# MAFIA: The Game - Ideal for Beginners \[Game in Progress\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 14, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099 "2015-07-14T00:45:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 47
**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:** [August 3, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/921 "2015-08-03T15:20:53Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > If **Dante G.** is town, why would he not vote? At least to leave a record of his final thoughts if lynched? > > If town wins, all town players living or dead are winners. > [@Dante\_G](#): > > Point taken. I apologize for not playing in a more helpful way. I am Town and as plain flavor as can be. I have no suspects that can really lean towards, however I am taking away my vote for Plumpudding. I was upset at first with his play style and aggressive tactics. It sounded scummy to me. However, I do feel now that it was more a crazy tactic than a sign of Scum. > > Here’s who I like for Townies - Plumpudding, Texcat, Thingfish and Johnny. > > Beyond them, I can’t be certain of anything else. I am sorry again for playing so poorlyfor the town. Next game I play in, I hope I can do better. > > Unvote Plumpudding I think he’s just done playing. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/922 "2015-08-03T15:26:38Z")
I agree; Dante’s checked out. ---
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/923 "2015-08-03T15:42:37Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#): > > I don’t vouch for the 100% accuracy of my back-of-the-napkin tally, but my record of unvotes is: > > **Bayard** : [del]Plumpudding[/del] **Dante G** > **Dante G:** [del]Plumpudding[/del] > **Mahaloth** : [del]JSexton[/del] **Dante G** > **Plumpudding** : [del]Dante G[/del] **TexCat** > **Thing Fish** : [del]Precambrianmollusc[/del] **Dante G** > > Seems a pretty stable field all things considered. Hi guys! Just barely made it! Just for the record, I have never voted **Dante G**. I’ve had my vote on \*\*TexCat \*\*all day. Since **Dante G** seems fairly certain to go, I’ll keep my vote on her. If anything weird happens last minute I may change that. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/924 "2015-08-03T15:47:58Z")
So I think this is the vote currently: 1. Dante G (8 votes) - Prof. Pepperwinkle (703), Diggitcamara (764), Thing Fish (808), Cygnus42 (852), Johnny Bravo (869), JSexton (878), Bayard (884), Mahaloth (896), 2. TexCat (5 votes) - Biotop (701), Nonsuch (741), Plumpudding (746), Jimmy Chitwood (875), Sangfroid (899) 3. sangfroid (2 votes) - TexCat (877), Precambrianmollusc (apologies for any errors) ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/925 "2015-08-03T15:50:34Z")
> [@Plumpudding](#): > > Hi guys! Just barely made it! Just for the record, I have never voted **Dante G**. I’ve had my vote on \*\*TexCat \*\*all day. Since **Dante G** seems fairly certain to go, I’ll keep my vote on her. If anything weird happens last minute I may change that. You are right; my apologies. ---
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/926 "2015-08-03T15:51:10Z")
No problem. ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/927 "2015-08-03T15:55:43Z")
> [@Plumpudding](#): > > I wanna go back here again. **Thing Fish** , I’m not sure I agree. \*\*Septimus \*\*claim came out of nowhere, two minutes before the deadline. Me and several others didn’t feel we had much reason to lean town on him, let alone think he had a power-role. The claim itself was also suspect. It was hastily put together, no pm, and read more like a desperate plea. There would be plenty of time to prepare a fake claim, yes, but scum wouldn’t have had much reason to suspect a claim even entering the discussion. Also, at that point a counter-claim would have put suspicion on them instead. If we assume scum was carefully counting votes and had a fake counter ready, \*they \*did the right play not posting it. Strategically, wolves would be better off keeping silent and hoping the lynch would go their way, rather than giving people reasons to suspect them the next day. No, my point isn’t that if\*\* TexCat\*\* were scum, she would have whipped out a counterclaim when **septimus** claimed Guardian at 11:58. My point is that if she were scum, she would have claimed a power role herself much earlier, probably with an hour or two to go in order to give credulous Townies time to unvote her. But now I’m feeling slightly less sure of that. After all, **TexCat** ended up not claiming and not getting lynched, so it’s possible the scum plan just worked. Remember that they did have the advantage of having a Night Zero to make contingency plans. ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/928 "2015-08-03T15:57:10Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > So I think this is the vote currently: > > 1. Dante G (8 votes) - Prof. Pepperwinkle (703), Diggitcamara (764), Thing Fish (808), Cygnus42 (852), Johnny Bravo (869), JSexton (878), Bayard (884), Mahaloth (896), > 2. TexCat (5 votes) - Biotop (701), Nonsuch (741), Plumpudding (746), Jimmy Chitwood (875), Sangfroid (899) > 3. sangfroid (2 votes) - TexCat (877), Precambrianmollusc > > (apologies for any errors) I believe that is right. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2015, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/929 "2015-08-03T16:02:17Z")
