ASSASSIN IN THE PALACEThis is an interesting, short, and quite fun, if a bit random, variant of the usual Mafia/Werewolf forum game that I played years ago and remember with fondness.
The advantages over the usual Mafia/Werewolf game is that it is simple and easy to play without a deep knowledge of the various roles:
There are only 3 roles and all are simple to understand:
The King: The King is the target of the Assassin and must hide their role to the best of their ability, pretending to be a normal Guard. The King does not know who are Guards or who is the Assassin. The King wins the game if the Assassin kills one of the Guards instead of him.
The Assassin: The Assassin's goal is to kill the King. The Assassin does not know who is the King. The Assassin only has one shot to kill the King with. The Assassin may use this shot even when lynched. The Assassin wins the game if they target this one shot at the King. The Assassin may use this shot even in a round where they are not lynched but would probably be crazy to do so, or maybe if they must leave the game due to RL issues.
Guards: The Guards' job is to protect the King even at the cost of their own lives. The Guards all know who the King is, but the King does not know who are all trustworthy Guards. The Guards win the game if the Assassin targets a Guard instead of the King.
Setup: After every player has signed up to the game they will be sent a private PM from the game host telling them their randomly determined role.
From this point on:
NO PLAYER MAY PM ANOTHER PLAYER CONCERNING THE GAME OR TALK WITH ANY OTHER PLAYER ABOUT THE GAME IN ANY OTHER WAY EXCEPT PUBLICLY IN THIS THREAD!If anyone breaks this basic rule then the entire round is corrupted and becomes a waste of everyone's time.
Gameplay: Each discussion round will be about 48 hours in length to provide the most opportunity for discussion within the thread before voting for lynching.
Once this time has passed the Voting Phase is started by the game host:
Every player votes for another player to be lynched.
In-thread player discussion is still welcome during this phase.
The lynched player is killed and may no longer participate in the game.
If a Guard has been lynched then the game continues and it is known that it was a Guard that was lynched.
If the Assassin was lynched then they get to use their one shot to try to target the King.
If the King was lynched then everyone in the game, except the Assassin, and maybe the King, was a complete moron.

The voting phase will be about 24 hours or until everyone has voted.
NOBODY APART FROM THE PLAYERS MAY COMMENT IN THE THREAD WHILE THE GAME IS IN PROGRESS!But non-players are quite welcome to follow along as passive audience members.
SIGN-UPS: For this first round I will be the game host and want about 6-10 players. I will keep the sign-ups open until at least 6 players have joined but more than that is fine.
Please express your interest in playing here in this thread but don't sign up unless you think you can be active at least twice every 72 hours to read the thread and vote during the voting phase.
WILL THE KING LIVE OR DIE?!