# Mafia Reunion - Day One **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 7, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-one/776577 "2017-01-07T22:01:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 69
**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:** [January 16, 2017, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-one/776577/1361 "2017-01-16T23:46:03Z")
> [@Thing\_Fish](#): > > 😃 > Hoping **snfaulkner** is not a third party whose exclusive win condition involves picking up references from 80s alternative music. That’d be an interesting and fun wrinkle.🙂 ---
**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:** [January 17, 2017, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-one/776577/1362 "2017-01-17T00:12:50Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **snfaulkner** : > > I think you answered your own question there. Bodyguards combined with the bulletproofedness of the godfathers near endgame sound very dangerous. Near endgame, a kill that’s supposed to take out a Scum but instead fails can hurt us. But a kill that’s supposed to take out a Scum but instead takes out a different Scum is just fine, because it still takes out a Scum. It’s not like killing Godfather and then Bodyguard is really any different than killing Bodyguard and then Godfather. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-one/776577/1363 "2017-01-17T00:39:18Z")
Meeko, I remember you quite well but can’t tell if you remember me by this name or not. On idleMafia and Giraffe I went by Rabid Rennaisance. I do have boobs and female bits but femininity is not something I have much of. I’m sure there are some folks out there whose parents named them Cinnamon. Probably a few strippers and sex workers who might be fond of the moniker too. In Deadwood, it was literally use of the spice without permission as a flavor enhancer sprinkled on canned fruit (peaches? Pears?) that got Johnny Burns in trouble with his ethically ambiguous boss, Al Swearengen. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-one/776577/1364 "2017-01-17T00:45:08Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Near endgame, a kill that’s supposed to take out a Scum but instead fails can hurt us. But a kill that’s supposed to take out a Scum but instead takes out a different Scum is just fine, because it still takes out a Scum. It’s not like killing Godfather and then Bodyguard is really any different than killing Bodyguard and then Godfather. Ok, maybe not bodyguarding the Godfather, but maybe like The Consigliere, giving him one last chance to use up his powers…? I haven’t really thought it through too much. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2017, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-one/776577/1365 "2017-01-17T01:00:17Z")
Just under 20 hours to get your Night actions in. TICK TOCK. Also we have 2 Subs that will be joining the game at Dawn. So you don’t have to keep looking, but we would appreciate it if you had some people we could contact if we end up in the position again (and we might) so… Now might be a good time to get your loved ones into following this game. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2017, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-one/776577/1366 "2017-01-17T01:25:43Z")
Don’t we have more no-shows than that? How are you going to choose which ones to sub and which ones to mod-kill? I recommend that you sub the Town players and mod-kill the Scum no-shows. Really, it’s the only fair way. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2017, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-one/776577/1367 "2017-01-17T01:38:23Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Don’t we have more no-shows than that? How are you going to choose which ones to sub and which ones to mod-kill? > > I recommend that you sub the Town players and mod-kill the Scum no-shows. Really, it’s the only fair way. So far only 2 are eligible for mod kill at the moment and that won’t be until the end of this Night. Several more will be eligible come the end of the next Day. So, yeah. Daphne and Winston are pretty much gone and will be subbed unless I get a surprise PM overnight. I still hold out hope for the others. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-one/776577/1368 "2017-01-17T02:03:11Z")
Hello all. I am following along. I will admit the whole hitman/outrider thing is still confusing as hell to me, but I’ll catch up. (Really, no death unless the target is being guarded - so why guard? I am soooooooo confused. Is that the same person could be targeted twice?) Also, I wanted let everyone know that my husband is out of town until Friday. (why? Why, why, why! Kicks feet and wails). I am on solo parent duty until then. I will be reading and participating, but apologize if in advance if I am sporadic. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-one/776577/1369 "2017-01-17T02:09:12Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Hello all. I am following along. I will admit the whole hitman/outrider thing is still confusing as hell to me, but I’ll catch up. (Really, no death unless the target is being guarded - so why guard? I am soooooooo confused. Is that the same person could be targeted twice?) > > Also, I wanted let everyone know that my husband is out of town until Friday. (why? Why, why, why! Kicks feet and wails). I am on solo parent duty until then. I will be reading and participating, but apologize if in advance if I am sporadic. Protection would still work against the factional kill or a third party killer (like a Serial Killer). Sorry about the solo parental duty! I’ll stomp my feet in solidarity if you need more of a temper tantrum 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Crys75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3da27b/32.png) [@Crys75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crys75)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-one/776577/1370 "2017-01-17T02:19:05Z")
