Board Thread:Debate of The Week/@comment-28112409-20171002223259/@comment-29253708-20171004003045

The Coven have six roles. The Mafia have eleven. Nearly double the amount of Coven.

The Mafia have a much higher variety, thus allowing for much greater mystery. All non-Mafia Killing roles are non-unique, allowing there to be even MORE possibilities for the Random Mafia roles.

With Coven, every role is unique. You have very low variety, meaning some players can often guess by mid-game what every Coven role is, and prepare accordingly.

In Ranked, for example, you have a definite Godfather and Mafioso. However; there are seven (due to this not being the Coven expansion) other roles that can be divided into the extra two Random Mafia slots. This allows for an absolutely massive difference in possibilities. In the average game, players don't know what Mafia roles those are until mid- or sometimes even late-game.

With the Coven in Coven Ranked, you have your definite Coven Leader and Medusa. There are only four other possible choices. Your argument of "every Coven role can kill" doesn't help here, as your roles can be revealed very, very early. By night three, you could have every Coven role revealed, and even one of them lynched by then. Knowledge of your roles is your absolute worst enemy among others, and you can't do much about it. The Town knows what to look out for, and you can't just claim anything and get away with it. By the time you say anything, you're as good as dead.