# Forbidden Randomness of the Unspoiled Mafia

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [March 20, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forbidden-randomness-of-the-unspoiled-mafia/533111 "2010-03-20T04:14:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forbidden-randomness-of-the-unspoiled-mafia/533111/21 "2010-03-24T05:32:40Z")

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> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#):
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> Yes, it would be anti-game if the scum didn’t know who each other were, nothing concrete for town to analyse. I’m not a big fan of scum not knowing each other’s roles on Day 1 for the same reason. Scum will tend to protect their power roles, and that’s something town can pick up on.
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> Peeker implying that he is a power role, and Freudian effectively claiming vanilla, not sure what to make of that.
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> **@BigT** - Where is Chronos suggesting he is a power role? I missed that.

It’s how I read this post:

> [@Random Mafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-mafia/532942/182):
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> If we were doing full role claims, I would have quoted. But we’re just doing names. I prefer to leave as much ambiguity as possible, at this time at least, as to whether or not I am a power role.

But that was because, for some reason, I was assuming he was Town. I would not think an actual Town power role would want to draw attention to himself. But, of course, that may be what a power role Chronos would want Scum to think.

But I actually think it would be pretty nice for Scum Chronos to later claim that he was implying he was a power role from the beginning, as it is a pro-town move if you are Vanilla to do so.

So, yeah, my first real attempt at figuring out a Mafia game ahead of time is probably just WIFOM.

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