I've played in mafia games out of forums, in fact I think this game was simply adapted for forums and was original a 'wink murder' style game.
Mafia games were introduced to me in a drunk state on a tour of wales of all things. In this version the umpire selected two mafia by tapping them on the head with their eyes closed. The mafia would then wake up and point to someone to kill and go back to sleep. Then the umpire would make up the story and explain who had died and the debates began.
Unfortunately some of the games got a bit easy due to alchool (especially when one girl who was particularly pissed giggled uncontrollably when killing people) but it was good fun.
So why am I saying all this. Well in the version of the game I played there were two other 'characters' who aren't used in the forum versions that I've read.
The Doctor
Unknown, selects one person to save each turn. If the mafia kill that person, the doctor arrives on the scene just in time to save them.
The Whore
Again unknown to anyone.
The Whore chooses someone to sleep with each turn. If the mafia try to kill the whore, nobody dies and nothing is revealed of the attempt to the townsfolk. However, if the mafia kill the person whome the whore is entertaining, both he and the whore get killed.
I'm sure it's possible to invent more characters, but what do the mafia players here think of those two?
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