Werewolf 2 Planning Thread

[Sciz]

You could just remove the ability to pass it on when you die. You don't have to do that though, I can't see why being able to pass it on when you die makes it any less of a power role.

There are roles that get roles passed on to them when people die. Like the Deputy role does nothing at first, but when the cop dies the deputy gets the cop role (which is like the seer)

Anyways IMO the game should be played without a mayor and just have the ties be broken like they were in game 1, by having the person who got to the X amount of votes first get lynched, even if the other person got there first but then got a vote retracted.

If someone in a later game wants to add a mayor as a regular role, that's fine, but the voting for a mayor thing is just weird to me.

[Krill]

True. But either way... it being public leaves it dramatically more balanced. Otherwise it will end up dominated by one network or another.

Define balanced in Mafia. More likely that at the start both sides have an equal chance to win? Then I'd dispute your assertion. Having a mechanic that isn't known to the players either doesn't have anything to do with balance; you do not have to explain all of the rules to the players for a Mafia game to work, so long as the game master knows what happens in every scenario.

[Selrahc]

You could just remove the ability to pass it on when you die. You don't have to do that though, I can't see why being able to pass it on when you die makes it any less of a power role.

Because:
1. It is not pre aligned to any team. It comes in addition to whatever other role you have. Seer, Werewolf, Baner or Mason could all start as or end up as the mayor.
2. It cannot be removed from the game, and there is no prefixed chain of succession.

It's more like an item than a role. Passing around the mayoral sash.

voting for a mayor

Voting isn't a requirement. I just think it's fun. The role works perfectly well being assigned before the game, randomly(in addition to the players other role. So a seer or werewolf could get the mayor position).

[Gold Ergo Sum]

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