# 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:** 5
**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 15, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/81 "2012-06-15T15:44:53Z")
> [@Stanislaus](#): > > PM received. Game on! Receiving a PM is a scum tell. EDIT: I should be constructive and add that I got my PM too. ---
**Author:** ![gnarlycharlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@gnarlycharlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarlycharlie)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/82 "2012-06-15T15:47:13Z")
PM received. i’m good to go. ---
**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 15, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/83 "2012-06-15T15:49:03Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Receiving a PM is a scum tell. Did I say PM? I meant, of course, to say that I deduced the the sending of the PM by analysing storyteller’s motivations and previous modding style. I refuse to be penalised for good Town play! ---
**Author:** ![Visorslash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ee59a6/32.png) [@Visorslash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Visorslash)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/84 "2012-06-15T15:50:11Z")
Alright guys, I’ll choose the knives first so we can get that out of the way, what else were you thinking? ---
**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 15, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/85 "2012-06-15T15:52:02Z")
Don’t tell him, it’s a trap! ---
**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 15, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/86 "2012-06-15T15:54:15Z")
> [@Stanislaus](#): > > Did I say PM? I meant, of course, to say that I deduced the the sending of the PM by analysing storyteller’s motivations and previous modding style. > > I refuse to be penalised for good Town play! Can we penalize you just because your name starts with an “S”? I’ve always found that to be a good reason… PM received and understood. I’m the Archbishop. ---
**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 15, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/87 "2012-06-15T15:54:21Z")
> [@Visorslash](#): > > Alright guys, I’ll choose the knives first so we can get that out of the way, what else were you thinking? Hmmmmm… Obviously this is a joke because any scum would know that the other three scum aren’t chosen yet. But, Visorslash could know that we would know this, and so IS scum, and is giving himself away in such an obvious and flawed way that we’d never suspect him as scum! I say we lynch him first, just to be safe. > [@](#): > > Can we penalize you just because your name starts with an “S”? I’ve always found that to be a good reason… Whatever you say, **_S_uburban Plankton!** ---
**Author:** ![Visorslash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ee59a6/32.png) [@Visorslash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Visorslash)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/88 "2012-06-15T15:58:00Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Hmmmmm… Obviously this is a joke because any scum would know that the other three scum aren’t chosen yet. But, Visorslash could know that we would know this, and so IS scum, and is giving himself away in such an obvious and flawed way that we’d never suspect him as scum! I say we lynch him first, just to be safe. > Whatever you say, **_S_uburban Plankton!** We’d get away with this elaborate bus scheme, if you didn’t look like you were trying so hard to bus me. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/89 "2012-06-15T15:58:57Z")
PM confirmed – \ _Llllllet’s go!_ \ ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/90 "2012-06-15T16:00:30Z")
OK. All PMs have been sent; please confirm, as you have been doing, in this thread. At the moment, the pilgrims gather in the early evening at the Tabard Inn in Southwark, 60 miles from Canterbury, still heedless of the gathering threat. At dawn they will depart, but for now, they are free to discuss any aspect of the setup they wish. Those players whose role requires them to choose a tool or power must do so during Night Zero; this choice is permanent. Make your choice by return PM, and as soon as reasonable; the notification of the first Scum player will not occur until all Town players have made their choice. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/91 "2012-06-15T16:01:14Z")
PM received. Ready to start. ---
**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 15, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/92 "2012-06-15T16:02:54Z")
> [@Visorslash](#): > > We’d get away with this elaborate bus scheme, if you didn’t look like you were trying so hard to bus me. :mad: Bus you? But I… Wha… Stop doing that! :mad: 😛 ---
**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 15, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/93 "2012-06-15T16:04:18Z")
I got my pm as well. ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/94 "2012-06-15T16:07:39Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > **story** , a question about role-blocks: > > In the description for The Shipman, you explicitly state “If your attack is blocked, you will not lose your chance to act”. I don’t see that in any of the other descriptions. So in general, if a player attempts to act but is blocked, do they lose their action? Didn’t see this; in general, no. ---
**Author:** ![Visorslash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ee59a6/32.png) [@Visorslash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Visorslash)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/95 "2012-06-15T16:11:22Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Bus you? But I… Wha… Stop doing that! :mad: > 😛 Now you’re flustering. It’s hopeless. I’m so sorry, **Suburban Plankton** and **Stanislaus**. ☹ ---
**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 15, 2012, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/96 "2012-06-15T16:21:29Z")
My the scum team seems to have formed quickly. ---
**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 15, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/97 "2012-06-15T16:45:27Z")
PM received, sah! _salutes_ ---
**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 15, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/98 "2012-06-15T16:50:15Z")
> [@Visorslash](#): > > We’d get away with this elaborate bus scheme, if you didn’t look like you were trying so hard to bus me. :mad: I don’t think they had busses in the 14th century… ---
**Author:** ![Visorslash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ee59a6/32.png) [@Visorslash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Visorslash)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/99 "2012-06-15T16:51:01Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > I don’t think they had busses in the 14th century… It’s slang for horse. Obviously. :rolleyes: 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/100 "2012-06-15T16:52:25Z")
PM received. Still debating on my power. Apparently I can choose between 1. _murder death kill_ - target three people. All allignments will be verified and all identified scum will be killed by next the next night. 2. \*Bartending Barista \*- You’ve discovered the secret to pina coladas! No longer will you just have to drink mead! Unfold your umbrella and have a great trip! I think both can be useful. But I’m still new to the game so I’m looking to crowdsource this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906.md?page=6)