I had a thought today. Typically, in mafia you are assigned a role, and are stuck with that role all game long. That's great if you're doctor or cop or mafia...or at least some kind of special night action. But if you're Vanilla Townie, you're a bit less motivated and left feeling quite in the dark.
Is there any precedence to having everyone be a VT, and using specialty items to enhance a character's abilities? Some of these items may be awesome, like a "double-barreled shot gun" Or some of them may be quite irrelevant "pea-shooter." Now, you would still have mafia vs. town, but players would all have an equal shot at getting items at the beginning. You could also have roles that would steal items or give items away. This might spice up the game a bit, as players would never know what they were getting, or using, or losing from one day to the next.
Does that mess with the setup too much and allow for too much inbalance in the game? I think you could still weight the game evenly in terms of fixed roles for each side. Just adding the items to keep everyone alert.
Thoughts? Am I totally whacked on this idea?
) --- it's got SHIELDS!
) it sounds like an awesome idea, I'd be glad to look over any setup you come up with if you want, or even (sort of) co-mod if you need one to get around the two completed games thing.
