All right, Murtach74 has suggested a second mafia/DF run simultaneous to the main one, though he(?) has agreed it would be unwise to start recruitment for it until at least day 2.

On that note, I do think we can sieze on the extra activity from the site change to do some gaming recruitment, but it also occurs to me we probably need to run a flat, standardized game for new players. That could easily be the game suggested in this case.

Over at mafiascum it's traditional to run newb games of 7 people, 2 DFs, a cop, maybe a doc, and the rest flat vanilla, no clues, psychocops, vigs, one-shot or anything like that. Usually 2 or more veteran players play in the newb game to help keep things on track and introduce terms and concepts via play. Slap one a 10 day per game day deadline and these games ought to run fairly quickly, maybe even 10 days for day 1 and 1 week for day 2 and on.

This might not be a bad idea, as the main core of DF players at this point tend to basically play well over what someone can handle in their first game, the game itself relies primarily on just be paranoid and sneaky, but there is enough terminology and concepts that new players are at a major disadvantage in their first game, so a simple one up front with mostly new players works well. They can play a game or two there then move on, and I'm sure quite a few of us would be happy to play the occassional simplified game. It's also a good place for people to mod their first game.

Essentially we'd run a standardized game, 7 players, 1 cop, 2 DF, 4 vanilla. We might want to compile a list of other simple and small setups, say town with a cop and a mason circle of 2, or cop/doc, just to keep some variety and be able to introduce other roles. In any event, a mod steps forward and gets 5 new or near-new players signed on, plus two of the vet players - which at this point would be anyone who has played say, 4 games.

So, thoughts?