# Johnny Bravo's First Mafia Game (signup thread) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 20, 2015, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253 "2015-10-20T17:54:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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 22, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/61 "2015-10-22T00:11:57Z")
That’s a fair assessment, sure. ---
**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 22, 2015, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/62 "2015-10-22T01:38:08Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Am I correct in thinking that typically, if there are 15 players, 4 of them will be Scum? The math works out. I wonder who my 3 wolf buddies will be?😛 ---
**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 22, 2015, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/63 "2015-10-22T01:39:46Z")
I could probably guess 1 or 2, but the last one would kill me. :o ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/64 "2015-10-22T02:14:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Am I correct in thinking that typically, if there are 15 players, 4 of them will be Scum? How many power roles would there likely be in this scenario? ---
**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 22, 2015, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/65 "2015-10-22T02:21:05Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > How many power roles would there likely be in this scenario? Anywhere from 0 to 15, depending on the set-up. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/66 "2015-10-22T02:25:53Z")
> [@Sario](#): > > Anywhere from 0 to 15, depending on the set-up. Well, that certainly clears things up. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/67 "2015-10-22T02:29:34Z")
> [@IRConfused](#): > > I just hope I don’t live up to my name.😕 Only one group of people in this game are not confused , and they all need to be lynched , so based on your user name , you are almost confirmed town in my eyes . ---
**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 22, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/68 "2015-10-22T02:32:12Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Well, that certainly clears things up. **Johnny** will likely keep things simple, so 2-6 powers. The real fun is when you have 37 players, everyone has powers and nobody [knows what they are.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=620680) ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/69 "2015-10-22T02:40:11Z")
> [@Sario](#): > > **Johnny** will likely keep things simple, so 2-6 powers. The real fun is when you have 37 players, everyone has powers and nobody [knows what they are.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=620680) Yeesh! that made my head hurt just reading the setup! ---
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/70 "2015-10-22T03:34:26Z")
You guys don’t even stop to take a breath! Mafia-marathon. I think I’m gonna sit this one out. I’m predicting a lot of frustration the coming weeks anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/71 "2015-10-22T04:54:25Z")
A perfect storm of an all power role / closed set up / peeked - pizza collision / multiple different board newcomers / different board style / an even more OTT peeker/ multi sub in and out comedy fest. Looking back it was only two months wheels up to down for that game , which isntbthat far off for the small we more vanilla games . Depending on board culture for this games I’d say aiming for something that takes 6-10 weeks to play is about right which is 6-10!game play cycles ---
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/72 "2015-10-22T05:15:19Z")
I’ve gotten three pages into that thread, and I’m getting really annoyed with “fakepeek”. ---
**Author:** ![IRConfused](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/76d3ee/32.png) [@IRConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IRConfused)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/73 "2015-10-22T05:37:46Z")
I gave up on it after reading thru the end of day one. Not sure I want to ever get involved in a game with that many people in it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/74 "2015-10-22T11:17:36Z")
I didn’t even bother **trying** to read that thread. Craziness. Since we’re already up to 15 players, I will cut off signups this afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/75 "2015-10-22T12:30:30Z")
I can confirm I would like to play, please. As I’m a newbie, please could you make me a townie? It seems that’s a bit easier and less of a time-sink. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/76 "2015-10-22T12:34:20Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > As I’m a newbie, please could you make me a townie? It seems that’s a bit easier and less of a time-sink. Thanks! Unfortunately I can’t guarantee that. The game hinges on all of the roles being randomized and I will be using a random number generator in the interest of fairness. In the very first game of Mafia I ever played (here on these very boards), I ended up being the Alpha Wolf. ---
**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 22, 2015, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/77 "2015-10-22T13:00:11Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > I can confirm I would like to play, please. > > As I’m a newbie, please could you make me a townie? It seems that’s a bit easier and less of a time-sink. Thanks! Much less of a time sink indeed; as a confirmed townie, you would be killed Night One. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/78 "2015-10-22T14:02:59Z")
> [@Sario](#): > > Much less of a time sink indeed; as a confirmed townie, you would be killed Night One. No, \*\*Dead Cat \*\* would be protected the first night unless the Town was so dense as to lynch their Guardian the first day. ---
**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 22, 2015, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/79 "2015-10-22T14:52:51Z")
Is that a role claim already? I dibs Ultimate Backup. ---
**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 22, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253/80 "2015-10-22T15:02:51Z")
> [@Precambrianmollusc](#): > > Only one group of people in this game are not confused , and they all need to be lynched , so based on your user name , you are almost confirmed town in my eyes . Ahh, but that’s just what they \*\*want \*\*you to think! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravos-first-mafia-game-signup-thread/735253.md?page=5)