# Mafia: The Mob is Recruiting \[Game Finished\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 21, 2008, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509 "2008-02-21T04:02:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Koldanar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@Koldanar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koldanar)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/101 "2008-02-22T20:24:23Z")
Volunteering wouldn’t result in what the pro lynch people want, I would think. The thinking (please correct if I am wrong) is that we can learn something from how people act. The problem is there’s only one Mafia person to start, which is why people are pro no-lynch. Bah dammit, you got me discussing before the game! Who is with me for drinks for the time being, and relaxation before the “fun” begins? ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/102 "2008-02-22T20:29:08Z")
[QUOTE=Koldanar] Volunteering wouldn’t result in what the pro lynch people want, I would think. The thinking (please correct if I am wrong) is that we can learn something from how people act. The problem is there’s only one Mafia person to start, which is why people are pro no-lynch. Bah dammit, you got me discussing before the game! Who is with me for drinks for the time being, and relaxation before the “fun” begins? [/QUOTE] I doubt **OneCentStamp** was serious. Unless he’s offering himself up as a sacrifice. But by all means, let us start the Day drunk. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/103 "2008-02-22T20:29:53Z")
[QUOTE=Koldanar] Who is with me for drinks for the time being, and relaxation before the “fun” begins? [/QUOTE] Relaxation? Relaxation, you say? How can there be RELAXATION with the shadow of DEATH hanging over us?!?! :eek: :mad: Yeah, I think I’ll have that drink now. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/104 "2008-02-22T20:30:35Z")
[QUOTE=HazelNutCoffee] The one argument I would have for a first Day lynch is that it gives us stuff to work with Tomorrow. Without a lynch to argue over there won’t be much interaction to analyze later on. [/QUOTE] That doesn’t work to our advantage ToDay. The only players who will have any potential interaction “slips” are the Masons. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/105 "2008-02-22T20:32:56Z")
Hey **Dio**! Fix me up one of those spiffy drinks you make so well. It’s 5:00 somewhere, right? ---
**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/106 "2008-02-22T20:38:25Z")
_secretly fills blender with magic happy juice at work_ A drink? What a fine idea,\*\* Koldanar!\*\* Now I can make it through my last two hours of work without beating my head against the wall! **Hockey Monkey** , you have no idea how convinced I was that you were scum in You-Solve-It. So you’re already on my suspicion list! …wait, that’s not how it works? Damn, back to square one! ---
**Author:** ![Koldanar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@Koldanar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koldanar)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/107 "2008-02-22T20:45:08Z")
I think I will sit back with one or two or five of my ice cold Black Chocolate Stouts (10% alcohol, just the thing for friday night and mafia!) And **HazelNutCoffee** it just wouldn’t be the dope if someone didn’t get wooshed; leave it to me to be me 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/108 "2008-02-22T20:52:13Z")
Black Chocolate Stout? Who makes that? Another good high-alc stout is the Left Hand Imperial Stout, also at around 10%. I also tried Left Hand’s double-bock Goosinator. Both are freakin awesome. Whee! I get excited just thinking about them. ---
**Author:** ![Koldanar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@Koldanar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koldanar)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/109 "2008-02-22T20:55:23Z")
This box is from the Brooklyn Brewing company, found a box out here in Philly. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/110 "2008-02-22T20:56:46Z")
Mmm, chocolate stouts? Young’s makes a double chocolate, and an oatmeal. Just the right size for the commute home. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/111 "2008-02-22T20:57:40Z")
Checking in - I pmed **fd** too. Can someone explain to me as to why a nolynch is good now? What info would pop up overnight that gives us a clue of who to take down - aren’t odds are just as low for any of the scouting roles to take it? And if there’s no voting, then no vote history? Color me confused. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/112 "2008-02-22T21:04:59Z")
[QUOTE=Hockey Monkey] Hey **Dio**! Fix me up one of those spiffy drinks you make so well. It’s 5:00 somewhere, right? [/QUOTE] Man, this is what I missed about those mafia games of yore. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/113 "2008-02-22T21:07:42Z")
/me sings Alan Jackson, even though he’s not at the drinking age! ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/114 "2008-02-22T21:10:36Z")
[QUOTE=Darth Sensitive] Can someone explain to me as to why a nolynch is good now? What info would pop up overnight that gives us a clue of who to take down - aren’t odds are just as low for any of the scouting roles to take it? And if there’s no voting, then no vote history? [/QUOTE] See my reasons for No Lynch in post [76](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9503725&postcount=76). The key is there is no information we, the Town, can gain ToDay. The only info that can be revealed are slips by our Masons and possibly a forced role claim by one of our power roles. ToMorrow, our power roles will have information to work with. Unless the Boss is insane, there will be two Mafia. That means they have a chance of slipping and giving us a clue as to who they are. So after ToDay, we will need to lynch. But not now. And, screw the alcohol, nothing beats a hot cup of 50% cocoa for that smooth chocolate high. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/115 "2008-02-22T21:11:53Z")
Good God, people. We’ll have five days to discuss this, do we really need to discuss strategy and make votes that don’t really mean anything before the day starts? Patience! ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/116 "2008-02-22T21:14:25Z")
[QUOTE=Pleonast] Then you need to read the game setup more carefully. Tell us specifically what we gain by lynching someone ToDay? [/QUOTE] fair point, i’ve never played in a recruiting game where there wasn’t a second scum team. It’s strange that theres only one bad guy out there. Still, if we all justgo down the no lynch route we may as well have had a night start. But as I think more I do tend to agree. All we do with day one discussion is let people act pro-town, because they are, until one of them maybe wakes up scum tomorrow ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/117 "2008-02-22T21:26:40Z")
[QUOTE=Pleonast] That doesn’t work to our advantage ToDay. The only players who will have any potential interaction “slips” are the Masons. [/QUOTE] I was thinking more into the future, where maybe we could pick up inconsistencies between Day 1 and later on when some people will have been recruited in the meantime. I’m scared of **Dio** ’s drinks. Last time that led to waking up naked next to **HM** in a cage. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/118 "2008-02-22T21:32:55Z")
[QUOTE=Santo Rugger] Mmm, chocolate stouts? Young’s makes a double chocolate, and an oatmeal. Just the right size for the commute home. :eek: [/QUOTE] MMM, Youngs Double chocolate stout rocks my world. I don’t care for their oatmeal stout though. I much prefer Samuael Smiths for a good Oatmeal stout. But it is too early in the Day for any of those. At Dawn you need something lighter and more refreshing. Normally Guiness is my breakfast beer, but today is a special occasion. I think a little Bellhaven Wee Heavy is in order. Now I just need to load me up a pipefull of some nice Dunhill tobacco (early morning pipe?) and watch the world go by. You folks argue, I am not moving from this easy chair until after sun up. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/119 "2008-02-22T21:41:08Z")
[QUOTE=HazelNutCoffee] I was thinking more into the future, where maybe we could pick up inconsistencies between Day 1 and later on when some people will have been recruited in the meantime. I’m scared of **Dio** ’s drinks. Last time that led to waking up naked next to **HM** in a cage. [/QUOTE] I don’t remember any complaining _then_! :eek: 😃🆒 ---
**Author:** ![dotchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@dotchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dotchan)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-mob-is-recruiting-game-finished/438509/120 "2008-02-22T21:42:00Z")
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