To Tell the Truth

Name: To Tell the Truth Setup Size: Micro Players: 9 Setup Type: Open Micro Designer: Umlaut

To Tell the Truth is a 9-player open setup designed primarily by Umlaut.

Roles

• 3 Mafia Goons
• 6 Townies

Mechanics

• Can be run with or without daytalk, as the moderator prefers.
• Plurality elimination mechanics.
• The Mafia has no factional kill.
• Each night, the Mafia must choose two living players (or else two will be chosen for them at random). The next morning, the town will receive an investigative result on those players, determined randomly in the following manner:
  • Moderator arranges the two names in playerlist order.
  • Moderator rolls 1d2. On 1, a true (innocent or guilty) result should be given on the first player; on 2; a truthful result should be given on the second.
  • Moderator rolls 1dX, where X is the number of living players. If the result is less than or equal to the number of living Mafia, the remaining player should be declared guilty; otherwise that player should be declared innocent.
  • Moderator forms these two results into a disjunctive statement, i.e. "Player1 is innocent or Player2 is guilty," such that the statement as a whole is true. This statement is revealed publicly to town when the following day starts.

Example

On Night 1, the Mafia choose Jack and Diane as their investigative suspects. As it happens, Diane is ahead of Jack in player list order, so this is re-sorted by the moderator as "Diane and Jack".

The moderator rolls 1d2 and gets a 1. This means a truthful result should be given for Diane. As it happens, Diane is one of the Town, so she will be reported innocent.

There are 8 players alive, 3 of which are Mafia. The moderator rolls 1d8 and gets a 4. This is greater than the number of living Mafia, so Jack will be reported innocent (regardless of whether he is or not).

At the start of Day 2, the moderator announces, "Diane is innocent or Jack is innocent."