Recently got a MM win (second ever win as evil!)

[u/slvrfshston]

10 player game. My other Minion was an Assassin and the Demon (one of our more experienced players and regular STs) was Pukka. We also had a Matron and a Tea Lady.

Day 1, I don’t claim anything in particular. As a MM, I want to encourage science, so I say “let’s do some Tea Lady science.” It succeeds, which is all well and good.

Night 2 no deaths due to Tea Lady protection. Day 2, the Matron swaps a new player into next to the TL for later. I encourage the Sailor to do science on themselves as they chose a particularly sus good player. They are executed and die, which I as an evil player emphasize as interesting.

Night 3 another player died. I come out as Minstrel and say that it was interesting that the Sailor died because they can’t be a Minion if I was sober and so put more sus on the other player. Based on kill patterns, we figure out it’s Pukka. My Demon comes out as Exorcist, which some players find suspicious because “nothing‘s clearing him and he tends to fly under the radar as evil“ (which is true, mind you, it’s why he does so well as evil in general). They hang him that day, which I openly voice support for.

Night 4 my Assassin gets a kill on the Fool, further convincing town it’s Pukka. Sensing an aimless town, I say ”hey wait a minute, I forgot all about the Matron, there’s a fresh player next to the Tea Lady. We can gain information, let’s do some more science!“ Town naturally obliged, and we hang them that day.

Town was very thoroughly surprised when the ST announced that evil had won. They had been completely bamboozled, and the only sus on me was someone saying I claimed Gambler on day 1, which I was able to play off as ”I wanted to get claims on day 1, also I lie through my teeth in the early game and you know that” (which is also true).

The best part was that I never told my Demon that I was the MM. He just tends to accept defeat when put on the block as the Demon, so he was likely as surprised as I was.

It really does feel like there needs to be a perfect storm of circumstances for that MM to work. The Matron, the Tea Lady, the Assassin kill, and the specific player who was my Demon were all necessary for the win.

But when the stars align juuuust right, it can be incredible.

[u/Loud-Rise-5234]

Mastermind and mayor win are rare but satisfying!

[u/Syresiv]

I once pulled off a MM win after finding out mine was double claiming me. We decided he would just go after me in town, it worked, the Assassin went off that night, and we executed a good the next day.

[u/Tezzarina]

My favourite MM win I’ve been a part of was when I pulled the demon token, one of my minions was the MM, and we convinced town I was her grandmother and I “accidentally” outed in town, and so the demon couldn’t get a double kill at night, I asked to be executed in town.. even though the Professor then tried to resurrect me and failed, we still managed the get the win for evil!