Quote Originally Posted by Double A View Post
Stop acting so pessimistic, Pizza, it doesn't suit you.
It's not pessimism. It would be if I said there was no point in trusting people, but what I am saying is it's a risk, and your success often depends on luck alone.

Also, speaking to game complexity.

In one recent game, and others like it, I've seen folks get bogged down by a game's complexity. Too much is going on, too much information is available, and there are side goals that are distracting. Often times people have trouble following it all, especially if they don't know the backstory or the characters. One of the few things I said that game that was meant to be taken seriously, was that it's still a mafia game. You still vote for who you think is guilty, and if you're guilty, you try to avoid death. I've found myself floating in games on other sites, like Night of the Werewolf games, with backstories too complicated for me to follow and characters I couldn't roleplay as. But, the game was still about voting for the guilty people.

Too much going on can be intimidating. But, at the core of things, as long as people are voting, the basic game is still being played. I think it helps folks to remember that's their main objective in mafia; vote for the right people. All else could even be ignored if it is too complicated.