Hinckley

Vote Tally Braxton Bear: 6 (Haydn Hippo, Myrtle Monkey, Gracie Goat, Ronan Rabbit, Caldwell Crocodile, Huxley Horse) Haydn Hippo: 2 (Braxton Bear, Bennett Bulldog) Cleo Cow: 1 (Brewer Bunny) Myrtle Monkey: 3 (Leevi Lion. Whitby Walrus, Cleo Cow) Huxley Horse: 2 (Pascha Poodle, Pierot Parrot) Gracie Goat: 1 (Ember Elephant) With 15 players, it takes 8 votes to lynch. 3 hours remain in Day One.

Vote Tally Braxton Bear: 5 (Haydn Hippo, Myrtle Monkey, Gracie Goat, Ronan Rabbit, Caldwell Crocodile) Haydn Hippo: 1 (Braxton Bear) Cleo Cow: 1 (Brewer Bunny) Myrtle Monkey: 2 (Leevi Lion. Whitby Walrus) Huxley Horse: 2 (Pascha Poodle, Pierot Parrot) With 15 players, it takes 8 votes to lynch. 12 hours remain in Day One. Damn it! Vote Tally Braxton Bear: 6 (Haydn Hippo, Myrtle Monkey, Gracie Goat, Ronan Rabbit, Caldwell Crocodile, Huxley Horse) Haydn Hippo: 1 (Braxton Bear) Cleo Cow: 1 (Brewer Bunny) Myrtle Monkey: 2 (Leevi Lion. Whitby Walrus) Huxley Horse: 2 (Pascha Poodle, Pierot Parrot) With 15 players, it takes 8 votes to lynch. 12 hours remain in Day One.

Vote Tally Braxton Bear: 5 (Haydn Hippo, Myrtle Monkey, Gracie Goat, Ronan Rabbit, Caldwell Crocodile) Haydn Hippo: 1 (Braxton Bear) Cleo Cow: 1 (Brewer Bunny) Brewer Bunny: 1 (Pierot Parrot) Myrtle Monkey: 2 (Leevi Lion. Whitby Walrus) Huxley Horse: 1 (Pascha Poodle) With 15 players, it takes 8 votes to lynch. 20 hours remain in Day One.

"Woof, woof. Oh, I forgot to mention that I added a slight clarification to rule #1. Good day!"

Yeah, maybe. Thank you!

Vote Tally Braxton Bear: 5 (Haydn Hippo, Myrtle Monkey, Gracie Goat, Ronan Rabbit, Caldwell Crocodile) Haydn Hippo: 1 (Braxton Bear) Cleo Cow: 1 (Brewer Bunny) Brewer Bunny: 1 (Pierot Parrot) Myrtle Monkey: 2 (Leevi Lion. Whitby Walrus) With 15 players, it takes 8 votes to lynch. 24 hours remain in Day One.

Vote Tally Braxton Bear: 6 (Haydn Hippo, Myrtle Monkey, Gracie Goat, Ronan Rabbit, Caldwell Crocodile, Ember Elephant) Haydn Hippo: 1 (Braxton Bear) Cleo Cow: 1 (Brewer Bunny) Brewer Bunny: 1 (Pierot Parrot) Myrtle Monkey: 2 (Leevi Lion. Whitby Walrus) With 15 players, it takes 8 votes to lynch. 25 hours remain in Day One.

Vote Tally Braxton Bear: 1 (Haydn Hippo) Haydn Hippo: 1 (Braxton Bear) Cleo Cow: 1 (Brewer Bunny) Caldwell Crocodile: 1 (Ember Elephant) Brewer Bunny: 1 (Pierot Parrot) With 15 players, it takes 8 votes to lynch.

Mod note: Voting is now open. You have 48 hours to agree on a lynch. With 15 players, it takes 8 votes to lynch. If you are a player with the ability to communicate outside of the day thread, you must now stop. You will be allowed to communicate again once the Night Phase begins. Thank you!

