...

[Telas]

so its just like 17 then, sweet that game was great fun.

[Telas]

wow i need to stay off the juice i noticed telas and posted and checked in to see what they said, and lo and behold I am Telas!!!

vote korvalain

rp is bad, you were a vig in the last game, and i preferred the old avatar.

or in english - random!!!

oh and you aint my leader so your fair game.

edited to add vote and leader bit

This post has been edited by Telas: 06 October 2008 - 11:45 AM

[Korvalain]

Youse guys make an old'a stereotype cry'a

[Liosan]

Telas, on Oct 6 2008, 04:44 AM, said:

wow i need to stay off the juice i noticed telas and posted and checked in to see what they said, and lo and behold I am Telas!!!

vote korvalain

rp is bad, you were a vig in the last game, and i preferred the old avatar.

or in english - random!!!

oh and you aint my leader so your fair game.

edited to add vote and leader bit

Dude are you okay...

[Telas]

Liosan, on Oct 6 2008, 12:57 PM, said:

Telas, on Oct 6 2008, 04:44 AM, said:

wow i need to stay off the juice i noticed telas and posted and checked in to see what they said, and lo and behold I am Telas!!!

vote korvalain

rp is bad, you were a vig in the last game, and i preferred the old avatar.

or in english - random!!!

oh and you aint my leader so your fair game.

edited to add vote and leader bit

Dude are you okay...

that is a matter of opinion...

[Path-Shaper]

It's day 1. There's 35 hours left of the day

There are 20 players remaining: Mockra, Omtose, Ruse, Serc, Korvalain, Fener, Galain, Gamelon, Hood's Path, Kaschan, Liosan, Meanas, Shadow, Barghast, D'riss, Emurlahn, Telas,Tellan,Tennes, Thyrllan

11 votes needed to lynch
10 votes needed to go to night

1 vote for Korvalain (Telas)

19 players have not voted: Mockra, Omtose, Ruse, Serc, Korvalain, Fener, Galain, Gamelon, Hood's Path, Kaschan, Liosan, Meanas, Shadow, Barghast, D'riss, Emurlahn, Tellan,Tennes, Thyrllan

[Kaschan]

so, we're already being random? ugh

checking in, largely to check out my avatar
gotta head off soon, back in 3 or so hours.

[Liosan]

Korvalain, on Oct 6 2008, 04:30 AM, said:

Canelloni? No fockin'a way, you go get'a dem yousself'a!

Additionally, Korvalain, what do you mean by "Canelloni"? Pretty sure that's not one of the mafia factions...

[Korvalain]

Telas, on Oct 6 2008, 12:44 PM, said:

wow i need to stay off the juice i noticed telas and posted and checked in to see what they said, and lo and behold I am Telas!!!

vote korvalain

rp is bad, you were a vig in the last game, and i preferred the old avatar.

or in english - random!!!

oh and you aint my leader so your fair game.

edited to add vote and leader bit

I an't youre padrino, but how you knows we ain't got the same one-a?

Only way would be youse a triad somabishh.