[ CS Forum Mafia Community ]

[ArtMajor]

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Welcome, weary traveler.

We are the CS Forum Mafia Community (CSFMC), a group hoping to become a centralized hub for mafia
games played on ChickenSmoothie's forums. We provide resources for players and hosts alike, as well as
providing a space for hosts to advertise their open games. Whether you're new to the game or have been
playing for years, we hope you will find community here as we talk about our favorite discussion based
game: mafia.

If you are new to the game, allow us to provide a brief description!

Mafia, similar to Werewolf, Town of Salem, or even Among Us is a game of deception! The uninformed
majority (town) must eliminate the informed minority (mafia) before the mafia kills them all. Some
may use roleplay mechanics (such as murderers in thunderclan, a game here on CS you may well be
familiar with) while others use player discussion as a means of deduction.

[ArtMajor]

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If there are any questions...

ArtMajor • She/Her

Mod Applications will be opening shortly

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Pay attention now...

Any major announcements will be listed here!

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For any interested parties...

Beginners Mafia- Host: ArtMajor. Non RP. Open Setup. Signups Phase

[ArtMajor]

welcome • mod team • announcements • terminology • common setups • discord (coming soon)


You may hear these phrases...


Bandwagon
A group of votes on a player, with aims to eliminate them

Bus
To throw someone under the bus. When mafia distance themselves from the teammate to appear town, to the extent that they out their teammate

CC (Counterclaim)
Stating your role/ability in response to a previously made roleclaim by another player. Usually it is when claiming to have the same role.

Eliminate
Every day, the town collectively votes to eliminate a player, removing them from the game

ELO (Eliminate or Lose)
Town must eliminate the mafia in order to win. No elimination will also result in town loss.

Throw / Gamethrow
When a player acts deliberately against their own win condition, aiming to lose. This does not include bussing or other strategies that ultimately help at winning. Gamethrowing is against the rules.

Isolated Reading (ISO)
When you make an analysis of all the posts a specific player has made.

Lockdown
The period in which the mod processes actions/votes at the end of a phase. Any votes and actions will not be accepted beyond lockdown.

Lurking
Deliberately posting little or not voting, as a strategy to draw less attention to oneself.

Mafchat
The private chat where mafia members can discuss and plan

Majority Vote
The winning vote with the most people.

MELO (Mis-Eliminate and Lose)
Town will lose if they eliminate a non-mafia. However, Town may choose to not eliminate and the game will still continue.

Meta (Meta-hunting)
Using previous games as a reference and comparing it to a player’s actions in the current game.

NK (Night Kill)
The factional kill of the mafia. The Mafia can usually kill one player every night phase.

OMGUS (“OMG You Suck (for voting me)”)
When a player votes for another simply because the other one voted for them.

Parroting
Repeating other players’ opinions

Pressure vote
Vote casted on a player to make them speak up and defend themselves.

Readlist
A list ranking all players from most town-like to most mafia-like.

RB (Roleblock)
Blocking a player’s ability and preventing it from taking effect.

RC (Roleclaim)
Announcing what your role/ability is to everyone.

Scum
Another word for mafia (the faction)

Scumhunting
The act of looking for who the mafia is.

Sheeping
Blindly following the other players when voting, without their own reasonings

Softclaim
Hint at your role/ability, without explicitly saying it.

Spec-chat
The private chat for spectators and (usually) players that have died in game

Tunneling
Fixated suspicion on a certain player regardless of what they say/do.

WIFOM
“Wine In Front Of Me”. A dilemma that arises from trying to predict if someone made the better choice or the unexpected choice. Aka “Reverse psychology”

E.g. There is a confirmed Town. Mafia will probably kill them. The doctor may predict the Mafia's kill and heal the town. Thus the mafia won’t kill them because they expected the Doctor’s healing. Thus doctor will not heal them……and it loops

Wincon (Win Condition)
The condition a player needs to fulfil in order to win the game. For Town and Mafia (and some third parties), the game ends the moment their wincon is fulfilled.

[ArtMajor]

welcome • mod team • announcements • terminology • common setups • discord (coming soon)


You may see this type of thing often...

Non-RP Mafia
Mafia games where players do not roleplay. They speak as normally as themselves.

RP Mafia
Mafia games where players roleplay and speak in character. (e.g. Murderers in Thunderclan)

Closed Set-up
Roles are not made known to players beforehand

Open Set-up
Roles are made known to players beforehand

Role Madness
Every player will have a power role/ability

Vanilla
A game with very little power roles

Mountainous
A Game with no power roles at all

Rogue*
Game where the mod may lie or withhold information from players
(e.g. hidden mechanics, the mod having a role in game, hidden rolecards)

*The original term for this is not CS appropriate. If you have another term that you use for the same meaning do let me know

Upick
Players submit role names, and the mod creates roles based off the names.

Multiball
Game where faction(s) of informed minority other than the mafia exists (e.g. cult)


These folk are regulars...

Busdriver
Switches player A and B, so all actions originally on A goes to B and vice versa.

Godfather
A Mafia member that shows up as Town when investigated

Jailer
Protects a player, but roleblocks the player at the same time

JOAT (Jack of All Trades)
Has several one-shot abilities

Lovers
Two players in which if one dies, the other will die as well

Miller
A Town that shows up as Mafia when investigated

PGO (Paranoid Gun Owner)
Kills all players who visit them, regardless of their alignment and action.

Redirector
Makes player A target player B instead of A’s original target

Roleblocker
Can block someone’s ability from taking effect

Strongman
Can perform night kills that neglect all roleblocking, switching and healing abilities

Tracker
Investigates who the player visits

Vig (Vigilante)
A Town that has the ability to kill a player

Watcher
Knows who visited a certain player

Jester
Neutral-aligned, wins by being eliminated/Night-killed

Survivor
Neutral-aligned, wins by being alive when the game ends

SK (Serial Killer)
Neutral-aligned, has the ability to kill players. Wins by being the last player alive.

[ArtMajor]

welcome • mod team • announcements • terminology • common setups • discord (coming soon)

Welcome, weary traveler.

This thread is now open, come and hang your hat, rest a while, and enjoy
the discussions of mafia
For interested parties, I intend to host a vanilla beginner-friendly game
soon! Likely sometime in the next month or so <3

[nomoretears]

this is interesting! i might be able to play after wrapping up this semester

[ArtMajor]

this is interesting! i might be able to play after wrapping up this semester

Cool! Honestly that's what's keeping me from hosting a game now hasjkhdfjkadsh finals am i right

Have you ever played before?

[selasphorys]

i'm here for the lies and knives!

won't be able to play for a long while (probably the rest of this year). happy to spectate though c:

[ArtMajor]

i'm here for the lies and knives!

won't be able to play for a long while (probably the rest of this year). happy to spectate though c:

The best part of the game honestly

Eyyy that's all good! Specchat is where the best snacks are lets be honest. And hopefully we'll be around for a good long while for you to get some games in ^w^