Great Idea Mafia

Great Idea Mafia is an open setup designed to be as flexible as possible. The original forum-based incarnation ran with 15 players.

Setup

Updated to reflect changes in the Greater Idea Mafia page, which uses the same deck but is updated more regularly due to greater (geddit?) use.

1. Vanilla Townie
2. Vanilla Townie
3. Vanilla Townie
4. Vanilla Townie
5. Vanilla Townie
6. Vanilla Townie
7. Vanilla Townie
8. Vanilla Townie
9. Vanilla Townie
10. Vanilla Townie
11. Vanilla Townie
12. Vanilla Townie
13. Watcher
14. Tracker
15. Tracker
16. Cop
17. Cop
18. Cop Lover
19. Seer
20. Seer
21. FBI Agent
22. Doctor
23. Doctor
24. Roleblocker
25. Jailkeeper
26. Bodyguard
27. Vigilante
28. One-shot Vigilante
29. One-shot Dayvig
30. One-shot Dayvig
31. Compulsive Childkiller (if any Innocent Child is revealed, the Childkiller must immediately dayvig that player)
32. Bulletproof Townie
33. Supersaint
34. One-shot Paranoid Gun Owner
35. Mason
36. Mason
37. Mason
38. Mason
39. Mason Doctor
40. Mason Lover
41. Lover
42. Lover
43. Lover
44. Jack-of-all-trades (One Roleblock, One Cop, One Doctor)
45. Vengeful Townie
46. Retired Werewolf Hunter
47. Retired Marine (Immune to Serial Killer kills)
48. Miller
49. Hirsute Townie (Investigates as Werewolf)
50. Evangelistic Townie (Investigates as Cult)
51. Tentacled Townie (Investigates as Alien)
52. Watchlisted Townie (Investigates as Serial Killer)
53. Wrong Place at the Wrong Time Townie (Universal Miller)
54. Black Goo (Town; anyone who targets it with an action becomes Cult)
55. Ascetic Townie
56. Private Investigator (Gets result "Cult" or "Not Cult")
57. Gravedigger (Shows up as targeting all nightkilled players to Trackers and Watchers on night of said players' deaths)
58. Nymphomaniac (Compulsively chooses a Lover on Night 1; NOT part of pre-existing Lover groups unless united by N1 choice)
59. One-shot Governor
60. One-shot Unlynchable Townie
61. Town Godfather
62. Innocent Child
63. Hider
64. Enabler
65. Treestump
66. Conspiracy Theorist (Gets result "Alien" or "Not Alien"; investigates as "Alien")
67. Conspiracy Theorist (Gets result "Alien" or "Not Alien"; investigates as "Alien")
68. Conspiracy Theorist (Gets result "Alien" or "Not Alien"; investigates as "Alien")
69. One-shot Kingmaker
70. Weak Jailkeeper
71. Bloodhound (Gets result "Town" or "Not town")
72. Vanilla Cop (VTs, basic Werewolves and Mafia Goons are Vanilla)
73. Hero (If a King tries to execute you, the King dies instead)
74. Tourist (Compulsively targets someone every night. No effect)
75. Nurse (If a Town Doctor dies, you inherit their power)
76. One-shot Commuter
77. Cop-of-all-Trades (One-shot Cop, One-shot Seer, One-shot FBI Agent, One-shot Conspiracy Theorist, One-shot Private Investigator)
