Pirates/Mafia
How it's played....
There are two teams, Pro-Town and Anti-Town. A certain number of players are on each. The Pro's outweigh the Anti's.
Day Phase: All the players gather and decide who they will kill off, anti-town included. Anti tries to swing the vote to a Pro.
Night Phase: Anti's gather to decide who they will kill off
"Lynching" decided by majority vote. Pro's win when all Anti's are dead, Anti's win when their numbers are even to Pro's.
Usually, the day and night phases last about a week, or when majority has cast vote for one player.
Other players...
Angel/Doctor - Can protect one player a night, except for his or herself
Psychic - Can divine whether a player is Pro or Anti at night
Tracker - Can discover the role of another player at night
History of the game
Flash tutorial
Newbie guide 1
Newbie guide 2
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How we would play
Our story
Jacky Faber and Friends, aboard the Emerald, sail into port in Ireland where they pick up some new crew to help them sail to Amerikay. After launching, and too far to turn back, the crew notices that there are signs of violence, even mutiny from some who were signed on at port. In order to protect themselves, Jacky, Jaimy, and Higgins disguise themselves as regular crew members.
Since Higgins knows a lot of what goes on with the crew can tell if they are for, or against Jacky, but, Jacky, remembering her superb spying skills, is able to follow one crew member each night to see exactly what he or she is doing. Jaimy, feeling it is his duty to protect Jacky's loved ones, watches over one crew member each night.
In the morning, everyone gathers on deck to decide who will be tossed off the ship in order to protect themselves and their ship. Each night, however, the mutineers gather in secret to decide which of the crew they will kill.
Players:
Jacky (Tracker - Pro)
Higgins (Psychic - Pro)
Jaimy (Doctor - Pro)
Some number of regular crew (Pro)
Some number of mutineers (Anti)
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I've started playing it with the board I'm a member of, so a lot of the confusion is clearing up.
It's been so much fun so far! Our game mod called me "clever and manipulative" because I'm an Anti, but I'm successfully skewing the vote. There's something to write home about! pirate
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This will all take place in "Dovecote," our Games forum.
