Who’s The Villain? Who Lives And Who Dies? The Town Votes.

Town of Salem is an online multiplayer game where you take one of 33 roles in a game of 7 to 15 players. You and the other players walk around, discuss your fellows and vote for who should die at the end of each night. Your goal? Root out the town’s villains, from among your fellow players, before they outnumber you. But they can kill each other and you, too…

More Colour Than Noir

In contrast to the traditional “mafia” setup of similar games, Town of Salem has colourful, sprite-based graphics that don’t necessarily reflect the amount of violence and strangeness that can happen in the game. The graphics are crisp and clean, though most animations contain only a few frames. The game’s various roles can do a variety of different things, particularly at night after each vote, and even the innocent, majority town has a few powerful allies among the 33 roles.

Fun For The Family? Maybe

Overall, Town of Salem is simple to pick up if you’ve played mafia before, its variety of roles the only real challenge. The graphics (and admins) make for a more family-friendly game, for the most part. Mafia vets and older players with family will probably like this title.

A game of murder, mystery and deception

Town of Salem is a fresh innovation on the classic party games Mafia and Werewolf. It is a game of murder, accusations, deceit and mob hysteria.

How To Play

The game ranges from 7 to 15 players. These players are randomly divided into alignments – Town, Mafia, Serial Killers, Arsonists and Neutrals. If you are a Town member (the good guys) you must track down the Mafia and other villains before they kill you. The catch? You don’t know who is a Town member and who is a villain.
If you are an evil role, such as a Serial Killer, you secretly murder town members in the veil of night and try to avoid getting caught.

Roles

Town of Salem has 31 unique roles ensuring a different experience each time you play.

Before a game starts, players are put into a lobby where the host can select what roles will be in the game. Players are then assigned roles at random from the list of chosen roles. Players have an in-game role card that explains their role’s abilities and alignments. For an in-depth look at the abilities of each role please visit: www.blankmediagames.com/roles

Game Phases

Night

The night phase is when most roles use their abilities. For example, Serial Killers stealthily murder people, Doctors heal people who are attacked, and Sheriffs interrogate people for suspicious activity.

Day

The day phase allows the Town members to discuss who they suspect of being an evil role. Once the voting phase starts a majority vote from the town will put someone on trial.

Defense

The defense phase is when you plead your innocence to the town. Have a convincing story or find yourself facing the gallows!

Judgement

During this phase the town will vote on the fate of the defendant. Players can vote guilty, innocent or abstain. If there are more guilty votes than innocent votes the defendant is sentenced to death by hanging!

Customization

Players are able to choose their own map (town setting), character, pet, lobby icon, death animation, house and a custom name. The other players in the game will see your selections. There are currently 10 maps, 29 characters, 20 pets, 5 death animations and 20 houses to choose from.

Achievements

There are currently over 220 unique achievements in the game. Earning achievements will grant various in-game items (however the items for donation rewards are exclusive to Kickstarter).