Mafia Revival?!

TO SIGN UP: Leave a comment with the name/pronouns you want me to use for you in this game. So for any of y'all who haven't played before, the game works as follows:

• Once enough players have signed up, I assign roles using a random generator.
• Once everyone has received their roles, they can submit their first night actions. I turn on comment moderation so actions can be commented without it being seen by anyone but me 
• Blog authors have to use email because their comments don't require moderation. However, they can't see the comment moderation page without being admins.
• If there is a two-person mafia, they will have a special blog where they can plot during the night. It will be closed during the day.
• After everyone has submitted night actions, the day phase begins. Any deaths are revealed and all the players have a chance to talk and try to guess who is Mafia. They will also have the opportunity to vote players out and have them eliminated from the game. This is the town's chance to get back at the mafia, but be warned--voting out the wrong person could cost you the game!
• The day and night cycles repeat until either all the Mafia are gone or until all the Town are gone. The Mafia also wins if they have equal or greater numbers to the Town and there is no possible way for the Town to regain majority.

Players:
1. Star Inkbright (she/her)
2. Raven (she/her)
3. Dugglyn (she/her)
4. Snow (they/them)
5. Ember
6. Trip
7. Jai (she/her)
8.
9.
(I don't expect more than 7 since I only invited 7 people initially, but I am happy to expand the game if needed)

5- person version:
Mafioso-- Kills one player per night phase
Normal Cop-- Investigates one player per night phase. Finds mafioso suspicious and other cops unsuspicious
Insane Cop-- Investigates one player per night phase. Finds mafioso suspicious and other cops unsuspicious
Paranoid Cop-- Investigates one player per night phase. Finds everyone suspicious
Naive Cop-- Investigates one player per night phase. Finds everyone unsuspicious.

I've recently learned that this version is usually played with a Night 0, where the cops investigate but no one is killed. However, since it tends to be easier for the Town to win than the Mafia, I'm not sure how much sense it makes to give them another advantage. I do like that everyone would get to participate Day 1 though. We could also play-test a version where there's no Night kill at first but then somebody has to be voted out the first day. If we end up with 5 people, I'll let y'all give input on that (before receiving roles)

(6-players is harder to balance the roles well but will probably be close to the 7-player version)

Simple 7- person version:
Mafioso (x2)-- They decide together on one player to kill per night phase
Cop-- Investigates one player per night phase. Finds Mafia suspicious and fellow Town members unsuspicious.
Doctor-- Picks one player to heal per night phase. That person is protected from being killed by the mafia
Citizen (x3)-- regular townspeople with no special powers.

A bit more complicated 7- person version
Two of the following: (could be more than one of the same kind)
Mafioso-- Basic mafia that can only kill
Framer-- Can choose one player to frame as suspicious per night
Roleblocker-- Can choose one player and prevent them from doing their normal night action (does not work against other roleblockers)
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Five of the following: (could be more than one of the same kind)
Cop-- Investigates one player per night phase. Finds Mafia suspicious and fellow Town members unsuspicious.
Doctor-- Picks one player to heal per night phase. That person is protected from being killed by the mafia
Citizen-- regular townsperson with no special powers
Roleblocker-- Can choose one player and prevent them from doing their normal night action (does not work against other rolenlockers
Busybody-- Can watch one person per night. Sees anyone who visits that person.
Twin-- Two town members who share a night chat and can confirm each other's identities as Town (there will always be exactly two if there are any)
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Round 9 Conclusion

Elleni wasn't sure about her decision, but she decided to stick to it. Dug was being led up to the gallows, when all of a sudden Silente the robo-kitty with laser eyes darted out from the crowd and body-slammed Henry, who let go of Dugglyn with his left claw. Dug seized the opportunity and started struggling against the right claw. She broke free and ran into the woods.

Now that Henry's other talon was free, he restrained Silente easily. "You haven't been voted to hang, so I will let you go. However, we can't have you interfering anymore," he told her telepathically.

He deflected Sil's eye lasers with his own TeLePaThIc StArE and tied her up. He paused. The opportunity to draw a blue mustache on a robo-kitty was too good to resist.

Meanwhile, Dug thought she'd gotten away. She slowed down just a fraction and looked behind her.

No one. Perf--

Dugglyn ran straight into a metal owl. "Oof! Whaaa...?"

"Do you recognize me?"

"Um... the only talking owl I know is Henry and you're a lot shinier than him. So, no."

"I didn't used to be an owl. Before I died, I was Taia DeMars. You killed me and many others, and I am not about to deprive you of the chance to die yourself."

Dug turned around, about to run, but Henry had silently landed behind her.

"Thanks for the diversion, evil minion sidekick bro!" He and Taia did the owl equivalent of fist-bumping (talon bumping), and then he scooped up Dugglyn in his talons and flew her back to the gallows.

