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ALPHA MAFIA

With tired minds and tired bodies, the explorers pushed onwards through the catacombs. The walls of the passageways were getting narrower and the air was getting more stale - one could be mistaken for thinking they were walking into their own burial site as opposed to the crypt of an ancient race. The sheer size of the newly discovered underground network of corridors was breathtaking.

Only recently, archaeologist Oliver Thomas stumbled across the entrance when examining the nearby obelisk. Within three weeks an expedition party had been formed.

Some background information on this world:
It’s not really important to the game, so I won’t go into detail, but society is very much like today in regards to equality and thought process. Technology isn’t advanced, mainly because magic exists and can do most of the tasks we use technology for today. Basically, people enjoy the same standard of living as we do but in a world where people still use swords and magic. Humans are the only race (in other words, no elves or dwarves or anything weird like that).

Much historical evidence points to the idea that there was an entirely different race that existed thousands of years before humans even evolved from apes, that went extinct for an unknown reason. This ancient race has been named alpha (human is to alpha, humans is to alphas, human (as in “that is a human characteristic”) is to alphan).

Also, wild creatures/monsters (similar to what you’d find in many fantasy RPG games) do exist in this world, which is why the expedition includes fighters and healers. Monsters will likely not show up during the course of this mafia game, so this isn’t anything you have to worry about.

The underground caves are the largest ever discovery related to the alphan race - up until now the only evidence to say they existed have been ancient monuments and other artificial structures deep within forests.

To cover more area, the team had been split into two groups of eight.

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Team 1

Tyson Smart
Expedition Leader
A tall, black man who at times is intimidating, however he is a great motivational speaker and goes out of his way to make sure everyone on the expedition is in somewhat of a good mood. Wields a two-handed sword.

Alex Scally
Fighter
A little taller than the average man. He has pale skin and shoulder-length hair and has little muscle. It is his skill with weapons (particularly with a bow and arrow) that got him the position on the expedition. In a relationship with Victoria LeGrand. He carries twin swords, a bow and has a very basic understanding of flame magic.

Victoria LeGrand
Healer
A shy girl of about eighteen, she is the apprentice of Maximillian Browne, and uses various medical knowledge and healing/defensive magic to aid wounded members of the expedition. After some insistence from Maximillian, she was added as a sixteenth member of an originally fifteen-member party due to her willingness to go unpaid (ie. for experience). She carries no weapons.

Isaac Hammond
Scholar - Scientist
A scholar in his late twenties. Was called a child prodigy when at the age of thirteen he discovered the healing properties of skyweed. Somewhat of a celebrity among scientists and healers. He looks like Anakin in Star Wars II. Shut up I couldn’t think of a better way to describe it. He carries a lightsaber a short sword for protection.

Eliza Caldwell
Scholar - Historian
A scholar in her mid fifties. Still somewhat fit (a requirement for the expedition), she has greying ginger hair and a grandmother persona associated with her. Constantly looking after everybody else. She’s also a linguist, one of the main reasons she was taken on the expedition. Even though all team members were issued with a piece of paper detailing some very basic translation of some symbols, she was brought along because of her familiarity with the language, and just in case more symbols were discovered while on the expedition. She does not carry weapons.

Laura Hart
Scout
Early-twenties girl with long, brown hair and an outgoing personality. A highly trained security specialist, she is adept in recognising and deactivating traps. She is sent ahead of the group to get rid of traps, or if necessary to sneak past creatures in the catacombs. Carries knives to cut ropes, but is also skilled in combat using said blades.

Samuel Martin
Navigator
A nervous middle-aged man who is short, pudgy and bald. He tends to start conversations that contain many awkward pauses and doesn’t really have many friends. A couple of people find him annoying. He carries around a lot of paper in his bag and draws maps as the group moves. He does not carry weapons.

Casper James
Dynamite
He has a thin mustache and messy dark-blonde hair. He generally keeps to himself, however despite this he is one of the most trusted members on the team. He has known both Tyson and Will for at least a decade. He is nearing forty years of age. A gunpowder expert, he is only required when the group reach unpassable obstacles, however he carries a katana to be useful when creatures attack.

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Team 2

Will Leary
Expedition Leader
A well dressed man of about fifty, he is a long time colleague and friend of Tyson Smart and is second in command of the exhibition. He is cleanly shaven and carries books and other unnecessary items in his backpack. Somewhat vain, however also very intelligent. He has been known to dabble in electrical magic.

Oliver Thomas
Scholar - Archaeologist
The archaeologist who discovered the caves. Although not as knowledgeable as Eliza, he is still an expert in his field. He carries parchment to record observations so that he can bring back evidence for historical societies to write this previously blank page of history. He is well mannered and polite, and carries no weapons.

Calla Toddy
Scout
A short woman with frizzy grey hair, she is literally crazy. Although she can maintain conversation with people, she is overly paranoid, and trusts no one. She is employed as a scout, sent ahead to disable traps. She carries daggers to cut ropes (often part of a trap). She does not fight.

Reggie Morse
Fighter
A strong, tall man with long, sandy hair and a built body. Extremely strong, he carries a two-handed sword in one hand and a shield in the other. He’s a nice bloke and generally gets along with mostly everyone.

