Re: Effulgence Mafia Game Thread
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 7:16 pm
Still too busy for cryptoing yet especially because I got distracted explaining one-time pads in the other thread:
I'm pretty sure the game isn't over until everybody alive is actually winning or losing. That is, if Addy wins by having 50% of the power roles still alive, we keep playing even though Alphabeta could be said to be winning. This is like Mafia usually is, but unlike most games (which are over as soon as any one player has met their win condition).
I find what I said to be a plausible Addy win condition, but probably not exactly right. Note that anybody town-aligned will be keeping the game going while there are mafia, so either there must be nobody Town-aligned, or there must be no mafia, for the game to end. Since I'd guess most power roles are Town-aligned, Addy cannot win while the Mafia is still alive. Even if this analysis is wrong, the key point is still that Addy wants many of us alive, probably doesn't prefer any of us dead, and can help us stay that alive, so we should keep Addy alive.
Is it permitted to discuss the game with non-players iff they promise not to reveal private information to other players?
I'm pretty sure the game isn't over until everybody alive is actually winning or losing. That is, if Addy wins by having 50% of the power roles still alive, we keep playing even though Alphabeta could be said to be winning. This is like Mafia usually is, but unlike most games (which are over as soon as any one player has met their win condition).
I find what I said to be a plausible Addy win condition, but probably not exactly right. Note that anybody town-aligned will be keeping the game going while there are mafia, so either there must be nobody Town-aligned, or there must be no mafia, for the game to end. Since I'd guess most power roles are Town-aligned, Addy cannot win while the Mafia is still alive. Even if this analysis is wrong, the key point is still that Addy wants many of us alive, probably doesn't prefer any of us dead, and can help us stay that alive, so we should keep Addy alive.
Is it permitted to discuss the game with non-players iff they promise not to reveal private information to other players?