# MAFIA: The Game - Ideal for Beginners \[Game in Progress\]

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**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")\
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**Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-ideal-for-beginners-game-in-progress/725099/512 "2015-07-25T21:29:24Z")

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> [@JSexton](#):
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> Man, I am so not a fan of this post. It feels really disingenous to use phrasing like “howling” when wolf hunting. Kind of an ad hom attack? Not exactly, I guess. Not sure exactly what to call it.

I note you attack the phrasing, but not the logic.  
Nonetheless, there are others more suspicious at the moment, so:

unvote JSexton.

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