Angela Dolan
Scholar - Scientist
Compared to everyone else in the party she is fat and unfit, and constantly complains about physical activity. She is book smart and knows the proper procedure for testing water for bacteria and determining the risks posed by wild creatures in the catacombs, however she is not a very smart person in general. Tyson avoids the question when asked why she was allowed on the expedition.

Tara Dolan
Dynamite
The younger sister of Angela. She is in her mid-thirties. Almost the polar opposite of her sister, she never complains or assumes authority over anyone else. She is fit and skilled with dynamite. She carries no weapons.

Maximillian Brown
Healer
A magician of great renown, he is known for his unorthodox style of casting magic - namely he invents spells on the spot. Fortunately, he is extremely good at this. He is an expert healer and has even been known to bring recently deceased people back from death (not necromancy, as in the person is brought back as a human, not a zombie).

Connor Missale
Navigator
Quick to anger, Connor is a skilled cartographer. He has lots of freckles despite his age (thirty-four). Often gets annoyed and yells for people to slow down so he can properly draw his maps. Thinks he is more important than he is. He carries a light orb (a large marble that gives off light to see maps with), which is pretty much like a rock in terms of usefulness in battle (as in technically you could throw it at a creature’s head but that wouldn’t really help you in battle).

* *
Both teams were caught off guard when they ended up walking into the same room from opposite doorways. Both cartographers checked the maps they had been drawing, and according to what they had written down both parties were meant to be in different places.

“How the hell did this happen?” Connor Missale sighed in frustration. Everybody is confused. How was everybody in the same room? “It doesn’t make any se_”

“Warped corridors,” Maximillian Brown, renowned magician, interjected. “It’s an old magician’s trick used to make people lost. Powerful magic must be at work to do it at this scale.”

“But we’ve been walking for days, sir!” pleaded Victoria LeGrande, Brown’s apprentice. “Even the most skilled magician couldn’t warp an area this huge!”

“I think what Maximillian is saying is that we might be in over our heads..” Will Leary said gravely.

Suddenly, a voice boomed from seemingly everywhere. “Leave this place, humans! A terrible power lurks beyond this room!” The voice was deep and commanding. With a thud, the doorways from which the teams had entered from had disappeared, replaced only by more stone wall. At the back of the room, a doorway opened that lead directly outside of the catacombs. “Leave now and let us seal this place forever.”

“We’ve come too far to leave this all behind now. We are on the brink of discovering what led to the demise of the alpha! Begone, spectre!” Tyson shouted. Everybody seemed to be in agreement with him.

“Fool! We ARE the last ghosts of the alpha!” The voice suddenly stopped, and changed tone. “But alas, we have grown weak.” A humanoid face appeared out of stone in the wall opposite the newly created doorway - it was unknown whether this was the shape of an alpha face or simply the ghost taking the form of a human face. “If you do not choose to leave, our power is such that we can only protect what is behind this wall with deception. Four of the members of your expedition have been possessed by one of the four remaining ghosts. You mu_”

“Wait, alpha entity!” Oliver called desperately. “Why are you doing this?”

“We have our reasons,” the ghost whispered. “You must all find out who the four ghosts are and eliminate them. Only then will our magic stop working, and you will be able to pass this wall. But beware, death is very real in this place. If you do not kill all of us ghosts, all of you will die.”

The ultimatum had been issued. Four members of the expedition were alpha ghosts in disguise.

If you’re interested in asking questions related to the world you’re in, or ask questions of the alpha entity, just speak them during day phase, and whenever I post saying it’s day or night phase I’ll answer them. Most of the questions you could ask are irrelevant to the game, but if you’re curious about the world the game’s set in or the alphan race, feel free to find out more.

Begin Day Phase 1. 9 votes to lynch. Day Phase 1 finishes March 24 at 20:00 (CYS time).

Remaining Players:
Maximillian Brown
Eliza Caldwell
Angela Dolan
Tara Dolan
Isaac Hammond
Laura Hart
Casper James
Will Leary
Victoria LeGrand
Samuel Martin
Connor Missale
Reggie Morse
Alex Scally
Tyson Smart
Oliver Thomas
Calla Toddy

Alright, let's get down to it. (ooc: like in other games-) We must just vote not to lynch. That way we can learn information right away. Yes, it's risky, but it's the only way to be sure we get info!

(ooc: remember the other mafia games? we just stood arguing and didn't learn anything!)

VOTE: NO LYNCH

I agree.

VOTE: NO LYNCH

2 votes - no lynch (victoria, tara)

9 votes required to lynch (or not lynch).

come on guys! We need to unite or we'll just go boom! Well, maybe not boom like dynamite, but we will die in some way.

vote: no lynch

vote: no lynch

okay. i think we should do it, but if you turn out to be lying? well . . . ouch.

old vote: no lynch

new vote: eliza caldwell

old vote: no lynch

new vote: eliza caldwell

OLD VOTE: NO LYNCH

NEW VOTE: ELIZA CALDWELL

OLD VOTE: NO LYNCH

NEW VOTE: ELIZA CALDWELL

i hope you right

Eliza Caldwell

Eliza Caldwell

This makes nine.

Vote: ELIZA CALDWELL

Everybody turns to Eliza. "Please don't kill me, dearies," she pleaded, but the party were now immune to her kind, grandmotherly demeanor - if she was a ghost, this was all just a trick. Tyson, leader of the party, beheads her.

