Mayor

Mechanics

 * The Mayor is a unique role; there can never be more than one Mayor in a match.
 * Click on the sun icon during the day phase to reveal yourself as the Mayor to all players.
 * Once revealed, your vote will count for three. These three votes refer to both the voting and the judgment phases.
 * You cannot be healed once you reveal yourself.
 * You cannot whisper to other players or be whispered to once you reveal yourself.
 * Neither you nor the Spy can be an Executioner's target.

Deciding to Reveal



 * Don't reveal unless you need to prove your role, need the additional votes, or plan to direct the town early on. However, if you have a Jailor in game, you have the option to reveal Day 1 and request the Jailor to jail you for the night, protecting you from all attacks. However, this will be looked down upon severely in Ranked games, as people will refuse to tell you their roles, vote with you, etc.
 * You are one of the most powerful roles. If you manage to survive until the end of the round where you are 1v1-ing an enemy faction and it's morning then you will win. This means that you are possibly the most powerful role being able to kill anyone in a situation by voting power alone. However, if night comes, then you are done for.
 * If you are playing a game with only 3 mafia then you can reveal on day two and find out everyone's roles. This helps when finding flaws between everyones' claims such as having more than one and hanging them one by one. As long as the  jails you then you should be safe. After this, lynch the other suspicious claims one by one. It is unlikely but not unheard of for Neutral Killing roles to become so desperate for survival even a  will start working for you (which is amazing).
 * Be careful if an  calls you out thinking you are a . You can always avoid being hung by revealing, but if there's no or, you'll probably be killed the next night. This can be a nightmare if you're not ready for revealing or you will be dead tomorrow, but always reveal. If you don't reveal yourself, the Godfather is likely execute you; or you may even be killed by a Jailor who assumes you're a Consigliere.
 * If the role list contains some roles, you could consider revealing on Day 2 or Day 3. This way you either bait killing roles into attacking you, wasting their kill for that night or you scare them off, because there is a high chance that you are protected by a . After that, you can effectively lead  until you are eventually taken out. Don't forget to include a "lynch list" with your suspects in your last will to help the, even after your death.
 * Consider a Day 1 Reveal. s do not yet possess their execution power yet, and the  will not be active. This guarantees your survival until Day 2, as the saves you from all danger. Be sure to ask the  his identity, as since you are revealed, he will not lie (unless he's gamethrowing, in that case, report him). Also, seeing that you are jailed Night 1 will spook many evil roles into not attacking you until all s and the  are dead.
 * On the first night after your reveal, if you don't think there is a around and you survive the night, say something around the lines of "Thanks Jailor for protecting me." The killing roles won't attack you as often, since they don't want to attack you while you are immune and waste a potential kill.
 * When you reveal at about Day 4 or 5, someone must be lynched in order for the  to win (unless it's a  majority). When you reveal, usually less than 10 players left alive, so do a large amount of deduction - it's much easier to do when there are fewer players giving roles to you. This allows for you to cross out possible roles from the players already dead in the graveyard.

The "Mayor Game"
Note: As of Patch 1.5.0 Mayors no longer have whisper ability once they reveal, therefore it is highly advised to NOT follow this strategy, as it is obsolete.
 * When revealed, immediately ask everyone whisper you their roles. This gives you a chance to find who is suspicious and who is not. The players call this the "mayor game". Example: If all  roles are dead and someone tries to claim another role, obviously this person is guilty or the /Any.
 * Before revealing, write the names of each player in your will, one per line. That way, once you reveal and are flooded with role claims, you can fill in each line quickly and keep up. This also makes it easy to see who has not claimed a role, which ought to make them suspicious and give you some names to share with a confirmed member, such as.
 * A valid strategy is to delay time to allow you to process information. This may be done by telling everyone to "vote for time": vote up someone and then tell them to vote innocent. Not only does this give you time to sort out all the role claims you are being whispered, it also alerts you to anyone who will vote guilty. While they might be a Jester, they may also be a Mafia member or a Neutral Killing!
 * People who don't tell you the roles should also be suspicious as well.
 * Jester sometimes will not whisper you their role on purpose, to make you think they are bad. On the other hand, evil roles will sometimes whisper you their real role to make you think they are Jesters. Watch out for that.
 * It is also handy to update your last will to write how many possible roles are left. For example: 1i,2p,1s (1, 2 , 1 ). If two people try to claim roles, you know for certain one of them is guilty.
 * In the Ranked Games, there is only 1 Random Town and 1 "Any" space. Please also keep track of these spaces, because when the Random Town/Any space has been claimed, there are no more room for evil roles to lie. For the same reason, tracking the possibility of Random Town/Any is important to avoid accusing ies falsely as Mafia simply because believing the main possible roles have been claimed.
 * If you are one of the last ies left (preferably with a ) and they need 3 votes in order to vote someone up, then reveal and lynch your suspect. Then ask the (if there is one) to protect you (or  to jail you) and slowly eliminate the remaining baddies.
 * Being able to lynch a person single-handedly in the game makes it especially important to keep track of the clues, because you game is practically over if you're lynching the wrong person. This can make it worthwhile to copy-and-paste last wills to the chat so that they can be read completely later on.
 * Accusing a known  role and voting innocent can be helpful later in the game. The tends to vote guilty, because they are thinking they are not Mafia. However, this strategy may not work if the Neutral Benign is a claimed Survivor, as Mafia often protect Survivors to gain more votes later in the game.

Alternate "Mayor game"

 * Since whispering has been removed for the Mayor, players have made an alternate version of a Mayor game to keep the Mayor useful.
 * The Mayor reveals and votes up players one by one going through the list. Not only is it for time, but he also asks the player to claim his role publicly or else he would be lynched. s (if smart enough) will protect important role claims such as . The Mayor then takes his time recording and processing information due to the extra 40+ seconds he gets for each player that is voted up.
 * This tactic helps the to win more easily, but could harm the town more than it helps it if the Mayor and the  in general are not good enough to execute the strategy. Evil roles will see all the role claims and plan accordingly on who to kill. The Mayor can also not instruct any of the townies to do his orders unless public, revealing even more to the evil roles.

Keeping Yourself Alive

 * Asking for protection from a  or  after being revealed can keep you from being attacked, even if you are actually vulnerable. Also if in jail, be sure to get the identity of the so you can get to work with them and know one person's role for certain.
 * Be wary of the since when you reveal s, s, s and  will try to look after you. You are an easy target for the, due to their ability to kill everyone who visits you. You shouldn't have to worry about the Werewolf if there's a Bodyguard. It's recommended to reveal when you are confident that there is no  or when the  is dead.
 * Late in the game, if you are an unrevealed Mayor and the only other roles left are multiple conflicting evils ( vs Neutral Evils) a possible claim is, if the remaining players don't communicate. This allows you to wait for the other players to kill each other off so you can reveal and end the game with an instant lynch. The advantage of the witch claim over the claim is that you won't be attacked in order to check for immunity, which sometimes happens to check  claims. The disadvantage is that the other players could communicate with each other to disprove your  claim, as no one has been controlled. If, however, there actually is a , this disadvantage could be negated.
 * If you don't plan to reveal early on, claim Survivor (if the role list allows you to do so). If the killing roles think you are a Survivor, they won't attack you ensuring you night survival. This might be useful to get near the end of the game where you can reveal and lynch players alone, thanks of your voting power.
 * Careful with this strategy, as some likes to execute Survivors, since it's a role usually claimed by many evil roles such as Serial Killer or, or if the  thinks Survivors are more likely helping Mafia win. Also, watch out for s, they tend to shoot Survivor claims for the same reason.

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