Tags: Paper, Minecraft 1.21.10, Minigame, Social Deduction, Plugin

Matchbox — Social Deduction Minigame for Paper

Matchbox is a modern social deduction game for Minecraft (2–20 players, best with 5–9), inspired by Among Us and designed specifically for multiplayer servers.

One player is secretly the Spark. Everyone else looks identical, has the same inventory, and must use discussion, observation, and voting to uncover them — before they’re eliminated.

The game is recording-proof, world-safe, and fully session-based, making it ideal for minigame servers, events, and friend-group servers.

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How the Game Works (Quick Overview)

Each round cycles through three phases:

Swipe Phase

• Players explore and interact
• The Spark secretly infects a player
• The Medic may cure infections
• Abilities introduce misinformation and paranoia

Discussion Phase

• Survivors are seated in a circle
• Infected players die if not cured
• Players discuss what they saw

Voting Phase

• Players vote using in-inventory papers
• A dynamic threshold system decides if someone is eliminated
• If no one is eliminated, pressure builds next round

The game repeats until either:

• The Spark eliminates everyone, or
• The Spark is voted out

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Roles & Abilities

Spark (Impostor)

• Infects one player per round
• Gains one secondary ability each round:
  • Hunter Vision — briefly reveal all players in a 32-block radius
  • Spark Swap — invisible position swap with another player
  • Delusion — plant fake infections to mislead the Medic

Medic

• Can cure one infected player per round
• Uses Healing Sight to identify infections

Innocents

• Observe, discuss, and vote to identify the Spark

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Why Use Matchbox

• Recording-proof design — identical skins, inventories, and abilities
• World-safe — no damage, no block breaking, automatic state restoration
• Parallel sessions — run multiple games at once
• Drop-in ready — ships with a complete default config for the official map
• Highly configurable — phases, abilities, voting, cosmetics, chat routing
• Nickname-friendly UI — titles, holograms, voting papers use display names

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Setup & Installation

1. Download:
   • Matchbox.jar
   • ProtocolLib-5.4.0.jar
2. Place both in your server’s plugins/ folder
3. Download the official M4tchb0x map
   https://www.planetminecraft.com/project/m4tchb0x-maps/
4. Restart the server

The plugin ships with a fully pre-configured default setup for the M4tchb0x map:

• Spawn locations
• Discussion seats
• Phase timings
• Player limits

You can start playing immediately or customize everything in-game.

Requirements:
Paper 1.21.10 · Java 21+ · 2–20 players

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Basic Commands

Players

• /matchbox join <session>
• /matchbox leave
• /matchbox list

Admins

• /matchbox start <session>
• /matchbox begin <session>
• /matchbox stop <session>
• /matchbox setspawn
• /matchbox setseat <number>

Aliases: /mb, /mbox

(Full command & configuration reference available in the docs/ directory.)

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Documentation

• Getting Started Guide — Installation and setup
• Commands Reference — All commands with examples
• Configuration Guide — Complete config options
• API Documentation — For developers integrating with Matchbox
• Contributing Guide — How to contribute to the project

For detailed API documentation, see MatchboxAPI_Docs.md.

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Links & Support

• Modrinth Page: https://modrinth.com/plugin/matchboxplugin
• Discord Support: https://discord.gg/BTDP3APfq8
• GitHub Wiki: https://github.com/OhACD/MatchboxPlugin/wiki