Mafi-esque

***Mafi-esque*** is a new murder-mystery reality TV show produced by Hoola92 and aired on the ***Dustwave Network***. This show brings a group of strangers together in a remote location, where one is assigned the **mafia** role, attempting to kill the rest of the players. Each season bears a different location and the question: **Who will prevail, the mafia or the villagers?**
# ***The Series***

**Mafi-esque** currently only has one season, which is upcoming.

# ***Overview***

*"Sixteen players... but only* one *mafia. These people may seem ordinary, but some of them are out to deceive and* murder *the rest. The other players' goal? To catch this masked murderer. However, the mafia's single, monotonous goal is to murder* everyone *else... without getting caught. What will these players face out in this desolate ghost town, abandoned over fifty years ago? There's only one true way to find out!*
~Dethora, the series host, in her introduction for season 1
In Mafi-esque, a group of strangers is abandoned in a remote location. They have housing and the other basic necessities of life... but each of them has been assigned a role in a new society, a new culture. Each role holds a different purpose in the society, but some are detrimental. One specific player will be given the *mafia* role. They do *not* want to be caught by the rest of the cast in a trial- or else the mafia will lose. However, in order to win, the mafia must kill off every villagers by slowing killing one villager per night.
In each player's unique house is a *special* room that contains their card. No other player in the game is allowed inside that room, as it contains crucial info about that player's game. All the roles have different actions, and they carry out different tasks. Some roles even are on the side of the mafia or are neither on the mafia or town's side. Roles are selected at random, and they very rarely change after the start of the game.

Around the town there are many common areas. There's one main common area, normally similar to a town square, where all the players meet up at to have group discussions and hold trials. Nearby this main common area is the graveyard, where all the dead players (either murdered by the mafia or executed in a trial or killed via some other abnormal route) reside. Players can go wherever they want and have private conversations in houses or other common areas.

In the cycle of the game, the head member of the mafia (normally just called the mafia) must kill someone every evening. In terms of the game, the player does not literally die but instead mysteriously disappear after being selected by the mafia and are moved to the graveyard. After every night, there is one trial. Each player must cast a vote in the morning, and they can vote for anyone in the game (with some exceptions). There are also several roles that can alter votes, but they are all explained below. Players *can* vote for themselves as well as abstain. But they can only abstain once per game. If the majority of the contestants abstain, then no one will die in the trial. In the case of a tied trial, the judge role will decide followed by the most recent person to die if there is no judge eligible to vote. The votes are read at noon, and if a villager does not cast a vote before then, they receive a penalty vote against them. Following the reading of the votes, a challenge is held that is described below. When it becomes night again, the cycle repeats.

The game continues until either the mafia has killed all the villagers or until the villagers catch the mafia. Throughout the game, different roles will affect the flow of the game. Different seasons also contain different twists as well. In addition, most seasons contain a team of 3rd party members who must survive until the end with the mafia. If they accomplish this when they are *only* alive with the mafia, meaning all the villagers are dead, the 3rd party players *win* and the mafia *loses*.

In terms of **prizes**, there is a total of **$500,000** as a possible prize, though it will most likely be split over multiple players. After each daily trial, the players will face a community challenge where they must all work together in order to win. The longer it takes them to perform the task (or using some other measurement), the bank will begin to decrease. As the bank decreases, the mafia's bank increases by the same amount. The mafia must sabotage the challenges in order to increase their bank. If they manage to win, they'll claim all the money that they've won. If the villagers win, they will split the money that the mafia has not stolen among themselves. All the surviving players will get double the money share of deceased players. If the 3rd party wins, they will take home whichever stash is bigger: the villagers' or the mafia's.
# ***Roles***

This is a list of all the roles present in *Mafi-esque*. Please note that all of these roles do not appear in every season, and some of these roles may not have even appeared in a season to date. This is simply a list of *possible* roles that players will be informed of at the start of each season. In addition, a role can appear multiple times in one season. They are divided into:

* **villager** roles that must find and execute the mafia in order to win,
* **mafia** roles that must kill all the villagers to win,
* **3rd party** roles that must survive to the end with the mafia's side alone in order to win,
* and **secondary** roles that do not have any specific aim, instead adding an additional power to the player's original role.

* Villager
* Mafia
* 3rd Party
* Secondary

 Accomplice**Seasons Present:** 1The accomplice is the second-in-command of the mafia's team. The accomplice must make sure at all costs that the mafia survives. But in the case that the mafia *does* die, the accomplice will take over the mafia's role, basically giving the mafia two lives. If the accomplice dies as the mafia, the game is over.The accomplice's room is actually very similar to the mafia's. They both contain deep red walls, except the accomplice has empty glass cabinets that do not contain weapons. They are filled when (and if) they become the mafia. Aside from this detail, the room is exactly the same as the mafia's.
 Corrupted Joker**Seasons Present:** TBA
 Corrupted Detective**Seasons Present:** TBA

TBA

# ***Players***

*Mafi-esque* has boasted a total of **16** players so far. They will be organized into an alphabetical list that shows their statistics in the season(s) that they have played. All player info is according to their latest appearance.

# ***Trivia***

* This series was very much inspired by *The Mafia Series*.