# Dante's Action Hero Mafia **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 29, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988 "2015-09-29T22:59:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/221 "2015-10-04T16:04:21Z")
Oooooh! I’m telling mom! ---
**Author:** ![Dante\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/222 "2015-10-04T16:20:40Z")
No one likes a snitch, Sub. ---
**Author:** ![HookerChemical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@HookerChemical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HookerChemical)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/223 "2015-10-04T20:01:57Z")
> [@Dante\_G](#): > > No one likes a snitch, Sub. So what are the snitch’s powers and are they town or scum? Third faction, maybe, since nobody likes them? ---
**Author:** ![sangfroid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@sangfroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sangfroid)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/224 "2015-10-04T20:14:16Z")
> [@HookerChemical](#): > > Third faction, maybe, since nobody likes them? Agreed! ---
**Author:** ![sangfroid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@sangfroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sangfroid)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/225 "2015-10-04T20:15:31Z")
BTW, anyone here get hit with the drenching rain in the eastern US? Missed me so far. ---
**Author:** ![Dante\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/226 "2015-10-04T20:34:24Z")
Nice and sunny here, low 70’s. Took my boys to the park earlier. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/227 "2015-10-05T00:47:34Z")
Yeah, my son-in-law took my grandson to a RenFair. They both bought swords. ---
**Author:** ![Sario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sario/32/18580_2.png) [@Sario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sario)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/228 "2015-10-05T01:29:15Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Yeah, my son-in-law took my grandson to a RenFair. They both bought swords. They sound like my kind of people. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sangfroid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@sangfroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sangfroid)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/229 "2015-10-05T02:10:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Yeah, my son-in-law took my grandson to a RenFair. They both bought swords. **Prof. P** , I just want to add that I first read that as “They both b **R** ought swords.” :eek: I mean, RenFairs are indeed rather geeky, but no need to lop off heads and all, right? So, what kind of swords? Do you know? ---
**Author:** ![Dante\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/230 "2015-10-05T02:36:40Z")
\*\*MOD NOTE \*\* Going to bed soon. Coming up on one full day until end of Night 1. Still waiting for abilities from some. Have a good night, players. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/231 "2015-10-05T02:49:00Z")
> [@sangfroid](#): > > **Prof. P** , I just want to add that I first read that as “They both b **R** ought swords.” :eek: > > I mean, RenFairs are indeed rather geeky, but no need to lop off heads and all, right? > So, what kind of swords? Do you know? My son-in-law bought a lightweight steel longsword. My grandson got a foam longsword colored silver, and sturdier than the kind you see at Halloween stores. His all-time favorite possession is his very sturdy vinyl gladius I got him when he was about 6. (He’s 14 now.) He has slain many a monster and evildoer in our backyard with it, you may be sure. His dad has a nice collection of about 20 swords or differing types. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/232 "2015-10-05T02:56:59Z")
…of\* differing types. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/233 "2015-10-05T04:16:33Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > My son-in-law bought a lightweight steel longsword. My grandson got a foam longsword colored silver, and sturdier than the kind you see at Halloween stores. His all-time favorite possession is his very sturdy vinyl gladius I got him when he was about 6. (He’s 14 now.) He has slain many a monster and evildoer in our backyard with it, you may be sure. His dad has a nice collection of about 20 swords or differing types. My mother-in-law took our son to a RenFair when he was maybe 10 or 12, and bought him a steel sword. It was fine with us, but it was certainly a surprise hen he came home with it. ---
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/234 "2015-10-05T15:29:09Z")
Ahhh, I had lots of swords as a kid! And a couple of axes. One time I nearly chopped off the top bunk of my bunk bed with an axe I’d gotten on a trip with my father. My mother was so pissed! ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/235 "2015-10-05T16:45:52Z")
I never had swords, or axes, or any cool Medieval weaponry as a kid ☹ I just had to make do with realistic-looking fake guns 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/236 "2015-10-05T17:01:06Z")
Yeah, I just had a rubber knife, a Robin Hood archery set with rubber suction-tipped arrows, and the Roy Rogers western outfit with a pair of white cowboy six-shooters. ---
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/237 "2015-10-05T17:06:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Yeah, I just had a rubber knife… I got my first knife at age four or five… I had to learn how to use it responsibly first, though. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/238 "2015-10-05T17:24:33Z")
Our son decided he wanted to take up archery when he was nine. So we found a program locally and bought him a recurve bow and a set of arrows, and he was on his way. We did have a ‘serious’ talk about how he needed to understand that what he was holding in his hands was in a very real sense a ‘deadly weapon’, and that if he ever treated it like a ‘toy’ that would be the last time he ever got to use it…thankfully we never had need to act on that threat. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/239 "2015-10-05T17:26:20Z")
…and today that boy has his own TV series, _Arrow_. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/240 "2015-10-05T22:22:59Z")
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