Posts from Mafia 75. The Mystery of the Ancient Ruins.

Once again, everyone was convinced that a cowardly tactic doesn't lead to good results. Perhaps Reuvan played the best. Two successful actions in just two days, and moreover, the role wasn't overpowered; there were no defenses, only courage and determination.

Yes, Revan is really cool.

Some players don't need a powerful role to perform well, while others can't even play a powerful role properly.

I won't lie if I say that I didn't expect something like that to happen during the game. Alright, thanks to everyone, and a special thanks to Vespyr, Mentu, and Koshe, as they were the core of the activity in the second half of the game and my main rivals.

Tox, will there be logs?

Well then, shall we start posting the log? I hope everything fits into one post.

Player Roles.

Viliy - Nephela.
Nicholas - Sareth.
Robin - Ment.
Knight - Heroist.
Horatius - Kosha.
Leon - Revan.
Caroline - Alexigl.
Samuel - Freud.
Sharon - Vesper.
Drake - Wishmaster.

Marcellius - Neyra.
Jonathan - Yashchur.
Archibald - Wistreet.

Damien - Soledad.
Zmey - Gur.
Ryzhaya - Arandor.
Molchun - Nebo.

Patrick - Morning.

First Night.

Nicholas stays home.
Robin – trap for Wish.
Knight – protecting Morning.
Leon kills Gur.
Caroline – blocking Soledad.
Samuel – protecting Ment.
Sharon stays home.
Drake – serenade to Kosha.

Marcellius protects Yashchur.
Jonathan – blocking Soledad.
Archibald – killing Sareth (protection triggered).

Damien – silencing Loken. (Block)
Zmey – poisoning Vishik. (Doesn't make it, killed)
Molchun – snare for Arandor.

Patrick – curse+kill on Vesper, checking Gur. (Since Vesper stayed home and Morning hit her electric discharge, all ND mana are blocked).

No clues left; Kosha finds out that Vishik is peaceful; Vishik and the cartel find out that Alexigl's specialization is magic (oh, this randomness).

Additional clue for Vishik - transformation 89-90: victory.
This refers to the 1989 animated series "Transformers: Victory". The main villain in it is called Deathsaurus. http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers:_Victory Revan's signature says "I bring death".

Second Night.

Nicholas – trap for himself.
Robin – Kosha on Heroist. (Kosha is without ND, lol)
Knight – protecting Sareth. (hit a net, Sareth learned his specialization)
Leon – kill Wistreet.
Caroline – protecting Nebo.
Samuel – healing Kosha. (didn't make it, died)
Sharon stays home.
Drake sings a serenade to Ment.

Marcellius – protecting Yashchur.
Jonathan – blocking Nebo.
Archibald – killing Freud.

Ryzhaya – Big Bang on Alex.
Molchun – Snare for Soledad. (went through, block happens later)

Patrick – rune on himself, check on Kosha, curse on Vesper. (managed to set the rune, other NDs burned out)

The clue for Arandor was solved perfectly by Morning. The coins in the image and the long convoluted description refer to a bolivar, which cannot carry two according to an O. Henry story; it is also the currency of Venezuela, and the leader of Venezuela - Hugo Chavez, who died on Arandor's registration date.

Well, the other clues are obvious since the killers died immediately after their victims. The green-haired girl in Wistreet's avatar, "But the archer probably shouldn't have hoped for so much" - "I should stop expecting so much" in Revan's signature. Same with the additional clue for Wish - Nyan Cat on Wistreet, which I actually did more as a joke.

Kosha finds out that Menti is peaceful; randomness again gave the cartel that Alexigl is a mage; Vishik received Yashchur's status - weapon.

Third Night.

Nicholas – trap for Heroist.
Robin – trap for Sareth.
Knight – protecting Kosha.
Sharon goes to Ment. (learns status and specialization, steals voice)
Drake sings a serenade to Sareth. (redirected to Kosha)

Marcellius – protecting Yashchur.
Jonathan – blocking Heroist. (falls into trap)

Damien – kill Kosha. (according to the description of Knight's ND, he redirects the assassination to himself; protection, unfortunately, didn't save him)
Molchun – snare for Morning. (sets the snare before Patrick sets the rune, so he doesn't hit it)

Patrick – rune on himself, curse on Vesper (curse worked).

Clue - "You are either a beast or a god..." The phrase you found from Aristotle was spoken in almost exactly the same wording by Francis Bacon. http://ru.wikiquote.org/wiki/Фрэнсис_Бэкон http://ru.wikiquote.org/wiki/Одиночество At the second link, we see the original of this quote - "He who delights in solitude is either a wild beast or a god". Solitude is almost phonetically similar to the Spanish Soledad, and both words mean, correctly, "loneliness".

Kosha finds out again that Vishik is peaceful, as well as that Heroist is aggressive, lol. Vishik learns that Drakkosha's specialization is stealth.

Additional clue for Vishik - the wall of the University of Geneva. The first Google link for this gives the "Reformation Wall" - http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Стена_Реформации And although he isn't on the wall itself, Martin Luther is considered the leader of the Reformation. Who was born on Soledad's registration date.

Fourth Night.

Robin – Nebo on Yashchur. (snare is set earlier, redirection has no effect)
Sharon stays home.
Drake sings a serenade to Morning. (dies, removes the rune from him)

Marcellius – protecting Yashchur.
Jonathan – kill Kosha. (natural protection triggers)

Damien – kill Morning. (natural protection triggers)
Molchun – snare for Soledad.

Patrick – rune on himself, checking Kosha. (successful)

No clues.

Kosha finds out that Morning and Yashchur are peaceful; the cartel finds out that Ment is a mage.

Fifth Night.

Robin – Morning on Freud. (maniac cannot be redirected)
Sharon stays home.