Lynch: Eliza Caldwell

BOOM! Suddenly an explosion sounds, and Isaac Hammond is engulfed in smoke! He disappears from sight, catching everyone off guard.

The face in the wall appears again. The alpha ghost has something to say: "Our power has been slightly weakened today, you humans are smarter than you appear."

But that begs the question, which of the two people killed were alpha ghosts? Eliza or Isaac?

Begin Night Phase 1. Night Phase 1 ends at 22.00 tomorrow night.

I was in a rush last night so forgot to mention it, but during night phase you all have individual rooms, the alpha ghosts make holes in the walls that lead to small rooms.

Everybody comes out of their rooms except for one person. With growing horror, everybody realises their most experienced magician is dead. Maximillian Brown has red marks on his neck. He had been strangled during the night with his arms tied down. With neither his arms or his mouth able to move he was unable to cast any spells and could not defend himself.

Kill: Maximillian Brown
Side: Humans
Ability: Revive - Maximillian could revive one player each night (the catch is that there is a one in four chance the person will be revived as an alpha ghost)

Begin Day Phase 2. 7 votes to lynch. Day Phase 2 finishes April 27 at 22:00 (CYS time).

Remaining Players:

Angela Dolan
Tara Dolan
Laura Hart
Casper James
Will Leary
Victoria LeGrand
Samuel Martin
Connor Missale
Reggie Morse
Alex Scally
Tyson Smart
Oliver Thomas
Calla Toddy

hey guys, Did anyone else notice that that Tara person was talking about some going boom right before Isaac exploded?

not saying she a ghost, just saying i find it funny

Oh, yes Casper. SOOO hilarious that we lost one of our own. Well, I went exploring and saw no one tried to get into Laura's room for any reason. So, what have you found out?

(Nobody's really spoken and it's like an hour and a bit before night phase. I'm doing something today, so I'm just gonna go ahead and turn it night phase now.)

The day goes by and nobody dares lynch another person.

Begin Night Phase 2. Night Phase 2 ends at 22.00 tomorrow night.

Laura obviously had a good idea of who the alpha ghosts were, as when everybody stepped out from their rooms it was soon discovered that Ms. Hart, the team scout, had been strangled to death, just like Maximillian the night before.

Kill: Laura Hart
Side: Humans
Ability: Intel - being a security specialist, Laura began the game knowing the ability of one random player. (In this game, she knew Victoria's ability (or lack of ability).)

Begin Day Phase 3. 7 votes to lynch. Day Phase 3 finishes May 1 at 20:00 (CYS time).

Remaining Players:

Angela Dolan
Tara Dolan
Casper James
Will Leary
Victoria LeGrand
Samuel Martin
Connor Missale
Reggie Morse
Alex Scally
Tyson Smart
Oliver Thomas
Calla Toddy

why on earth didnt someone protect her last night!

Why do you care, it said she was exaggerating her powers. She only had info about one alpha, and she was only able to get that info at the beginning of game, never again. I'm actually surprised she wasn't killed sooner after she made that declaration, I mean I don't say which one of my profiles has detective

Will you shut up, Samuel? We lost one of our own, regardless of ability! We're losing numbers, fast. We need to find info! Who has found out anything? Anything at all?

Calm yourself, Victoria. Now. We need to work together! We must unite and work! We need info, no doubt about that, but we also need strategy! Who hasn't been talking? Who will talk just now to save their asses? Who will do anything to save someone? Who will kill, who will die? Who will hand over useful information? The alphas! The alphas will do anything to save themselves and kill us off! We must defeat them! We have the upper hand! Three of them? Please! We can defeat them . . . so let's work together!

there better be twelve different people speaking there minds today.  somebody has to know something.

I might have something next day phase. I used the profile I have with detective (not this one) to investigate the person who just got killed by alphaghosts. Other than that I don't have any ideas. Victoria_legrande is  human though, I know that much.

I could indeed, however, if you do lynch me, you'll find out I'm innocent and I'll just have to keep my findings to myself. Of course I will still have my detective profile (this one has no powers, unfortunately.) but i would be too scared to talk about my findings, and if you guys decide to lynch yet another innocent and I already knew about it, well you would just lose more guys.

nobody said anything about lynching, then you threaten us if we do what we have not said anything about doing? easy on the trigger finger man. let us know when you come up with something.

Will do

Okay, so only 7 other people have spoken, and no information has been presented other than the confirmation that Victoria is innocent. *sigh*. Still four people haven't spoken, someon must have info! I have none, unfortunetely. Oh, and I find it very sad that Isaac died after I mentioned "Boom". It is ironic, but it teared me apart. I was in my room all day, crying over it! Well, hopefully nothing will happen again. Of course, that may not be possible.

ya, I hope you don't think I am ripping on you or anything, I just think it was funny in the grand scheme of things.

ok, we have 8 different people talking, two people claiming they have access to a detective ability, and one person who has been "declaired" innocent. sense we have two supposed detectives we should have two people being called innocent. unless ive missed something somewhere i only know of one, Victoria Legrand. who is the other?  worse case scenario 3 of the 8 of us are Possesed. however it could be that three of the four that havnt spoken are possesed. i highly doubt that its half and half.

ya, and we can't argue over who is the real detective, cuz how would you prove it? My other profile did investigate two by the way, but the second one died immediately after I investigated. Of course a person who is an alpha ghost could be just saying something on here to cover himslef up.