Players (in their anonymous character accounts) only please!!! Rules (Deviations from the EB standard Mafia rules are in bold blue. Modified clauses have been struck through.) 1. Each player will be given a character to play, who will be aligned with either the Villagers (Town) or the Hellions (Mafia) or the Monsters (Mafia). To win the game, the Town must kill off all the Mafia, while the Mafia needs to outnumber the Town must eliminate any other threats and control 50% of the village or nothing can prevent this from occurring. Third-Party (neutral) characters have their own win conditions as outlined in their roles. 1a. This is an anonymous game and you may only post in your character account sent to you by the host. Be sure to check before you post that you are in your anonymous account and not in your main Eurobricks account. 1b. Those who are allowed to communicate in private should not reveal their true identities to each other, either. 2. Each day you will be able to vote to lynch a player. Voting should be done in the following format; Vote: Character (Player). Similarly, unvoting is to be done in the format; Unvote: Character (Player). No other format will be accepted. A majority vote is required to lynch a player. 3. A game day will last a maximum of 72 hours. You may not vote in the first 24 hours. The day will end when a majority vote has been reached. A majority being reached will not end the day. The day will continue for the full 72 hours and any majority vote that is reached can be overturned. After the day has concluded, a night stage will commence, which will last a maximum of 48 hours. Night actions must be sent to the host in the first 24 hours of the night stage. 3.5. Players may not target the same player two nights in a row, and may not target themselves. Unless otherwise noted in your role PM, players can target the same player two nights in a row or themselves. 4. The alignment of lynched players, as well as those that died during the night, will be revealed at the beginning of the following day. 5. You may not quote or pretend to quote anything sent to or from you in PM with the game host. This includes all the details of your character and role, as well as any night action results. Role claims and reporting of night action results are acceptable, but in your own words only. Do not attempt to use the structure of your role PM to your advantage. Similarly, you may not directly quote any communications that were sent to you by other players in the game. If you wish to reveal private communications, these must also be paraphrased. 5a. The Role PM is structured for every player in this way: Character: Character name (player) Affiliation: Villager (Town) or Hellions (Scum) or Monsters (Scum) or third-party (Neutral) Role: [Either the details of a Night Action or] Your weapon is your vote, you have no night actions. 6. Do not play the game outside the thread. Similarly, do not post out of character inside the thread; you must always play the role given to you. Game tactics and roles may only be discussed in the game thread or via PM with other players. Private discussion is done at your own risk and should be treated as part of the game. 6a. Only specific players are allowed to communicate outside of the day thread. These players are only allowed to communicate with each other during the Night phase of the game. As reporting of Night Action results to each other may be hindered by time zones, this allowable communication period will last until voting opens in the Day thread. 7. If you are dead, you may not post in thread or discuss the game with any of the players. Any information you had becomes void, and may not be passed on. 8. You may not edit your posts. 9. You must post in every day thread. 10. If you encounter a problem or have a question, please contact the host via PM. 11. Violation of the above rules will result in a vote penalty of half the required majority against you on your first offence, and the death of your character on your second offence. Violation of rule 7 will have a heavier penalty, including suspension, made at the discretion of the Games Moderator. 12. There are no hints or clues in the day/night images. NPC Schaefer Sheepdog, Lawspeaker Palma Pig, Scribe Pernilla, Badass Characters Bennett Bulldog, Cheftain Braxton Bear, Blacksmith Brewer Bunny, Trauma Therapist Caldwell Crocodile, Fisherman Cleo Cow, Coin Minter Ember Elephant, Explorer Gracie Goat, Silk Merchant Haydn Hippo, Dishwasher Huxley Horse, Farmer Leevi Lion, Bricklayer Myrtle Monkey, Seamstress Pascha Poodle, Carpenter Pierot Parrot, Magistrate Ronan Rabbit, Bread Merchant Whitby Walrus, Cook **Occupations are strictly for players to have fun with their characters.

Well, everyone has logged in, but not everyone has confirmed. Trying to get to the root of the problem here. If the final confirmation happens tonight or tomorrow morning, I can get the Day One thread up tomorrow. If not, then I will be ready as soon as the remaining player decides to stop by and confirm.

I am thinking about it. If I'm not available I can definitely contact some folks.

Good point.

I take out three cups—not those kind, PAB cups—: the first cup has the player names; the second cup has the character names; the third cup has the roles. I make a numbered list and one row at a time, select one piece of paper from each cup until the game is set. Others use random number generation; I'm old-school. ...cuz I'm old...

Awesome! Right in under the buzzer! Thanks for joining, Fangy. I've got the cups out and will start assigning characters and roles! Hooray! It's Mafia time!

