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A [[Mafia game]] with exactly seven [[player]]s, usually four new and three experienced (called "[[Inexperience Challenged]]"), and an [[Open Setup]]. Nowadays almost all Newbie Games use the [[Newbie Game#The C9 setup|C9]]''' setup.
A special administrative category for the purposes of [[Game Moderator|moderator]] [[Waiting List|waiting lists]], a [[Newbie Game]] is a 7 player game specifically designed for new players. Currently, all Newbie Games use the [[C9]] setup.


This is the smallest type of game on [[MafiaScum]], with the intent of easing new folk into the game and weeding out people who don't like it and drop out without warning before they sign up for four or five games.
Newbie Games are played in [[The Road to Rome]].


Played in the [[forum]] '''[[The Road To Rome]].
==Players==


==Original setup==
There is a centralized waiting list for both moderators and players. To join a Newbie Game, players should post in [http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2201 Newbie Game List] ("/in" or "/in to play", for example). When the game is full, the players will be contacted by the game's moderator.
Originally, the setup for Newbie Games had two [[Mafia]], three [[Townie]]s, one [[sane Cop]] and one [[Doctor]]. Almost all of these games start with the [[Day]] phase, to give all players a chance to play before any [[night kill]]s are made. They almost never last more than three days of game time due to the small size.


==C9 setup==
There are two types of players in a Newbie Game: New and "[[IC|Inexperience-challenged]]". For a player to qualify for the latter classification, the player must have been a member of mafiascum.net for at least three months and must have played in at least five completed games.
After 60 or 70 games in the Open Setup listed above, it became obvious that there was a real potential to have a [[Breaking Strategy]] in Newbie Games; with the small size and short possible duration, number crunching became simplified, and a strategy of having the Cop [[roleclaim]] on Day One and then engaging in a series of [[Investigative Roles|Investigations]] while automatically protected by the Doctor until the Doc was found and killed by the Mafia became ''de rigeuer''. While this setup is still available for use, it has become common for [[Game Moderator]]s to utilize a semi-random setup, collectively known as 'C9' (see below):
* 1 Cop, 1 Doc, 2 Mafia, 3 Townies (identical to the original setup);
* 1 Cop, 2 Mafia, 4 Townies
* 1 Doc, 2 Mafia, 4 Townies
* 2 Mafia, 5 Townies,
with the players unaware of which variant was chosen for that particular game. Officially this should be done at random, with a 25% probability for each of the four, although some mods in the past have not followed that distribution, or chosen one setup arbitrarily.


This reintroduced some variability into the games, leading to better play by both sides and a new vitality into what had become stale. The C9 setup is now virtually ubiquitous in Newbie Games.
All players, whatever their experience, may be signed up for (or playing in) only one game at a time, unless additional experienced players are needed to fill out games. A player may sign up for another game as soon as that player is killed (or the game is completed).


The name 'C9' comes from [[Norinel]], the [[List Moderator]] for Newbie Games, who used it as a hexidecimal shorthand for the binary sequence <tt>11001001</tt> - and if you have to ask more than that, [http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1768&start=30 look at this post].
==Moderators==
As we aim to provide a good first experience for new players, moderators of Newbie Games are required to have successfully moderated at least two prior games before joining the list, and have a good overall record of moderation.


==Other Variations==
To join the waiting list, moderators should post in the [http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2201 Newbie Game List] thread ("/in to mod", for example). When a new game fills up, the [[List Moderator|List Mod]] will inform the new moderator, and the moderator can then start the game.
There are now a few different things being tried with these games. One common variation with very little effect on gameplay is to allow the Mafia to communicate by [[PM ]]during the confirmation stage of the game, before Day starts. There are still no [[night choice]]s before the game actually begins, this just allows them to strategize a bit, like in larger games which usually starts with Night.
 
Newbie Game #69 added a [[Vigilante]] and a [[Serial Killer]] for a total of nine players, and Newbie Game #68 had either a Doctor or a Cop (but with [[Cop Head Start]]), and a 4th Townie in place of the role that was not present. These games predated the codification of C9 as the new standard.


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Revision as of 16:54, 17 February 2007

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A special administrative category for the purposes of moderator waiting lists, a Newbie Game is a 7 player game specifically designed for new players. Currently, all Newbie Games use the C9 setup.

Newbie Games are played in The Road to Rome.

Players

There is a centralized waiting list for both moderators and players. To join a Newbie Game, players should post in Newbie Game List ("/in" or "/in to play", for example). When the game is full, the players will be contacted by the game's moderator.

There are two types of players in a Newbie Game: New and "Inexperience-challenged". For a player to qualify for the latter classification, the player must have been a member of mafiascum.net for at least three months and must have played in at least five completed games.

All players, whatever their experience, may be signed up for (or playing in) only one game at a time, unless additional experienced players are needed to fill out games. A player may sign up for another game as soon as that player is killed (or the game is completed).

Moderators

As we aim to provide a good first experience for new players, moderators of Newbie Games are required to have successfully moderated at least two prior games before joining the list, and have a good overall record of moderation.

To join the waiting list, moderators should post in the Newbie Game List thread ("/in to mod", for example). When a new game fills up, the List Mod will inform the new moderator, and the moderator can then start the game.

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