# Mafia: Not-so-simple-Simpletown **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 6, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-not-so-simple-simpletown/488592 "2009-03-06T22:58:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 174
**Author:** ![ok11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8baadc/32.png) [@ok11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ok11)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-not-so-simple-simpletown/488592/174 "2009-03-13T23:13:51Z")
> [@Nanook\_of\_the\_North\_Shore](#): > > I wonder what twists Sach added to this one. The last simpletown was pretty bog standard vanilla. The modified rules hint at a secret communication twist. It could be something that helps one (or more) of the following groups: • scum e.g. scum can talk during the Day • town e.g. masons can communicate • third parties (if we have any) e.g. there could be an additional fraction, or a competition between PFKs (like in Evil Dead mafia) Or it could be a red herring, though that’s unlikely because in that case **sachertorte** probably wouldn’t have re-posted the rules. This type of twist can make things a lot more complicated (and interesting), because if some subset of players gets to secretly communicate, then they might be able to pull off more elaborate strategies. So I’ll be on the lookout for (IOW, even more paranoid about) people working together, and perfect information slips. > [@The Ryan, you are NOT cute!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ryan-you-are-not-cute/51928/38): > > How hard are \*you \*looking for scum? **Hero** , be nice to **Almost Human** ; I think **AH** and I are the only two women in this whole town 🙂 Personally, I agree with her about mislynches. Let’s not get too hung up on them. The exact number is too hard to predict anyway. It seems like larger games usually have two night kills, so we might have a Serial Killer or a Vigilante. In that case, we’ll probably have even fewer mislynches. And if we have a good/lucky doctor, we might get an extra mislynch. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-not-so-simple-simpletown/488592)._