Drug Bust! New eUSA Forum game coming soon to a computer near you!

Day 3,195, 05:03 • Published in USA USA • by Wasp15

So, after the fun I had with Mafia, even if we did end up losing, I've been thinking about how to make a game setup that's a little more fair. And I think I may have a plan. This version is inspired by a couple of movies I've seen in the last few days.

There are three different "groups" of people.
The Drug Lords - Bad guys. trying to eliminate the FBI
The FBI - Good guys, trying to eliminate the Drug Lords
and the poor Townies. - Good guys, just trying to survive.

The Drug Lords will consist of 25% of the players, as will the FBI, leaving 50% of the players to be Townies.

The Drug Lords have a dealer, who can attempt to "make a sale" every night. If he attempts the sale to a townie, then that townie becomes a druggie and joins the drug lords, though he cannot vote for a night kill. If the dealer attempts a sale to a member of the FBI, the FBI is informed.

At night, the Drug Lords can pick any person, and order a hit on them. This person is eliminated.

The FBI have a shrink, who can attempt to "infiltrate" the following of one of the drug lords. If he selects a townie, nothing happens. If he selects a drug lord, then the FBI is informed.

At night, the FBI can run a sting operation, arresting any one player. If that player is a Drug Lord, druggie or the dealer, they are eliminated. If that player is an innocent townie, then they are "imprisoned" for 2 days. During those two days, that player may participate in the conversation, but cannot vote.

The Townies have a Sheriff, who can run a "background check" on any player. Unfortunately, the FBI agents have gone so deep undercover that they will appear to be Drug lords when the background check is run. Be careful, because if the FBI are eliminated, the Drug Lords win. Unlike previous games, all townies will know who the sheriff is, but the sheriff will not know who anyone is until he runs background checks.

All players will pick a Mayor who will solve all tie votes, and who will also randomly receive a "vision" (If the Mayor is a good guy, then the vision will indicate a bad guy, and vice versa)
This vision will usually happen whenever I happen to remember. So it may be every day, or it may only be once or twice. 😉

Every night the dealer makes a sale, then the Drug Lords pick someone to eliminate, then the shrink makes his infiltration, the FBI runs a sting operation on one player, and finally, the sheriff runs a background check.
Every day, the players will pick someone to lynch. Since the townies know who the sheriff is, they will probably usually end up following his lead, hoping that they aren't accidentally killing the FBI.

This should make for an interesting game, as the Drug Lords just run rampant, trying to slowly build their following while attempting to kill the FBI. The FBI attempting to stop them without killing too many innocent townies. And the Townies just trying to survive while hoping that their sheriff doesn't screw up too badly, and hopefully not end up as a druggie.

I will probably start a thread on the eUsaForums in a couple of days, so I'll have time to get some input, if any of you have suggestions to improve the fairness. I'm looking for a minimum of 20 players, which should make the game run around 5-10 days. If I get more than 30 players, I'll double the kills allowed.