Greater Idea Mafia

Greater Idea Mafia is a semi-open setup, based on Great Idea Mafia, designed to be flexible while adding an extra layer of WIFOM and almost entirely removing the need for random votes.

In setup, each player is randomly assigned two roles from the deck. They must immediately choose one to keep and discard the other. Once every player has chosen a role - and there is at least one antitown role in the game (if all town, abandon or reshuffle) - any roles with partners are informed of their partners. At the start of Day 1, every player's discarded role is publicly revealed.

Setup

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. Watcher
13. Tracker
14. Cop
15. Cop
16. Cop Lover
17. Seer
18. FBI Agent
19. Doctor
20. Doctor
21. Roleblocker
22. Jailkeeper
23. Bodyguard
24. Vigilante
25. One-shot Vigilante
26. One-shot Dayvig
27. One-shot Dayvig
28. Bulletproof Townie
29. Supersaint
30. One-shot Paranoid Gun Owner
31. Mason
32. Mason
33. Mason
34. Mason
35. Mason Doctor
36. Lover
37. Lover
38. Jack-of-all-trades (One Roleblock, One Cop, One Doctor)
39. Vengeful Townie
40. Retired Werewolf Hunter
41. Retired Marine (Immune to Serial Killer kills)
42. Miller
43. Hirsute Townie (Investigates as Werewolf)
44. Black Goo (Town; anyone who targets it with an action becomes Cult)
45. Ascetic Townie
46. Private Investigator (Gets result "Cult" or "Not Cult")
47. Gravedigger (Shows up as targeting all nightkilled players to Trackers and Watchers on night of said players' deaths)
48. Nymphomaniac (Compulsively chooses a Lover on Night 1)
49. One-shot Governor
50. One-shot Unlynchable Townie
51. Town Godfather
52. Innocent Child
53. Hider
54. Enabler
55. Treestump
56. Conspiracy Theorist (Gets result "Alien" or "Not Alien"; investigates as "Alien")
57. Conspiracy Theorist (Gets result "Alien" or "Not Alien"; investigates as "Alien")
58. Mafia Goon
59. Mafia Goon
60. Mafia Goon
61. Mafia Goon
62. Mafia Goon
63. Mafia Godfather
64. Mafia Tracker
65. Mafia Doctor
66. Mafia Roleblocker
67. Mafia Lover
68. Mafia Seer
69. Mafia One-shot Dayvig
70. Mafia One-shot Governor
71. Mafia Strongman
72. Mafia Reflexive Doctor (protects anyone who targets them)
73. Hirsute Goon
74. Werewolf
75. Werewolf
76. Werewolf
77. Werewolf
78. Alpha Werewolf
79. Werewolf Roleblocker
80. Werewolf One-shot Bulletproof
81. Werewolf Cop
82. Werewolf Mason
83. Werewolf Watcher
84. Werewolf FBI Agent
85. Ninja Werewolf
86. Werewolf One-shot PGO
87. Werewolf Miller (investigates as Mafia)
88. Alien One-shot Unlynchable
89. Alien Prober (targets one player; target is roleblocked and Prober gets investigation result of "Werewolf" or "Not werewolf")
90. Alien Vanillaiser
91. Alien Silencer
92. Survivor
93. Lyncher (target to the left)
94. Lyncher (target to the right)
95. Serial Killer (Two-shot Bulletproof)
96. Serial Killer (Immune to Mafia kills)
97. Serial Killer (Immune to Werewolf kills)
98. One-shot Cult Recruiter

Possible additions

1. One-shot Kingmaker
2. Reflexive CPR Doctor

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 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.

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 the UK Scummers Meet 2013, using a constantly expanded card deck. The setup is intentionally goofy and designed for slightly shorter, less serious games - at the meet, it was frequently played at night. The initial deck was designed by ChannelDelibird but was modified and then vastly expanded by all the other attendees of the UK meet.

See Also

• Xdaamno's ScumDeck