CriticalCritic
Android Expert
I guess these forums just aren't ready for this 
So let me explain how this works.
- It is a lot like that old mafia party game where a bunch of people get together, and secretly a few of them are designated as ‘mafia’ while the rest are villagers. During the ‘night cycle’ the mafia kill one person (who is removed from the game), and then the following ‘day cycle’ the villagers vote one person out of the game in hopes of removing all of the secret mafia players.
- This game, however, is a little different. Instead of waiting until everyone has decided who to vote for, or who will be killed at night, the cycles are about 24hrs each (during which time all decisions must be made or forfeited). Instead of a few mafia players that act during the night cycle, and a bunch of villagers that just sit and wait, everyone gets a role to play with some form of action during the night cycle.
- Mafia is a lot of fun and I hope that you all enjoy it as much as I do!
Click the 'Show' button below for a further explanation of the game.
Now on to the game!
RULES
Submitting Actions: Send a Private Message to the host (me) each night letting me know how you would like to carry out your action.
The Day Cycle: Will last about 24 hours with a strict end time. During the day, everyone votes for someone to be lynched.
The Night Cycle: It will be about 20 hours with a strict end time for receiving PMs, and I must have all PMs in by that time. The post will be written and go up w/ in the next 4hrs.
Addressing the Host: For any questions or comments or anything else that is addressed towards the host, please color the text in red so that it will be easier for me to identify. Thank you
In the event of a Tie Lynch Vote: Both players will be killed
ROLES
The Androids (The Good Guys)
HTC Evo - Kill (Each night may choose a player to remove from the game. Evo cannot be killed as long as One is alive)
HTC One - Vote Manip/Protects Evo (Each DAY may make his own vote count as x1, x2, or x3. Also, as long as One is alive, Evo cannot be killed)
Google Nexus - Save (Chooses one player each night, that targeted player may not be killed. Nexus cannot save the same player two nights in a row)
Motorola Droid - Block (Each Night may target one player and prevent him from acting. Cannot block the same player two nights in a row)
Samsung Galaxy - Spy (Chooses one player each night, the host will reply to Galaxy, informing him of the target's role)
LG Optimus - Redirect (Selects two players each night and chooses one to redirect his action to the other).
Sony Xperia - Die Roll (Each night the host will roll a die, and Xperia will have an ability corresponding to the number that comes up on the die. 1=Save, 2=Spy, 3=Block, 4=Kill, 5=Choice, 6=No Action)
The Others (The Mafia/Bad Guys)
Windows Mobile - Spy (Chooses one player each night, the host will reply to Windows, informing him of the target's role)
RIM - Vote Redirect (Each DAY may PM the host with a chosen player and secretly change his vote to whomever RIM desires)
iOS - Trap (Each night may target one player. That player will be unable to act during the night and will not be able to vote the following day)
The Dumbphone (An Independent Faction)
(In order to win he must RID kill 3 other players, at least one of them must be a Mafia player)
Two Abilities
- First, he may choose to become invulnerable from being killed during any night or a day cycle, but only 2 times within any 4 consecutive cycles.
- Second, he has an “RID” kill. This means that he can kill any player for which he can successfully guess the Role that matches their game name. For this he gets one guess per cycle.
Mafia?
I’m not new to Android Forums by any means, but I am new to this games forum portion so I look forward to meeting many of you like I have many of the participants over the years in the Moment, Evo, and LTEvo forums. I have been playing this particular type of mafia game for a few years, and I wanted to give it a try with an Android theme. I figured, what better place to host it than where there are very intelligent contributors that have a knowledge about Android?
So let me explain how this works.
- It is a lot like that old mafia party game where a bunch of people get together, and secretly a few of them are designated as ‘mafia’ while the rest are villagers. During the ‘night cycle’ the mafia kill one person (who is removed from the game), and then the following ‘day cycle’ the villagers vote one person out of the game in hopes of removing all of the secret mafia players.
- This game, however, is a little different. Instead of waiting until everyone has decided who to vote for, or who will be killed at night, the cycles are about 24hrs each (during which time all decisions must be made or forfeited). Instead of a few mafia players that act during the night cycle, and a bunch of villagers that just sit and wait, everyone gets a role to play with some form of action during the night cycle.
- Mafia is a lot of fun and I hope that you all enjoy it as much as I do!
Click the 'Show' button below for a further explanation of the game.
(1) What is Mafia???
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Mafia is an epic game of skill, persuasion, deception, strategy, participation, cruelty and cunning. It is a contest of wits; a championship of cleverness. It is intense, unforgiving, relentless, dominating and amazing. Some people have had Mafia dreams. Some people drive across the city to get better wireless to play Mafia. People ignore their workload to play Mafia. Mafia is addicting. Mafia is fun. Mafia is wickedly cool, awesome and pulse-poundingly exciting. If a game is designed well and hosted well and played well, it can be a work of art.
(2) The Game
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Most generally, mafia consists of two teams - the "uninformed majority" (the good guys, the townspeople, who cannot communicate with one another - in fact, they don't know any identity but themselves) and the "informed minority" (the eponymous Mafia, the bad guys, who know each other and can engage in BTSC - "behind the scenes communication").
The game consists of alternating 24hr cycles of Night and Day (starting with Night 1 in most games). During Night, the Mafia kill off one innocent villager. During Day, everyone votes on one unlucky person to be "lynched" (publicly executed). Anyone that is killed is removed from the game. So, in essence, Mafia is a game of elimination. The last team left standing wins.
