1) Post in this topic saying you're in. Once you do that I'll add you to the signup list. If you need to drop, either before or during the game, let me know ASAP (before is best - during means I'll need to find a replacement). The exception is if your name is Haunted Water or Astra. Those people are banned from all my games.

2) Signups will go until Sunday December 21st, 11.30pm, Pacific Standard Time. Once that date comes, or we get enough people (ideally I want 24, though I will go anywhere between 18 and 32), I'll hand out the roles and randomly choose everyone's roles. Why is the sign-up time so long? BECAUSE I WANT ALL THE PEOPLE.

3) The game is going to start at NIGHT - so those who have night roles get to use those first. Most role cards have some sort of night role effect on them, so most of you will get a chance to do something. You'll know when the time comes when I hand the roles out. Night phases in a game generally last about 3 days of real-world time.

4) After I get role info from all the people I need to get roles from, I process everything, I write something fancy, and then the day begins. You'll find out who died (if anyone) along with various other bits of information I decide to slide into the start-of-day update. Then you guys vote on who to lynch. Day phases in a game generally last about 7 days of real-world time. The player who gets lynched that day is the player who got the most votes against them in that 7-day period, OR if a player had a number of votes against them equal to a simple majority (50% plus 1), whichever happens sooner. Then the day ends instantly and I write up an end-of-day update in similar fashion to the start-of-day update. Then the night starts and the cycle repeats itself.

5) At some points during the game, when circumstances warrant, I will declare a GAME FREEZE (all caps) in the topic. When I post that, no one gets to post ANYTHING until I say the game is un-frozen. Then you may proceed as normal. Generally, I will declare a GAME FREEZE whenever someone has enough votes to lynch them. Do not bother posting vote counts yourself; I will handle that. Vote counts WILL NOT be posted publicly during a game.

Other misc. rules:

~You cannot post during the night, during a GAME FREEZE, or if you are dead. First offense gets a verbal warning from me; second offense will make me smite you with the Hand of God and remove you from the game.

~Do NOT edit your posts, under any circumstances. If you made a mistake, wait for someone else to post and then re-post, but don't edit any of your posts. First offense gets a verbal warning from me; second offense will make me smite you with the Hand of God and remove you from the game.

~When someone dies, I will reveal that player's role, including name and alignment, and potentially other information. I will do that in the end-of-day update.

~You are not allowed to publicly reveal your role (i.e. quote verbatim what I sent you via PM at the start of the game). This will instantly result in your being smitten with the Hand of God. I will even smite you if you quote a FAKE role PM, so don't try it. NOTE: If you say what your role does, in your own words (a paraphrase), even if it's a lie, that's fine. It's generally not in your best interest to say what your role does, however, but it is your choice to make.

~You are not allowed to talk about this game privately with others outside of this thread, unless I give special permission (e.g. if your role says you can). This basically means no buddy-buddy stuff, no alliances, none of it. If I find out about it, I will smite you with the Hand of God, so please keep all discussion about this game in this thread. Any groups that do have permission to speak outside this thread, I will give specific instructions to later. Most likely this will involve QuickTopic.

~To vote for someone during the day, you need to bold and color-code your vote when you post. Your vote doesn't need to be the only part of your post, but it has to be somewhere in your post. To vote for someone, you need to bold and color your vote red, like so:

Vote: DNA



You are also allowed to unvote that person if you wish, and go vote for someone else to be lynched instead (you do have to unvote before you revote, though). There's no restriction on how many times you can unvote and revote during the day, although if I see it being used excessively, I may limit it. (You don't have to unvote and revote at the same time.) To unvote, you need to bold and color your vote green, like so:

Unvote: DNA
Vote: Hazama



The above is an example of an unvote followed by a revote. If you don't bold and color-code your votes, I will not count them.

~Remember, Mafia is a game of misinformation. Do not be afraid to lie, twist the truth, or in some cases be so perfectly honest that no one believes you. There are virtually no limits on what you may say, so feel free to say whatever the heck you want in the thread, truth or lie. However, if you're still uncertain about something (e.g. am I allowed to say _________?), then feel free to PM me and ask, along with any other questions you have. If it's before the game starts, you can ask here publicly in the thread.

~Most importantly, have fun! If you don't, I will smite you with the Hand of God.

Q: Are there going to be priests and seers in this game?
A: I dunno, maybe?

Q: Who gets a role?
A: Everybody.

Q: Can anyone join?
A: No, but thankfully only bastard mods are banned.

Q: How are the roles chosen?
A: Random Number Generator.

Q: How many wolves are there?
A: No idea.

Q: Can we track our own vote counts like before?
A: You can, but they're going to be wrong.

Q: Can I host the next game?
A: No.

Q: What's up with the game title and the Japanese subtitle?
A: You haven't noticed I'm secretly a weeb?

Q: Are you going to stop posting FAQs?
A: Yes, but not right now.

Q: I died and found out something awesome! Can I share?
A: If you are not a living player in this game, YOU MAY NOT POST. Ever. Not until I say so.

Q: I'm confused about something. Can I ask you about it?
A: Sure. I can't answer everything, but I will answer what I can.

Q: Is there anything else I should know?
A: If there is, I'll edit it into the OP.

Q: So does that mean you're going to shut up now?
A: Yes.

Yey. Count me in

I might have the same surgery as different. 4 of them, completly stuck between my jaw and tooth. #Yey

Don't let people tell you stories. It's not that as bad as they say it is. When I told people that I was having my jaw cut up and rearranged and also was having my wisdom teeth out, they could not stop themselves from telling me their horrible experiences with vaguely similar operations and so far it isn't been nearly as bad as any of the stories they've told me.

It's a shame Mr.SpookyLake is banned :3
Ayy yo lets go

Oh okay, so it shouldn't be as bad as when they accidentally entered in my lungs with a tube supposed to go to the stomach! Awesome. :)

Oh okay, so it shouldn't be as bad as when they accidentally entered in my lungs with a tube supposed to go to the stomach! Awesome.