Players (in their anonymous character accounts) only please!!! Welcome to the Forest III! Thank you for agreeing to play. Please confirm your participation in the game by posting in this thread, with your anonymous character account only! Penalties for posting in your main EB account will begin now. Rules (Deviations from the EB standard Mafia rules are in bold blue. Modified clauses have been struck through.) 1. Each player will be given a character to play, who will be aligned with either the Villagers (Town) or the Ancient Ones (Mafia). To win the game, the Town must kill off all the Mafia, while the Mafia needs to outnumber the Town must eliminate any other threats and control 50% of the town or nothing can prevent this from occurring. Third-Party (neutral) characters have their own win conditions as outlined in their roles. 1a. This is an anonymous game and you may only post in your character account sent to you by the host. Be sure to check before you post that you are in your anonymous account and not in your main Eurobricks account. 1b. Those who are allowed to communicate in private should not reveal their true identities to each other, either. 2. Each day you will be able to vote to lynch a player. Voting should be done in the following format; Vote: Character (Player). Similarly, unvoting is to be done in the format; Unvote: Character (Player). No other format will be accepted. A majority vote is required to lynch a player. 3. A game day will last a maximum of 72 hours. You may not vote in the first 24 hours. The day will end when a majority vote has been reached. A majority being reached will not end the day. The day will continue for the full 72 hours and any majority vote that is reached can be overturned. After the day has concluded, a night stage will commence, which will last a maximum of 48 hours. Night actions must be sent to the host in the first 24 hours of the night stage. 3.5. Players may not target the same player two nights in a row, and may not target themselves. Unless otherwise noted in your role PM, players can target the same player two nights in a row or themselves. 4. The alignment of lynched players, as well as those that died during the night, will be revealed at the beginning of the following day. 5. You may not quote or pretend to quote anything sent to or from you in PM with the game host. This includes all the details of your character and role, as well as any night action results. Role claims and reporting of night action results are acceptable, but in your own words only. Do not attempt to use the structure of your role PM to your advantage. Similarly, you may not directly quote any communications that were sent to you by other players in the game. If you wish to reveal private communications, these must also be paraphrased. 5a. The Role PM is structured for every player in this way: Character: Character name (player) Affiliation: Villager (Town) or Ancient Ones (Scum) or third-party (Neutral) Role: [Either the details of a Night Action or] Your weapon is your vote, you have no night actions. 6. Do not play the game outside the thread. Similarly, do not post out of character inside the thread; you must always play the role given to you. Game tactics and roles may only be discussed in the game thread or via PM with other players. Private discussion is done at your own risk and should be treated as part of the game. 6a. Only specific players are allowed to communicate outside of the day thread. These players are only allowed to communicate with each other during the Night phase of the game. As reporting of Night Action results to each other may be hindered by time zones, this allowable communication period will last until voting opens in the Day thread. 7. If you are dead, you may not post in thread or discuss the game with any of the players. Any information you had becomes void, and may not be passed on. 8. You may not edit your posts. 9. You must post in every day thread. 10. If you encounter a problem or have a question, please contact the host via PM. 11. Violation of the above rules will result in a vote penalty of half the required majority against you on your first offence, and the death of your character on your second offence. Violation of rule 7 will have a heavier penalty, including suspension, made at the discretion of the Games Moderator. 12. There are no hints or clues in the day/night images. Characters Bennett Bulldog, Cheftain Braxton Bear, Blacksmith Brewer Bunny, Trauma Therapist Caldwell Crocodile, Fisherman Cleo Cow, Coin Minter Ember Elephant, Explorer Gracie Goat, Silk Merchant Haydn Hippo, Dishwasher Huxley Horse, Farmer Leevi Lion, Bricklayer Myrtle Monkey, Seamstress Pascha Poodle, Carpenter Pierot Parrot, Magistrate Ronan Rabbit, Bread Merchant Whitby Walrus, Cook **Occupations are strictly for players to have fun with their characters. Those with permission to communicate outside of the day thread can treat this time as a Night Phase and do so, until voting starts on Day One.