Okay, remember when you guys were wondering why Laura wasn't killed straight away? I protected her. When nobody came to attack her, i decided nobody would try to get her, so I didn't protect her the next night. That was my mistake. Although, she couldn't have found anything else out . . . right? Anyway, you know what I'm able to do, and Casper? I want you (or your other account, apparently) to find out something. About someone. My other profile has found out that Tara and Angela are innocent. You may not believe me, since us three would equal three, but you have to. Also, using plain logic, why would Tyson be a ghost? He's our leader. A ghost would want to stay back in the crowd, correct? Right. So? What have we got?

 I appreciate the sentiment But I am still gonna continue with my own investigation, no offense, and chances are this profile's gonna get killed in the night anyways so... Although I do know you are human so that gives you some credibility.

The stone face once again emerges from the wall once again.

"This is no challenge," it says. Indeed, since the beginning of the ordeal not one adventurer had voted for another. The remaining alpha ghosts, which were once in desperation, were now seeing the scales begin to tip the other way. If more inaction from the adventurers followed, it would be easier than first thought to take them out.

Begin Night Phase 3. Night Phase 3 ends in 30 hours.

Just like every night previously, the number of adventurers remaining dwindled by one. Everybody still alive has never been on a more life-threatening expedition before; for Victoria LeGrand the past tense applies - it was her most dangerous mission. Like the other victims before her, she lay dead in her room with strangle marks around her neck.

Kill: Victoria LeGrand
Side: Humans
Ability: Protect - Victoria's good grasp of healing and protective magic means she can protect one person each night

The kill leaves only three women among the eleven remaining adventurers (Tara, Angela and Calla).

Begin Day Phase 4. 6 votes to lynch. Day Phase 4 finishes in around 54 hours.

Remaining Players:

Angela Dolan
Tara Dolan
Casper James
Will Leary
Samuel Martin
Connor Missale
Reggie Morse
Alex Scally
Tyson Smart
Oliver Thomas
Calla Toddy

Victoria's dead?! That's the last straw! Alright, I don't care if it gets me killed, but I'm saying who I think is innocent:

Angela, Tara, Alex (that's me), Casper, and Tyson

Now, Casper, I trust you, but we need to learn your other profile . . . even if it kills you! You must've found something out . . . what? The others (Samuel, Will, Connor, Reggie, Oliver, and Calla) better explain themselves. Because I'm pretty sure 3 of them are ghosts!

im sorry, but you seem very quick to call alot of people innocent, nearly half of them, while you are also quick to ask for someone to expose a valuable detective even if it gets him killed... that doesnt sit well with me.

Reggie is innocent, mark him off the list, as well as the girl who said boom before Isaac exploded, I forgot her name. (She isn't dead yet is she?) The others I declared innocent are now dead. And I am not posting that, I think Will made a pretty good point though, even if you did base who you think is innocent on the past forums.

Sorry I was quick, I just want to trust Victoria with what she said about Angela, Tara, and I think Tyson. So I'll mark Reggie off and Will for now. So that'll leave Samuel, Connor, Oliver, and Calla. I'm just trying to find something . . . anything to find a thief! Casper, do you have proof any of these four are innocent? Any?

Not at all, so I can see why some people don't trust me, but I'm probly gonna be killed in the night phase too, you know cuz after victoria said she was the protector they killed her (smart move on their part) and now there's nothing in their way from getting anybody else. The only proof I actually have is on my computer screen, and nobody else can see that

well, hopefully we'll learn something . . . with or without you. hopefully with you.

Thank you for trusting me Alex. Now, someone is going to be killed tonight . . . it'll probably be someone with a known ability. Now, I think Calla is almost the only one of those who hasn't spoken. That could be good or bad. What do you guys think? I'd rather vote someone out tonight, even if they're innocent, unfortunetely. Now, if that makes me seem like a ghost, so be it. Vote me out. But I am the leader. What would I have to gain?

Now, I'm voting out Samuel, just because he spoke so damn negative and crap. Sorry Samuel, but I'm not changing. If I'm wrong, vote me out. I don't care. i just want to get to the bottom of this!

vote: samuel

Well, I'll go out on a limb and say so as well. I hope you're right . . .

vote: samuel

same here.

VOTE: SAMUEL

That doesnt sound like a very good idea.

3 votes - Samuel Martin (Tyson, Angela, Tara)

6 votes to lynch.

Vote: Tara

Trust me you do NOT want to vote out samuel, it will make things very difficult for you, I don't know if I am posting under the right message, but trust me on this

Normally i'm against lynching without evidence, but I'm afraid we don't have many choices. and Calla's theory does hold up.

Vote: Samuel

oh, and don't think like that calla, we need to think things out carefully, not blame people based on their opinions.

Can I vote not to lynch, if so I'm gonna do that. And Tara is innocent so that three vote three guest theory doesn't hold up.

Vote: No Lynch

Well . . . okay. I trust you, Alex and Casper, so i guess. Maybe we'll learn something in the night too. I hope so.

