Spirit of Giving Mafia
Hear ye, dear friends, gather close!
In winterbound threads we make boast,
Of a Christmas-time caper, naughty or nice,
Where trust is the gift—and deceit has a price.
The snow gently falls on the forum by night,
While shadows conspire far out of your sight.
Will Town spread good cheer and goodwill aplenty?
Or Mafia grin as they slice down the many?
So polish your tinsel, your instincts, your wit,
And read on below if you dare to commit—
For under the tree, wrapped snugly in string,
Lie gifts of uncertain and curious thing.
Summary
In plain English, this game is a Yankee Swap (or White Elephant, depending on the part of the world you're from).
There will be vanilla town and mafia. One-shot PR abilities will be in gift boxes under the tree. All players will be assigned a random order. When it's your turn, you can either open something from beneath the tree, or steal something from somebody who's already opened.
Everyone gets a PR of some sort, though it may be useful or completely useless.
If your gift gets stolen by another player, you go open a new one from under the tree.
The Spirit of the Game
This festive fiasco is Mafia, true,
With secrets and whispers and votes coming due.
Nine* souls will gather by candlelit Town,
While two plot in silence to burn it all down.
- 2 will be Mafia, sneaky and sly
- The rest will be Town, their halos stacked high
By Day there is chatter and voting galore,
By Night comes the knife and perhaps something more.
The scum have a chat—both Daytime and Night,
To scheme, and to swap, and to sharpen their might.
The Gift Swap
On Day One begins a most curious phase,
Extended in length for some swaps and some plays.
Each player, in order by random decree,
Approaches in turn to the seasonal tree.
When your turn arrives, you have choices—oh my!
- Take a fresh gift from beneath the green boughs, or
- Steal an opened gift from another poor house.
If your present is pinched by some green, grinchy fiend,
You’re sent back to the tree to pick one yet unseen.
The gifts are mysterious, wrapped up with care,
But their looks may give hint of what’s hiding in there:
- A sleek metal case that gleams in the light?
- A brown fuzzy box that chitters and bites?
- A red and white package with ribbons in twain?
Each gift hides a secret - a loss or a gain.
Only once opened does truth come to light—
And most gifts are one-shot, to fire first night.
The Spirit of Giving
At any time, you may gift the present you are holding to another player by @ pinging the host in a legal game chat. (Direct PMs to the host are a legal game chat, as well as game threads, scum chats, etc.)
Casual Game Rules
Because this is a holiday game, the typical game rules will be somewhat relaxed. You can goof off, post images, polls, etc. Things that I consider not allowed are:
- Posting in the game thread during night
- Posting in the game thread while dead, or reacting in a way that intentionally suggests a read
- Posting or reacting in the game thread while not part of the game
And of course discussing outside the legal game thread(s), which is just a basic no-no.
Also there will be no role PMs sent out, everyone is Danilla. You'll know you're scum if you're in a scum chat. You obv can't post images of your PM threads showing you're not in a scum chat. No NmaGamer strats.
Days & nights will move a little quicker than the recent game, except Day 1 which will be extended due to the Gift Swap.
And most importantly, play nice, play clean, remember we are all here to have fun with our friends. 'Tis the season of giving.
