Talk:Strategies/@comment-27141904-20160127020815

I think Town is making the same mistake over and over again: once they find a Neutral Killing role (or a "helpful" Mafia member points at them), they immediately get rid of them. While that helps to reduce the amount of deaths, it also makes Mafia's job much easier as they don't have to worry about a potential killer. In the absense of Jailor or Vigilante this may spell the doom for Town. Neutral Killings want to get rid of Mafia as much as Town because once they are found each Mafia member will stop at nothing to eliminate them.

So, if I find a Neutral Killing as a Sheriff or Investigator or Lookout, I usually make a deal with them that they will hunt for Mafia (all leads are given to them) and I will not rat them out. They have no incentive to attack me since it will lead to their death and they have every incentive to kill Mafia. Neutral Kliling becomes a sort of immortal Vigilante with unlimited amount of bullets. In short, it's "The Black Mass" plot.

In the last game I tried this tactic, it reduced 4 Mafia to 1 and we lynched the last one anyway. SK who I used for this got lynched too.