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I've heard it's good, but apparently you're not supposed to read the book unless you're the GM, so I never read through it in case I ever play.

Actually, if this is similar to the XP edition, there is a Red clearance section, which you can read, and the Ultraviolet clearance section, which only GMs can read. There is also the Little Red Book which just had all the information in the Red Clearance section.

As a GM, I expected all my players to have already read the Ultraviolet clearance section, and becomes rather surprised when I hear reports of players not actually reading that section.

Oh wow, kinda forgot about this thread. Uh...5 players seem a bit too "small" for a game about conversion, since it would turn into what is essentially a single "random lynch or lose" style game. I'm going to...uh...cancel?

In, pending promise of there being at least one Communist.

Oh, and I missed this. Yes, there will be at least one Communist.

So how few people are you willing to run this with exactly?

I don't know, but I'm going to suspect that I'll have to modify the last Victory Condition of the Communists if we have less than, say, 7 players.

I also found a loophole in this game which I have to fix before the game gets broken: You cannot vote No Lynch, only vote to blacklist someone or vote to End Lynching.

I will not say how many Communists they are.

It's been a long time since I ran a Mafia game, so why not? Rules of the game are inspired by this, with some 'modifications'.

Roles:
*Communist - Goal is to outnumber the Town outright OR to survive when the Town votes "End Lynching" OR to ensure that the Town's number is reduced to 5 or less if there are no Communists (this is to discourage the Town from engaging in a self-destructive witchhunt). The Communists can choose to send one of their members to “indoctrinate" a Vanilla Townsperson at Night, turning that person into a Communist.
*HUAC Member – Responsible for attempting to identify the communist members (2 attempts per Night). Its investigations will come after Communist indoctrination. The HUAC Member is immune to indoctrination, and he will receive a message telling him that he was indoctrinated, and who attempted to indoctrinate him. If the HUAC Member is indoctrinated, he commits suicide.
*Vanilla Townspeople -No powers.

Game starts at Night, allowing for the Communists to "indoctrinate" an individual off the bat and the HUAC Member to investigate.

In the day, Vanilla Townspersons may vote to "blacklist" an individual. Blacklisted individuals are removed from the game, but do not roleflip. Vanilla Townspersons may also vote "End Lynching" to end the game, or "No Lynch" to just move onto Night without blacklisting anyone.

Town wins when Communists lose.
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...yes I know that in previous games, conversion mechanics mean that the Town has an incentive to work with the Mafia in hopes of conversion. I think I'll keep that in to have the whole "fellow traveler" vibe.

Gamefaqs have an incomplete guide of most of the missions in the game. Go for it.

Just so you know what's already in the game: The Supreme Court has a "inherent bias", which only L+ and C+ justices can ignore. The court leans conservative on gun control and liberal on "flag burning" and "free speech".

Since one of the Court's powers is to interpret the Constitution, I think new amendments should serve as a way to enforce a 'bias' in the Court, either left or right, and not actually create laws per se. Congress (and The People via referendums) should be free to violate the spirit of the First Amendment by burning books...but the Courts can step in and prevent that.