What is Town of Salem?

Town of Salem is a game of wits and deceit. Its currently gaining a lot of attention, thanks to popular Youtubers and Streamers making it known to their audiences, which is also how I found it.

The aim of the game is simple: Use reasoning or deceit to gain the other players' trust and dont die. Sounds simple, right?

Well it gets harder. Every player in a round of 15 is assigned a role and only very few investigative roles can determine the role of others to some extent.

But dont worry, it's not a Free-for-All. The players are divided into three factions. The innocent Townies, the not-so-innocent Mafia, and the Neutrals, who can ally with either side to win.

Here's how it goes: The Mafia has the option to talk to each-other at night. They also know who the other mafia members are. They have a clear advantage. However, they are definitely outnumbered. Their goal is to kill all the innocent town members until only the mafia remains. And every night, they can target someone to kill.  

Sometimes though, you will wake up in the morning and nobody is dead. Some people have the ability to heal, guard, or block other roles.

However if you do die, dont worry! You can still be of help to the townies. You have the option to keep a Journal, or a Last Will which will be seen by everyone when you die, along with your role. Use it to leave all you've learned behind for the others.

And there can be a medium in town too, who has the unique ability to communicate with the dead at night to get their info. So dont be discouraged when you die in the first night. You can still win if the townies win!

Sometimes though, you will wake up in the morning and nobody is dead. Some people have the ability to heal, guard, or block other roles. 

Yeah, there are a lot of different roles, and memorising each one's ability can be a little overwhelming. But you dont necessarily need to. Your own abilities are displayed for you in every game to make your job so much easier!

So how do the innocent win, if only the mafia can kill? This is where the wits and deceit come into play. At day time, after determining who died and how, everyone is free to talk for a short time and exchange whatever information they were able to acquire. This time is used to figure out by majority vote, who is evil. And if enough people unite, one person a day can be "lynched", or hung.

Be wary however. There's some lunatics in town who want nothing more than to be lynched. If you lynch them, they will have the last laugh, along with their last breath.

Oh, and you should probably watch out for Witches, Arsonists and Serial Killers too. I hear they're hard to reason with. And one more thing, you don't want to get on the Jailor's bad side. That soap if pretty slippery...

The game is free to play online and requires no extra downloads. Registering is fast and easy and the website's layout and controls are easy to understand and manage.

Gameplay is limited to the chat and a few simple buttons. You dont need to be an avid gamer and be able to outplay the game's hardcore veterans! It's newcomer-friendly and relies more on intelligence and barely on gaming skill.

Without going into too much detail, that is how Town of Salem works. If I inspired you to play, feel free to head on over there right now! And if you want to show your gratitude, tell the game that DataBase90 sent you.