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Welcome to Mafia XVIII: Major Arcana Mafia II

This is the sequel to Mafia IX: Major Arcana Mafia. The game setup is a heavily modified version of Great Idea Mafia, for use with a Tarot deck.

Players Signed Up:

1. Eevee
2. yuma
3. Archetype
4. sparky5856
5. AUTO-ROBZ888
6. Lekkit
7. shraeye
8. Ashersky
9. Grujah
10. Voltgloss
11. Insomniac
12. Cuzz
13. jotheonah
14. jimmmmm
15. Galzria
16. Axxle

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Replacements:

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Backup Mod (I'm V/LA on weekends): Dsell


Sign-ups and Pre-game:
1. This game wants 16-20 players. As soon as 16 players have signed up, there will be a 24-hour window for others to join. Anyone who signs up after this 24-hour window, or after 20 players have signed up, will be put in the replacement queue.
2. Once the sign-up window has closed, I'll send Role PMs. You should confirm receiving your PM in the game thread.
3. The game will officially start when all but three players have confirmed.
« Last Edit: December 23, 2012, 10:02:25 am by cayvie »
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Re: Mafia XVIII: Major Arcana Mafia II (signups open)
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2012, 11:32:26 pm »

Setup Info

So here's how this works. This is a Semi-Open setup.

I've divided my Tarot deck into two piles, the Major and Minor Arcana. As seen below, I've assigned specific, fairly traditional Mafia roles to the Minor Arcana. The Major Arcana, however, have been assigned secret abilities that range from "Oh, that's new and interesting" to "What on Earth was that?" in power and strangeness. As figured out last game, all Major Arcana roles have death triggers, that are secret even to themselves. Some Major Arcana are town-aligned, some are Mafia, some are Werewolf, and some are other.

In order to keep the Major Arcana roles feeling appropriately special, I've separated them from the rest of the deck. For every seven players that join the game, one Major Arcana role is added to the setup. After that is done, I deal enough Tarot cards to give everyone a role. In a game in this size range, there will be exactly two Major Arcana.

Minor tweaking is done afterward to ensure some semblance of balance. It usually comes out pretty balanced, but sometimes there's six werewolves out of 16 players and that's just no good.
« Last Edit: December 18, 2012, 11:35:45 pm by cayvie »
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Re: Mafia XVIII: Major Arcana Mafia II (signups open)
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2012, 11:32:32 pm »

The Deck

Cups
Ace - Lover
Two - Vanilla Townie
Three - Vanilla Townie
Four - Mason
Five - Vengeful Lover
Six - Vanilla Townie
Seven - Cop
Eight - Roleblocker
Nine - Innocent Child
Ten - Lover
Page - Mafia Goon
Knight - Mafia Goon
Queen - Mafia One-Shot Redirector
King - Mafia Watcher

Pentacles
Ace - Mafia-Immune Serial Killer
Two - Vanilla Townie
Three - Vanilla Townie
Four - Mason
Five - One-Shot Strongman Vigilante
Six - Vanilla Townie
Seven - Cop
Eight - Backup
Nine - Jack of all Trades
Ten - Spy
Page - Mafia Goon
Knight - Mafia Goon
Queen - Mafia Roleblocker
King - Mafia Godfather

Wands
Ace - Werewolf-Immune Serial Killer
Two - Vanilla Townie
Three - Vanilla Townie
Four - Mason
Five - One-Shot Day Vigilante
Six - Vanilla Townie
Seven - Seer
Eight - Ninja Doctor
Nine - Bulletproof Townie
Ten - Doctor
Page - Werewolf
Knight - Werewolf
Queen - Werewolf Rolecop
King - Alpha Werewolf

Swords
Ace - Secret Mason
Two - Vanilla Townie
Three - Vanilla Townie
Four - Mason
Five - Hider
Six - Vanilla Townie
Seven - Seer
Eight - Jailkeeper
Nine - FBI Agent
Ten - Vigilante
Page - Werewolf
Knight - Werewolf
Queen - Ninja Werewolf
King - Werewolf One-Shot Dayvig

