Rules
(inspired by Vel-Rahn Koon’s)
Private Messages and Privacy
1) NO communication of ANY kind at ANY time with other players outside of the thread regarding the game.
2) You may not quote anything in a mod PM verbatim (but you can summarize, e.g. “It said I’m a townie!”), or even pretend to do so – see setup-specific rules for more.
3) I always accept PMs regarding game questions from players. Do not hesitate to PM me about any questions you have.
Lynching and Deadlines
1) A majority of votes is required to lynch. Once the majority is reached, the lynch occurs and no further (un/)votes will be considered.
2) Once you are dead, you are dead. The end. Corpses can’t talk, or even say “Bah!” so you can’t either. After someone is lynched, the game enters “twilight” until I post the lynch scene. All players may talk except the unfortunate person who was lynched.
3) The vote format is:
Vote: NameofPlayer
. Votes not in this format will not be counted. You may abbreviate players’ names appropriately. Unvoting follows a similar format:
Unvote: NameofPlayer
(the name is optional, but preferred). You must unvote before voting, or the vote won’t count.
4) The players can decide not to lynch during the day. To do this, a majority of players need to
Vote: No Lynch
. You cannot be voting for No Lynch and a player at the same time.
5) If discussion begins to lag significantly, I will impose a deadline. I will give you plenty of notice, and prolong it as necessary if replacements come in. These will probably be negotiable. If a lynch (requiring the normal number of votes) has not occurred at the deadline, half of the votes normally required to lynch (rounded up) will be enough to lynch someone at deadline.
Prodding and Replacement
1) This game is obviously a commitment.
If you will be unavailable for over two days, please let me and the other players know in-thread.
2) If a player doesn’t post for more than two days, they will get prodded. I can’t always keep track of everyone, so do not hesitate to request a prod on someone. Please do not try to handle them yourselves, ask me to prod the inactive player.
3) A prodded player must post within the day after the prod otherwise I will replace him (for a total of three days without posting). I really never want to do this, so please be considerate and let everyone know if/when you will be gone. If you have to be prodded three times, you don’t get any more chances. The next time one is necessary you get replaced.
4) If there is a serious infraction of these rules, of the site rules, or of the integrity and spirit of the game, I reserve the right to replace someone. Again, I would rather never do this.
Other
1) Please right in black font
ONLY
. You may bold, italicize, underline, increase size, etc., but all text should be black (read: NOT invisible either).
2) I will not edit posts as a general rule. However, if tags need to be fixed and the player requests that I fix them (I will take “Oh, crap! The tags!” as a request,) I will (with a note of it. I will NOT edit posts to answer questions or to include vote counts; these will come in separate posts.
3) Please
bold
everything to which you want me to pay special attention. I will probably be reading the entire game, but for good measure bold mod requests or questions.
4) I will answer any questions concerning game mechanics in-thread, although if sent by PM the author will remain anonymous. The MafiaWiki is very good for answering questions about different roles, but do not hesitate to ask me either.
This game is supposed to be FUN! Please respect other players, the game, and myself. Sarcasm is passable, outright insulting and excessive ridicule is not. Please treat players as you would people in real life. You probably wouldn’t scream insults at your friends or your teachers, so don’t do it here. We all make mistakes, so forgive them.