OLD VOTE: SAMUEL

NEW VOTE: NO LYNCH

The holes in the walls open up once again and everyone returns to their rooms for the night. Nobody was lynched, but as you drift off to sleep you wonder if it was the right choice?

Begin Night Phase 5. Night Phase 5 ends in around 24 hours from now.

(ooc: sorry about the delay, actually got all night phase PMs about 4 hours ago but I had a tutorial for uni then had to get home (and it didn't help that my car broke down so I was stuck at the train station for half an hour))

"Humans, leave while you still can!" the deep, inhuman voice of the alpha guardian warns. Another night, another death. This time Alex Scally doesn't leave his room. Upon inspection you see that his head has been smashed in with a rock.

Kill: Alex Scally
Side: Humans
Ability: No Ability

Begin Day Phase 5. 6 votes to lynch. Day Phase 5 will end in around 48 hours.

Remaining Players (10):

Angela Dolan
Tara Dolan
Casper James
Will Leary
Samuel Martin
Connor Missale
Reggie Morse
Tyson Smart
Oliver Thomas
Calla Toddy

Tyson is innocent

ok, we need a list of everyone we know to be innocent, than we need to throw a wild punch at one of them and see where it goes. we had i narrowed down to like four yesterday, those arnt bad odds when there are three ghosts.

That's what I was trying to get at yesterday! Okay, here's what I know:

Angela, Tara, Casper, and me are definitely innocent. that leaves:

Samuel, Will, Connor, Reggie, Oliver, and Calla that I don't know. Casper, of whom I trust, said that Reggie is innocent. Now here's the list:

Samuel, Will, Connor, Oliver, and Calla. Samuel was still saying negative comments at the beginning of this all! (ooc: i think he's 3j) Calla voted for Tara even though she was already proclaimed innocent. I don't know about you all, but that's what I'm saying. if i'm wrong, vote me dead. I don't really care.

VOTE: CALLA TODDY

Well . . . okay. Fine. I'll change it, but I'm still super suspicious on Samuel's part, so he's my next wild card.

OLD VOTE: CALLA

NEW VOTE: SAMUEL

That seems like our best option, we can't go another day without  at least trying someone.

Vote: Samuel

there are probably better targets for this, if a different, name comes up i'll change my vote, but we have to do something.

Vote: Samuel

Sorry if I offend anyone, but I am in a horrible mood after what has happened today, so I am gonna cut right to it. I havn't investigated caalla or whatever they her name is, but REggie is an innocent so I just don't know. And for the love of God Tyson, READ THE THREAD, I've posted before that samuel is innocent as well as other people, I'm gonna compose a list of people I have investigated,.

these are the people who I know beyond a doubt are innocent, I'm not calling anyone guilty, these are just the people I know. I'm assuming  you know that I am innocent.

Tyson

Reggie

Laura

Samuel

I'm torn, we have it narrowed down to just a few people, so part of me says let our detectives come up with a name so we can vote off for sure, while another side of me says, lets make a guess, at leaste then we might get somewhere since we are losing one of our own every night. but if we vote to kill an innocent the we will excellerate this process. additionally it will cause suspicion to fall on the very possibly innocent person who started the vote, and those who voted with that person.

The lst time I spoke I nearly got lynched... I'm gonna stay quiet now

Tyson has informed us that:

Samuel, Will, Connor, Reggie, Oliver, and myself, were suspects.

Casper however has absolved Reggie and Samuel which leaves

Will, Connor, Oliver, and myself as suspects.

Reggie absolved me leaving:

Will, Connor, and Oliver as our only suspects. We have three ghosts, let's start voting. Also, I understand I have been brought into question, well I recommend entering my room at night, I'm leaving traps and they are deadly.

VOTE: WILL LEARY

Can somebody explain what the hell is going on ? I don't understand anything apart from the first post . What's all this night crap? . Is this a game or a story ? How does it work?

It's a forum game - everybody takes control of characters (each of these posters are actually members in disguise - for example Isaac_Hammond was actually JJJ-thebanisher) who during each "day phase" must vote to lynch, or kill, one other player. This is because out of all the players, four are secretly mafia (or in this particular game, alpha ghosts). During each night phase, the mafia kill one good guy. In order for the good guys to win, they have to eliminate all of the mafia. Mafia need to eliminate all of the good guys to win (although when there are more mafia than good guys they win the game automatically because they can get rid of the good guys during the day as well as the night). Also some players may have an ability, like Victoria LeGrand could protect one person from being killed each night (meaning if the mafia tried to kill that person it wouldn't work) and Eliza Caldwell had the ability to frame other players for mafia killings etc.

Hope that clears a bit up, if you need any points clarified just ask.

Casper. I just read through the thread. I did not find at any time did you say Samuel was innocent. NOT. ONCE. Also, you had said you may just get killed in the night phase since  you're distributing information. It's been, what? Three night phases since you said that? No killing. Hmm. Saying that you said something you did not, and not getting lynched. Usually, the latter would be a good thing. But according to other circumstances, I'm getting a little suspicious. If you could appoint me to where you said Samuel was innocent, it would be greatly appreciated. Maybe I'm just tired and didn't notice it. For now, I'll go with taking down Will. If that is wrong, I may either turn on you, or Calla. We'll see what happens.

OLD VOTE: SAMUEL

NEW VOTE: WILL

VOTE: WILL

Lets kill Oliver instead.

