Big Game Planning Thread

[Flying Squid with Goggles]

Hey Mafioso! Per our conversation in this thread, let's try to put together a newbie-friendly game, bring some newbies/new blood and veterans from other forums in. This thread is to help us put together the structure of that game, we should probably take things to somewhere more private when the specific setup is developed (or it could even be that someone has a plan already in mind.)

Let's get some names into some jobs:



Willing to lead modding:
1. Mahaloth
2. SisterCoyote

Willing to co-mod:
1. Mahaloth
2. FSWG
3. SisterCoyote
4. Logic

Willing to give setups a balancing opinion:
1. FSWG
2. Mahaloth
3. Logic
4.


Willing to recruit from _______ forum:
1. Biotop - SDMB
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.


Anything else we should add on?

Those who expressed interest in the other thread:
@Lion
@Pleonast
@SisterCoyote
@Biotop
@Mahaloth
@The Mighty Quinn
@raventhief
@Logic

[Flying Squid with Goggles]

It occurs to me that I included "Big" in the thread title, but there was discussion in the other thread that maybe a small game would be better for newbie-friendly characteristics - my apologies, we should totally hash that out here. Feel free to vote on whether you would prefer this as a larger-than-usual game, or as a small game.

[SisterCoyote]

I mean, I think a big game would be fun but risks intimidating new players. I would rather a game for new folk came in at 12-15?

I would be willing to mod or co-mod, and I was figuring on a standard array type game: all vanilla, vanilla+cop, vanilla+doc, vanilla+cop+doc+godfather, or vanilla+godfather I think is the usual selection?

[Biotop]

Biotop/Lion is willing to advise newbies how to play. I am willing to participate in any game involving newbies with the idea of being welcoming, helping with the language of Mafia, strategy, etc.

I am not able to mod or co-mod and I do not ever visit any forums other than SDMB, alas.

[Logic]

Count me in for everything except writing of flavor (mostly a lead host/mod action)

[Mahaloth]

I can help with all of it, including co-modding it. I have tons of thoughts about this kind of thing.

[Flying Squid with Goggles]

It looks like Mahaloth and SisterC are the ones interested in lead-modding - maybe we rand between you two and them that will answer some other questions about the size of the game, etc....

[Sekhmet]

I highly recommend that the rules be completely open. Having secret roles is hard for newbies because they don’t have any experience to guide them about what to expect. Open rules also removes a lot of potential shenanigans with role messages and early claims.

[SisterCoyote]

Originally Posted by Sekhmet

I highly recommend that the rules be completely open. Having secret roles is hard for newbies because they don’t have any experience to guide them about what to expect. Open rules also removes a lot of potential shenanigans with role messages and early claims.

This was my plan, to a point, as noted above.

[Flying Squid with Goggles]

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SisterCoyote
Mahaloth
IP: 66.194.72.21
Timestamp: 2020-02-26 18:30:19 UTC

OK, SisterCoyote, do you want to take the lead in choosing a setup? There's a lot of folks here ready to help too!

[raventhief]

Originally Posted by Biotop

Biotop/Lion is willing to advise newbies how to play. I am willing to participate in any game involving newbies with the idea of being welcoming, helping with the language of Mafia, strategy, etc.

I am not able to mod or co-mod and I do not ever visit any forums other than SDMB, alas.

I can be welcoming and helpful as well.