# Mafia: Baker Street \[Game in progress\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 7, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-baker-street-game-in-progress/680752 "2014-02-07T14:39:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-baker-street-game-in-progress/680752/1 "2014-02-07T14:39:18Z")
_Handwritten letter, delivered to 221B Baker Street by an anonymous courier, 7 February 2014_ S - Do hope you’ll attend my party, address enclosed. I’d promise wine, women, and song, but we both know those don’t move you much. So instead: I promise a game. See you THERE! - M * * * It’s been a while since we’ve had a game of Mafia on the SDMB; I’ve got a fairly straightforward (albeit somewhat unconventional) setup ready to go and permission from **Idle** in my inbox, so what think? Anyone interested? Register for the game by posting to this thread - for anyone who’s never played before, this version will be a little unusual but not a bad first game as these things go. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-baker-street-game-in-progress/680752/2 "2014-02-07T14:49:56Z")
It’s been a long time but I’ll give it a go. ---
**Author:** ![Astral\_Rejection](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@Astral\_Rejection](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astral_Rejection)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-baker-street-game-in-progress/680752/3 "2014-02-07T17:46:22Z")
I’d play any Storyteller game. I was producing one to fill the lull myself, but took a break from designing it. Glad to see someone else step up! ---
**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:** [February 7, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-baker-street-game-in-progress/680752/4 "2014-02-07T20:43:38Z")
/in ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-baker-street-game-in-progress/680752/5 "2014-02-08T03:37:43Z")
Dammit, I want to play this really bad, but I’m about to go into rehearsals so I would not be able to keep up. Sorry! I will try to follow along, though - sounds like a hoot. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-baker-street-game-in-progress/680752/6 "2014-02-08T17:28:30Z")
Y’know, I was about to say that I don’t really have time right now… Except being honest with myself, that’s not actually true. I do, in fact, have time right now. /in ---
**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:** [February 8, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-baker-street-game-in-progress/680752/7 "2014-02-08T18:34:55Z")
How many are we looking for? ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-baker-street-game-in-progress/680752/8 "2014-02-08T21:06:21Z")
It’s very flexible, but it’d be sad with less than 16 or so. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-baker-street-game-in-progress/680752/9 "2014-02-08T21:16:45Z")
Oh gosh, count me in. I had so much freaking fun with your last one. ---
**Author:** ![DaphneBlack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daphneblack/32/5389_2.png) [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-baker-street-game-in-progress/680752/10 "2014-02-08T22:49:19Z")
I’d like to play. ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-baker-street-game-in-progress/680752/11 "2014-02-08T23:18:27Z")
Count me in. Now is M Mycroft or Moriarty? Or perhaps Med Merring? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-baker-street-game-in-progress/680752/12 "2014-02-08T23:21:23Z")
Oh, and what was the composition of the smudge of mud on the anonymous courier’s left boot? ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-baker-street-game-in-progress/680752/13 "2014-02-08T23:32:52Z")
Okay, sure. Sign me up. ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-baker-street-game-in-progress/680752/14 "2014-02-09T02:46:33Z")
S - Rules! Let’s talk about rules; you’re in favor of those, aren’t you? The setup is simple. Two sides, and two sides only. Yours and Mine. Yours wins if all of mine are gone; mine wins if there are as many of us left as you (or more!). No third parties, no interlopers: you have my word, and I’m notoriously scrupulous. Two sides, one winner. Each Day we’ll get together in the dining room and have a vote. Everyone can vote for as many targets as they’d like, and whoever has the most votes at the end o’ the Day walks the metaphorical plank (possibly a literal plank; you think that’d give it a nice touch?) Strict democracy is a grand thing. If there’s a tie, we’ll figure out who got to the jackpot number of votes first. And then they’ll be… LATE, I suppose. Of course, Mine will use our OWN methods of trimming the guest list. Each Night… No –Night-time killing’s yesterday’s news. Mine will work during the Day, same as Yours. Who needs Night? We’ll do it all by Day: our snooping, our doctoring, our blocking, and our stabbing. Everything will happen all at once; our daily lynching and all of the fun games that certain prior get-togethers have reserved for evening. We’ll say seven real-life days to correspond to each of our little Days? Now, of course, some of Yours and nearly all of Mine will have their little tricks and skills. But many of Yours will not. However, everyone – Yours, Mine, and ours, will come to the party in possession of a single clue about the details of our little game. Here’s the twist; most of these clues will be utterly true – but a few will be the basest of lies. The clues given to Mine will of course be 100% reliable. But some of yours will get honest clues and some will get lies. It should be no problem, though; I’m sure Yours will figure out which is which. RIGHT? - M ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-baker-street-game-in-progress/680752/15 "2014-02-09T04:07:34Z")
Well, **wevets** , I think that answers your question, no? ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-baker-street-game-in-progress/680752/16 "2014-02-09T05:11:44Z")
Long time no play! /in ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-baker-street-game-in-progress/680752/17 "2014-02-09T18:55:44Z")
In I can use a simpler game.🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Jan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Silver\_Jan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Jan)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-baker-street-game-in-progress/680752/18 "2014-02-09T19:14:45Z")
In please ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-baker-street-game-in-progress/680752/19 "2014-02-09T19:41:29Z")
Sign-ups so far: 1. Inner Stickler 2. Astral Rejection 3. Mahaloth 4. Chronos 5. Johnny Bravo 6. DaphneBlack 7. wevets 8. Idle Thoughts 9. DiggitCamara 10. sinjin 11. Silver Jan **peeker** has said he’ll play over on Idle’s board. This puts us about four short of the approximately minimum, but I think the game will play best at around 20. I’ll hold sign ups open until we reach 20 or until Tuesday evening, whichever comes first. In any case, I’d like to run each Day Wednesday through Wednesday, so a Wednesday morning (Eastern) start is likely if we have sufficient players by then. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-baker-street-game-in-progress/680752/20 "2014-02-09T19:42:21Z")
Damnit. Alright, you’ve sold me. /in [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-baker-street-game-in-progress/680752.md?page=2)