VOTE: Oliver

Sorry Will, nothing personal, doesn't look like my old post made it for some reason so"

Vote: Will

VOTE: WILL

I believe this makes six votes.

OLD VOTE: SAMUEL

NEW VOTE: WILL

Will only sighs as everybody crowds around him, weapons at the ready. Before anybody has the pleasure of delivering the final blow he uses electrical magic to electrocute himself (perhaps a more honourable death).

Lynch: Will Leary

The face in the wall once again forms. "Shit, you're actually lynching people now," it says in surprise. "Our power has been weakened today."

Begin Night Phase 5. Night Phase 5 will end in 30 hours.

(ooc: Sorry guys, completely forgot about this!)

Everyone awakens to find that the mafia has struck again (*gasp*!!!).

Kill: Casper James
Side: Humans
Ability: Detective - Casper could determine the allegiance of one person every night phase.

Begin Day Phase 6. 5 votes to lynch. Day Phase 6 will end in just over a couple of days.

Remaining Players (8):

Angela Dolan
Tara Dolan
Samuel Martin
Connor Missale
Reggie Morse
Tyson Smart
Oliver Thomas
Calla Toddy

Well, Calla's theory held up with Will, but I'm kind of unsure about Oliver. I mean the ghost asked us to kill him, It's most likely reverse psychology, but without a detective I think we should vote Connor.

Vote: Connor

I'm realy pleased that we got one, but im not sure if connor is one. but it is better than doing nothing,

Vote: Connor

It doesn't matter which we get as long as we get one of them.

Vote: Connor

Vote: Connor

this makes 5.

VOTE: CONNOR

"You guys are IDIOTS! Stay away from me!" Connor screams as he backs away. Unfortunately, the group edges him into the corner. Reggie pins him to the wall as the final blow is dealt.

Lynch: Connor Missale

The doors to the room once again open up. "Go to sleep, humans."

Begin Night Phase 6. Night Phase 6 will end in 24 hours, though possibly longer because I'm busy doing stuff (way to ruin the importance of the bold text, October).

I don't mean to interrupt at all, I'm just really excited for what comes next. I hope to join the next Mafia.

Awesome to hear! I think someone was planning on doing a zombie-related game next, the thread's somewhere in the lounge at the moment if you wanted to check it out.

From the night's events it is obvious the alpha ghosts have not been eliminated. This time, party leader Tyson Smart lay flat on his bed, not breathing.

Kill: Tyson Smart
Side: Humans
Ability: Loved - as Tyson was head of the adventuring party and loved by everyone, it takes an extra vote to lynch him.

Begin Day Phase 7. 4 votes to lynch. Day Phase 7 will end in 50 hours.

Remaining Players (6):

Angela Dolan
Tara Dolan
Samuel Martin
Reggie Morse
Oliver Thomas
Calla Toddy

All right guys, I know that I lynched someone wrong, and if you want to lynch me despite Casper's vouching, i will understand, we don't need more innocents dying. At least I'm assuming he is innocent since no face came out of the wall. However, Calla was the one who came up with the three people theory, and since she include someone innocent (once again the majority of the blame is with me), I'm going to make her my next vote rather than Oliver. If anyone else can come up for a reason why we should lynch someone else, I will gladly change my vote

Vote: Calla

VOTE: CALLA

sure, why not? we need to fine someone out. I'm still super pissed about the whole "boom" thing.

damn, i was afraid of this, i thought maybe only one ghost had slipped through the cracks but apparently it is two of them, somebody has be giving false information. i dont think we have any proof its calla though. im going to wait for more information to present itself before i cast a vote.

I can respect that

Oh gosh, I only know that my sister and I are innocent.

Samuel Martin
Reggie Morse
Oliver Thomas
Calla Toddy

I don't know about these four. two are ghosts, as far as I know. casper WAS innocent, and he said samuel and reggie was innocent.

Oliver Thomas
Calla Toddy

There's our two ghosts . . . i think. i hope. anyway, i'll vote Calla.

VOTE: CALLA

now im even more certain that i wont be voting Calla.

Okay, i'm sorry oliver. but we need to find out who will kill whom. and you may just be one of them.

Ya, we just don't know, and I can't remember if Angela was ever investigated, but thats not what I am focusing on right now.

Also I don't know if the requirements for lynching just went down because we lost two people, but if it has not changed the vote is 3/5

crap, messed that up again, I wish there was a delete function, anyway, just refer to my previous statement.

it's 3/4. reggie? where are you? can't you help? i know you think calla's innocent, but then give us a reason!

Just to clarify, there are 6 people left, meaning you need a majority of 4 votes to lynch somebody. As of now there are 3 votes for Calla.

ok angela, although you are making your decision based on information that is at leaste partly false, i trust samuel, and thats how he is voting.

Vote: Calla

"I knew it! I KNEW IT! YOU'RE ALL ALPHAS!" Calla screams as the party move in for the kill. "YOU'RE ALL GHOSTS! I WAS RIGHT! I WAS_" Calla is beheaded, much to everybody's relief. The face in the wall forms again.

"As much as it pains me to give you humans clue, it is alphan honour which pushes me to inform you when one of our kind is dead so this remains a fair game. Calla was not possessed. You humans can still leave, but remember, if our ghosts outnumber you, you will all be killed. If you leave this place will be sealed forever."