78. One-shot Gladiator (Target two players at night; if both alive at daybreak, they are the only two lynch candidates that day)
79. Lynchbait (If you are lynched, any and all Lynchers immediately win)
80. Psychiatrist (Target someone each night, if they are an SK they will become a Vanilla Townie)
81. Judas
82. Saulus
83. Underdog (When the first Day death occurs, adopts the alignment of the dead player. Starts as Survivor)
84. Mafia Goon
85. Mafia Goon
86. Mafia Goon
87. Mafia Goon
88. Mafia Goon
89. Mafia Godfather
90. Mafia Tracker
91. Mafia Doctor
92. Mafia Roleblocker
93. Mafia Lover
94. Mafia Seer
95. Mafia One-shot Dayvig
96. Mafia One-shot Governor
97. Mafia Strongman
98. Mafia Reflexive Doctor (protects anyone who targets them)
99. Hirsute Goon
100. Mafia Cupid (Targets player Night 1; all OTHER players who targeted same player become Lovers with target)
101. Alpha Goon (essentially a named goon)
102. Mafia Compulsive Hider
103. Werewolf
104. Werewolf
105. Werewolf
106. Werewolf
107. Alpha Werewolf
108. Werewolf Roleblocker
109. Werewolf One-shot Bulletproof
110. Werewolf Cop
111. Werewolf Mason
112. Werewolf Watcher
113. Werewolf FBI Agent
114. Ninja Werewolf
115. Werewolf One-shot PGO
116. Werewolf Miller (investigates as Mafia)
117. Werewolf Supersaint
118. Werewolf Godfather (essentially a named werewolf)
119. Werewolf Gravedigger
120. Alien One-shot Unlynchable
121. Alien Prober (targets one player; target is roleblocked and Prober gets investigation result of "Werewolf" or "Not werewolf")
122. Alien Vanillaiser
123. Alien Silencer
124. Bulletproof Alien Lover
125. Alien Psychotrooper (While alive, all cops with 'guilty/not guilty' format results are Insane)
126. Alien Mass Redirector (Once per game, choose a player at night. All actions are redirected to that player that night, making the Psychomagnet essentially a 1-Shot Lightning Rod-izer)
127. Alien Bloodsucker (Treestump someone at night. No Alien may perform the factional nightkill on the same night that you do this)
128. Alien Sympathiser (If there are Aliens in the game, you are an Alien goon. If there are no other Aliens, you are a VT.)
129. Survivor
130. Compulsive Bodyguard Survivor
131. Survivor Mason
132. Lyncher (target to the left; or on forum: target above in playerlist; or on skype/chat: target chosen randomly from all other players)
133. Lyncher (target to the right; or on forum: target below in playerlist; or on skype/chat: target chosen randomly from all other players)
134. Serial Killer (Two-shot Bulletproof)
135. Serial Killer (Immune to Mafia kills)
136. Serial Killer (Immune to Werewolf kills)
137. Serial Killer (Immune to Alien & Replicant kills)
138. One-shot Cult Recruiter
139. Cult One-shot Goomaker (Once per game, at night, target someone to make them take on Black Goo ability)

