Mafia: Learngood Academy

***Mafia: Learngood Academy*** is the twenty-ninth season of *The Mafia Series*.

*Learngood Academy* was a rather unique game, the idea of the new host, Hades. With an entertaining cast, the season was very interactive throughout the few days that it lasted. Unfortunately, the game ended very quickly due to some terrible luck for both the Mafia and the 3rd Party, even with a revolutionary strategy from the latter. This game now boasts a record-breaking amount of survivors, as only one villager (and four players total) died in the game. There were also a good amount of twists in the game, despite the player with the game-exclusive role being executed first.

This game lasted from May 28, 2022 up to June 3, 2022. The game was fairly active, and deadlines were kept very well for the first few days of the game. Most of the players were playing their own game, and there were always a good amount of participants contributing to the strategy.

# ***Roles & Twists***

**Twists**
* **Classes:** The main twist of the season were daily classes, which were mini challenges that players could participate in during the voting cycle. The classes were completely optional. If a player passed the class, they would get an advantage, while if they failed the class, they would get a disadvantage. The teacher was a game-exclusive role that would automatically allow other players to pass in classes.
	+ The classes were as follows:
		- **History:** Players were given one minute to answer five general knowledge questions about history. The first time that this class would occur, they would have 45 seconds to answer the questions, then the next time, they would have 30 seconds, finally, they would have 15 seconds. Players had to answer all five questions in the allotted time in order to pass the class.
		- **P.E.:** Players were given a four-word clue about a common household item, then they would have to find and take a picture of the item around their house. Every time that this challenge occurred, the clue decreased by one word. There was no time limit, as players simply had to find the item before the voting time expired in order to pass the class, but they could only submit one household item.
		- **Drama:** Players were given an iconic, six-word quote from a movie, TV, stage production, or book. They would have 30 seconds to give one answer, and submitting the correct answer would let them pass the class. Every time this class occurred, the quote would decreased by one word.
		- **Social Deduction:** Instead of a challenge, a double vote would be activated. The **two players** with the most votes would be executed, instead of just one.
	+ The advantages for passing a class were as follows:
		- Gain an extra vote.
		- Gain the ability to steal a vote from another player.
		- Gain immunity from dying or being executed.
		- Gain the ability to block another player's vote.
		- Gain the ability to heal another player.
		- Gain the ability to half the number of votes cast against you at the next trial.
	+ The disadvantages for failing a class were as follows:
		- Unable to perform a night action for the following night.
		- Unable to vote during the next day.
		- Unable to vote during the next two days.
		- Two votes will be cast against you if there is at least one vote already for you.
		- Unable to compete in any future classes.
		- Become **stabbed**, meaning you are unable to perform any actions or votes for the following cycle, *and* if you are stabbed twice in this way, you will die immediately.

# ***Game Summary***

*Written by **Hades**.*

The game began with 18 players (plus an unnamed antagonist to drive the deaths/executions). The big twist was revealed of classes each day that would pose a challenge, with rewards for success and consequences for failure. Immediately roles began being claimed as normal, as the cat Life protected the healer Emmi, the jokers Felidues and Meli followed Jelk and Emmi respectively, Eternal the sheriff interrogated Cherry, and the Head Mafia Twinny killed Eevee… or at least attempted to. However **Eevee** was the maniac and their alien Jack replicated a maid to protect them, sparing Eevee from death and confusing Emmi the healer. Confusion around the heal and a lack of leads caused one of the most scattered votes in Mafia history, and the seasons special role, the Teacher, was executed in the form of **Smk**.

Many failed the first class, among those was Twinny, and their consequence caused a randomized kill onto **Jack**. After detective Cherry checked him and found them to be the alien, Eevee’s claim of monarch crumbled to pieces. However they received a stroke of luck by discovering Twinny as a Mafia member. Using them as leverage they struck a deal with the town: keep them alive and the mafia shall be revealed. After admitting possibly mafia members to Eevee, **Twinny** was executed in a small 6-3 vote, with the rest of the votes being blocked either by class rewards/consequences or by PK’s lawyer abilities.

Avtron became the Head Mafia and attempted to kill **PK** but was swiftly stopped by Emmi. Eevee uncovered Avtron and Jelk as the final mafia and attempted to work with them. However both resisted due to Eevee’s villainous nature and disbelief that he would work with them after the Twinny situation. Because of this Eevee pushed **Avtron**, and Lego confirmed him as mafia in a dramatic group chat. This ended the game, with the town claiming victory and the survivors being **Cherry**, **Emmi**, **Eternal**, **Felidues**, **Havoc**, **Lego**, **Life**, **Meli**, **Mooly**, **Piper**, **PK**, and **Stella**.

# ***Awards***

Because this season had more than ten players and three rounds of executions, awards were handed out at the end of the game. They were given to the following recipients.

# ***Trivia***

* Bernkastel and Cam won the viewing lounge prediction game for this season.