Pirate Ship Mafia II [Concluded]

[TinCow]

But they wouldn't know how (or when) they lost it.

Unless you introduce a way to lose money other than through stealing, they'll sure know how it was lost. They'll also know when it was lost by using math. The night when their previous total plus their new income from their action does not equal the result that's reported in the PM is the night they were stolen from. The people who will put in the effort to figure this stuff out are people like Zacc, ATPG, and I. If there's a way to deduce the information, it'll get out. You'll just make it harder and more obscure for everyone else to figure out, which will only focus the networks even more around those who are willing to do the deduction work.

And at your other point, if the mafia have incentive to acquire wealth and thus to steal, that also eliminates stealing being a clearly "town" thing to do.

Ah, I read it as an alternative, not an addition. Non-public reveals on stealing failure would be good. The same on solo vig attempts too (see Xeno). If there's to be a penalty for a failed anything, make it loss of gold or even a risk of death, ala Capo, rather than making it demonstrate night actions. And make the risk publicly known, ala Capo. I wouldn't have accused Makrell if I had known that solo vig attempts had a risk of a reveal of the attacker.