Everything is mediated by the "god of the game", the Host. They design the game, start signups, run the game, etc.
(3) The Roles
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It's actually a little more complicated and interesting than that. Each player -- in addition to belonging to a team (faction) which has a goal in mind (often based around killing off the other team/s) -- has their own individual identity, called a role. Each role usually has some kind of ability/property. For example, a Doctor can choose 1 person per night to stand by and save in case that person is targeted by the Mafia. A Spy can choose 1 person per night to investigate and learn the identity of. Etc. Roles are assigned randomly by the Host in the beginning of the game.
(4) The Specifics
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For more specific information, one must read the game that they are playing. The game design will outline the teams and the roles on each team, and most of the rules as well as preferences of the host (for example, what happens in the event of a tie in the daily vote of who to kill). For a more detailed outline of the game of Mafia in general, you can refer to a (significantly lengthier) guide also posted here
~~~~~~
Mafia is an epic game of skill, persuasion, deception, strategy, participation, cruelty and cunning. It is a contest of wits; a championship of cleverness. It is intense, unforgiving, relentless, dominating and amazing. Some people have had Mafia dreams. Some people drive across the city to get better wireless to play Mafia. People ignore their workload to play Mafia. Mafia is addicting. Mafia is fun. Mafia is wickedly cool, awesome and pulse-poundingly exciting. If a game is designed well and hosted well and played well, it can be a work of art.
(2) The Game
~~~~~~
Most generally, mafia consists of two teams - the "uninformed majority" (the good guys, the townspeople, who cannot communicate with one another - in fact, they don't know any identity but themselves) and the "informed minority" (the eponymous Mafia, the bad guys, who know each other and can engage in BTSC - "behind the scenes communication").
The game consists of alternating 24hr cycles of Night and Day (starting with Night 1 in most games). During Night, the Mafia kill off one innocent villager. During Day, everyone votes on one unlucky person to be "lynched" (publicly executed). Anyone that is killed is removed from the game. So, in essence, Mafia is a game of elimination. The last team left standing wins.
Everything is mediated by the "god of the game", the Host. They design the game, start signups, run the game, etc.
(3) The Roles
~~~~~~
It's actually a little more complicated and interesting than that. Each player -- in addition to belonging to a team (faction) which has a goal in mind (often based around killing off the other team/s) -- has their own individual identity, called a role. Each role usually has some kind of ability/property. For example, a Doctor can choose 1 person per night to stand by and save in case that person is targeted by the Mafia. A Spy can choose 1 person per night to investigate and learn the identity of. Etc. Roles are assigned randomly by the Host in the beginning of the game.
(4) The Specifics
~~~~~~
For more specific information, one must read the game that they are playing. The game design will outline the teams and the roles on each team, and most of the rules as well as preferences of the host (for example, what happens in the event of a tie in the daily vote of who to kill). For a more detailed outline of the game of Mafia in general, you can refer to a (significantly lengthier) guide also posted here
Now on to the game!
Android Mafia!
RULES
Submitting Actions: Send a Private Message to the host (me) each night letting me know how you would like to carry out your action.
The Day Cycle: Will last about 24 hours with a strict end time. During the day, everyone votes for someone to be lynched.
The Night Cycle: It will be about 20 hours with a strict end time for receiving PMs, and I must have all PMs in by that time. The post will be written and go up w/ in the next 4hrs.
Addressing the Host: For any questions or comments or anything else that is addressed towards the host, please color the text in red so that it will be easier for me to identify. Thank you
In the event of a Tie Lynch Vote: Both players will be killed
ROLES
The Androids (The Good Guys)
HTC Evo - Kill (Each night may choose a player to remove from the game. Evo cannot be killed as long as One is alive)
HTC One - Vote Manip/Protects Evo (Each DAY may make his own vote count as x1, x2, or x3. Also, as long as One is alive, Evo cannot be killed)
Google Nexus - Save (Chooses one player each night, that targeted player may not be killed. Nexus cannot save the same player two nights in a row)
Motorola Droid - Block (Each Night may target one player and prevent him from acting. Cannot block the same player two nights in a row)
Samsung Galaxy - Spy (Chooses one player each night, the host will reply to Galaxy, informing him of the target's role)
LG Optimus - Redirect (Selects two players each night and chooses one to redirect his action to the other).
Sony Xperia - Die Roll (Each night the host will roll a die, and Xperia will have an ability corresponding to the number that comes up on the die. 1=Save, 2=Spy, 3=Block, 4=Kill, 5=Choice, 6=No Action)
The Others (The Mafia/Bad Guys)
Windows Mobile - Spy (Chooses one player each night, the host will reply to Windows, informing him of the target's role)
RIM - Vote Redirect (Each DAY may PM the host with a chosen player and secretly change his vote to whomever RIM desires)
iOS - Trap (Each night may target one player. That player will be unable to act during the night and will not be able to vote the following day)
The Dumbphone (An Independent Faction)
(In order to win he must RID kill 3 other players, at least one of them must be a Mafia player)
Two Abilities
- First, he may choose to become invulnerable from being killed during any night or a day cycle, but only 2 times within any 4 consecutive cycles.
- Second, he has an “RID” kill. This means that he can kill any player for which he can successfully guess the Role that matches their game name. For this he gets one guess per cycle.
