# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/141 "2012-06-17T19:09:00Z")
so impatient ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/142 "2012-06-17T23:52:57Z")
Are signups still open? ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/143 "2012-06-18T02:56:39Z")
> [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](#): > > Are signups still open? Unfortunately, no - the roster was 19. Can I interest you in a sub spot? Meanwhile - the first of the Brotherhood has been chosen, and notified. From here on out, not everyone has the same alignment; consider Night Zero, and the game, officially begun. ---
**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 18, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/144 "2012-06-18T03:12:09Z")
> [@storyteller0910](#): > > Meanwhile - the first of the Brotherhood has been chosen, and notified. From here on out, not everyone has the same alignment; consider Night Zero, and the game, officially begun. Dun dun DUN!!! ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/145 "2012-06-18T03:18:57Z")
Sure I’ll be on the sub list. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/146 "2012-06-18T03:57:00Z")
Will there be a separate game thread, or should we start playing in this one? ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/147 "2012-06-18T13:55:25Z")
I vote for a separate game thread. Isn’t that how it’s usually been done? ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/148 "2012-06-18T13:59:05Z")
I’d prefer that, too; I’ll check with the moderators to be sure it’s OK first. ---
**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 18, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/149 "2012-06-18T13:58:52Z")
I haven’t even played before and I’m pretty sure that’s the case… ---
**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 18, 2012, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/150 "2012-06-18T14:00:54Z")
That would be good. ---
**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 19, 2012, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/151 "2012-06-19T10:04:55Z")
It’s all gone a bit quiet. Maybe we should take turns telling stories to amuse ourselves? ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/152 "2012-06-19T10:56:09Z")
> [@Stanislaus](#): > > It’s all gone a bit quiet. Maybe we should take turns telling stories to amuse ourselves? I see what you did there. Behind the scenes, things are moving along nicely. A few more administrative items and we’ll be ready to start, probably sometime later today or at the latest early Wednesday. Once Day One starts, it will last longer than most Days - all the way until next Thursday, June 28, in order to get us on a regular schedule of Thursday-Saturday-Thursday. ---
**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 19, 2012, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/153 "2012-06-19T11:20:02Z")
Cool! ---
**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 19, 2012, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/154 "2012-06-19T12:06:18Z")
> [@Stanislaus](#): > > It’s all gone a bit quiet. Maybe we should take turns telling stories to amuse ourselves? Given the circumstances, emulating Scheherazade might be a good defensive measure. ---
**Author:** ![gnarlycharlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@gnarlycharlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarlycharlie)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/155 "2012-06-19T12:13:50Z")
> [@storyteller0910](#): > > I see what you did there. > > Behind the scenes, things are moving along nicely. A few more administrative items and we’ll be ready to start, probably sometime later today or at the latest early Wednesday. Once Day One starts, it will last longer than most Days - all the way until next Thursday, June 28, in order to get us on a regular schedule of Thursday-Saturday-Thursday. ha ha ha! i saw that too. **Stanislaus** , do you have any tales to share? useless information (except possibly to impress a girl): while Shakespeare would write about the lives of the rich and noble, Chaucer wrote about the common folk. ---
**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 19, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/156 "2012-06-19T16:22:22Z")
Our journey to fair Canterbury, Lacked any sense of _amore_, Some woke up stabbed, While others were grabbed, And lynched in a unseemly hurry. ---
**Author:** ![MHaye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@MHaye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MHaye)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/157 "2012-06-20T12:50:49Z")
One day as I laid down to rest In a den for my safe-keepingWait a sec, wrong book. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/158 "2012-06-20T14:03:05Z")
As I was going to St. Ives I met some scum with 7 knives… ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/159 "2012-06-20T14:18:39Z")
OK, all - just waiting on official permission to start a new thread, and we’ll be ready to go for Day One. ---
**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 20, 2012, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-the-road-to-canterbury-open-game-sign-ups/624906/160 "2012-06-20T23:18:41Z")
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