Posts from Mafia 12. Operation "New Year"

Yes, it seems like the correct idea was expressed in post number 581...

By the way, Siv. I want to ask you directly, looking you in the eye, what do you have against me? Because I still don't understand.

Behavior. Although Hostor is much more suspicious than you, I won't argue.
Host, I'm too lazy to write to you. Everything has been written a thousand times, and you still ignore it. It's pointless. Those who have ears, let them hear, as they say.

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I probably won't be back until the end of the game day, so I won't be able to fight against Host's accusations. Since this is probably my last message, I want to wish the city good luck :)
The city must be saved, and Hostor must be arrested.

The silver version sounds good, and since there are no other options:
execute Siever

Execute Siverfal - 6 votes (Ta Kotoraya..., Arandor, Xostor, Hermit, Pandora, Magnus)
Execute Xostor - 2 votes (Siverfale, Tieru)
No New Votes - 1 vote (Gur)

6 votes are required for execution

There are 2 and a half hours left until the end of the day.

Hos, I'm too lazy to write to you. Everything has been written a thousand times, and you still ignore it. It's pointless. As they say, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

<_< It seems that we are both ignoring something and arguing pointlessly... that's not good... tsk, tsk, tsk...
If you were a city, you would continue to "kick and scream." You're too lazy to argue with me, and it's pointless, you're right)). Why don't you try to convince others of your point of view, but only challenge mine? Is there no one else to pick on?))

Execute Siverfal - 7 votes (Ta Kotoraya..., Arandor, Xostor, Hermit, Pandora, Magnus)
Execute Xostor - 2 votes (Siverfale, Tieru)
NNV - 1 vote (Gur)

6 votes are required for execution

The townspeople gathered together to take the suspect in the city's troubles, Siverfal, to the detectives. The detectives thanked the peaceful snowmen for their help and promised to publish the details in tomorrow's newspaper.

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This issue is entirely dedicated to recent events in the elf case. We have posted all investigation materials provided to us.
- Editor-in-Chief Snegurochka

During the night, a suspicious elf was detained on the outskirts of town and taken to the city hospital with food poisoning. As it turned out, he was posing as Drnik. During the detectives' visit, he confessed to organizing a conspiracy to ruin the holiday, gave up all his accomplices, and revealed the progress of the plot. Most of the materials were compiled from his words.

A small lyrical digression.
This game allowed me to understand many things. To understand that there is no need to rush. To understand that the GM is simultaneously a servant, a player, and a puppeteer. To understand that responsibility is important. One has to learn from one's own mistakes — there are too few others'.

About the game.
I rate the execution as a three. The first mistake was the decision that the New Year Game should be simple; as a result, a third of inactive roles is a step backward when there is still so much free space ahead. The second mistake was changing the rules in an almost launched game at a player's request. The error and responsibility are entirely mine — if the Expert had remained as is or simply deterred killers, the game would have gone better. I really wanted everyone to be able to play — that was the task I set for myself, which is why I didn't describe the events of the first night in full, including the block of both maniacs.

Game rules. The thought occurred that they need to be changed, improved, and supplemented. I will move the discussion of the rules to general discussions a bit later.

Players. Those I want to mention:

Xostor. Where did you get so many luck amulets? Over five game nights — three elves removed from the game and one evil snowman. Congratulations, you led the city to victory :)

Ta Kotoraya... . The only player who actually took up deciphering clues. I want to applaud the solving of the first night's clue, even if it wasn't solved immediately. :smile12:

I also note the active town players — Arandor, Magnus, Pandora. From the mafia, only Wesker and Siverfale maintained activity.

Role List

Crabby - Elf
Gur - Peaceful
Arandor - Peaceful
Siverfail - Elf
Cash - Evil Snowman
Magnus - Peaceful
White Lizard - Elf
Drnik - Chief Elf
Hermit - Baker
Pandora - Peaceful
Xostor - Confectioner
Wesker - Cunning Elf
Tieru - Peaceful
Neyra Drake - Evil Snowman
Wedma - Expert
Freud - Snow Woman
TaKo - Foreman
Ple-sen - Peaceful
Kyle - Slacker

Newspapers.

"New Year's Herald", issue 1.

