Mini Normal 1797 Probably Not Actually Normal Mafia [GG]

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One thing I noticed when reviewing this setup is that 2:1:1 is actually a three-faction draw, rather than the typically acknowledged town win. I had to wait for the game to be over to update the page, but it's been done now.

I know I was fairly vocal in the review thread about what I thought of the setup. Glad to see that it worked out in the end.

(Also, crosskills tend to come late in multiball setups. I'm not sure if there's a theory reason for this, or it's just a case of scum feeling more threatened by town early, and more threatened by other scum later once the town is weaker from all the kills targeted at them.)

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(That is to say, sorry for anyone who was relying on the Dilemma page for strategy advice; I see that it got linked at one point. Luckily in the end, I don't think it mattered.)

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Firebringer definitely had to claim a power role in that situation, I think.

The problem is always just trying to figure out which roles will be believed. (Nahdia's Doctor claim worked out quite well, but wasn't enough.)

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Fakeclaiming masons would have been incredibly risky in this setup unless you were sure that town didn't have any (and I don't see any way for scum to get that information in a setup that even approximately resembles this one). There isn't enough room in the setup to have two mason pairs, and one member of the town pair could counterclaim both members of the scum pair, leading to a very bad trade for scum.

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I don't have the Mafia topic, but there was another thread about this game that hadn't been opened up. It's publicly available now: Review Topic