A | B | C | |
1 | Town Jailkeeper | Vanilla Townie | Mafia Goon |
2 | Mafia Roleblocker | Town Cop | Town Doctor |
3 | Town 1-shot Bulletproof | Mafia Goon | Town Tracker |
One issue comes from where there is a bullet proof townie. Pine notes:
I'd like to make a few proposed changes to the table.I'm actually thinking that the setup can be partially broken by a D1 bulletproof claim. It's very easy to disprove, as only 1/6 setups lack any roles that can counterclaim it. Scum therefore won't fakeclaim it, because a 1/6 chance of success isn't worth it. Your BP then becomes a partially-invincible IC, which is a great thing to have on D1 in a Micro. It also partially establishes which setup you're in, which severely hampers what fakeclaims scum might use. This is doubly true in a Newbie, where new scum players might not grok the setup table right away. "Oh, you've claimed Cop? Well, I'm a BP Townie, so no you aren't." This also leaves the JK or Tracker free to investigate, as the BPT will become the center of attention and likely a durable target.
Variation 1: Innocent Child
A | B | C | |
1 | Town Jailkeeper | Vanilla Townie | Mafia Goon |
2 | Mafia Roleblocker | Town Cop | Town Doctor |
3 | Innocent Child | Mafia Goon | Town Tracker |
In this set up, the innocent child can claim whenever he wants via PM or by claiming in thread.
In addition to what Pine mentioned, a claimed BP townie can function as an innocent child that can't be easily killed by scum. Changing the BP town to innocent child can help by ensuring that there can be at least 1 confirm town in a set up without a cop and that it cannot be effectively death proof.
The only issue is in column A where a JK+BP exists together. The JK can continue jailing the IC until the mafia roleblocks the JK or kills it.
Variation 2:
A | B | C | |
1 | Town Jailkeeper | Vanilla Townie | Mafia Goon |
2 | Mafia Roleblocker | Town Cop | Town Doctor |
3 | Town Tracker | Mafia Goon | Innocent Child |
In this variation, the town tracker and the IC are flip flopped. I think this could be more balanced as a doctor-tracker set up can lead to a "follow the tracker" scenario once one mafia goon is killed, though once again, there is the issue of an IC+Doctor.
I'm thinking of working on some variations of Matrix 6 and running them as a test in the micro queue. Would anyone be interested in playing the variants?
Also, how would you make it more balanced?