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Author Topic: Beginner BYOR Mafia 3 - Game Over - Et tu, Egan?  (Read 20279 times)

FallacyofUrist

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Re: Beginner BYOR Mafia 3 - Game Over - Et tu, Egan?
« Reply #765 on: August 18, 2022, 05:41:18 pm »

And finally, the action log.



Spoiler: Night 0 (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Day 1 (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Night 1 (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Day 2 (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Night 2 (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Day 3 (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Night 3 (click to show/hide)



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What did you like most about the setup?
What did you dislike the most about the setup?
What did you like most about your role?
What did you dislike the most about your role?
What would have improved the setup?
What advice do you have for future BYOR moderators?
What other comments would you like to make?
Should self-voting be removed from Beginner games?
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hector13

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Re: Beginner BYOR Mafia 3 - Game Over - Et tu, Egan?
« Reply #766 on: August 18, 2022, 05:41:40 pm »

I don’t think that was a beginner friendly game.
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Knightwing64

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Re: Beginner BYOR Mafia 3 - Game Over - Et tu, Egan?
« Reply #767 on: August 18, 2022, 05:44:26 pm »

Ay! My final action helped! Let’s goooooo


Compared to normal mafia we play, this is pretty tame compared to some of the more bastardly games here
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Re: Beginner BYOR Mafia 3 - Game Over - Et tu, Egan?
« Reply #768 on: August 18, 2022, 05:44:45 pm »

I’d say this was a pretty good introduction to what mafia is like here
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FallacyofUrist

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Re: Beginner BYOR Mafia 3 - Game Over - Et tu, Egan?
« Reply #769 on: August 18, 2022, 05:45:59 pm »

I don’t think that was a beginner friendly game.
It wasn't and that is completely my bad. The complexity scale was a tad bit too high.

Despite that I don't think the balance was that bad, but it definitely needed to be scaled down from... if a 10 is KYOSN or Flabort's High Octane BYOR and a 1 is Mountainous, this was something like a 6 or 7 and it needed to be a 3 or 4.

I think the complexity definitely came more from certain roles than others, too. Knightwing and Jim's roles were closer to ideal than webadict or Shakerag's.

I’d say this was a pretty good introduction to what mafia is like here
And yet this remains fairly accurate. It definitely should have been toned down in some areas though.
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Re: Beginner BYOR Mafia 3 - Game Over - Et tu, Egan?
« Reply #770 on: August 18, 2022, 05:50:02 pm »

I’d say this was a pretty good introduction to what mafia is like here

Absolutely not. The N0 thing made the entire game a laboriously boring process of analyzing night actions with minimal actual discussion beyond that. I don’t think an actual beginner would have learned much from it.
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FallacyofUrist

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Re: Beginner BYOR Mafia 3 - Game Over - Et tu, Egan?
« Reply #771 on: August 18, 2022, 05:53:10 pm »

I suppose that needs to be added to the survey too.

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Was Night 0 better or worse for the game than traditional RVS?
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Re: Beginner BYOR Mafia 3 - Game Over - Et tu, Egan?
« Reply #772 on: August 18, 2022, 05:54:53 pm »

Self-voting shouldn’t be removed either, it’s a viable strategy, just not necessarily the way Tric used it.

Technically he did find scum doing it, though.
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Re: Beginner BYOR Mafia 3 - Game Over - Et tu, Egan?
« Reply #773 on: August 18, 2022, 06:00:09 pm »

I don’t think that was a beginner friendly game.
Neither do I.

