by EgyptFalcon » Thu Oct 17, 2019 3:53 am
When you're playing with random teammates, that first night is not nearly enough time to coordinate an entire game's worth of strategy for the mafia -- yet coordination is the main advantage mafia has over town. If you double first night length, yeah it makes town's first night a bit more boring, but see it as compensation for town's ability to coordinate strategy *between* games through online strategies and strategies shared through games. But on the plus side, it could make mafia an actual team, and drawing attention to the first night's different length could encourage strategizing where there otherwise would be an empty chat box.