Ready Aim Fire

Ready Aim Fire is a susupicion-based game similar in some ways to Mafia but much quicker and simpler, allowing any number of players (2+). The basic concept as it is played in the forums is:

• Every player has a gun.
• Each round you must PM the moderator with your choice to:
  1. Shoot another player. This will generally kill them, but see below.
  2. Shoot in the air/decline to shoot. This choice will kill you if anyone targets you, but if no one does, you live.
  3. Shoot yourself. This will save you and kill anyone who targets you (for gameplay reasons), but if no one does, you die.
• The last player living wins; alternatively, a fixed number of rounds can be played for points.

Game records

The game has been played several times on MafiaScum.net, and countless times in scumchat:

• Norinel introduced it in October 2003.
• Ready, Aim, Food Fight variation from October 2003 by PBuG, that didn't quite catch on.
• Revival by Macros in February 2004.
• Log of July 2004 games on AIM, with storylines.
• pwnz revived it once more in October-December 2004.
• Series of games from March-August 2006.
• October 2006 attempt by lordy which never got going.
• Cjdrum ran a... Semi-successful version in March 2011 which involved unknown teams (including Independents) and weapon flavour, which can be found here.

Similar Games

Battle Royale, which adds a movement component to the game concept.

Blind Tag: Ready, Aim, Fire! A modified version with unknown teams.