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Lori, will there be a mapmaking contest today?

Today is Wednesday. Plus, the game just ended. So, at the very least, it will be tomorrow.

Ah, there's a glitch. I thought I asked him to do it today...
But okay, never mind.

Do you think a setting with three factions, each having four roles, would be playable, given the same number of roles for the town?

I played a similar game, but it only had 4 factions. It was awful.

I played a similar game, but it only had four major factions.

This is somewhat different. Here, we're talking about 12x4x4x4x1.

This is somewhat different. Here, we're talking about 12x4x4x4x1.

It will be a mess. Or there will be an overload with the number of non-dimensional units.

I like settings with multiple factions, but here, it seems like there are too many people. Each role has its own characteristics, which makes it difficult to play. Either reduce the number of roles for each faction to three, or reduce the number of city factions, but give them good characteristics and unique features.

This is slightly different. Here, we're talking about 12x4x4x4x1.

I understand. I thought it implied that the town also has 4 roles.

In my game, by the way, there are exactly three factions, each with three members.
Reven, we also need to think about how to handle the killings. If there are three factions, a maniac, a city gunman, and other joys of life, then in one night you can easily eliminate almost a third of the players.
I like the idea.

It would be a chaotic mess, or an overload with the number of neutral roles.

Each role has its own characteristics, and it will be difficult to play.

A few months ago, I already wrote that it wouldn't hurt to slightly reduce the difficulty of the games, but, as it turns out, few people want such settings. In the end, everyone wants to have an interesting role, with an interesting description, interesting actions, and unique features.
Regarding the chaos – essentially, it wouldn't differ from other settings in terms of the number of kills; the only difference would be a longer duration. Overall, this presents a certain challenge for both players and the GM, especially. For players, it's probably just analyzing the nightly events, but nothing more.
On the other hand, such a setup would allow for an epic game, with full team compositions and a full, unreduced town, moreover, one that poses a certain danger to the mafia, not being a flock of sheep that can be slaughtered without consequences (this refers to the roles and their characteristics; clarification, just in case).
And, in fact, what I think is that the next game (after Lorelei) will be mine, and I will most likely try to create exactly such a setup. I think everyone would be interested in trying such an experiment. And in case of a significant shortage of players, well, I would remove one team and weaken the town.

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Raven, we also need to think about how to handle the kills. If there are three mafia, a serial killer, a town marksman, and other joys of life, then you can easily eliminate almost a third of the players in one night.

This will depend on how it turns out. In my 21st game, it was possible to have up to four kills per night, and on the third night, there were only 4 corpses.

The probability that half of the attackers will encounter a block or defense is certainly not zero. But I don't think it's a good idea to rely solely on that.

It’s a shame that exams are happening during Mafia games that I really want to play. But I’ll still play, haha. I’m tired of passively eliminating someone in Mafia.

I’ll start working on my own Mafia game sometime today or tomorrow...)