# Mafia The Game III: Kinder and Gentler **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 17, 2007, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527 "2007-04-17T21:34:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/161 "2007-04-19T14:35:59Z")
\*It is dawn. You are standing in the Village Green. Everyone is here. You are carrying: Nothing Available Exits: North South East West Down\* šŸ™‚ The day will end in 96 hours, or if a majority of players vote either to lynch a particular person or to lynch no one at all. Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/162 "2007-04-19T14:36:13Z")
[QUOTE=Blaster Master] I sent you a PM Gadarene. [/QUOTE] I sent mine at 02:31 :o ---
**Author:** ![Kyrie\_Eleison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kyrie_eleison/32/7682_2.png) [@Kyrie\_Eleison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyrie_Eleison)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/163 "2007-04-19T14:38:16Z")
[QUOTE=fluiddruid] Well, I donā€™t know about you, but I think ā€œliquored upā€ is just about the right state for dawn. [/QUOTE] I donā€™t really know Dawn, but Iā€™ll take your at your word. Bit trampy, is she? ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/164 "2007-04-19T14:40:43Z")
Hereā€™s the player list again: 1. fluiddruid 2. NAF1138 3. CaerieD 4. ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies 5. Hal Briston 6. nesta 7. Projammer 8. percypercy 9. SnakesCatLady 10. Lightninā€™ 11. Lemur866 12. Achren 13. Blaster Master 14. Millit the Frail 15. Rachm Qoch 16. DiggitCamara 17. dnooman 18. Kyrie Eleison 19. Omi No Kami 20. Idle Thoughts And hereā€™s our list of reserves, to be subbed in as needed. Iā€™ll be instituting a similar ā€œno lurkingā€ rule as NAF did last time, so we may need you folk. 1. glee 2. tirial 3. Malacandra 4. threnodyangelfire If anyone else wants to be put on the reserve list, let me know. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/165 "2007-04-19T14:41:11Z")
Good luck Blaster Master! šŸ™‚ (You got the spot 'cause youā€™re ā€˜dead in the threadā€™ of game 2.) Gadarene, I recognise that style of game play - are there going to be ā€˜sleeping dwarves guarding goldā€™ and just how old are you?! ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/166 "2007-04-19T14:49:15Z")
Not telling. šŸ™‚ Okay, 31. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/167 "2007-04-19T14:49:40Z")
So, is it time to start suspecting everyone? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/168 "2007-04-19T14:51:07Z")
[QUOTE=Gadarene] Available Exits: North South East West **Down** [/QUOTE] šŸ˜ƒšŸ˜ƒšŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Blaster\_Master](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Blaster\_Master](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blaster_Master)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/169 "2007-04-19T14:52:26Z")
[QUOTE=glee] Good luck Blaster Master! šŸ™‚ [/QUOTE] Thanks. [QUOTE=SnakesCatLady] So, is it time to start suspecting everyone? [/QUOTE] You mean you werenā€™t already? ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/170 "2007-04-19T14:58:50Z")
I donā€™t know about everyone else, but when I am feeling the grip of nameless dread I find that doing a little fishing helps take the edge off. Iā€™ll be down by the bridge with my line and pole and my thermos of coffee and Baileys. ---
**Author:** ![Millit\_the\_Frail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Millit\_the\_Frail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Millit_the_Frail)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/171 "2007-04-19T15:04:41Z")
All night I was trying to decide whether I should come right out and vote no one. After all, it would be really easy to lynch a townie on the first day by mistake. ā˜¹ But then I realized how scummy voting ā€œno oneā€ would make me look. But then it also makes me look scummy if I am _worried_ about looking scummy. And then the fact that Iā€™m overthinking this makes me look even _more_ scummy. But not thinking about it at all and just lurking around and waiting to jump on whatever bandwagon comes rolling into town makes me look scummy tooā€¦and then this whole post is now going to make it look like Iā€™m protesting too muchā€¦!!! :eek: :eek: ā€¦Um, Iā€™ll be breathing into a paper bag in the corner. I donā€™t think I can TAKE this kind of PRESSURE! ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/172 "2007-04-19T15:06:26Z")
Full disclosure and all, anyone playing who happened to be following the ā€œBackseat Mafiaā€ thread about NAFā€™s game, when I was on last night I saw a post from someone saying something to the effect of ā€œmight as well discuss both games hereā€, at which point I stopped reading and left the thread. Not sure if it has since been addressed over there or not but that would put NAF in a somewhat awkward position and cut the rest of us off from the thrilling ending of the Clusterfuck Trainwreck. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/173 "2007-04-19T15:07:11Z")