Well, it sounds like the kids are getting restless waiting for the confirmation thread to close, so I'll post this little interview Mafia Monthly ran with me for this game. If you don't read Mafia Monthly, you might've missed it: Interview with Hinckley Mafia Monthly: So, you’re hosting another Mafia game? Hinckley: Yup. Are these going to be a bunch of softball questions? Mafia Monthly: It’s been a while, huh? Hinckley: Yup. Last time I hosted was Minimal Mafia, October 2013. Kind of low-key, considering my previous— Mafia Monthly: Not very good at it, though, are you? Hinckley: What? Mafia Monthly: Ahem…You’re not very good at hosting Mafia games, are you? Hinckley: I thought I was, like…, an EB favorite? Mafia Monthly: Is that what you thought you, like…, were? Hinckley: Well, people have given positive feedback that they had fun during my games. Mafia Monthly: In Baritones 2, did you send players out on jobs? Hinckley: Well, yeah. There wasn’t a lot of activity in the day thread, so— Mafia Monthly: What’s that game mechanic called? Hinckley: It’s not really called anything. Mafia Monthly: Maybe call it Host-Confirms-4-players-as-Town? Hinckley: We didn’t really know what we were doing back then. It was 10 years ago— Mafia Monthly: Did you meddle with The Forest? Hinckley: I don’t know what you’re talking about. Mafia Monthly: I’m talking about meddling. Adding mechanics so the “story” would go the way you wanted it to? Hinckley: Um…no. Mafia Monthly: Who says “Um?” Hinckley: I just did? Mafia Monthly: Did you post in the day thread after you had been lynched in Witch Hunt Mafia? Hinckley: I didn’t host that one! Mafia Monthly: Yeah, but you were an asshole as a player, too, weren’t you? Hinckley: Hey! Mafia Monthly: Let’s talk about The Forest II. Hinckley: Let’s talk more about how I’m an asshole as a player. Mafia Monthly: Yeah, nobody talks about The Forest II. So what makes you think people should trust you to host a balanced game? Hinckley: Well, I’ve learned from my mistakes. Mafia Monthly: And how did you apply those lessons to your newest game? Hinckley: Well, I put a lot of thought into how the roles would balance each other. Mafia Monthly: Really? That’s all? Just a lot of your thoughts? Hinckley: Well, no… I ran… scenarios…and… Mafia Monthly: Yes? Hinckley: I…developed…an algo…rithm… Mafia Monthly: You developed an algorithm? Hinckley: Yes? Mafia Monthly: How did you calculate it? Hinckley: … OK, shut up. I copied someone else’s mechanics. Mafia Monthly: Well, good. Hinckley: Really. I can’t be trusted so I just copied a set of mechanics from a game I thought had a really nice balance. Mafia Monthly: But then you added a bunch of weird, fancy shit? Hinckley: No, no, no. Well, one thing…but no, not really. Not a lot. Mafia Monthly: Take it out. Hinckley: Take what out? Mafia Monthly: Whatever you added. Just copy the better host’s game and add funny dialogue. Hinckley: OK. Mafia Monthly: Now, let’s talk about what you think is funny dialogue… Hinckley: ____________ I will get started with the role selection cups, game character accounts and role PMs as soon as I close the thread, in 4 hours. Expect instructions to log in to your character account on Saturday...possibly Sunday. Sorry, it's a busy weekend.

Yay!

Thank you. I also count 12. I sent out some invitations to see if I could get some more players, but it will be fine with twelve, if not. I will close the signup in 24 hours and then get the confirmation thread up as soon as I can after that. Thanks everyone! I'm really looking forward to it. Even if it's a twelve person game, it will be a solid, fun Mafia experience. I'm also glad to see, by reading back over old games, that @jimmynick = jamesn. Needless to say, everybody who signs up will play.

Thank you! I'm excited that you will be a part of it. I can do a good game with fewer people, not worried about that.

We had people joining just to interrupt games, so we put a post limit on replying there. Sorry about that. I'm glad you hung out for a while and got to know the community! Sorry you couldn't have posted in games earlier.

Welcome! Thank you for reaching out to our community! How did you hear about us? As a staff member, I approve your post and welcome you to stop by any time to give us Mafia community news.

Twelve would be a great number for a game. I'll give it a couple more days to see if we get any more signups. If there are no more by Saturday morning, I'll close it up and get the game started.

Yeah, I know. I'm mostly joking... mostly.

*than. In my games, you get mod-killed for bad grammar.