Mafia 35 - Game Thread

OK, that's a wrap. Write-up incoming......

 

Day 5

He may have won the fight, but one man driving his car saw evidence of that fight. It was clear in the morning that one way or another it wasn't going to easy to survive.

AVA has been lynched. He was.....











the Godfather. TOWN WIN!

Remaining players:

Arheiner - Governor
Baxter - Watcher
HeathDavisSpeed - Cop
Howe - Politican
Number 11 - Dreamer
Shri - Hunter

Howe was aligned with the Town at the time of the game finishing, and accordingly meets his winning condition.

 

Mafia were stuffed by two things - Captain's play + me stuffing up the Dreamer mechanics (which really shouldn't have been in a 12 man vanilla theme in hindsight). They probably also made themselves a bit too incriminating early doors.

Captain had one of the best Townie games I've ever seen tbh. Was smart enough to not use his ability when the Doctor was still alive, then stopped two night kills from the Mafia when the Mafia looked to have a slight advantage.

 

Oh and the QT's for good measure:

https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/cWGqtLvW5fghu - Dead QT
https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/SGwGJ5XFQ7V - Mafia QT

 

Even though I made a couple of big cockups while running the game activity wise I thought the game went OK. There were a few people that probably weren't as engaged in the game as they could be but I feared the game would've died in the arse like Heef's attempts, instead it actually flowed pretty well for the most part. Certainly showed that smaller games are pretty viable for the interim.

I'll give out grades in my next post.

 

1. Captain - Nurse

Now this is how you play Mafia as a Townie. His susses were excellent (roleblocking AVA on N2 was the main thing that kicked it off for the Town), and was smart enough to let the Doctor do his work while he was still alive. It's hard to truly stand out as a Townie a lot of the time - most Town wins tend to be solid all-round performances, but he really did define the game.

Grade: A+

2. Howe - Politican

Barely did anything of note. A bit of a dud role, but didn't seem engaged in the game at all. Might have been a case of him being busy but was lucky to not get modkilled for inactivity. Not a great sign.

Grade: D

3. Baxter - Watcher

A pretty solid performance all round. Seemed to contribute nicely to the thread, and made reasonable observations. Probably would want a better start though, as he nearly got lynched early doors.

Grade: B-

4. Shri - Hunter

Really wasn't good. Kindest thing I can say is that he's had worse games, but managed to annoy the Town quite significantly and was probably lucky to not be lynched. At least he made himself seem more important than he was to the Mafia, and fortunately was saved by Captain N3.

Grade: D

5. AVA - Godfather; Lynched D5

Pretty good display. Did a nice job of organising Mafia tactics and had a reasonably solid plan that was hurt by Dreamers being Godfather-proof. Could probably have done a better job of making himself less sus though, and maybe could've made better kills (Tart dying N0 was a big boon to the town and made the framer less relevant). Could also have defended himself at the end, but evidence against him was pretty overwhelming.

Grade: B

6. Tartmaster - Insane Cop; Killed N0

Was killed Night 0. Impossible to do anything in that circumstance.

Grade: N/A

7. Cabinet96 - Doctor, Killed N1

Again killed early. Was doing pretty well before that but hard to really make an impact in the first two days.

Grade: B

8. Heef - Cop

Another strong display. Got involved and sus detector was pretty sharp.

Grade: B+

9. Arheiner - Governor

Didn't feel like he was playing half the time. A shame as his role could've gotten spicy if he used it.

Grade: D+

10. Number 11 - Dreamer

Had an OP role and used it fairly well. Overall a pretty standard game but didn't make major cockups and helped bring victory to the Town.

Grade: B

11. MrPrez - Framer; Lynched D4

Not great. Didn't seem to adapt to being Mafia well and while probably didn't let himself be as sus as a few others when the pressure was on wilted. Unlike the other two he probably could've gotten out of the situation and was very much a third wheel when it came to Mafia planning.

Grade: C-

12. Lukic - Roleblocker; Lynched D3

Was pretty engaged in the game, but probably bit off more than what he could chew early doors to push the scent away. On the plus side, he did make Shri annoyed which may have caused a mislynch if the cards went another way. Didn't defend himself but realistically couldn't once the Insane Cop had died.

Grade: B-