"We can't go now!" Reggie shouted. "If we leave now, all of our allies have died for nothing. We have to see this through!" Everybody agrees.

"Very well," the face says as it disappears. The holes in the walls once again open up, and everybody returns to their rooms.

Lynch: Calla

Begin Night Phase 7. Night Phase 7 will end in 24 hours, though I see ugilick on now so it might be like 10 minutes or something.

(Okay, I've got everybody with night abilities to send in their actions in less than an hour, I think that's a record.)

The next day only four people awaken. The two Dolan sisters - Tara the dynamite expert and Angela the irritating biologist, the cartographer Samuel Martin and the historian Oliver Thomas. The group rush to Reggie's room to find his body lying on the floor, his head also smashed in with a rock. But then suddenly, without the body moving, Reggie moves. You can see through him. Even though he is dead, Reggie still lives on in ghost form.

"I don't know what's happening, guys," he says. "It must be the magic in this area or something. I'm dead, but I'm not dead."

Reggie Morse's ability has been awakened - Ghost. Although he can't vote in the lynch, he can still talk during day phase.

"Unfortunately I didn't see my killer. I was killed in my sleep." Reggie sighs and then walks out of his room. Everybody gathers in the main room. The face does not emerge, leaving the adventurers free to argue over who to lynch next.

Kill: Reggie Morse
Side: Humans
Ability: Ghost - due to unknown magical properties in the catacombs, Reggie lives on as a ghost. (Unable to participate in lynch.)

Begin Day Phase 8. 3 votes to lynch. Day Phase 8 finishes in 48 hours.

Remaining Players:

Angela Dolan
Tara Dolan
Samuel Martin
Oliver Thomas

Reggie Morse (ghost)

Shit, i should have known better. i knew angela's info was messed up but i voted anyways.

Vote: Angela Dolan

BOOM!

Begin End Phase, no talking.

Epilogue

The walls shudder as hidden dynamite explodes under the feet of Oliver Thomas. The voice of the face echoes faintly, "you have won our power. The magical constraints on what lies beyond this wall has been broken. We tried to warn you..." the voice grows so weak that it ceases to exist.

As the smoke clears, Tara Dolan dusts off her hands. Another job well done, perhaps. Reggie has all but disappeared, and the strange magical feeling of the catacombs disappears with the demise of the last remaining alphas. The wall has disappeared as well, revealing a staircase behind. After eight days of dilemma three adventurers remain. Angela Dolan, Tara Dolan and Samuel Martin.

At the top of the staircase floats a round orb about the diameter of a basketball, glowing blue. A great power emanates from it, and as the three walk forward, it turns the minds of the three adventurers crazy in an instant. The amount of power that could be controlled by the orb is mindblowing, and the remaining three humans turn on each other (Lord of the Rings anyone?). Angela is the first to die, followed by Samuel, thanks to a small explosion. She'd done it. She had the orb.

For a moment she realises what she has done. Killed her own sister and a man in cold blood to get an orb. The guilt was overwhelming, almost to the point where she wanted to commit suicide. Were the alphas really trying to protect the human race when they defended the orb? She laughed the thought off as a surge of magical power filled her body. She didn't need them alive. She could just bring them back to life with magic. They were now only animated corpses, but for what reason should she care? She could change the world with this power..

JJJ-thebanisher

Isaac Hammond was an ALPHA GHOST with the ability SILENCE. Using his knowledge of herbs and other medical/magical knowledge he can silence people for a day.

Laura Hart was a HUMAN with the ability INTEL. Being a security expert, she starts the game with background information on one other player (in this case, she knew Victoria LeGrand was the protector).

Isaac and Laura were in love - I'll spare you the back story that I sent out with the character sheet, but JJJ's would win this game by keeping both Isaac and Laura alive until the end, a near-impossible task. If one of his characters died, he would continue on and try and win with whichever side his remaining character was on (although it would only be counted as a half-win for him). Unfortunately, when Isaac was blown up by a random bomb attack by Tara, JJJ was left with only Laura, but also with knowledge on who EVERY mafia member was. This was the biggest mistake of the game on my part, as JJJ could now pick off the remaining mafia members one by one. I should have included a clause somewhere stating that if Isaac died, Laura would die too, but not the other way around (so if Laura died first, Isaac would already know who was mafia and not because he was mafia, so it wouldn't give one side such an advantage). I also should have made Isaac's ability immunity from the bomb attack in retrospect, but nonetheless it was a good game played by JJJ, it's just a shame that events meant he was randomly killed so early on.

Rating: B

Erudite2

Eliza Caldwell was an ALPHA GHOST with the ability FRAME. Due to powers given to her by the alpha ghost possessing her, she could frame deaths on other people.

Unfortunately Eliza was lynched on the first day, meaning her ability didn't really come into play much. The mafia originally had many different ways of killing people, for example Eliza could kill somebody with flame magic, which would make people suspect Alex Scally for example. Because everyone knew her as a loving grandmotherly figure I assumed she wouldn't be voted off so quickly - either somebody hates grandmas or nobody bothered to read the character descriptions haha. But yeah, her death ruined a fun aspect of the game early on. I can't really criticise Erudite's style of playing here because everyone lynched Eliza within five hours.

