If you're new here, please see the FM Hub. In particular, I recommend reading Forum Mafia Beginner's Hub, Forum Mafia FAQs, and FM Note Taker (if you need help setting up the note taker please private message me).
Also, please see the Role Cards. There are a couple exceptions in this game:
- Werewolf will be used, with the "witch-like" role-card (please see my previous FM game for that role card.
- There are no citizens.
- Executioners cannot have a target of Town Power.
- Retributionist rules from 5F - A retributionist may attempt to revive a cleaned player, however should they not be a member of the town, the retribution will fail and this will be alerted to the Retributionist. The retributionist may use their revive again.
- The Godfather will be cc'd on all night actions from mafia members.
- Randoms will be picked by number of factions, not number of roles (see signup thread for specifics)
- Jailor
- Phantom
- Lawyer (the point of lawyer is to encourage discussion)
- Spy (power of whispering is diminished)
- Agent (power of whispering is diminished)
- Disguiser (too experimental)
- Mayor
- Jailor
- Retributionist
- Transporter
- Godfather (except for mafia promotion)
- Mafioso (except for mafia promotion)
- Werewolf
- Veteran
Players may only make 1 post per 24 hours (i.e. real-world day) for a total maximum of 5 posts per in-game day. All day actions will also go in this post, which is sent via a PM to me, and it can be modified at any time (although I would appreciate you using the "edit" command if I have not opened the message yet). At a designated time each evening (likely around 9:15 Eastern Time) I will post everyone's thoughts on the thread. A whisper can be used in lieu of a message. Failure to have any correspondence 2 messages in a row is a prod, a third in a row or 2 prods in a game is a removal.
At night, the same will apply to the Mafia. The mafia chat will be permanently locked and mafia will have 2 messages (halfway through the night and all the way through the night) each to communicate in the same manner as town.
I will be reviving the recieving whisper rule. A player can only recieve one whisper in a 24-hour time period. If there are multiple whispers, the user will have to choose one - the other whispers will be "locked", and one can be unlocked per day if they don't recieve a whisper or they elect to unlock that one instead of recieving a whisper. I'll ask the user for a decision unless they get a single whisper without any locked whispers. I'll allow decisions in retrospect if there is a communications issue, but don't take advantage of this.
Be respectful - at the end of the day it's just a game and everyone's just playing their hearts out to win. If you need to take a break, my inbox is always open.
Last wills and deathnotes are allowed - message them to me at any time. Label them "Last Will" or "Death Note" or something similar - when I need it I end up scrolling through pages of PM's so if it's labeled something weird I might not catch it.
Dead players may talk to each other about the game. However - be extremely cautious if a live player or a spectator who you don't trust not to blurt out the information is able to hear. I know there have been problems with this recently, especially on Skype. Please never discuss the game outside the thread, unless it's between someone and a trusted third-party who has committed to abstaining from playing in the game. I will go straight to official warnings (multiple official warnings can be consideration for blacklisting) if this happens - consider this everyone's unofficial warning.