Image — as a sign that the only murder was committed by elves.

Incident of the Day
This morning Arandor found what remained of Kyle at his door — his bucket and carrot. He told our journalist that the area around his house was extremely popular during the night, but judging by the tracks, only two out of many night-walk lovers came close to the house. In addition to the bucket and carrot, detectives found a "Roman Candle" type firework. All physical evidence has been placed in storage; an investigation is underway.

Killer — Wesker, mafia went to kill Kyle (slacker)
Clue — Roman Firework, Nazi salute, based on avatar.
Only two came to Aru himself — the slacker and the confectioner; the expert with the evil snowman and the killer himself walked in the vicinity.

Night Guest
Pandora contacted our newspaper office asking to find whoever visited her tonight and tell them to come again — the girl was very happy and reported that she had never eaten such delicious buns.

The baker visited

Classifieds Section
Will trade a cozy two-room house near the factory for any other, on your terms. Neighbors are noisy. Tel. ***-**-**, ask Ple-sen.

An evil snowman and a snow woman were playing snowballs near the house.

"New Year's Herald", issue 2

Image — Joulupukki, the Finnish equivalent of Father Frost. This is an old look; now he has turned into a Santa Claus clone.

Important Guest
Today, own brother of our dearly beloved Father Frost — Joulupukki — arrived in Veliky Ustyug from Finland. A specially prepared commission met the delegation; our photographer also attended the event (see photos on the first page). Ta Kotoraya..., almost glowing with happiness, welcomed the dear guest with bread and salt. In the middle of the meeting, a breathless Magnus ran up — he clearly had a fun night. Joulupukki, along with a retinue of dwarves, settled into the city hotel.

The baker visited TaKo, Magnus played snowballs.

Hooligan prank?
Kash, who had slept peacefully all night, was unable to leave his house this morning — someone stuffed the keyhole with matches. The arriving team of locksmiths found Crabby lying in the snow in front of the house. The poor fellow had been pierced by a saber and showed no signs of life, and a chain of fresh tracks stretched north from him. Detectives are questioning witnesses, albeit without much enthusiasm — last night's event interested them far more. Wait for new details of the case in the next issue.

Cash was blocked by the expert.
The confectioner's (Xostor) protection worked on Crabby.
Saber — in the previous game Xostor was Sabertooth, as indicated by his signature. The clue is debatable since there was no reason to leak a townie. Low enthusiasm of detectives — a hint that a negative character was killed.

Law-abiding snowmen grabbed Kash and dragged him to the detectives. Yes, Kash was reluctant to share kindness, but he also did not commit even a tiny bit of evil. He was placed in storage with other physical evidence for further proceedings.

Cash — a maniac who didn't commit a single murder.

"New Year's Herald", issue 3.

Image — to the destruction of all evil snowmen.

Investigation Progress
One of our journalists managed to interview a detective working on the high-profile case. The detective spoke about the progress of the investigation and reported that they decided to look at the clues from another angle, and also sent our journalist to the laboratory. Follow the course of the case in future issues.

Hint at the first day's clue, that it needs to be looked at differently, non-standardly.

News from the Laboratory
The leading scientist of the city laboratory revealed surprising details of the case — crabby turned out not to be a snowman at all, but a cleverly assembled robot. After decoding the black box, it turned out that the pilot performed an emergency evacuation before the robot sustained damage. Also, organic remains, including carbohydrates, were found on the discovered saber.

The most important thing here is carbohydrates, a hint to the confectioner. Also, Crabby's mafia status is directly stated.

Two Victims
It seems events are taking a serious turn. This morning Neyra Drake was found at Wedm's house, turned into a pile of snowballs. We all feel very sorry for the girl — she was so young and talented, and had not yet managed to realize her dreams. After inspecting the area around Wedm's house, detectives rushed to a call at Ple-sen's house. What used to be Ple-Sen was now only a puddle spread across the floor, a carrot, a couple of coals, and a silver coin. The investigation has flared up with new strength; wait for details in the next issue.

Neyra — evil snowman, confectioner worked. Clue — talent, synonyms ability, feature — reference to the "Heroes" series, whose main characters are people with supernatural abilities, see Xostor's avatar and userbar, also the article "Sylar" in the Wiki.

