It's wild that mafia:town rations here tend to be so low -- at another place I play, 1 in 4 is typical for games of 16-24 players, which is the norm. Occasionally 1 in 5 or lower if the games are at the upper end of that range or higher. Somehow it all works out just fine.

How is that possible? Balance is a weird thing.

(One thing is, these games have no free communication except among the mafia and sometimes masons. But if anything that seems to give the Mafia an edge, not the town.)