We could try to run a 'War in the Palace' setup. I'd be interested how that plays out and I could run it. We would need an odd number of players (not to be confused with a number of odd players), at least 7.

https://wiki.mafiascum.net/index.php?title=War_in_the_Palace

@Pooka: should we draw straws to see who runs the next game?

^ Interesting. And with seven players it should be relatively short, given it's nightless.

No need for drawing anything, I prefer not having to run the next interim game after all.

Hence the drawing. He who draws the short straw has to run the game. But if you prefer that, I'll take the short straw voluntarily and cook something up. I'll open a sign up thread on the weekend.

Sorry for the off-topic but I'd like to take a step back and return on the topic of adult games. The problem with the one I'm playing (which I'm still enjoying by the way) is that every time I put on something else I get annoyed when I don't get to hook up with the other characters. I don't even feel like playing Overwatch anymore! If reminds me of that episode of Friends where Chandler and Joey realized they had all-day porn on TV for free, by mistake, and after a while they started to get frustrated when the delivery girl didn't offer to have sex with them.

Rant over. You may continue with mafia related proceedings.

Well, we can still draw the short end on other things. For example: who gets to play the weirdest adult games :)

Time to diversify your adult media! Put on buttloads of other games where you date people for the heck of it.

I... think this might be a sign of overindulgence. Even for someone with porno in their username. >_>

LOL, +1.

Or maybe it's just one of those situations where the characters you cannot hook up with would be a lot better than the ones you cannot hook up with thus the end result is always unsatisfying.

New signup thread:

https://www.gog.com/forum/general/forum_game_nikola_tesla_vs_thomas_edison_signup_for_a_social_deduction_game

Would, whoever has the current whyquicktopicwhy admin password, send that to me via PM? So that I can create the observer thread.

Well, it's a yurt-urn. ... I mean, it's your turn! ;-)

OOF THAT WAS ME

...what did you do then? Damn.

That was a fun game Lift.

This setup has the advantage of being short enough that it can accommodate even somewhat busy people. I probably wouldn't be able to participate in a 2-month long game of Mafia at my current workload-timeoff ratio, but it was fairly easy for me to enter this game. Admittedly it ended earlier than expected but it still wouldn't take longer than 2 weeks, even if you were going to be generous with the deadlines.

The fact that it is Nightless was also interestingly useful. It keeps the players from wandering off and forgetting they're even playing a game. Not that it influenced your game, which ended upon the first lynch, but it could.

It was absolutely worth playing. Let's do another one of these some other time.

INVITATION TO THE MAFIA CHAMPIONSHIP (SEASON 10)

Ahoy there! :)

I’m very excited to invite your community to participate in Season 10 of the Mafia Championship.

The Mafia Championship is an annual forum-based tournament series that pits representatives from various online Mafia (aka Werewolf) communities against one another as they compete to determine the Internet’s greatest forum Mafia player. Each participating community democratically elects one person to represent them and be their “Champion”.

The tournament first started back in 2013. Since then, 370+ different communities and 50+ different nationalities have been represented.

It’s a super fun event that has created many new friendships and close bonds between communities. I hope that you would be interested in taking part :)

DO YOU ACCEPT THE INVITATION?

If your community wishes to participate, please confirm your participation to Lissa or Arapocalypse as soon as you can to secure yourselves a spot. Currently, the plan is to accommodate 135 communities this season. If there is further interest, additional communities may sign up as substitutes; generally there are some replacements needed both before and during games.

If your community agrees to participate, the deadline for selecting your representative is April 22nd, but the sooner the better.

The games will take place on Mafia Universe. If it’s okay, I can link directly to the general discussion thread regarding this topic on Mafia Universe.

Important notes
You may decide yourselves how you want to elect your representative, but we highly recommend some sort of democratic process (public nominations followed by a poll usually works out well).
In addition to electing a representative, you should also name an alternate (a back-up) who will be asked to step in if the first choice needs to back out.
Your representative should be prepared for having to read upwards of 600-700 posts per 24 hours during the early stages of the game. Additionally, there’s a requirement that each player must make at least 10 posts per Game Day. Only active players should apply/participate. I repeat: Your chosen player needs to be able to promise a good amount of activity on a daily basis!


SEASON 10 FORMAT

The tournament structure
135 communities will participate, each sending one representative.
QUALIFIERS: 9 Qualifier Games will be played, consisting of 15 players each. I.e. every representative plays in one Qualifier Game. The players themselves vote post-game to determine who is deserving of advancement. 1st and 2nd places will advance to the Semifinal Games.
SEMIFINALS: A Jury consisting of finalists from Season 9 will select 27 additional players to advance to the three Semifinal Games. From each game, five players will advance to the Finale Game based on a post-game player vote, just like in the qualifying phase.
THE FINALE: The Finale Game is played. Once it has completed, the players vote to determine who shall receive the title of Season 10 Champion and a winner’s certificate signed by Dmitry Davidoff, the creator of mafia.

The qualifier games will be played with the Adapt 6 setup (see below for more details), and the semifinal/finale games will be played using a different setup. The semifinal/finale setup will be a low-powered 15-player setup, with full details to be disclosed when the jury's semifinal advances are revealed.


This year’s qualifier setup: Adapt 6
Each of the 6 columns from the below table represents a different constituent setup, one of which will be chosen at random and used for the game: