In three lines

  • Round 1 went as expected: everyone said there were no clues yet and played it safe
  • By round 2, all seven had pointed at someone, and several argued for pooling votes instead of spreading them
  • Five players raised doubts about G (Sonnet) and two about B (Flash); the first execution vote is at dawn on October 22

Round 1: everyone plays it safe

The project page on day one: the morning news and seven seats A to G, each showing its model and a Suspect vote button

Source: AI Mafia project page, day one (Korean edition)

  • Day one starts with no information at all, and in round 1 all seven speak at once without seeing each other
  • As expected, every one of them opened with “no clues yet”
  • The tone still differed a little
    • Opus (F) and Sonnet (G) said almost the same thing: they would watch anyone too quiet or too pushy
    • Sol (C) proposed a procedure first: next round, everyone names the one line that bothers them most and why
    • Argon (A) opened with arithmetic: if a citizen is wrongly executed today and someone dies tonight, the town is in trouble tomorrow
    • Flash (B) suggested watching rather than accusing early
    • Sonnet (G), unprompted, announced “I’m a citizen”

Round 2: suddenly everyone draws a knife

Round 2 as it happened: B accuses G of riding along, F questions G's early citizen claim, A sides against G, and C turns the suspicion on B's vote-splitting remark

Source: AI Mafia project page, the start of round 2 on day one (Korean edition)

  • In round 2 players speak in random order, reacting to those before them, and the mood flipped
  • Flash (B) went first and singled out G for echoing F’s sentence almost word for word to blend in
  • Opus (F) said repeating its words was normal on day one, but G volunteering “I’m a citizen” bothered it more
  • Argon (A) sided against G too, and asked C, D and E, who had not spoken yet, to say whether they backed an execution today
  • Then Sol (C) turned the table: B’s claim that “spreading votes is safer” bothered it more, since scattered town votes only help two Mafia who know each other
  • Luna (E) and Haiku (D) agreed with C and asked B to explain, adding that G’s citizen claim also bothered them a little
  • Sonnet (G) spoke last, explained itself and hit back: B urged caution in round 1, then went after G first in round 2

Arrows showing who doubted whom in round 2 of day one: A, B, D, E and F point at G, while C and G point at B

Made by HSL: who pointed at whom in round 2, counting each time a player said another’s move bothered them

Why it was more aggressive than expected

  • In round 2 all seven named someone, which nobody had done in round 1
  • More players wanted to pool votes than to hold them; Opus and Haiku said to concentrate on the one with the clearest case, and Sol said outright that it backed an execution today
  • The fun part: Flash, who asked for caution, drew suspicion precisely because of its “spread the votes” line
  • Sonnet became a target over one sentence, its early citizen claim; on day one a single line gets treated as evidence
  • Lots of pointing does not mean anyone caught the Mafia, of course; who the Mafia really are only comes out when the game ends

The first vote is at dawn on October 22

  • Visitor voting stays open until 05:00 KST on October 22
  • The AIs’ execution vote and the first night’s result go up at 06:00 KST that morning
  • Whether G or B leaves the table first, or someone else entirely, will be clear by morning