Major Arcana

0: The Fool
I: The Magician
II: The High Priestess
III: The Empress
IV: The Emperor
V: The Hierophant
VI: The Lovers
VII: The Chariot
VIII: Strength
IX: The Hermit
X: The Wheel of Fortune
XI: Justice
XII: The Hanged Man
XIII: Death
XIV: Temperance
XV: The Devil
XVI: The Tower
XVII: The Star
XVIII: The Moon
XIX: The Sun
XX: Judgment
XXI: The World
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Re: Mafia XVIII: Major Arcana Mafia II (signups open)
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2012, 11:33:27 pm »

I'll follow because the last game was awesome, but I think this game is just too big for me.
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Re: Mafia XVIII: Major Arcana Mafia II (signups open)
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2012, 11:39:10 pm »

gosh-diddly yes.
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Re: Mafia XVIII: Major Arcana Mafia II (signups open)
« Reply #5 on: December 18, 2012, 11:40:18 pm »

dibs on the stronger major arcana.
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Re: Mafia XVIII: Major Arcana Mafia II (signups open)
« Reply #6 on: December 18, 2012, 11:51:32 pm »

I'll follow because the last game was awesome, but I think this game is just too big for me.

want to back-up mod?
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Re: Mafia XVIII: Major Arcana Mafia II (signups open)
« Reply #7 on: December 18, 2012, 11:52:49 pm »

I'll follow because the last game was awesome, but I think this game is just too big for me.

want to back-up mod?

Yes!
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Re: Mafia XVIII: Major Arcana Mafia II (signups open)
« Reply #8 on: December 18, 2012, 11:54:44 pm »

I'll follow because the last game was awesome, but I think this game is just too big for me.

Ditto, but more because I don't have time to obsessively read over lots of old posts.  Not that it stops most players. ;)
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Re: Mafia XVIII: Major Arcana Mafia II (signups open)
« Reply #9 on: December 18, 2012, 11:55:07 pm »

/in!
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« Reply #10 on: December 18, 2012, 11:55:24 pm »

Can I get a better role than Vengeful Lover?
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Derphammering is when quickhammers go derp.

Faust has also been incredibly stubborn this game. In other news, it's hot in the summer, and water falls from the sky when it rains.


Mafia Record:
TOWN Wins: M3, M5, M6, M11, M17, M28, M32, M105, M108, M114, M118, M120, M122, DM1, DoM1, OZ2, RM45, RM47, RM48, RM49, RM55
TOWN Losses: M4, M7, M8, M9, M13, M14, M18, M31, M110, M111, M113, M117, M125, RM3, RM4, RM54
SCUM Wins: M2, M19, M23, M100, DM3, RM1, RM2, RM48, RM50
SCUM Losses: M15 (SK), M102 (Tr), OZ1, RM55

Total Wins: 30
Total Losses: 20

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Re: Mafia XVIII: Major Arcana Mafia II (signups open)
« Reply #11 on: December 18, 2012, 11:56:34 pm »

inininin

Love the setup!
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Re: Mafia XVIII: Major Arcana Mafia II (signups open)
« Reply #12 on: December 18, 2012, 11:56:39 pm »

Can I get a better role than Vengeful Lover?

does such a thing exist??
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Re: Mafia XVIII: Major Arcana Mafia II (signups open)
« Reply #13 on: December 18, 2012, 11:57:49 pm »

Holy crap, /in
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« Reply #14 on: December 18, 2012, 11:59:11 pm »

Can I get a better role than Vengeful Lover?

Vengeful Lightning Rod. 

I thought about making PGO Lightning Rod once.  Everyone targets you.  You kill everyone. :)
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Re: Mafia XVIII: Major Arcana Mafia II (signups open)
« Reply #15 on: December 19, 2012, 12:03:17 am »

I'll follow because the last game was awesome, but I think this game is just too big for me.