Rating: N/A

ugilick

Will Leary was an ALPHA GHOST with the ability HEAD MAFIA. He made the final decisions on who to lynch.

Oliver Thomas was an ALPHA GHOST with NO ABILITY.

Considering both Eliza and and Isaac were taken out so early, I think ugilick did an INCREDIBLE job surviving so far into the game, especially considering Laura was around and could pick off characters one by one. He took a few risks, none greater than one night when he decided to take out Laura instead of going for the protector, and it paid off. His strategy was sound, and he quite possibly could have won if it were not for Tara's random bomb attack. Great strategy and a little bit of luck kept the game going for eight days after all seemed lost - I was very impressed.

Rating: A+

Seaton

Reggie Morse was a HUMAN with the ability HIDDEN. The ability, unknown to Seaton, was that he could still post after death as a ghost.

Calla Toddy was a HUMAN with the ability PARANOIA. She would set traps every night, and everybody who tried to visit her in the night, human or alpha ghost, would instantly die.

Unfortunately, nobody fell for Calla's traps. She wasn't targeted at night once and so the ability more or less went to waste. I also don't know if anyone noticed but Calla Toddy is an anagram for Old Cat Lady. Reggie was killed close to the end too, so his ability wasn't used to its potential either. Both characters didn't talk much, and Calla did little to stop her own death, so not a very well played game.

Rating: D+

fergie12433

Angela Dolan was a HUMAN with NO ABILITY.

Tara Dolan was a HUMAN with the ability BOMB. Whenever she mentioned the word "boom" in her post, the person who replied 10 posts after hers (not including my posts) were killed instantly.

Angela and Tara were just used to agree with each other from what I could see, which was a very straightforward tactic. Although she won the game, it was more luck than anything that her two bomb attacks killed two alpha ghosts and no humans were killed. Nonetheless, she was active and her reasoning was good, and she managed to go throughout the whole game without being targeted by the mafia (or lynched), which is impressive.

Rating: B+

Zikara

Maximillian Brown was a HUMAN with the ability REVIVE. Being a skilled magician, Maximillian could revive any dead person (not like necromancy, like the person is themself, not controlled by Max), however there was a 1/4 chance that the magic would also accidentally revive and alpha ghost to possess the person.

Connor Missale was a HUMAN with NO ABILITY.

Connor or Maximillian didn't post once the entire game. Connor did not put up a fight when in threat of being lynched, which wasn't good play. Ultimately these two characters did nothing but serve as extra numbers for the humans.

Rating: E

giraffegirl

Tyson Smart was a HUMAN with the ability LOVED. Being respected by everyone on the expedition means Tyson requires one extra vote to be lynched.

Alex Scally was a HUMAN with NO ABILITY.

Victoria LeGrand was a HUMAN with the ability PROTECTOR. Knowing lots of healing and defensive magic, she can protect one person every night phase.

Giraffe was pretty active and played the game well. Her only mistake is not protecting Laura, which resulted in her being killed by the mafia. Overall it was a well played game, and she posted actively. Well played, unfortunately all her characters died though. Oh also, Alex Scally and Victoria LeGrand are actually the names of the two members from the band Beach House. Not that I expected anyone to pick up on it, but I was listening to Beach House when I was writing up the plans for mafia so that manifested into character names (which I had all but run out of ideas for at that point).

Rating: B

ThisIsBo

Casper James was a HUMAN with the ability DETECTIVE. Every night phase, he could determine the allegiance of one other player.

Samuel Martin was a HUMAN with NO ABILITY.

Casper investigated all of the right people, Laura, Victoria and I'm pretty sure Tyson and somebody else, but yeah the investigating was really well thought out here. Samuel managed to stay alive until the end, although appeared trusting of ugilick's character Oliver (which is why he was not killed by mafia throughout the game) which could have lost the game had Oliver not been blown up by Tara's bomb. Well played game nonetheless, good posts.

Rating: B+

CONGRATULATIONS, YOU'VE FINISHED ALPHA MAFIA!! You can talk now.

Oh yeah..

WINNERS: HUMANS!

i think girrafe girl dieserved an A- she had me worried. lol realy good game everybody.

Lol, I don't know why I picked Connor over Oliver, just one of those small decisions that have a huge effect. I was investigating Oliver at the same time we proposed to lynch Will (at least I think it was Oliver), but that was the turn Casper happened to die. This was actually pretty fun.

And I agree with ugilick that Giraffe girl needs a higher rating, for controlling three characters at once, she did pretty well. I only had two and I barely posted under SM untill CJ died, which I think might have clued some people off that they were controlled by the same person. I was actually trying to hint that SM was my other profile in other parts of the game (my original plan was SM would be the spokesman while CJ did the detectiving, but I accidentaly posted as CJ when I meant it to be SM so that plan was ruined.) so they would take him first, since I kept saying my other profile has the ability. I only investigated Tyson because he tried to vote off someone I had proven innocent twice, and was pretty defensive about it. Other than that though, she did a really good job.

Agreed. Not actually playing the game myself, and only making a quick glance over all the posts to remember who posted what I didn't rate that well. Giraffegirl's officially been changed to an A-.

2nd time in a row I had somebody left at the end. yay! i'm going to make another mafia. it's going to be . . . different. ;)