Mylo and lylo were good though.
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Re: Beginner BYOR Mafia 3 - Game Over - Et tu, Egan?
« Reply #774 on: August 18, 2022, 06:03:44 pm »


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Was Night 0 better or worse for the game than traditional RVS?
No: TricMagic

Night 0 turned into RVS night followed by laborious mechanical discussion. Also, note that just cause someone has a godfather role that doesn't always make them mafia in BYOR games. And yeah, I was asking for it, but still.
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Re: Beginner BYOR Mafia 3 - Game Over - Et tu, Egan?
« Reply #775 on: August 18, 2022, 06:08:46 pm »

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Was Night 0 better or worse for the game than traditional RVS?
No: TricMagic
Yes: Knightwing64

I thought it was cool little addition
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Re: Beginner BYOR Mafia 3 - Game Over - Et tu, Egan?
« Reply #776 on: August 18, 2022, 06:11:28 pm »

Consider: Next time, when sending their role prompt the player may also specify a low, moderate, or high desired complexity level.
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Re: Beginner BYOR Mafia 3 - Game Over - Et tu, Egan?
« Reply #777 on: August 18, 2022, 06:15:30 pm »


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Was Night 0 better or worse for the game than traditional RVS?
No: TricMagic

Night 0 turned into RVS night followed by laborious mechanical discussion. Also, note that just cause someone has a godfather role that doesn't always make them mafia in BYOR games. And yeah, I was asking for it, but still.

You did deserve it :p I was townreading you until that self-vote.

Anyhow, yeah, non-lethal N0 only really works when you have detective roles I think. There’s no need for scum to lie about what they did and there’s no risk to them if their alignment can’t be looked at, and as I said before, it just devolved into trying to mechanically solve the game, which I personally find to be boring.

Traditional RVS at least encourages interactions between players, forcing them to take positions and, most goddamn importantly, to use their vote. The game might eventually get to the point that it’s being solved mechanically, but I’m of the firm belief that the day game informs everything, so that will feed into the actions taken at night, and consequently the day game should be the focus for beginner games.
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Re: Beginner BYOR Mafia 3 - Game Over - Et tu, Egan?
« Reply #778 on: August 18, 2022, 06:36:45 pm »

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What did you like most about the setup?
 - There were a lot of opportunities for the scum to fakeclaim and hide behind mech info.

What did you dislike the most about the setup?
 - There were a few random elements that made this less beginner friendly than some. I think that alone would improve everything. Additionally, Lylobreakers should be avoided in a Beginner game as well, since looking for ways for the scum to win off of that might be a bit much (And, again, makes the Day game less important.)

What did you like most about your role?
 - Used Salesman vibe was a great tone for the role name.

What did you dislike the most about your role?
 - My role had too strong of an incentive to NOT buy from it. Additionally, Players didn't really receive a real reason to buy, either. I think having a better reason to buy on the player's part would make for a better role. Additionally, avoid using too strong of changes to the Day game (Permanent extra votes are typically bad.)

What would have improved the setup?
 - Remove N0, faster processing of actions. Night 0 works against the intended beginner teaching elements, though it does allow everyone to be able to at least use their Actions. I think it might be better to use specific Night 0 Actions, like how Max's role was setup.

What advice do you have for future BYOR moderators?
 - Day Actions are the hardest to deal with. Don't add them recklessly. In fact, avoid using them ever.

What other comments would you like to make?
 - Ummm... None.

Should self-voting be removed from Beginner games?
 - YES. PLEASE. IT'S NOT USEFUL!
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Jim Groovester

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Re: Beginner BYOR Mafia 3 - Game Over - Et tu, Egan?
« Reply #779 on: August 18, 2022, 06:53:40 pm »

I want to play simpler mafia games.

One of the biggest turn offs for playing a complicated setup like this (beginner) setup is that reasoning through night and role results is draining and it's stressful if the analysis isn't fruitful, which is already likely to happen if everybody is telling the truth and almost a certainty if anybody lies or omits something.

I gather that some people like it but it's not my thing.

Anyways, good game. Also good job webadict and the rest of the town for carrying hard while I carried water for the scumteam again.

I suppose that needs to be added to the survey too.

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Was Night 0 better or worse for the game than traditional RVS?

I hate it. It was awful. It turned Day 1 into Day 2 but without any Day 1 reads.

I like being able to make a read after somebody's first post, whether it's right or wrong. In this game it was just role result role result role result role result for Day 1 and 80% of the rest of the game.
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