An Unlikely Pair [Concluded]

[Askthepizzaguy]

The mafia were working against each other, so I hoped that would weaken them since they'd be trying to locate each other and kill the other one off.

That makes sense, however if they don't immediately try to kill each other, it's game over for the innocents anyway. It's a two-day game. If they don't kill each other day one, it's over after day two. So it's not much of a handicap.

At the same time by not knowing each other, I realized that figureing out who the second mafia was would be a lot more difficult, hence the inclusion of an investigator.

I agree, that's necessary for fairness. The difficulty is if the investigator, which basically the entire innocent team requires in order to win... if they investigate incorrectly or die, innocents basically lose.

So the onus is on the mafia to win the game outright, not really for the innocents to guess correctly. And the game starts with a night phase... that's harsh (IMHO)

I realize now that starting on a night phase is a bad thing for a seven man game, but that's part of the learning experience. I hope you all still enjoyed it.

Oh indeed. We might have lost but I'll be darned if we didn't give it everything we had, and come within a hair of victory.