[QUOTE=ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies] I donā€™t know about everyone else, but when I am feeling the grip of nameless dread I find that doing a little fishing helps take the edge off. Iā€™ll be down by the bridge with my line and pole and my thermos of coffee and Baileys. [/QUOTE] Ummmm, coffee and Baileyā€™s! _looks around town for liquor store_ Itā€™s too early for margaritas and besides I drank all the tequila last night. Will someone turn the sun down a bit? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/174 "2007-04-19T15:08:49Z")
[QUOTE=Millit the Frail] All night I was trying to decide whether I should come right out and vote no one. After all, it would be really easy to lynch a townie on the first day by mistake. ā˜¹ But then I realized how scummy voting ā€œno oneā€ would make me look. But then it also makes me look scummy if I am _worried_ about looking scummy. And then the fact that Iā€™m overthinking this makes me look even _more_ scummy. [/QUOTE] I was thinking about no-voting for lynching (since odds are greater weā€™ll lynch a townie than scum) but if we all do that, that really doesnā€™t give us much to work with on day 2, does it? Since suspicion comes from previous voting patterns and such. ---
**Author:** ![Millit\_the\_Frail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Millit\_the\_Frail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Millit_the_Frail)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/175 "2007-04-19T15:21:19Z")
[QUOTE=fluiddruid] I was thinking about no-voting for lynching (since odds are greater weā€™ll lynch a townie than scum) but if we all do that, that really doesnā€™t give us much to work with on day 2, does it? Since suspicion comes from previous voting patterns and such. [/QUOTE] Thatā€™s exactly why I thought it would look scummy! So anyway, please forgive my minor freakout in the corner. Iā€™m not much of a morning person, and even less so when I have to deal with rooting out Mafia first thing after sunrise. But I think I can pull it together by early afternoon. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/176 "2007-04-19T15:21:21Z")
[QUOTE=fluiddruid] I was thinking about no-voting for lynching (since odds are greater weā€™ll lynch a townie than scum) but if we all do that, that really doesnā€™t give us much to work with on day 2, does it? Since suspicion comes from previous voting patterns and such. [/QUOTE] Mainly, we townies have one advantage right now: numbers. The mobā€™s advantage right now is information (they know exactly who is on their side and who isnā€™t). So, at this stage the probability of lynching a townie is high, however the votes will provide us with information about alliances, etc. On the other hand, since the scumā€™s interests dictate a strategy of diluting information and spreading paranoia, Iā€™ll vote for \*\*ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies \*\*. My reasons? 1. Fear-inducing post 2. Scum-tell name (Cā€™mon! ā€œCome To the Dark Side We Have Cookiesā€?!? šŸ˜‰ ---
**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:** [April 19, 2007, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/177 "2007-04-19T15:31:07Z")
[QUOTE=ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies] Full disclosure and all, anyone playing who happened to be following the ā€œBackseat Mafiaā€ thread about NAFā€™s game, when I was on last night I saw a post from someone saying something to the effect of ā€œmight as well discuss both games hereā€, at which point I stopped reading and left the thread. Not sure if it has since been addressed over there or not but that would put NAF in a somewhat awkward position and cut the rest of us off from the thrilling ending of the Clusterfuck Trainwreck. [/QUOTE] Yeah, could we get a new forbidden thread going on for this game. I would like to be able to post to my games forbidden thread. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/178 "2007-04-19T15:32:10Z")
oh andā€¦you are awefully jumpy there **DigitCamara**. Why are you in such a hurry to vote people out? ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/179 "2007-04-19T15:33:42Z")
[QUOTE=Gadarene] And hereā€™s our list of reserves, to be subbed in as needed. Iā€™ll be instituting a similar ā€œno lurkingā€ rule as NAF did last time, so we may need you folk. 1. glee 2. tirial 3. Malacandra 4. threnodyangelfire If anyone else wants to be put on the reserve list, let me know. [/QUOTE] Hey! I am on the list ainā€™t I? ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527/180 "2007-04-19T15:35:11Z")
[QUOTE=DiggitCamara] Mainly, we townies have one advantage right now: numbers. The mobā€™s advantage right now is information (they know exactly who is on their side and who isnā€™t). So, at this stage the probability of lynching a townie is high, however the votes will provide us with information about alliances, etc. On the other hand, since the scumā€™s interests dictate a strategy of diluting information and spreading paranoia, Iā€™ll vote for \*\*ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies \*\*. My reasons? 1. Fear-inducing post 2. Scum-tell name (Cā€™mon! ā€œCome To the Dark Side We Have Cookiesā€?!? šŸ˜‰ [/QUOTE] [_sigh_](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8349320&postcount=1100)šŸ˜› [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-game-iii-kinder-and-gentler/400527.md?page=10)