# MAFIA: The Road to Canterbury (Open Game; Sign-Ups) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 12, 2012, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906 "2012-06-12T13:14:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/21 "2012-06-12T20:45:02Z")
Ich longen to goon on thys pilgrimage but the tyme permitteth me nowt. /out ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/22 "2012-06-12T20:47:35Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > Ich longen to goon on thys pilgrimage but the tyme permitteth me nowt. Just as well, I’m going to policy vote all role-players in this one. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/23 "2012-06-12T20:57:03Z")
> [@Svejk\_1](#): > > I’d love to sign up but I can’t in good conscience make this time commitment. Enjoy! this probably describes me as well, unfortunately ---
**Author:** ![MentalGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@MentalGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MentalGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/24 "2012-06-12T22:17:48Z")
I guess I will sign up. I don’t think I will be away from internet access for any extended periods and I can’t play during the school year now since they have blocked the dope. So, I guess I better take advantage of summer vacation. /in ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/25 "2012-06-13T00:59:42Z")
I’m in if you will have me. I totally sucked at the last Batman game, curse you time zones and BillMc. I thought I would have way more time for that game and it always evaporated Day by Day. And I was a total bitch to a another lurker:smack::smack::smack: But yeah, I’m up for a storyteller#### game anytime. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/26 "2012-06-13T04:33:44Z")
So, now that I have a bit of time, my theory about the game! _Canterbury Tales_ is a story about a group of pilgrims. Each one tells a story, and the stories become increasingly seedy and vulgar. As far as I can tell, there are 24 pilgrims, but I suppose **Storyteller** may have cut some of them out since some of the stories are very fragmented. So I’m guessing we’ll be taking the roles of some of the pilgrims, with some of the roles being scum and some being town. Not sure why we’re lynching each other, though! 😃 For speculation’s sake, here are the pilgrims, according to Wikipedia: Knight, Miller, Reeve, Cook, Man of Law, Wife of Bath, Friar, Summoner, Clerk, Merchant, Squire, Franklin, Physician, Pardoner, Shipman, Prioress, Sir Thopas, Melibee, Monk, Nun’s Priest, Second Nun, Canon’s Yeoman, Manciple, Parson ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/27 "2012-06-13T13:29:35Z")
The other possibility is that we’ll get roles from the tales themselves rather than the pilgrims. I guess we’ll see when the game starts. Haven’t read the tales themselves, but I have read a summary of them. Lots of interesting scope for a mafia game. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/28 "2012-06-13T13:43:50Z")
Never played Mafia before. So why not? I’m in. ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/29 "2012-06-13T13:47:14Z")
1. Mahaloth 2. Inner Stickler 3. Stanislaus 4. Babale 5. gnarlycharly 6. Alka Seltzer 7. Texcat 8. Suburban Plankton 9. MentalGuy 10. sinjin 11. Enderw24 Only need eight more. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/30 "2012-06-13T16:33:37Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Never played Mafia before. So why not? > > I’m in. Same…the concept seems interesting and a simple game seems a good way to test the waters… ---
**Author:** ![Visorslash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ee59a6/32.png) [@Visorslash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Visorslash)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/31 "2012-06-13T16:45:49Z")
I’ll give it a shot. What are the day/night time cycles? ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/32 "2012-06-13T16:51:55Z")
Oh, and while I haven’t read the tales, I’ve been to [Canterbury](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canterbury) a few times. As well as the famous [cathedral](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canterbury_cathedral), large sections of the medieval walls are still standing. One [gatehouse](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westgate,_Canterbury) from the time of Chaucer is still there, and fortunately is just large enough for a double-decker bus to pass through. That’s what I call forward planning. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/33 "2012-06-13T21:23:02Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Same…the concept seems interesting and a simple game seems a good way to test the waters… Just a word of warning, an entire game of one-shot actions is very much nonstandard so if you like the game and wish to play more, be aware that strategies we devise in this game may not apply well to other games. ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/34 "2012-06-13T22:17:33Z")
> [@Visorslash](#): > > I’ll give it a shot. What are the day/night time cycles? Days will start on Saturday and run through Thursday; Night will be Thursday through Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/35 "2012-06-13T23:58:09Z")
/in (if you happen to get a 20th signup request, you can bump me to your sub list) ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/36 "2012-06-14T03:26:13Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Just a word of warning, an entire game of one-shot actions is very much nonstandard so if you like the game and wish to play more, be aware that strategies we devise in this game may not apply well to other games. Wait…we devise strategies? Why wasn’t I informed? ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/37 "2012-06-14T03:31:04Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > Wait…we devise strategies? Why wasn’t I informed? Not being informed is a scum tell. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2012, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/38 "2012-06-14T06:06:44Z")
Oh good, you’re up to speed already. ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/39 "2012-06-14T08:31:24Z")
Having just gone off on one in the “Better Mafia” thread about the importance of knowing your long-term plans before committing to a Mafia game, I’m hugely embarrassed to recall that I will, in fact, be on holiday for the first week of August. However, I will have internet access, so it shouldn’t make a huge difference to my ability to play. _coughs, looks at feet_ Charing Cross to Canterbury is one of the major commutes for London workers. Given the performance of privatised rail, it is still by no means uncommon to see people offering prayers for a speedy journey before embarking. I’ve read a couple of the Tales - we can only hope that the Miller’s power in some way involves branding people on the arse. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/40 "2012-06-14T08:44:09Z")
I’d like to play a game of more traditional mafia after my utter failure in the last game. I’m in! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906.md?page=3)