How to play mafia like a pro! A Guide

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  1. Hobbes2

    Hobbes2 Aren't I dead or something

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    Hi Mafia Players and People who randomly clicked on the link!
    This is my mafia guide explaining some advanced techniques to use when playing Default Mafia. Many Guides like this exist (I think) so mine might not be anything special, but mine focuses on things to improve your mafia play style.

    Thinks to know before reading this guide ;)

    • How to play mafia
    • Basic Terminology (such as "rand" or "fish")
    • The understanding that this is only for default and probably reskins, and themes that are extremely similar to Default
    • A Brain that can learn things without spazzing halfway

    Now that’s taken care of, lets get started!

    This will be divided into sections, and I’m not going to type this all at once in case a mod deletes it ._.
    It will updated daily by section (hopefully)

    Section 1: Using your Role

    This Section describes things you can do with your role.

    Not all roles will be here only the important ones. Mafia counts as both IM and FCM

    Section 1.1: Village Roles

    • Villager

    Now, as villager, you have the obvious important job of voting out and deciphering information from the power roles. You also have a chance of being Miller, so if an inspector calls you out as mafia, claim miller. When claiming your role in the beginning, i find it safe to say "Millager" because for some reason, claiming automatically means you are villager and not evil.

    If a PL is on you and there are 2 kills (applies in smaller games only) ask for PL to PM you.
    Why? This means you are clean
    They should trust you. If they don’t, then they either already have inspector as voice, or they are a total idiot. Once you have them, ask for BG to pm you, than tell PL the BG and vice versa. If you die, and inspector dies and its only them, they must work together to find out the bad guys.

    If inspector doesn't claim, and asks you to voice them, be very careful. Don’t claim as voice until you get information that is helpful (such as xxxis clean or xxx is mafia or xxx is FCM)

    Why? so the mafia don’t kill you that round leaving the inspector temporarily voiceless sometimes, which is obviously a problem.

    In the end, the villager is an important role that works with the team to reveal, and remove the bad guys. Take advantage of voting, make sure you don’t rand PR's, and be careful out there!

    • Pretty Lady

    Ok so you are PL of course! This is a role that should not be underestimated, and there are many things you can do to take advantage of being able to....as they say, "rape" people at the night! Just don’t get the WW...

    -Strategy 1: Find a voice

    This basically means, you PL someone, and when there should be 2 kills, there are 2 kills, cleaning the person you PL'd. I recommend PMing them if you do not have contact with the inspector, as they can serve as a voice, which can help in cleaning out the mafias. Finally once you get contact with BG (maybe voice asks them to pm him/her?) Make sure he protects you once inspector dies or something like that.

    -Strategy 2: PM the inspector

    This is also basic, you PM the inspector, and tell him who you’ve been on and stuff. The inspector is mostly always a claimer, so you should be able to contact him easily via PM. Always ask who BG is, as then you don’t PL him/her Which is HORRIBLE and can ruin the game, and also make sure that you don’t PL the inspector. When BG and Inspector die and you remain somehow, get a voice like strategy 1

    I don’t have a strategy 3 yet, but when I get one (if I get one) I’ll update

    • Bodyguard

    Well There are a couple paths you can take as BG...these include the following

    -If Inspector DOES Claim

    If the inspector does claim, stay on him/her until you die. PM inspector, and ask for PL and Pm PL as well. Try not to die! Claim as millager so The mafia might not kill you thinking its a waste. Know that, when you die, the game gets really tough, making you one of the most important roles.

    -If Inspector DOESN"T Claim

    This is where it gets tricky, and you should be careful. Protect someone who has claimed villy, until a voice calls out saying he knows PL or BG. First, stay on him until you can pm him and ask who the power role is. Contact them and stay on them. And ideal game has the inspector knowing the BG, but he hasn't claimed, and he has a voice.

    That’s all for BG, unless i note something while playing mafia for a while

    • Inspector

    You are inspector! Of course, you have the major role of finding out who are the bad guys and stuff...

    But there are 2 ways you can go as inspector, the first one being to one I recommend.

    -Strategy 1: Claiming

    Well the first thing is telling on the chat that you are inspector. If you do this, you must ask for BG on you, and ask for the power roles to PM you. If everything goes Well, the BG wont die and you can find out the evil roles by rigorous inspection on the bad guys. Of course, this has the obvious risk of the Bodyguard getting killed, screwing you over (do’h) so be careful. Tell the other power roles who the other power roles are, which may help in the future. Lead the rands properly based on what Power roles and clean people you know.

    -Strategy 2: Not Claiming

    This is a rare thing to do but it can help very well, as if the BG dies, than you can still get a voice and try and work that way. But there is small risk that you die early because you have no protection. Upon finding a voice, get the voice to get other power roles to PM them. If all goes well, you will have BG, PL and other roles without having the public knowing your role. This is good as in case the BG does die, they won’t target you automatically. Get pl to tell you everything, and give that info to your voice. If your voice dies find another voice.


    Section 1.2: Mafia Roles
    To be added later
    Section 1.3: Other Village Roles
    Also to be added later
    Section 1.4: Werewolf
    Yeah, Read above

    End of Section 1

    Thanks for reading what I have so far, I hope this doesn't get too huge or anything, and i will update the part about the mafia roles tomorrow, and um Section 2 will be about Situations you might get stuck in :)

    Oh, and the next sections will all be individual posts :)
     
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    There is already a basic Mafia Guide in this forum. If you can prove that this guide is to be very different from the existing guide (via PM on the forums to Lamperi), then this topic will be unlocked, and you can proceed.

    Until then, this topic will remain locked.
     
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