Everyone is like some sort of FBI hacker dude with a computer, and you hack into each other's computers and download files. Some of you are evil hackers and try to harm the others. They conspire at night to send deadly viruses to other players, wiping their hard drives and removing them from the system (game).
There may be a rogue hacker, i.e. neutral survivor, who wins as long as he remains active.
The roles are contained in programs. All of the program abilities are passive; there is no choosing of targets. Each night, each player chooses another player to download files from. If a player hacks someone else successfully (i.e. if they don't have a firewall up), he copies all of that player's programs to his own computer. He is informed of any good programs he downloads, but not any malicious ones. When an evil hacker hacks into a computer, though, he deletes any useful files from the victim's computer after downloading them to his own. The evil hackers conspire to "kill off" a player (send him a deadly virus) each night as well as individually hacking into
computers. They make these decisions simultaneously, and won't learn which programs they have acquired until after they have chosen their target for the virus.
During the day, the players agree on someone to revoke network access from (lynch). Lynching will work like in Mafia IX; that is, you can unvote and change votes as much as you want, the hammer will drop as soon as one player receives more than 50% of the votes.
When a player drops off the system ("dies"), his alignment is revealed.
GOOD PROGRAMS:
-Antivirus. A player with an antivirus program can't get viruses (be killed). It also automatically removes trojans and spyware.
-Access codes. A player with network access codes can't have his access revoked (be lynched). This only works once; once someone fails to lynch you and it becomes clear you have the access codes, they will stop working for you (even if you redownload them later).
-Firewall. A player with a firewall can't be hacked. He can still receive viruses and have his access revoked though. If he downloads a trojan, it will disable the firewall. The only way for someone else to get a firewall is to hack into someone whose computer has both a firewall and a trojan.
MALICIOUS PROGRAMS:
-Spyware. When a player has spyware installed, his alignment is revealed to anyone he hacks. Spyware is hidden (that is, you aren't informed when you download one).
-Trojan. The trojan hinders your other programs from working properly. Trojans are hidden.
-Databomb. The databomb deletes all your other programs when you download it. It then remains dormant, but will get downloaded by anyone else who hacks into your system and destroy their programs as well. If you download a databomb along with other programs, the bomb destroys the new programs as well.
NOTES:
Trojans don't prevent other malicious programs from working.
Multiple versions of the same program are redundant and will be treated as one program.
Programs will be distributed randomly among the players at the outset (there may even be some duplicates), and the game will begin with a DAY phase.
DISCLAIMER: I don't know anything about actual computer hacking stuff. I just made shit up.
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That should be sufficient information. SIGN UP YO, and let me know if there are any questions. I don't know how well this will even work, since it's rather complex and confusion, but hey isn't that what mafia is all about?
There's no min or max player cap for this, so I'll just start when I think we're ready. I'd like to get 12 players if possible though.PLAYERS:
AA7Dragoon
Arcan
CDLVII
DrumsofWar
Lavarinth
Mucky
Murdermasterx
ShadowFlare
Thalraxal
tipereth
