10P Jester Mafia

10P Jester Mafia is a simple 10-player game that features Mafia and Jester interplay. 12P Jester Mafia is a variation on this setup. This setup itself has occasionally been played with an extra townie to take it to 11P.

Setup

• 2 Mafia Goons
• 1 Jester
• 7 Vanilla Townies

Mechanics

• Daystart
• The Jester wins if it is lynched on any day.
• The Jester winning does not end the game.
• The Jester doesn't win if still alive in situations where mafia controls 50% of the votes.

Role PM's

Mafia Goon

• Welcome, [Player Name]. You are a Mafia Goon, along with your partner, [Player Name].

Abilities:

• Factional communication: During the night phase you may talk with your partner here [QuickTopic link].
• Factional kill: Each night phase, one of you or your partner may perform the factional kill.

Win condition:

• You win when you control 50% of the town or nothing can prevent this from occurring.

Jester

• Welcome, [Player Name], you are a Jester.

Abilities:

• It is your mission to get yourself lynched. You have no night actions.

Win condition:

• You win if you get lynched at any time.

Vanilla Townie

• Welcome, [Player Name], you are a Vanilla Townie.

Abilities:

• Your weapon is your vote, you have no night actions.

Win condition:

• You win when all threats to the town have been eliminated.

Criticism

In practice, the Jester always wins, which raises balance concerns. 10-players is also not a particularly favourable number for the town to begin with. Most recent games using this setup have used 11P.

History

• Open 25 - (Jester and Mafia Win)
• Open 71 - (Jester and Mafia Win) Note: Setup used 11p
• Open 85 - (Jester Win) Note: Setup used 11p and used didn't allow Mafia/Town to continue playing if Jester was lynched.