Ditto, but more because I don't have time to obsessively read over lots of old posts.  Not that it stops most players. ;)
zing. i'm okay at calling scum teams early though.
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Re: Mafia XVIII: Major Arcana Mafia II (signups open)
« Reply #16 on: December 19, 2012, 12:03:27 am »

AUTO-IN PLEASE.
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« Reply #17 on: December 19, 2012, 12:14:42 am »

Can I get a better role than Vengeful Lover?

is this an /in?

hey, want a true story from last game?

last time around, you were complaining mildly about always getting vanilla or worse roles. so when i was picking roles, i came to you, and drew VT. i felt a little bad, so i decided to give you another chance, and gave that role to the next player on the list (i think it was shraeye). then i drew again for you, and got lover--and you wound up being the only lover in the game. it was hilarious.
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« Reply #18 on: December 19, 2012, 12:15:51 am »

I've no time for this!

I've no time for anything!

Bah!

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Derphammering is when quickhammers go derp.

Faust has also been incredibly stubborn this game. In other news, it's hot in the summer, and water falls from the sky when it rains.


Mafia Record:
TOWN Wins: M3, M5, M6, M11, M17, M28, M32, M105, M108, M114, M118, M120, M122, DM1, DoM1, OZ2, RM45, RM47, RM48, RM49, RM55
TOWN Losses: M4, M7, M8, M9, M13, M14, M18, M31, M110, M111, M113, M117, M125, RM3, RM4, RM54
SCUM Wins: M2, M19, M23, M100, DM3, RM1, RM2, RM48, RM50
SCUM Losses: M15 (SK), M102 (Tr), OZ1, RM55

Total Wins: 30
Total Losses: 20

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« Reply #19 on: December 19, 2012, 12:17:38 am »

Can I get a better role than Vengeful Lover?

is this an /in?

hey, want a true story from last game?

last time around, you were complaining mildly about always getting vanilla or worse roles. so when i was picking roles, i came to you, and drew VT. i felt a little bad, so i decided to give you another chance, and gave that role to the next player on the list (i think it was shraeye). then i drew again for you, and got lover--and you wound up being the only lover in the game. it was hilarious.

Making the most of a one-sided lover WAS a real challenge. It's hard knowing someone is so good inside, but that feeling isn't reciprocated. Still...

Bah!
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Derphammering is when quickhammers go derp.

Faust has also been incredibly stubborn this game. In other news, it's hot in the summer, and water falls from the sky when it rains.


Mafia Record:
TOWN Wins: M3, M5, M6, M11, M17, M28, M32, M105, M108, M114, M118, M120, M122, DM1, DoM1, OZ2, RM45, RM47, RM48, RM49, RM55
TOWN Losses: M4, M7, M8, M9, M13, M14, M18, M31, M110, M111, M113, M117, M125, RM3, RM4, RM54
SCUM Wins: M2, M19, M23, M100, DM3, RM1, RM2, RM48, RM50
SCUM Losses: M15 (SK), M102 (Tr), OZ1, RM55

Total Wins: 30
Total Losses: 20

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Re: Mafia XVIII: Major Arcana Mafia II (signups open)
« Reply #20 on: December 19, 2012, 01:52:22 am »

Even if I feel very busy, I must play.  Arcana I was my intro-game here and I loved it.  Sign me up for round 2.
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« Reply #21 on: December 19, 2012, 02:39:12 am »

I was just going to tag to follow.











But, werewolves.  /in
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« Reply #22 on: December 19, 2012, 04:47:34 am »

I was freaking awesome last time (my own assessment), even though I've actually replaced in... /in.
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Re: Mafia XVIII: Major Arcana Mafia II (signups open)
« Reply #23 on: December 19, 2012, 06:33:07 am »

Also, claiming Hierophant now.
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« Reply #24 on: December 19, 2012, 06:58:23 am »

/out.  too big for me.
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