Hi all!
Some of you will remember
Dice Mafia. I'm working on a greatly simplified version and it's pretty close to ready to test. I'm hoping that it generates enough interest to run a 9-13 player test game. Here's how it works at the moment:
There are no specific roles; all night actions come from the dice.
Each player starts with some number of unrolled 6-sided dice in their supply.
Each Day in which there are at least 5 players remaining, players are given a target score to aim for. To contribute to this target, players can roll 1-5 dice (in their Personal thread) and then play one. A played die contributes its value to the score. All dice which are rolled but not played are stored.
Each Night, each player may spend one stored die for a Night Action, depending on the value of the spent die.
Dice with a value of 2-3 provide an action regardless of alignment or the prior Day's result:
3. Dice Thief - Steal two dice from another player's supply.
2. Dice Giver - Give all your 1s to another player. If they have at least 5 1s, they discard two and return three to their supply (they become unrolled).
(1. No action.)
Actions provided by dice with a value of 4-6 depend on the player's alignment and whether the goal was achieved on the prior Day.
If the target is successfully reached:
Town Actions:
6. Cop
5. Tracker
4. Watcher
Mafia Actions:
6. Godfather (max one player per Night)
5. Ninja
4. Watcher
Otherwise:
Town Actions:
6. Roleblocker
5. Doctor
4. Bodyguard
Mafia Actions:
6. Vigilante (max one player per Night)
5. Strongman
4. Roleblocker
The idea is that after a successful Day, the Town has the chance to gain some information, and otherwise the Mafia has the chance to get an extra night kill.
I would love any kind of feedback, but especially with regards to the actions - do they seem fair to both sides? Are the higher value actions generallly stronger than the lower value ones? Is the game interesting enough without players having their own roles? Let me know what you think!
You can't sign up for it on the site yet, but you can /in here if you want and I'll sign you up when it's ready.