So, Plum, how’s your European trip going? ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/930 "2015-08-03T16:03:25Z")
Day is over, entering fluff-only mode. I sure hope we got it right this time. ---
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/931 "2015-08-03T16:09:30Z")
@Thing Fish: Ah alright, I see. I’ll give a reply nextDay. @ The Prof. I live in Europe, but it’s been great so far. I’ve been meeting up with friends and family, even made some new friends(I’m not usually an abrasive person, sorry guys!), fished a bit, I’ve been drinking a lot of beer(one of my main hobbies!), gone on canoe trips and trips in the forest. Today I went into some of my old boxes and found a bunch of stone age tools I’d sort of forgotten about, along with some pretty cool fossils. Tomorrow it’s off to Poland! Okay guys, I’m off to play more games. See you around. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/932 "2015-08-03T16:18:14Z")
Are there any decent beers in Norway? Admittedly most of my drinking there was in Radisson hotels or on an epic night ferry ride from Kristensund to Floro, where we attempted to drink the ferry dry. The beer was mostly very average , but we were probably drinking the norweigian equivalent of bud. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/933 "2015-08-03T16:21:42Z")
“Are there many fires in Norway?” “Good lord, yes. The place is a constant blaze.” From [this sketch](http://www.montypython.net/scripts/compdept.php). ---
**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:** [August 3, 2015, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/934 "2015-08-03T16:23:29Z")
I have mentioned on SDMB before that I do a public radio show on the local college station. Yesterday, I gave them notice after 14 years. Getting too old and not enough time. But I will dedicate a song (or maybe a set)to my fellow mafia players on my next show ( night of Aug. 12th). Hope I am still alive! ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/935 "2015-08-03T16:51:09Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#): > > “Are there many fires in Norway?” > “Good lord, yes. The place is a constant blaze.” > > From [this sketch](http://www.montypython.net/scripts/compdept.php). fjords: known for their fjlammability! ---
**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:** [August 3, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/936 "2015-08-03T17:23:09Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > I have mentioned on SDMB before that I do a public radio show on the local college station. Yesterday, I gave them notice after 14 years. Getting too old and not enough time. But I will dedicate a song (or maybe a set)to my fellow mafia players on my next show ( night of Aug. 12th). Hope I am still alive! I am on a bit of a William Elliot Whitmore listening spree at the moment. How about Old devils - those animals in the day seams vaguely appropriate [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20SNSOl97ro) or maybe some Fleetwood Mac [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcjpags7JT8) ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/937 "2015-08-03T17:49:35Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > I have mentioned on SDMB before that I do a public radio show on the local college station. Yesterday, I gave them notice after 14 years. Getting too old and not enough time. But I will dedicate a song (or maybe a set)to my fellow mafia players on my next show ( night of Aug. 12th). Hope I am still alive! I’ll be interested to hear the setlist! What sort of music do you play? ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/938 "2015-08-03T18:54:45Z")
**DUSK: DAY TWO** \ ***Dante G** went to the gallows with resignation, just before dawn. As they had with **septimus** , the mob wasted little time smashing in his door and examining the two room cabin for clues. There was a brief flurry of excitement when they found a series of scratch marks on the wooden posts holding up the roof… but as it turned out, **Dante G** had a pet hedgehog. Who’d have guessed? Later, the remaining villagers gathered to watch the last moments of the sunset. “That went poorly,” opined one. “We’re going to need a new plan,” agreed a second. “If only we could find a way to defend ourselves against the Wolves directly,” said a third, resting her weary arms on the hilt of **septimus’** discarded silver sword. “I like moose,” said a fourth, staring into the distance. **Dante G** , I’m afraid, said nothing, on account of being dead.\* **Dante G** , a Villager, has been lynched. * * * Night Two begins now and will end at 2:00PM Eastern time on Wednesday, July 5. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/939 "2015-08-03T18:59:28Z")
Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/940 "2015-08-03T19:02:01Z")
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