"I would have gotten away with it if not for you meddling kids! Curse you, Elleni the platypus!"
And with that, Dugglyn, Mafioso, was hung.

Thanks for playing!

Complete role list:
Silente-- Naive Cop
Elleni-- Paranoid Cop
Star-- Insane Cop
Taia-- Normal Cop
Dugglyn-- Mafioso

round 9 day 2

SCCCCRIIIIITCH

SCRRRITTTTTCHCH

The cop huddled in a corner. "Who's there?"

"Meow?!" Silente the robot kitty continued to scratch at the door. She heard footsteps from behind her--the mafioso's footsteps. Maybe the mafioso had cat treats!

The scratching stopped. Taia, Cop, breathed a sigh of relief and was just starting to go back to bed when the door handle started turning slowly.

Too petrified to scream, she searched for something that could be used as a weapon. There was a frying pan on the other side of the room. She lunged for it just as the door swung open.

The fight was short and brutal. Taia tried, but she was no match for the mafia. Thankfully, she too would get a chance to turn into a robot.

IT IS NOW DAY 2

There are two cops and one mafioso left, so the hanging today decides the game. I'll give you as long as you need. The majority is 2.

Results aren't emailed out yet but I'll send them as soon I post this. Sorry for the delay!

Round 9 Night 2

Nobody hung that day. Silente (now a robot kitty with laser eyes) did wander over to see if the gallows to see if it would make a good scratching post, but that was it. (It would make an excellent scratching post, if not for the fact that Henry kept swooping down and glaring).

Eventually, everyone went back to sleep. What else could they do? One by one, they would wake at different points in the night. But almost certainly, one would never wake again.

IT IS NOW NIGHT 2

You have until Thursday at 10PM Pacific time to email me your actions. DO NOT COMMENT THEM HERE. COMMENT MODERATION DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE SINCE SO MANY OF YOU ARE AUTHORS

Round 9 Day 1

A cop sorted through papers “borrowed” from her target’s room. She hadn't found anything suspicious so far, but she had only gotten a third of the way through. She was still two pages from the halfway mark when there was a sudden motion from behind her and a blunt object struck the back of her neck, killing her instantly.

*******
Somewhere in the world of beeping and booping, there was a light. The light belonged to somebody who was making some pasta as a late dinner. She glanced around the kitchen uneasily, but nobody jumped out of the shadows. It was not her time to die. Whether that was because she was Mafia and the spaghetti sauce was the blood of her enemies or whether the Mafia member was someone else and had decided to kill someone else was unclear at this point in time.

*******

“Hello!” said the ROBOTPRINCESS.

Silente, cop, blinked, confused. “Wait...I'm not dead?!”

“Actually, you are dead! Do not be alarmed! You get to become a robot now! Would you like the ability to shoot lasers! I can give you the ability to shoot lasers! Lasers are fun! Will you be my robot unicorn friend! Please! I've always wanted a robot unicorn friend!”

Sil scowled. The ROBOTPRINCESS was annoying her with all those exclamation marks and the overly chirpy voice. She supposed, though, that she could find a way of using this situation to her advantage. She adopted an overly sweet voice. The robot didn't notice the sarcasm.

*******

The next morning, a cop was picking up some papers she must have carelessly left on the floor when she got a paper cut. She later blamed the slight bloodstain on that incident, not realizing it had been there already.

IT IS NOW DAY 1
You have until Monday night at 10PM to talk. You may vote for a skip day or a target to hang, majority is 3.

Round 9 Night 1

The town looked confused. Where were they? Who were they? Why were there robots?

The Supreme Galactic Overlord smiled. She knew the answers to all of these, but didn't feel like sharing just now.

Players
1. Dugglyn
2. Jai
3. Taia
4. Star
5. ROBOTPRINCESS Elleni/Villichora

Roles
Mafia
Normal Cop
Insane Cop 
Paranoid Cop
Naive Cop

The robot will either kill or investigate someone at random (depending on her role). If the mafia decides to kill someone other than the robot on night 1, that person will take over the robot's role and receive the robot's night action results rather than their own. Then the game will proceed similarly to round 1.

IT IS NOW NIGHT 1

Roles have been emailed out! You have until Friday at 10PM Pacific time to email me your actions. DO NOT COMMENT THEM HERE. COMMENT MODERATION DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE SINCE SO MANY OF YOU ARE AUTHORS

Mini-Mafia round 9!

I'm gonna keep it simple and have it just be another round of Mafia. 👍

Sign up here, I'll post a possible rolelist when I know how many players there are. If I get a certain number of players, I have some different setups where all the players would know the rolelist and stuff, but also if I don't get that number of players I'll do closer to a normal round.

So leave a comment if you want to sign up, or if you have a question about the rules and don't want to have to scroll all the way back to round 1.

Deadline is Monday morning whenever I wake up or 10am PST, whichever comes later.