Everyone is confused! The mafia is confused. The town is confused. It’s a mess.
There’s a good chance that no one knows exactly which power roles are in play. Want to know what’s even worse than that? Roles are not revealed upon death!
On the bright side, the mafia will collapse if only one member remains.
A secret number between 6 and 12 of the power roles listed for the town will be used!
The Mafia wins when their numbers equal or exceed the Town’s.
The Town wins when there is at most one Mafia member, as long as the Mafia does not win at the same time.
You win when your numbers equal or exceed the Town’s numbers.
Mafioso
Your goal is to take over the Town. The only way to do that is by killing everyone. Only way. It’s Mafia tradition. You are a Mafioso!
You win when only one member of the Mafia remains, as long as at least two of you survive.
Vanilla Townie
The town needs your wits and your well-placed vote if it is to have any chance to survive this ordeal! You are a Vanilla Townie!
Doctor
You protect the weak and preserve life. You are a Doctor!
- Protection: Once per night, choose a target player. The target is immune to killing effects that night.
Cop
You snoop into people’s backgrounds, looking for crooks. You are a Cop!
- Investigation: Once per night, choose a target player. At the start of the next day, you will learn the alignment of the target player.
Journalist
You know what’s going on better than anyone else. You are a Journalist!
- Awareness: At the start of the game, you will be told how many of each role is present in the game, except that one of the role counts will be too low by 1
Bodyguard
You are ready and able to put your life on the line to protect others. You are a Bodyguard!
- Defense: Once per night, you may choose a target player. That night, each killing ability which would target your target is redirected to target you instead.
Tracker
You follow people at night to see where they’re going. You are a Tracker!
- Follow: Once per night, you may choose a target player. At the start of the next day, you will be told whom your target targetted the previous night.
Vigilante
You’re kind of completely unstable, but you mean well. You’re a Vigilante!
- Murder: Once per night, you may choose a target player. At the end of the night, you kill your target.
How the GM prepares the game:
Choose a random whole number X between 6 and 12, inclusive, uniformly distributed. Then, shuffle the list of power roles, and take the top X. Combine those with 3 Mafiosos plus however many Vanilla Townies are required to match the number of players. Sort this list of roles. Shuffle the list of players and match each player with the role in the same position in the roles list.