Quote Originally Posted by Pannonian
It will almost certainly be profitable for the town, since the fact that the game is still continuing means townies still outnumber the mafia, and a 1 for 1 exchange is more than good enough for a town win. What's even worse is that this fundament applies to all Mafia games, not just this. The logic of the rules means townies should be willing to submit to this attrition, while the mafia who are outnumbered will be smoked out because they can't afford to get involved, while their refusal highlights their situation. In short, there is no good defence for the mafia against this tactic.
Exchange is only good if you know it is a Mafia. Since at the start of the game more then 50% of the town is townies... then you have a larger chance of killing another townie then a mafia. 2 townies down is not good. Also when the mafia outnumbers the townies you have a better chance of getting a mafia, but again they can afford it and if you get another townie it is worse again.

Quote Originally Posted by Xiahou
Not quite, you have to be pretty certain the other guy is Mafia... if it is another townie you have just knocked off 2 for nothing, and two of the most loyal.
On the subject of townie kill groups, I think it might've been an interesting idea to only allow them with approval from an existing family. Having townies able to get together on their own and kill enemies gives the town too much power imo. I dont think the town is supposed to be able to actively kill their enemies- they're supposed to use lynches.
The kill groups made investigation results a grey area... are they wiseguys who are townies or are they mafia?

Also it made be suspicious of Redleg... I thought he was a mafia pretending to be a townie because of the townie kill groups... I could never be sure if the number killed the night before was purely mafia or some of the townies who had figured out what had happened.

And I thought that I might be a target of such a killing if I was mistakenly thought to be mafia by one of my fellow townies by my lack of posting... so I always read the thread after the weekend wondering if my fellow townies had attacked me thinking I was a mafia agent...