Mafia: Alpha and Omega

***Mafia: Alpha and Omega*** is the twenty-third season of *The Mafia Series*.

*Mafia: Alpha and Omega* was a rather short game attempting to introduce a new twist into the Mafia series: opposing Mafia teams. Due to some confusion at the beginning of the game, several Mafia members accidentally outed themselves, which led to a rather short game when all four Mafia members (on two different teams) were eliminated in just four rounds of the game.

This game lasted from December 27, 2021 up to January 5, 2022. While this game did demonstrate some great gameplay, there were numerous inactive players who pulled down the season as well. As stated above, both Mafia teams were eliminated just four rounds of the game, so this was a rather short 20-player game.

# ***Roles & Twists***

**Twists**
* **Opposing Mafia Teams:** For the first time in Mafia history, two different Mafia teams were competing against each other in addition to surviving from the villagers' executions. Each team, the *Alpha* team and the *Omega* team, could kill someone each night. The Alpha team's kill was announced first while the Omega team's was announced second. While it was unknown to players and opposing Mafia teams during the game, both teams had two Mafia members - a head Mafia and an accomplice. A Mafia team could only win if they were the only team left standing.
* **Designated Healers:** The game had two healers each designated as either Alpha or Omega. The Alpha healer could only heal players who were killed by the Alpha Mafia and vice versa. Additionally, the healers were given a chat explaining this twist to them and confirming one another.

# ***Game Summary***

The season began with all sorts of chaos when confusion erupted about the Alpha and Omega sides. Multiple players claimed their Alpha and Omega roles, not realizing that only some people would have those tags. Havoc, Harp, and Stella all gained suspicion from these claims, but Harp turned out to just be the Omega Healer while Stella was altogether lying as a jester. The Alpha Mafia took a much more under-the-radar approach, as Justin was barely online. However, when they claimed to be healer, Harp's reveal of the healers being connected and denial that Justin was his partner immediately put suspicion onto the Mafia.

When Justin rolled to decide their kill, they randomly decided on **Harp**, the unfortunate and coincidental victim. Meanwhile, knowing that Harp would heal him, Havoc killed himself. While he seemed to be proven, many were still suspicious of him. Furthermore, he made a vulnerable confession to his two best friends, Cam and Meli, that he and Jack were the Omega Mafia. While Meli, feeling betrayed by her friends in past games, immediately sided with Havoc, Cam was more skeptical. Cam was a part of an elaborate plan that Stella had created. After Stella had brushed off that she had claimed to be a Mafia accidentally, she said that it was beneficial for the town to leave rivalling Mafia teams around. Meanwhile, Cam offered to Stella that he would use his maid powers on her. Stella accepted, and she revealed that she was truly the jester to him. Then the two became a dynamic strategic duo of the season, putting their minds together to confirm other players if possible.

**Justin**, with suspicion thrown upon them by the now-dead Harp, was executed by a very decisive vote. With his partner dead, Calvin had claimed the noble, which became a risky claim when several players were quick to discover the vote did not add up. While Cam kept his mouth shut, he planned to get the detectives to search and confirm Justin as the main Mafia. Next, Calvin decided to kill **Jack**, an apprentice claim. But to his misfortune, he took out one of the few other Mafia members. Meanwhile, Havoc killed **Jelk**. Cam, knowing that he was Mafia but not openly wanting to betray Havoc, once again encouraged the detectives to search Jack, and they discovered the he was the Omega Accomplice.

**Havoc** was unable to defend his gambler claim, and he was never able to eliminate the suspicion that remained upon him for claiming to have an Omega role so early, and so he was the second player executed. Throughout all of this, the maniac, Andrew, remained away from the target spotlight with his jester claim. However, his confrontations with Havoc gained him a few votes at both trials. With the Omega Mafia dead, Calvin was the only Mafia member remaining. Calvin killed **Meli** next, seeing her as a confirmed town member. But, Meli caused the town great confusion after revealing that she was working with the Mafia, and some players thought that she was corrupted. This spiraled the town into executing **Felidues**, the other detective claim.

In one last ditch effort, Calvin filled the recently-outed healer, **Finn**. But with vote counts off, Calvin knew he couldn't survive. **Calvin** was executed with 6 votes against him, and the game ended thus in only three rounds. A whopping eleven players survived. Despite surviving, **Andrew** lost as 3rd Party. **Avtron**, **Brainz**, **Cam**, **Chai**, **Emmi**, **Hades**, **HBomb**, **Life**, **Stella**, and **Viscount** all claimed victory for the town.

# ***Voting History***

An underlined vote represents a penalty vote.
A strike-through vote represents a vote blocked by the lawyer.

# ***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***

* Swaggy become the fifth person after Piper, Phoenix, Havoc, and Aster to host before becoming a member of the crew.
* Eevee and Nathaniel both won the viewing lounge prediction game for this season.