Marcellius stays home.

Damien stays home.
Molchun – kill Ment. (redirected to Freud, dies from his ability)

Patrick – curse and killing Drakkosha, clouding of mind on Nebo.

Clue - UNIV K UA 1898. You correctly guessed that it refers to the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. But no one noticed that a metro station "Polytechnic Institute" is also named after it, which is located nearby, and this is in Wikipedia. http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Национальный_технический_университет_Украины_«Киевский_политехнический_институт» That's what the token is for. And the station opened on November 5th. Morning's birthday.

And, according to Viliy's ability, two clues were left for Nebo, but they are obvious. Ears - for "non-canonical elf", cards - for "cheating".

Sixth Night.

Robin – Ney on Loken. (falls into trap)
Sharon goes to Soledad. (natural protection saves her there, which is why it appeared in the newspaper without a hint of specialization; I mentioned this to Yashchur earlier)

Marcellius stays home.

Damien – kill Ment. (doesn't make it, Ment killed himself earlier on a rune)

Patrick – clouding and rune on Neyra, silence for Soledad.

Seventh Night.

Sharon goes to Neyra. (in some incredibly epic way, 75% natural protection doesn't save her)

Marcellius – kill Morning. (redirected to Vesper, doesn't make it, died)

Morning – rune on himself, silence and clouding on Neyra.

Once again, everyone was convinced that a cowardly tactic doesn't lead to good things.

Yeah. And Morn would have killed me, such a brave and decisive one, on the very first night.

Good morning, and congratulations on your victory! ^_^

Congratulations to Morni on the victory. And I have a couple of questions. **To Cartel:** Why, knowing that Morni is a maniac, didn't you eliminate him during the day? It was clear that he was dangerous and couldn't be dealt with at night. Although you didn't even try at night. Arko, can you explain the logic? **To the GM:** Let's assume you weren't mistaken and set Sharon's "defense works once every three nights." Theoretically, could Sharon skip a turn for two nights in a row? That is, the defense would work on the first night, but not on the second, but there would be no night defense. Or is it impossible to skip night defense? **Revanche**, learn how to shoot like this

To the Game Master: let's assume you weren't mistaken and set Sharon's ability to "defense works once every three nights." Theoretically, could Sharon skip a turn for two nights in a row? That is, the defense would work on the first night, but not on the second, and there would be no Night Defense. Or is it impossible to skip Night Defense?

On the second night, she would stay at home, but without protection.

Loken knew from the very beginning who Vesper was, hmm...
Toksi, is the point of the post that Loken deceived everyone? He staged the discovery in the ruins of ANCIENT EVIL, but in reality, there were just ordinary treasures and nothing more? )
Overall, it was good. The city, sorry for the mistakes, I made a lot of them. If I had calculated the roles more accurately, I could have won, because redirection, when used correctly, is very powerful. But instead, I only hindered...
However, I played Revan well. Although the randomness was high, this tactic still needs to be confirmed, in my opinion... Heroist did a good job. Not every time do the defenders guess who to go to, it's a pity that Heroist wasn't saved by the elemental protection.
Overall, it's clear that the negative players were unlucky. But, to be fair, Loken could have used the killing rune less often and/or not used it so often on himself, especially considering that Markelius might not attack, and other roles will hardly break through the elemental protection. But he still won...

Patrick – rune on himself, check on Kosh, curse on Vesper. (he managed to place the rune, the rest of the non-detection spells were consumed)

Well, Loken...

Well, the rest of the clues are obvious, because the killers died immediately after the victims.

And why did you come up with them? It was already clear, and time was wasted on inventing them...

Clue - "You are either a beast or a god..." The phrase that you found from Aristotle was almost exactly in the same wording by Francis Bacon. http://ru.wikiquote.org/wiki/Фрэнсис_Бэкон http://ru.wikiquote.org/wiki/Одиночество In the second link, we see the original of this quote - "He who delights in solitude is either a wild beast or a god". Solitude is almost similar to the Spanish Soledad, and both of these words mean, correctly, "loneliness".

I see. Well, overall, the clue is good, but you see, there turned out to be many interpretations, and not all of them look worse than the original...

Additional clue for Vishik - the wall of the University of Geneva. The very first link in Google for this gives "The Wall of the Reformation" - http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Стена_Реформации And although it is not on the wall itself, Martin Luther is considered the leader of the Reformation. Who was born on the date of Soledad's registration.

Hmm, I should have guessed, I didn't even notice. Maybe it would have given some necessary information...
In general, overall it was good. Some people were frankly pleasing, others at least played well. Only I dragged my team down the whole game. So we can say that the game was successful. Thank you all for the game, including the GM, it was interesting!
Congratulations to Loken on the victory!

Revan, learn how to shoot like this

Here, a video tutorial on "how to shoot like Revan," just for you.

Arko, can you explain the logic?

The allies didn't dare to vote for him, considering the peculiarity of the Haven town and their love for executing Mafia and showing mercy to Mages. Afterwards, Rita voted against Morne, but no one supported her, although many guessed who she was. But everyone preferred to execute Neyra. Besides, for revealing Morne's role, they could have given a modkill, as was said in the chat, so the town could have simply supported the vote and believed in the possible Mafia. At night, they didn't dare to kill him, although Nebok could have tried, as he ignores traps.

Toxic, is the point of the post that Locken deceived everyone? He staged finding himself in the ruins of ANCIENT EVIL, but in reality, there were just ordinary coins and nothing else?

Coins and ancient magical scrolls. Who knows what Morny will find in them?

In general, I think I'll run another game in this world sometime. I hope you enjoyed it.

Added 4 minutes later

So, here's a video tutorial on "how to shoot like Revan," especially for you.

At 0:40, he shot so coolly. XD

Well, even I used to participate in city-based competitions.