Ple-sen was killed by elf White Lizard. Clue — silver (Balmont — a Silver Age poet), slightly debatable as mafia is losing. Ple-sen was at home — peaceful snowman.

Grand Concert
A pre-New Year concert will take place in the city today featuring famous groups such as Snow Pistols, Iron Santa, Judas Christmas, and many others. Almost all tickets are sold out, but you can still make it. We conducted a survey among townspeople on how they feel about this:
Wesker: This is just wonderful! You can relax and unwind, shake off the fatigue of gray weekdays and sleepless nights.
Arandor: At another time I would have gone with great pleasure, but after such a fun night, the only thing I want is to get some sleep.
Siverfale: I don't like these concerts, too noisy. I'd rather stay home and eat apple pies.

The Expert visited Wesker, Arandor played snowballs, Siver was treated by the baker.

Young snowmen began running around town, bringing fresh news to the citizens:
Emergency at Gift Factory No. 12! While working, Wedma fell onto the conveyor and ended up in a kiln for firing clay products. Security measures have been tightened at all factories.

Urgent daytime modkill. Didn't know how to describe it, had to use the kiln, but in a way that wouldn't make them think of the baker.

The resisting Wesker was grabbed and dragged to the detectives, who were waiting only for him. Peaceful snowmen received gratitude for helping the investigation.

Wesker, having already committed a murder, was indeed expected.

"New Year's Herald", issue 4

Image — sad elf, as a sign of losing mafia.

News from the Conveyor
At Factory No. 12 today, the best employee of the year was chosen — it turned out to be Ta Kotoraya... . She truly deserves this; sometimes it's even surprising — where does she get so much energy?

The baker treated TaKo again.

This morning Gur was late for work once again; the violation has been entered into the disciplinary log, and the violator faces a fine. Let this serve as a lesson to others.

Gur played snowballs.

Disappearance
In the morning, a bucket and broom previously belonging to WhiteLizard were found in front of Xostor's house; the perpetrator made a hole in the bucket with something piercing — possibly an arrow. He himself could not be located within the city territory.

The confectioner worked again. I warned the mafia that he could place candies at his own place, but apparently this didn't help. Arrow — clock hand, Xostor's userbar. Simple clue — third time already :)

I will post the full log with missed actions later.

Messages
Arandor 108
Siverfale 81
Ta Kotoraya... 60
Wedma 56
Pandora 53
Kash 48
Xostor 46
Magnus 41
Vegtam 40
Wesker 34
Tieru 24
Kyle 19
Gur 18
Hermit 12
Neyra Drake 11
Drnik 8
Ple-Sen 8
WhiteLizard 7
crabby 4
Freud 3

Statistics on the number of messages at the end of the game :)

Articles in the newspaper

Strange, but players are only drawn to arguing and scouring profiles. Yet one can get pleasure from the game — by roleplaying their part, for example. There is also an opportunity to place your articles in the newspaper; as an option — leaving same-death notes to the GM. The only article that arrived was, unfortunately, too late:



At Father Frost's cute factory, where his faithful snowmen work diligently, the holiday and fun are in full swing.
Over there, snow husbands are working on creating gifts, which in turn will delight good, obedient children, and snow women decorate the factory with garlands and other joys.
I, like the others, took part in this. I was even let onto the toy production conveyor and given the chance to craft something of my own. It was... a Pink Hydrant. So cute; I think the child who gets it will be very happy.
On a huge plaque was a painting stating:
"Go to church, old and young, but Jesus is happier with the infant!"
How sweet!
And for now... I need to rest; tomorrow the snowmen will continue the tour.

Signature: Santa Claus.

Happy New Year to everyone!

