Mafia: general discussions.

I’m telling you, you’ll have to make significant balance changes.

Well, I know of two types of games where a “corpse market” is acceptable:
1. A typical psychological classic from a defunct genre – because most roles are non-investigative, and the dead simply don’t have information.
2. Warhammer – because by the end of day 3, everyone knows everyone else, and the game mainly consists of deciding which investigative role to send where.

Both options are not just a “different balance,” but a “different game.” For the games here, a “corpse market” equals the death of the Mafia.

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in a regular Mafia game, this is compensated by simply not revealing roles.

And this is the 3rd option – a blind game. But it’s such a thing that it’s better for the dead to remain silent.