> [@NAF1138](#): > > Just under 20 hours to get your Night actions in. TICK TOCK. > > Also we have 2 Subs that will be joining the game at Dawn. So you don’t have to keep looking, but we would appreciate it if you had some people we could contact if we end up in the position again (and we might) so… Now might be a good time to get your loved ones into following this game. Done. I reached out to my gaming community. Some have expressed interest before so there might be a couple that will add to the sublist Sent from my XT1526 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-one/776577/1371 "2017-01-17T02:42:09Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > Protection would still work against the factional kill or a third party killer ( **like a Serial Killer** ). > > Sorry about the solo parental duty! I’ll stomp my feet in solidarity if you need more of a temper tantrum 🙂 Wait, what now? Oooh boy. Dark hallway, high heels. That’s me… ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-one/776577/1372 "2017-01-17T03:06:52Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Wait, what now? Oooh boy. Dark hallway, high heels. That’s me… Here’s the [mafiascum](http://wiki.mafiascum.net/index.php?title=Category:Third-party_roles)page on third parties. We don’t know what 3P there are, but there are 3rdParty win conditions so we know something is out there… and SK is pretty common, I think. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2017, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-one/776577/1373 "2017-01-17T03:14:16Z")
Paulwhoisaghost - in for Winston Smith And back for an encore performance Lakai in for Daphne Black! Give em both a big friendly Mafia reunion welcome! Technically they aren’t in the game till Day 2, but I’m OK with introducing them now. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-one/776577/1374 "2017-01-17T03:15:33Z")
Hi Paul and welcome back Lakai! Sorry for voting for you before. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2017, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-one/776577/1375 "2017-01-17T03:36:41Z")
> [@NAF1138](#): > > And back for an encore performance Lakai in for Daphne Black! Well, that’s just gonna play hell with my spreadsheet. I may have to refer yo you as **Lakai Mk. II** …hope that’s not a problem… ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-one/776577/1376 "2017-01-17T03:43:03Z")
There’s a really awful part of my soul that wants to vote for **Lakai** right now. I mean, you can’t be Town twice, right? What are the odds? ---
**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:** [January 17, 2017, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-one/776577/1377 "2017-01-17T03:46:33Z")
Back-from-the-dead replacements are always awkward. My first game, I think **paulwhoisaghost** ended up being three different people, and it was a royal pain to keep track of which one he was at any given moment. But I guess that means he’s experienced at being a replacement, at least. And **Sunny** , I won’t say I trust you, but you’ve been doing a pretty good job of playing, for your first game and for being a monster of a game like this one. Oh, I knew there was something I was forgetting to mention before! If the Watcher was watching **septimus** , and saw his killer, that probably is something that’s worth claiming for, since it would mean (at worst) a trade of a Townie for a Wolf, which is a good trade, and (with not being able to see the factional kills), that may well be the only concrete evidence against a Scum you’ll have a chance to find. If you do decide to claim, I would recommend that the best time to do it would be relatively late in the upcoming Day, something like Friday morning: Getting incriminating evidence against a Scum tends to kill discussion for a Day. Assuming, of course, that the Watcher wasn’t one of our no-shows, and so missed out on a golden opportunity. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2017, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-one/776577/1378 "2017-01-17T03:49:38Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **Suburban** : > > Well, that’s just gonna play hell with my spreadsheet. > > I may have to refer yo you as Lakai Mk. II…hope that’s not a problem… In my records, I use the number on the sign-up list as the primary identifier, with names added just to maintain human readability. Since **Lakai** is inheriting **Daphne** ’s role, he’ll also be inheriting her number. Which does mean that I need to reference the list every time I update, but no system’s perfect. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2017, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-one/776577/1379 "2017-01-17T03:50:59Z")
Welcome **paulwhoisaghost** and **Lakia** - (2). So who is braver, \*\*paul \*\*who may not know what he is getting into… or \*\*Lakia \*\* who knows exactly what he is getting into? ---
**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:** [January 17, 2017, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-one/776577/1380 "2017-01-17T04:24:02Z")
Man, I’ve been busy. I promise (if I’m still alive), I will either be more active in Day 2 or I will find a sub. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-one/776577.md?page=68) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-one/776577.md?page=70)