P.S.: You can leave greetings in the thread

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Action Log:
Night 1
Neyra ---> Ple-sen
Wedma ===> Cash
Cash ---> Kyle
Kyle ===> Arandor
Hermit ===> Pandora
Wesker ---> Kyle
Freud ===> Neyra
Xostor ===> Arandor

Night 2
Neyra - stays home
Cash ---> Wedma
Wedma ===> Cash
Hermit ===> TaKo
Xostor ===> Cash
Freud ===> Magnus
Crabby ---> Cash

Night 3
Xostor ===> Wedma
Neyra ---> Wedma
Wedma ===> Wesker
Freud ===> Arandor
Hermit ===> Siver
Lizard ---> Ple-sen

Night 4
Freud ===> Gur
Hermit ===> TaKo
Xostor ===> Xostor
Lizard ---> Xostor

Night 5
Xostor ===> Xostor
Drnik ---> Xostor

Here is the long-awaited log:)
As expected, Lizard turned out to be weak.
TaKo is great!), although he suspected me -_-
And thanks to Hosu for making life easier for the townspeople.
And in the end: a million thanks to the master and the players for a pleasant game! And Happy New Year to everyone!!!)

Hmm, I thought Liz was good, but I didn't know the confectioner could stash candies for themselves. But I suspected Host for a while, after the second night.

But overall, yes, it was fun. The peaceful players played well, and Siva almost executed the correct strategy. ^^

And I immediately understood that Liz was a Mafia member -_- :O. I also had some thoughts about Wes (and on the first night, I even wanted to kill Siva or Krabi! :O), but then I felt sorry for everyone -_- (actually, I didn't think much about the last two -_-). I only realized about Drinka later (after he was killed).
I can also add that I shouldn't have helped you execute the monster and that I shouldn't have attacked the Witch (I suspected her :O).
But overall, it was nothing, it was Mafia). It was New Year's Eve, after all!! ^______^ (and the GM wasn't bad either ;)).
Zyu: Is Magnus planning to organize another Mafia game for us? :smile43:

(It's being planned) But the exact dates haven't been determined yet, as I'm afraid that attendance might be low on January 31st/February 3rd, and we also need to take a break between Mafia games. According to the plan, the start will be either on January 3rd or on Tuesday-Wednesday of the following week, but during the holidays and the subsequent break, we'll have to extend the game to cover both day and night. However, knowing Magnus, everything might change. For now, I need statistics to get a rough idea of how many forum members will be unavailable around the New Year.

Thanks, Guru, it was a good Mafia game, nothing unexpected really. I don't know why I thought Hostor was Mafia; he acted strangely, using smileys after every sentence, etc. (Host, do you always write like that, or just in this Mafia game so I know for the future?)
Everyone suspected Silver, and he turned out to be Mafia. Everyone was suspicious, the only ones I didn't doubt were TaKo and Arandor. We're waiting for Magnus's Mafia game. Thanks to everyone for the game!

Magnus, after the New Year, launch the Mafia game.

Thanks to everyone for the game, especially to the GM – it was fun ;)

I also want to note the excellent game played by Fortress. Despite everything being against him, he still fought hard and even tried to execute the confectioner during the day. Well done. :)
P.S. Silver-Silver = not such a barbarian after all, is probably the most absurd thing I've heard in recent games :smile04:

And yes, "Santa Claus" was me :D.

The second mistake is changing the rules in an almost finished game at the request of a player.

I apologize, I won't nag anymore. :) bad play Kash. Don't take the blame, Veg. Although, the expert turned out to be incredibly strong anyway - with a successful first hit, the Witch simply didn't give me a chance to play, and I realized this from her very first post.

What I want to note is a really cool clue for the first night. A classic. A goldmine of clues. Bravo, GM! And bravo, TaKo, of course.

TaKo - good play, Hostor - very-very nice hand.

What else... The Townies did a good job, what can I say. They mostly listened to reasonable arguments and executed people justly.

Happy New Year to everyone.

P.S. I told you - Kash doesn't miss turns...

Hmm, well done, you created a good mafia game...
It's not your fault that the town played well. ;)
Even though I was killed on the very first night, I followed the course of the game...
I want to especially highlight the game of Host (I think he deserves the main credit for the win), the Witch (she managed to execute the murderer), and Ta Ko - who found the main clue of the game... :)

Siv also held up pretty well in principle, but IMHO, Revana should have been eliminated... and by trying to protect him, you revealed yourself completely...

What didn't I like?
I didn't like the game of these players:
Drnik
Ple-Sen
WhiteLizard
crabby
Freud

SHAME ON THEM!

Let them answer the question, why did they even sign up for the game? :smile22: