Town of Salem
Town of Salem is an online browser video game inspired by "accusation & deception" party games such as Mafia[1] created and distributed by BlankMediaGames. The name refers to the Salem witch trials between February 1692 and May 1693 and was released on December 15, 2014, after a successful Kickstarter campaign.[2] The game is currently available through BlankMediaGames' website, App Store, Google Play, Steam and as a physical card game.[3]
Gameplay
A game can have 7–15 players depending on which game mode is currently played. Players pick a name they will use during the game. The name can be changed each game. Players are randomly assigned a role divided into three main factions: the town, the mafia, and neutral.[4][5]
- Town - Players in the "town" faction have to eliminate all non-town players to win. Town roles are subdivided into Town (support), Town (killing), Town (protective) and Town (investigative).
- Mafia - Players in the "mafia" faction have to eliminate the town. Mafia roles are subdivided into Mafia (killing), Mafia (deception) and Mafia (support).
- Neutral - Players in the "neutral" faction are part of neither the town nor the mafia, and are usually only on team with themselves. Their win condition is dependent on their role and is divided into Neutral (killing), Neutral (evil) and Neutral (benign).
Game phases and discussion
Like Mafia, the game follows a basic day-night cycle where most roles perform their action during the night phase. When the night phase ends the town "wakes up" and the game interface explains which players have been eliminated, and in most cases, which role eliminated them. After this has been established, the players chat between themselves to find out who to trust and who to lynch. After 45 seconds of discussion, players can vote for other players to be put on trial. If one third of the players vote on a player, they are put on trial and given 30 seconds to defend themselves without interruption. After the time is up, everyone else votes on whether to eliminate the player or not. If the majority votes yes the player gets 5 seconds to say their last words and are then executed, their role and will revealed for everyone. The night phase then begins anew. If the majority votes no, the player is put off trial and discussion resumes. There can be up to three trials in one day.
Notes
All players also have a "last will" that is revealed upon their death. This note can be used to keep track of what the player did during the night and other information the player found noteworthy. If the player is in the (killing) division, they have the opportunity to leave a "death note" that will be shown to everyone along with the eliminated player’s last will if the killing was successful.
Reception
Town of Salem earned a gamerscore of 8.69 on whatoplay. This rating is based on 17,700 user reviews.[6]
References
- ↑ Town of Salem - IGN.com, retrieved 2018-10-16
- ↑ "Town of Salem - Mafia-style Browser Game". Kickstarter. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
- ↑ "Town of Salem: The Card Game". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
- ↑ "Roles | BlankMediaGames". www.blankmediagames.com. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
- ↑ "Game Genius – Town of Salem: List of Roles". Genius. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
- ↑ "Town of Salem" whatoplay. Retrieved February 5, 2020
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