Basic Roles

[Kivam]

  On 8/11/2011 at 7:46 AM, Nolder said:

  On 8/10/2011 at 5:25 PM, Hybrid said:

By "easily understood," do you mean just that the power is easy to understand or the proper play is also easy to understand? IMO, it should be the latter, since I view basic games as more newbie friendly -- i.e. training basic mafia skills and only using basic roles.

I mean that if explained properly a person should be able to grasp how the role works right away without much confusion

 

and I don't think the latter is necessary really since there are advanced ways to play any role

for example a good powerless townie might be able to psych the mafia out into believing he's doc or cop

that's not something I'd expect from a newbie but it's something that takes time to get good at (if you can) but the role is still as basic as you get

 

It's true that basic roles can have advanced plays. But certain roles - like Jester, Lyncher, Mafia Traitor (i.e. mafia member who is really a solo), etc. - only have advanced plays. And not just for the player with the role: they can completely change the mechanics of the game.

 

 

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  On 8/10/2011 at 5:25 PM, Hybrid said:

Tracker and Watcher are trickier roles that are more at home in power-intensive games. I don't really agree with them being part of basic games.

you're right in a way

they are trickier and are better left out of games for brand new players

however I do believe they are basic and believe they should be available for games which are not "advanced" but not someones first go at mafia either

kind of a middle ground game if you get what I mean