Replicant faction

1. Replicant One-shot Lightning Rod
2. Replicant Odd-Night Cop Even-Night Seer
3. Replicant Doppelganger (All investigative actions on you return results for the player on your left)
4. Replicant Suppressor (Target someone each night. All other actions on them that night fail)
5. Replicant Millermaker (Each night, permanently cause a player to show as GUILTY to all 'X/not X' investigative roles)
6. Replicant One-shot Politician (Target a player to steal their next day's vote and give it to another targeted player. Does not work if next day is LyLo)
7. Replicant Suicide Bomber (Day ability)
8. Bulletproof Replicant
9. Replicant Sympathiser

Possibly Confusing Setup-Specific Things

• If only one Mason or Lover is chosen, then they are essentially a named Vanilla Townie.
• If more than 2 Masons or Lovers are chosen, then all the Masons form one Mason group, and all the Lovers form one Lover group (rather than separate pairs).
• The Nymphomaniac, however, creates a separate Lover group when it uses its action on Night 1. It is not part of any pre-existing Lover groups at gamestart. It is possible to unite the two groups if the Nymphomaniac targets an existing Lover, however.
• The One-Shot PGO is activated on the first night during which someone targets it. Any and all players who target it in that one night die.
• On the forum, it is strongly advised to only run setups that start with at least 50% Town roles. This should also be advertised to the players. Broken setups are no fun. On scumchat or Skype or a Marathon Day, go crazy. Crazy setups ARE fun.
• The Alien faction has only a one-shot factional nightkill for the whole game. The faction was designed to appear rarely but have powerful role actions.
• The Innocent Child can choose to reveal itself at whatever moment it chooses. It is not revealed automatically at the start of Day 1.
• The Enabler affects one randomly mod-selected other player. If the Enabler dies, its Enablee can no longer use any role powers other than a factional nightkill.
• The One-shot Cult Recruiter cannot recruit scum who could potentially be in a group faction (i.e. Mafia, Werewolves, Aliens). Independent scum (SK, Survivor, etc) can be cult recruited. Any player, however, can be Culted by targeting the Black Goo.
• The Replicant faction was originally designed to be an alternative to the Alien faction, with one of the two factions used at random by shuffling the face-to-face cards. If playing without a mod on Skype or in chat, this is not feasible; you may choose whether or not to include the Replicants as well as the Aliens, or to mutually agree with the players to use one instead of the other. Unlike the Aliens, however, Replicants are not limited to a single nightkill for the whole game. (In practice, face-to-face players ended up just using both)

History of Additions

• The Alien Bloodsucker, Alien Sympathiser, Werewolf Godfather, Alpha Goon, Cop-of-all-Trades, One-shot Commuter, Nurse, Tourist, Hero and Vanilla Cop were added to the deck at Scumdon 2013.
• The Compulsive Bodyguard Survivor, Survivor Mason, Werewolf Supersaint, Mafia Cupid, Bloodhound, Weak Jailkeeper, Wrong Place at the Wrong Time Townie, Tentacled Townie, Watchlisted Townie, Evangelistic Townie and Mason Lover were added to the deck at BaltoMeet 2013.
• The Town One-shot Gladiator was added to the deck at The Reckoning III in January 2014.
• The Replicant faction was added to the deck just prior to MANCHESSKID in February 2014. During that meet, the Alien/Replicant-immune SK, Mafia Compulsive Hider, Werewolf Gravedigger, Cult One-shot Goomaker, Underdog, Lynchbait, Compulsive Childkiller and Psychiatrist were added.

Mechanics

• Roles are assigned to players via the Random.org List Randomizer.
• Balance is explicitly not guaranteed.

Setup Design

This setup was invented as a Face-to-Face game at Scummer of Love, using a partial card deck. The setup is intentionally goofy, especially when roles such as the Werewolf Mason, Retired Werewolf Hunter, and Mafia 1-shot Dayvig are drawn relatively frequently. The list of roles was designed to be based heavily on the initial F2F deck by quadz08, with input and approval from Hoopla, the Open Queue Listmod at the time.

Variants

Greater Idea Mafia was designed at the UK Scummers Meet 2013, based on Great Idea but tweaking the random element to include player choice and WIFOM. Every player is dealt two cards at the start of the game and reveals their discard at the start of Day 1 after buddies have identified each other.

A small expansion of 19 cards added to the Greater Idea deck at the 2013 Baltimore meet by the attendees thereof was also intended to serve as the Greatest Idea Mafia deck.

Role PMs

Maybe later, you needy person, you.

Great Idea Micro (Micro 44)

ChannelDelibird ran a Micro edition of the game. The setup replaced the town Lovers of 11, 12 and 13 as well as the Mafia Lover of 45 with a VT, a Jack-of-all-Trades (random two of: [1x Seer investigation, 1x Cop investigation, 1x jailkeep, 1x doc protect]), a Friendly Neighbour and a Mafia Suicide Bomber. Hoopla graciously stepped in to mod it to conclusion after CDB flaked.

History

• Open 435 (Town Win)
• Micro 44 (Werewolf Win)
• Micro 163 (SK Win)