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About Mafia... "In the peaceful Sicilian village of Salem, a dark presence is about to make itself known. For years, the family based crime organization known as the Mafia has been establishing itself in the foundation of the community. Until now, the naive citizens have been unaware of the evil among them. Tonight, however, the Mafia makes its move. Tonight, someone will die, and until the Mafia has eliminated all opposition, the innocent will continue to die. Unless, of course, the Mafia is destroyed first..." The above is a typical opening for the game called Mafia (Also known as "Werewolves of Miller's Hollow" or "Town of Salem"). The game can be played by an indeterminate group of people, each playing the role of either a murdering Mafia member or an innocent townsperson, along with a game moderator. At the beginning of the game, Night falls, and the Mafia family members become aware of each other (by communication from the moderator). They then choose a victim, and the moderator announces the death scene. When Day breaks, the town must try to weed out the evil by lynching someone they suspect to be mafia. The game of Mafia (in Meat World) is usually run with playing cards representing the possible roles in the game. The moderator secretly distributes the cards to the players, then has everyone put their head down/close their eyes. During the Night, the moderator "wakes up" the mafia, and they silently choose a victim. During the Day, everyone discusses, argues, swears, and eventually votes for someone to lynch. The cycle repeats until the endgame. MafiaScum, however, is devoted to the online version of the game. As far as anyone knows, this version was first attempted in August 2000 on the Grey Labyrinth website. It was so successful that mith (a regular GL-er) felt it warranted its own site. Online Mafia has the potential for more strategy and subtlety because it removes most of the possibility for cheating and provides players with a chance to form suspicion based on logic and voting patterns instead of facial expression. It also has the potential for just as many (if not more) laughs, because the players can act however they like, no matter how shy they might be in real life. For more information on the game check out this article: Game of Mafia Getting Started... To get yourself into a game the first thing you will have to do is go to our forum. You need to register an account with us in order to do almost anything, the link to register is in the top right corner of the index-page. Please be aware that to register an account you will need a valid e-mail address, as it is required to try and filter out a few of those darn Chinese bots. All of our sign-up threads for games are found in the Queue subforum. To join a game, post something along the lines of "/in" in its signup thread. You will be assigned to a player list, and when the list is full, you will be instructed further on where to go and what to do. If you're new to the site, we don't recommend joining a lot of games at once in case you lose interest and flake out of all of them later on. If you decide that you want to abandon a sign-up list before you are assigned to a game, post "/out". For more details and information please read this guide: Quick Guide to Mafiascum

Featured role... This month's featured role is the Ninja! Ninja is a Role-Modifier that can work as a standalone role that prevents roles such as Trackers or Watchers from seeing who they targeted during a Night. Most commonly seen as a standalone role used by the Mafia, as it allows them to kill people without fearing getting caught by said Investigative Roles. Technically it can also be used as a modifier for either alignment to hide important an Power Role from their opposing faction, this isn't commonly found in games however. Featured setup... This month's featured setup is Kill All Townies! This months unique setup by BBmolla is a Multiball based off the idea of an increasing amount of lynches each Day dependant off the amount of Town aligned players that die. It is a 15-Player Large Open game that is eligble to be run in the Open Queue by more experienced mods as well as being the winner of the 2015 Setup Design Contest. Filled to the brim with various power roles and the inclusion of an uncommon mechanic make this a setup worth playing if you feel like something fresh. Contributor of the month... This month's top-contributor is KittyMo, who has helped improve the MafiaWiki by categorising all the various pages that float around in the wilderness of the wiki. It may not be the most exciting task but it certainly helps a lot and this is here to appreciate that. Each month wgeurts will pick a wiki-contributor who has helped contribute to the MafiaWiki in the best manner during the last month. He will then dedicate this section to "glorify" their efforts.

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Other areas of MafiaWiki

• Quick Guide to Mafia - A rundown of how the game of Mafia works.
• FAQ - Some questions and issues that pop up with first-time players.
• Rules - Important rules for Mafia games that are standard on mafiascum and most other sites.
• Commonly Used Abbreviations
• Glossary - A compilation of Mafia terminology.
• Modding Requirements - The site's standards for prospective moderators.
• Don't Panic - Wiki-based thread for posting problems when the forum is down.
• Downloads - Programs and files that may help with the game.
• Meetups - Information on MeatWorld meet-ups.
• QuoteBook - Amusing quotes from various places around MafiaScum.