# 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:** 88
**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:** [September 21, 2015, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/1741 "2015-09-21T21:36:44Z")
Woohoo! ---
**Author:** ![Cygnus42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Cygnus42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cygnus42)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/1742 "2015-09-21T22:02:52Z")
Woo, relief… Gonna check out the forbidden thread later , when i have time - but for now , thanks to all my fellow town who got us here in the end. I definitely relied on the work of the rest of you. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/1743 "2015-09-21T22:09:12Z")
Awesome game everyone! Storyteller, you did a great job, especially considering all the craziness going on in your personal life. ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/1744 "2015-09-21T22:53:15Z")
Nice win for TOWNfolk… Awesome setup, storyteller! Thanks, everyone! ---
**Author:** ![sangfroid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@sangfroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sangfroid)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/1745 "2015-09-21T23:06:41Z")
Well, Hot Damn! The universe is safe again…but…for how long? I had a great time playing; thanks to everyone who participated. A little later I plan on seeing just how bad I got hammered on in the other thread. 😃 ---
**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:** [September 22, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/1746 "2015-09-22T00:03:01Z")
> [@sangfroid](#): > > A little later I plan on seeing just how bad I got hammered on in the other thread. 😃 Yeah, I’m in no particular hurry either. 🙂 ---
**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:** [September 22, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/1747 "2015-09-22T00:42:59Z")
HAPPY DANCE!!! Great job Town!!! Congratulations to all for managing to overcome my contributions! Let’s do this again…but not for a while… ---
**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:** [September 22, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/1748 "2015-09-22T00:48:29Z")
> [@Thing\_Fish](#): > > HAPPY DANCE!!! > > Great job Town!!! Congratulations to all for managing to overcome my contributions! Let’s do this again…but not for a while… Your contributions were great and we’ll thought out. We all made errors, but the town does not win without your reasoned postings. Glad to have played with you. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2015, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/1749 "2015-09-22T01:05:16Z")
You guys all put on a great game, I was very intrigued. I’m excited to play another one… Of course, after I run mine - hint hint. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2015, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/1750 "2015-09-22T13:23:52Z")
I am hoping we get to read the wolf boards soon. This game has got to be very hard to play as a wolf. I imagine the stress is at least double the town players. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/1751 "2015-09-22T13:49:33Z")
The wolf boards for this game aren’t super interesting. In fact, we didn’t really talk very much at all. Is there any particular night you’re curious about? ---
**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:** [September 22, 2015, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/1752 "2015-09-22T13:52:54Z")
So we were right in thinking the wolves’ strategy was to kill experienced players unless there was a claimed Town role? ---
**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:** [September 22, 2015, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/1753 "2015-09-22T14:11:20Z")
We targeted players who were experienced and/or making some very acute guesses. An exception was **Thing Fish** ; he deduced two of us in the wake of Day 1, and we were afraid NKing him too soon would validate those suspicions for everyone else. **JSexton** pegged **Mahaloth** for a power role, albeit the wrong one. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2015, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/1754 "2015-09-22T14:26:48Z")
Yeah, mostly we were just going for “dangerous” players. It happened that, early on, the obviously dangerous players also were experienced players, but that was a function of this being a newbie game more than it being our primary metric. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2015, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/1755 "2015-09-22T14:38:21Z")
The game begs so many “what ifs” What if we had lynched \*\*TexCat \*\*on Day One? What if \*\*Bayard \*\* had waited one more day to claim? What if \*\*Dance G. \*\* had not made the “not tipping my hand” post? What if I had voted for \*\*Diggit \*\* and not \*\*Plum \*\*? (And it really was close. I didn’t even know who I was going to pick while typing out the post). And so much more. In a game with over 1500 posts, just a few different comments, an added or subtracted post here or there, and it all turns out differently-- but what that difference is …is anybody’s guess. I am just glad I don’t have to keep rereading the whole thread anymore! ---
**Author:** ![sachertorte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sachertorte/32/3727_2.png) [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/1756 "2015-09-22T14:43:29Z")
Great Game by both sides. The Wolves had a very strong early game and got rid of many power roles in the first two days. Close games like this one are the best. I was convinced that Cygnus was the last Wolf. Oh well. Good thing I wasn’t in this one. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2015, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/1757 "2015-09-23T13:33:43Z")
It seems very odd that no one will be Night Killed today… ---
**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:** [September 23, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/1758 "2015-09-23T16:20:27Z")
Seems a bit anticlimactic. I feel like we should all go out to dinner or something. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2015, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/1759 "2015-09-23T16:22:17Z")
Who’s on the menu? ---
**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:** [September 23, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/1760 "2015-09-23T16:24:14Z")
> [@sachertorte](#): > > Great Game by both sides. The Wolves had a very strong early game and got rid of many power roles in the first two days. Close games like this one are the best. Agreed. It was a treat to watch. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099.md?page=87) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099.md?page=89)