# "I'm Too Busy To Play This" Mafia **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 25, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-busy-to-play-this-mafia/613978 "2012-02-25T18:02:16Z")\ **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:** [April 1, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-busy-to-play-this-mafia/613978/221 "2012-04-01T19:21:39Z")
Looks like you’re both in. Looks like a good mix of ‘people I’m quite familiar with’ and ‘people I’ve never heard of’ in this game. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-busy-to-play-this-mafia/613978/222 "2012-04-01T21:56:17Z")
> [@ToeJam](#): > > 😃 > > **Naf** - please don’t drop out for me, half the fun is playing with you guys again. > Man, I’ve missed you guys for the last few years. You have NO idea. I was just stoked to see you show up again. Glad the doctor thing is working out for you, at the same time it is very strange that you are almost done. It makes me feel so old. ---
**Author:** ![LightFoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LightFoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LightFoot)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-busy-to-play-this-mafia/613978/223 "2012-04-01T22:14:42Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > Looks like you’re both in. > > Looks like a good mix of ‘people I’m quite familiar with’ and ‘people I’ve never heard of’ in this game. I concur ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-busy-to-play-this-mafia/613978/224 "2012-04-01T23:09:40Z")
Confirmed receipt of role PM, but busy with vomiting family. Will try to keep up. ---
**Author:** ![gnarlycharlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@gnarlycharlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarlycharlie)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-busy-to-play-this-mafia/613978/225 "2012-04-02T01:58:42Z")
> [@ToeJam](#): > > Hey guys 🙂 > The plan for me is to graduate in May. > I’m currently just doing some outpatient HIV clinical rotations (because I enjoy it) to finish up the month, and then turn in a thesis paper. If all goes to plan and no bumps in the road- hopefully in May, I’ll end up being Funk Doctor Toejam. > 😃 > **Naf** - please don’t drop out for me, half the fun is playing with you guys again. > Man, I’ve missed you guys for the last few years. You have NO idea. hi! i’ve read some of your games. looking forward to playing with you. > [@Askthepizzaguy](#): > > [The game thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=646997) has been created. > [ul] > [li] **Please read the game rules, but do not post anything in the game thread until I open the game officially.** [/li][/ul] > > [ul] > [li]\*\* Please do not indicate that you have received your role PM, and do not discuss your role, until the game opens officially.\*\*[/li][/ul] > You may continue to chat here, on this thread, until the game opens. Feel free to ask me questions, although if it pertains to your role or your question contains information about your received role, please send your question to me privately. > [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > Confirmed receipt of role PM, but busy with vomiting family. Will try to keep up. hey! **Vote DB** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-busy-to-play-this-mafia/613978/226 "2012-04-02T08:27:31Z")
Probably a reflexive reaction. But just a reminder; don’t want to confirm those receipts yet. ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-busy-to-play-this-mafia/613978/227 "2012-04-02T08:31:41Z")
**I want to confirm that I have received several questions via PM already, and that I’ve read them.** I want to finish sending out all role PMs before responding to questions or posting the “introduction to mafia” play for the newer players. Please feel free to send me questions but there will be a response time delay for me to give you each individual feedback, as my primary focus is on getting everyone prepared for game launch, which should occur within 24-48 hours maximum, for reals. Just the last of the role PMs to be sent, followed by posting the How to Play section, followed by officially launching the game. Then, I will respond to all questions and post the orientation for the newbies. Ok? Long process but we’re nearly there and if you’ve see your role PM already, you know that this shit is about to get real. ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-busy-to-play-this-mafia/613978/228 "2012-04-02T08:33:24Z")
Or \*maybe \*I’ll answer a couple quick questions. But generally, will be focused on the role PMs. I’m doing something, dang it. I know not what, but it is a thing. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-busy-to-play-this-mafia/613978/229 "2012-04-02T11:57:45Z")
> [@gnarlycharlie](#): > > hi! i’ve read some of your games. looking forward to playing with you. And I, you. It’s always a pleasure to play with new blood. I mean “players.” But I’ve gotta warn you, my Mafia skills are little bit rusty. Make sure you’re up to date on your shots. ---
**Author:** ![gnarlycharlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@gnarlycharlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarlycharlie)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-busy-to-play-this-mafia/613978/230 "2012-04-02T13:47:56Z")
> [@ToeJam](#): > > And I, you. It’s always a pleasure to play with new blood. I mean “players.” > But I’ve gotta warn you, my Mafia skills are little bit rusty. > Make sure you’re up to date on your shots. i’m not rusty but it doesn’t mean i’m any good. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Believerer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/53a042/32.png) [@Believerer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Believerer)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-busy-to-play-this-mafia/613978/231 "2012-04-02T15:00:50Z")
Hey pizza, you know you want my comeback to be in one of your games, you can squeeze me in. And yes, this is the real me. /Faith ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-busy-to-play-this-mafia/613978/232 "2012-04-02T15:40:50Z")
I’ll have you on reserve, Believerer. Right now, everyone has been randed a role and I have no others to assign. It’s obvious that I’ve already assigned the mafia roles, so if I give you a role people will assume you’re innocent. Perhaps incorrectly, but, c’est la vie. They don’t know me like that, I’d create something nasty and throw it in the game just to make sure no one pulls that metagame crap. 😃 But for now, I could use you and Hirka T’Bawa as my two reserve players, to ensure that no matter what happens, I have players. Keep watching the skies… ---
**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:** [April 2, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-busy-to-play-this-mafia/613978/233 "2012-04-02T17:32:49Z")
I have no role PM yet. ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-busy-to-play-this-mafia/613978/234 "2012-04-02T18:05:00Z")
_spanks Mahaloth_ Bad. ---
**Author:** ![GuiriEnEspana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc79bd/32.png) [@GuiriEnEspana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuiriEnEspana)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-busy-to-play-this-mafia/613978/235 "2012-04-02T18:31:42Z")
\*\*Dear Mod, Is the delayed role PM distribution in any way related to the game setup? Kind regards, Guiri\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-busy-to-play-this-mafia/613978/236 "2012-04-02T18:34:32Z")
No, it’s directly related to me working 10-12 hour shifts and I’m on my 9th day in a row of same. I’m just exhausted guys. Almost at the finish line, but I also needed to wrap-up and end [my game over on Giraffe boards](http://www.giraffeboards.com/showthread.php?t=25211), so I was extra busy today in particular, but won’t be that way tomorrow. Feel free to read the ending to pass the time, by the way. It should help you guys get a feel for my hosting style. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-busy-to-play-this-mafia/613978/237 "2012-04-02T21:14:47Z")
I think I’m going to pull an **Autolycus** for this game. Just because. I miss the OGs of Mafia, and he was a right crazy bastard. So prepare yourselves. 😉 ---
**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:** [April 2, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-busy-to-play-this-mafia/613978/238 "2012-04-02T22:43:55Z")
> [@Askthepizzaguy](#): > > _spanks Mahaloth_ > > Bad. I still don’t have one. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![PetW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@PetW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PetW)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-busy-to-play-this-mafia/613978/239 "2012-04-03T00:50:49Z")
To be fair, he did simply say we can’t confirm receipt, never said we can’t complain that we haven’t gotten one yet. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2012, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-busy-to-play-this-mafia/613978/240 "2012-04-03T01:03:06Z")
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