I was considering hosting a game of Mafia on this here site, and was wondering who would be interested in playing,

For those unfamiliar with the game of Mafia, also sometimes known as Werewolf, here's a short introduction:

Mafia is a game with two teams - the Mafia and the Town. The goal of the game is for one team to kill the other. The game also has two phases, Day and Night.

During the Day phase all the players in the game discuss, and eventually decide on a player to lynch. The Townies try to deduce who the Mafia are, while the Mafia try to blend in while also casting suspicion on Townies. Each player has a vote, and when one player has more than half the votes, that player will be lynched. At that point their alignment will be revealed, the day ends, and the game heads in to the Night phase.

During Night, there is no posting in the game thread. The Mafia discuss between themselves, and decide on one Townie to kill. After a set period of time (normally 48-72 hours), The moderator then informs the player of who has been killed, and Day starts again.
There might also be Townies who have abilities at night, such as the Cop who can investigate other players to determine their alignment, or the Doc who can protect another player from being killed that night.

This cycle continues until either all Mafia are dead, or the Mafia equals the town in size.
(When the Mafia equals the town in size they "control the lynch", and as such the outcome of the game is no longer in question)

The Townies (~75% of the players) do not know the alignment of any other players, and through logic and discussion they must try to deduce who the Mafia are. The lynch is their most powerful weapon.

The Mafia (~25% of the players) do know who their team mates are, and must try to deceive the Townies and stay out of the spotlight. Their most powerful weapon is the Mafia nightkill.

Do also check out this flash tutorial.

That's a short introduction to the game of Mafia. It's certainly possible to to design games that differs from what I've outlined above, but this should be correct for basic games.

So, anyone interested in playing? I will mod the game, and need at least 7, preferably 13 players. Larger games are possible.

There are a couple of requirements to playing:
1. Players receive secret PMs that cannot be shared, and discussing the game outside of the forum is forbidden.
2. You have to be able to participate for the duration of the game. For a small, basic game like this I would estimate ~6-10 weeks. That's just a rough estimate, and can vary wildly. Of course, unexpected things do happen from time to time, which might prevent one from playing further. In those cases it is possible to be replaced by another player, so there is no need to worry.
3. You should be able to post at least once every 72 hours. With the holidays coming up, I'm going to be a bit relaxed on this, but do tell me/post in the thread if you expect to be away for more than 72 hours.

If more than 13 players sign up, I will randomly decide who gets in.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask, and I shall answer them to the best of my abilities.

If you want to play, just let me know in this thread. Please also let me know if you are already familiar with the game, whether it's forum Mafia or the real life version (of the game that is, not the organized crime).

Signed up
1. Telika
2. JMich
3. Flubbucket
4. QuadrAlien
5. Robbeasy
6. Vitek
7. p1na
8. amok
9. DarkoD13
10. CSPVG
11. jacobbama
12. SirPrimalform
13. nmillar
14. Red_Baron