Newbie 2121 | Invasive Species - Mafia PT

[fferyllt]

Kudzu, the invasive plant that ate the US South. This invasive species is so famous it has appeared in movies. Vines grow a foot a day, and mature vines are up to 100 feet long.

Welcome,

ChicagoTypewriter,

Mafia Rolecop

and

Spartan117,

Mafia Goon

! You are the Mafia team!

This private chat thread is for your plotting. You'll be able to post here and make plans together during the pre-game and at all times during the day and night phases while you are alive.

You can PM your night-kill targets to me or post them in bold text here. You will need to choose which one of you does the kill as well as who you want to kill.

I always check my PMs and this topic at the end of night phase in case of last minute changes.

If you have any questions, you can ask them here or send me a PM, whichever you prefer.

Good luck!

[ChicagoTypewriter]

Hey, Spartan117. Ready for a fun game of being an invasive species?

[Spartan117]

Hey Chicago, let's do this!
How many games have you played before?
Btw what do you mean by invasive species?

[ChicagoTypewriter]

First game of online mafia, but I've played Mafia before and a few other social deduction games. I have some tactics in mind, but I'm on mobile now, I'll need to get to my laptop for the full analysis.

Kudzu vines are a highly invasive species with unique properties, just trying to get into the theme.

[ChicagoTypewriter]

Okay, tactical analysis. You are SE, so I assume you're somewhat familiar with the strategies in this game, but I like typing these things out so I have a reference point.

Villager 1 has a 66% chance of being a Tracker / 33% chance of being Jailkeeper
Villager 2 has a 66% chance of being Friendly Neighbor / 33% chance of being Doctor

Right now, this game is a game of

information

. That said, long term, the Friendly Neighbor is dangerous (the Doctor less so, but still dangerous), so the first objective is to locate and kill Villager 1, then Villager 2. Identification of

either

isn't really possible at this stage, we'll have to wait and see what happens on Day 2 to try and figure out who's who. That said, I see two three primary strategies we can employ on Day 1.

Stealth:

Use no mafia powers. No one dies. On the 66% chance there's a Jailkeeper / Doctor, the Jailkeeper / Doctor may erroneously think that they saved a villager from attack. In the event of a Jailkeeper, the Jailkeeper may even think that whoever they targeted is the mafia (low odds ~25% chance). This gives us an extra day to gather information and may screw with the Villagers head.

Guns Blazing:

I use my Rolecop powers, you murder someone; rinse and repeat. We adapt as the situation changes. There

will

be someone seeking us, and there's a 25% chance one of us gets made the first night. In the event that it's the Jailkeeper, one of us gets blocked, but that's not so bad if it's me because it gives away nothing (because you will have killed someone).

Lone Wolf:

Given that I have more powers than you, you can fade into obscurity for the time being and I dish out all forms of pain until the situation changes. This has a 12.5% chance of getting tagged, and in the event of a Jailkeeper tag (admittedly 6.25%); this becomes very ugly very fast. The endgame for this type of strategy will likely lead to my demise with a handful of players left.

That said, I think it's a little too early to select one of these strategies, it's best to see what we can glean from Day 1 and decide later on.

[ChicagoTypewriter]

New tactical analysis: Wait the piranhas to eat themselves, because they are doing a

fine

job without us.

[fferyllt]

Malakittens replaces Spartan117!

[Malakittens]

Hi

[ChicagoTypewriter]

Hey!

[ChicagoTypewriter]

So, I'm in a

little

over my head because I slightly underestimate how much of a social aspect this game would have and I'm kind of terrified of poking my head back inside that meatgrinder of a main topic, not to mention I seem to have this weird bug while posting? (I think my phone can't post if I'm composing a post and then someone else replies.)

Anyway, Spartan117 hasn't really been active this game and I've been massively lurking. Everyone kind of

knows

I've been massively lurking, but I'm attempting to play it off as just my style, we'll see how that goes. Once you're up to speed, I recommend putting the nail in Delta's coffin, it kind of feels like a good step right now and would be a lot easier for you to pull off having freshly joined.

[ChicagoTypewriter]

Seriously, if I vote Delta, it's my head on the chopping block next. If I don't, I can't leverage that to stay in.

[Malakittens]

I’ll figure it out.
I’ll prob have a day max with this player list
This whole list knows how I play as town
Delta skit and black are going to sniff me out

I’ll do my best

Burt yeah this game is very social
I’m not the greatest at coaching
I usually just wing half my scum games and hood for the best

[ChicagoTypewriter]

Fantastic. I am not used to social games at all. Let's see if we last past three days.

Well, anyway, if Delta's voted out than we don't need to care. Then, all we need to do is keep Skitter and Black pointed at each other, or kill one the first night.

[ChicagoTypewriter]

Question: can I toss you under the bus? I want to try and get Delta out; I might be able to do it by tossing Skitter a raincheck, but that guarantees a day 2 elimination for you.

[Malakittens]

Sure

I’m
Going to claim pr so

[ChicagoTypewriter]

Keep steady on course! We can do this! We just need to trust in Bazuf!

[ChicagoTypewriter]

D2 will be a nightmare, but that's a problem for future-us.

[Malakittens]

Sorry

I’m trying to lim delta

Btw pr within skitter oversee & omicron

[ChicagoTypewriter]

Yeah, that's kind of my read too on the power roles. Definitely overseer, I think.

Good plan with the claim, it might have bought us a day we didn't have, we'll just see what we can do about it. Also, I'm not going to midnight vote for you, I'm just going to end up 'late' to it.

[Malakittens]

Mhm

[ChicagoTypewriter]

I think we survived!

...You're kind of toast tomorrow though, with one slim exception. We can try having you feigning hunter with me feeding you info, if you want to try for that.

[ChicagoTypewriter]

Okay. This is where things get tricky. The best strategy going forward is for you to claim hunter tomorrow, and I feed you information. But there's a 33% chance they have a jailkeeper and you're probably getting targeted if they do. Do you have any idea how you want to play this?

[Malakittens]

Well

I never thought I’d survive without actually claiming

I’m just saying but I’m dead d2

[ChicagoTypewriter]

There's a chance to survive. If you claim the role of hunter, there's a 66% chance that someone else is, in fact, hunter; which means you'll contradict them. We may be able to leverage that into eliminating them, because you'll have the hunter ability of reading people. (Well, technically, I will, but whatever.) The important thing to note here is that if you claim 'Hunter' as soon as D2 starts, we'll be in the door. The drawback, of course, is that this is unsustainable, but we might be able to squeeze one more lim after this play. Also, we can

not

eliminate townie pr, because if we kill the Hunter, than this doesn't work.

So the question is: Who do you want me to spy on; and who do you want me to kill?

[ChicagoTypewriter]

I'd advocate spying on overseer, elimination of Deltabreeedy.