S-FM Basic Variant

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S-FM Basic Variant

[7 Players]

Mafia/ Triad
Mafia/ Triad
Sheriff
Infiltrator
Citizen
Citizen
Citizen

Roles

Mafia/ Triad
- Mafia or Triad alignment is chosen randomly at the start of the game
- Both players are of the same alignment
- Share a night chat with their partner
- Can be sent to perform the factional kill

Sheriff
- Check a player at night for their alignment [Mafia/ Not Mafia]

Infiltrator
- Check a player at night for their alignment [Triad/ Not Triad]

Citizen
- No night abilities

Mechanics

- Game starts on Day 1 with a lynch possible
- Days are 72 hours long
- Majority lynch required (ends day)
- Night is 24 hours long
- No Last Wills or Death Notes allowed

Win conditions

Mafia/ Triad: Gain 50% of the vote
Town: Eliminate the Mafia or Triad

Rules

- No out-of-game communication
- No excessive personal attacks
- Directly quoting PMs from the Host is not allowed (paraphrasing is accepted)
- Spam/ continuous off-topic posts are not allowed
- Lurkers will be replaced
- English only
- Deliberate attempts to circumvent the rules are not allowed

[secondpassing]

72 hour day seems kinda long for everyday. Why not use your S-FM Decisions day timers? It seemed to work well.

Why disable last wills? To me, it seems to punish town lying.

[DarknessB]

72 hour day seems kinda long for everyday. Why not use your S-FM Decisions day timers? It seemed to work well.

Why disable last wills? To me, it seems to punish town lying.

In a vanilla game with one Cop-type role (Sheriff / Infiltrator), last wills are commonly disabled to prevent the Cop from staying under the radar, clearing a bunch of players, and essentially deciding the game very quickly upon the release of his information (in terms of being able to clear 2-3 players in what is a small game). Essentially, if there are Mafia, the Infiltrator is a named Citizen and vice versa with a Triad game and the Sheriff. In this type of game, last wills are too powerful for the Town and allow the Cop too much versatility. Instead, the Cop is forced to be very careful about being night killed / timing the release of his information before then, or else that information disappears.