Umlaut's Mini Normal Review, May 2023 (Released)

[Umlaut]

Town Mason-Finder would be both useful and informative (given the role itself would suggest, though not confirm, that a masonry exists). Maybe slightly double-edged since it would also suggest that to the Mafia once it flips.

Town Bodyguard would also work for me.

[Umlaut]

Could also do Role Cop, in this setup that's the same thing as Mason-Finder but without suggesting anything about a masonry.

[Umlaut]

truuuue.

Mason-Finder is good then, will see what Dk thinks.

[Umlaut]

I think all that's left are role and result PMs, then?

I tend to write my role PMs such that I can send them out

en masse

, so in particular my Mason PM is not going to list the Masons explicitly but rather I will list them in the intro post of their PT, and likewise for the Mafia.

Spoiler: Role PMs

Town Mason

Welcome to Mini Normal ####! You are a

Town Mason

.

You share a private topic with your fellow Masons, located here, in which you may communicate privately during all phases of the game. You all know one another to be Town-aligned.

You win when the Town is the sole surviving faction.

Town Mason-Finder

Welcome to Mini Normal ####! You are a

Town Mason-Finder

.

Each night, you may target a player to learn whether that player is a Mason. (You will get "no result" if this action is prevented.)

You win when the Town is the sole surviving faction.

Townie

Welcome to Mini Normal ####! You are a

Townie

.

You win when the Town is the sole surviving faction.

Mafia Goon

Welcome to Mini Normal ####! You are a

Mafia Goon

.

You share a private topic with your fellow Mafiosi, located here, in which you may communicate privately during all phases of the game.

Each night, you and your teammates may together select a player to shoot and kill.

You win when the Mafia is the sole surviving faction, or when nothing can prevent this.

Spoiler: Result PMs

Mason-Finder Positive

You discovered that [PLAYER] is a Mason.

Mason-Finder Negative

You discovered that [PLAYER] is not a Mason.

One question: I typically list the Mafia's full roles in the intro post of their PT, since they have no real reason to hide them from one another. Is it Normal-compatible to do the same in the Masonry? (In this case all it would reveal is that none of them have some additional power beyond being a Mason.)

[Umlaut]

For my own notes later, the final setup is:

3x

Mafia Goon

3x

Town Mason

1x

Town Mason-Finder

6x

Townie

[Umlaut]

Nah, I like to keep 'em guessing