# Mystery Mafia -- Game Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 17, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025 "2011-08-17T14:03:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 275
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/5482 "2011-09-18T20:21:44Z")
Yes, rugby it is. England seam to have adopted their usual " we will practice when we get there" approach, trying to make me as nervous as possible. Ireland look like they believe they can win it, so it is shaping up to be a good tourney. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Jan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Silver\_Jan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Jan)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/5483 "2011-09-18T20:26:28Z")
> [@Precambrianmollusc](#): > > Yes, rugby it is. England seam to have adopted their usual " we will practice when we get there" approach, trying to make me as nervous as possible. Ireland look like they believe they can win it, so it is shaping up to be a good tourney. Well Ireland did beat Australia, shock horror!. South Africa Beat Fiji, I wonder how they managed that? (it’s a joke) I am on South Africa’s side cos I have lived here since I was 5, about xxxxxx years ago. ---
**Author:** ![lilflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@lilflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilflower)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/5484 "2011-09-18T20:38:01Z")
Go All Blacks!! ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/5485 "2011-09-19T01:54:22Z")
**NIGHT EIGHT RESULTS** Drain Bead is the target of deadly actions fast and slow. _ **Drain Bead has been poisoned!** _ Drain Bead is dead. Drain Bead, you are a **Reflector**. Each night beginning Night One, you select a target. Your target’s night action for that night will be redirected back to your target. You are a **Villager**. You win when all threats to Town Village have been eliminated. **DAY NINE HAS DAWNED.** Night will fall on Wednesday evening at 6 pm EDT. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/5486 "2011-09-19T01:58:14Z")
Did not see that coming. Go Town! Feel free to spoil me, Gad. Great game! ---
**Author:** ![special\_ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@special\_ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/special_ed)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/5487 "2011-09-19T02:08:30Z")
Thanks, Normal **Vote: Giraffe** until someone convinces me otherwise Scathach, why would you poison the person your wolfbuddies were killing? ---
**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:** [September 19, 2011, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/5488 "2011-09-19T02:11:33Z")
I attempted to track \*\*Giraffe \*\*but received a result that I visited myself. Since I was suspicious of **Drain Bead** yesterDay, I have no problem believing she targeted me last Night, so that probably explains the result. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/5489 "2011-09-19T03:36:05Z")
> [@special\_ed](#): > > Scathach, why would you poison the person your wolfbuddies were killing? Probably so that he or one of his wolfbuddies could make this exact argument for him being Town. Or so that he could put off proving his claimed power for one more Day. **vote Scathach** Also, I was randed onto septimus last Night with the usual null result. ---
**Author:** ![special\_ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@special\_ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/special_ed)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/5490 "2011-09-19T03:37:17Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Probably so that he or one of his wolfbuddies could make this exact argument for him being Town. Or so that he could put off proving his claimed power for one more Day. > > **vote Scathach** > > Also, I was randed onto septimus last Night with the usual null result. What I find interesting is that he seems to do both the poisoning and the curing.. and you do..nothing? ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/5491 "2011-09-19T05:28:26Z")
Why would a wolf roleblocker (Lighterfeet) target scathach ? That pretty much clears scathach. Who targeted me last night? My best guess for town SC Scathach SJ Silver Jan SP Suburban Plankton (Town Tracker) ED Special Ed (Town Efficiency Expert) PC Precambrianmollusc (Town Watcher) Really don’t know but leaning town SS septimus (Town Target Attractor) BU bufftabby (Warm Glowinator) Possible scum with the long necked one at the top of the list. DK DonkTimesFour (was sachertorte) GI Giraffe NP Normal Phase ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Jan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Silver\_Jan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Jan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/5492 "2011-09-19T05:29:53Z")
I got the usual no apparent result last Night. ---
**Author:** ![Scathach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Scathach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scathach)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/5493 "2011-09-19T07:23:30Z")
Hmm. Actually I find it more odd that the wolves targeted DrainBead. She was under suspicion anyway. I felt a warm glow last night btw. Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![lilflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@lilflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilflower)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/5494 "2011-09-19T13:31:23Z")
> [@Precambrianmollusc](#): > > Why would a wolf roleblocker (Lighterfeet) target scathach ? That pretty much clears scathach. > > Who targeted me last night? > > My best guess for town > SC Scathach > SJ Silver Jan > SP Suburban Plankton (Town Tracker) > ED Special Ed (Town Efficiency Expert) > PC Precambrianmollusc (Town Watcher) > > Really don’t know but leaning town > SS septimus (Town Target Attractor) > BU bufftabby (Warm Glowinator) > > Possible scum with the long necked one at the top of the list. > DK DonkTimesFour (was sachertorte) > GI Giraffe > NP Normal Phase Aren’t you forgetting someone? I targeted you last Night. I figured that since your reveal led to Lightfoot’s lynching, you are very likely town and a possible scum target. Hopefully you felt safe last Night. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/5495 "2011-09-19T13:36:43Z")
Yes it was appreciated and apologies - poor cuttingband pasting skills from a list. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/5496 "2011-09-19T14:27:32Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Also, I was randed onto septimus last Night with the usual null result. Why let Mod rand your target? You’re one of my two top Scum candidates right now, but I’ll vote for the other: **Vote: DonkTimesFour** ---
**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:** [September 19, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/5497 "2011-09-19T14:34:58Z")
> [@Precambrianmollusc](#): > > Yes it was appreciated and apologies - poor cuttingband pasting skills from a list. So you did receive a message saying you felt safe last Night? ---
**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:** [September 19, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/5498 "2011-09-19T14:37:16Z")
**vote DonkTimesFour** He’s the closest thing we have to a ‘lurker’ right now, and it’s getting to be too late to allow that. At this point, we need all of the information we can get, and so far he’s been forthcoming with none of his. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Jan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Silver\_Jan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Jan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/5499 "2011-09-19T15:01:58Z")
**Vote DonkTimesFour** I have been thinking that **DonkTimesDour** has been looking scummy for a while now but that may be just because he isn’t around much.\*\* LighterFeet\*\* voted for him late yesterDay but that might have been to take a bit of the heat off him. You know, scum won’t vote for scum and all that. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/5500 "2011-09-19T16:23:00Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > So you did receive a message saying you felt safe last Night? yes thanks ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025/5501 "2011-09-19T17:40:22Z")
> [@special\_ed](#): > > What I find interesting is that he seems to do both the poisoning and the curing.. > > and you do..nothing? How do you know he does the curing? The only person who has been cured is Drain Bead, who I also targeted. And don’t you think poisoning **Drain Bead** is a wee bit suspicious? Once **Lightfoot** flipped scum, it seemed likely she was Town, right? Why wouldn’t he poison me (someone who conflicts with his claimed role or does nothing) instead of risking killing a useful Town power? Frankly, I’m surprised people are ignoring the weirdness associated with **Scathach** ’s claimed role: a second Town poisoner who was PM’d his full role (unlike anyone else) with modified powers and who can target the same person twice in a row unlike anyone else in the game. I don’t mind people being suspicious of me – apart from Blaster’s targeting me N1, I don’t think I have anything to point to me being Town. But I think I’m the less suspicious of the two of us. I’d have no problems supporting a lynch **Scathach** -and-then-me-if-he-flips-Town plan. I think that’s an objectively good play for Town: our claims are conflicting enough that Town is likely to get a Wolf out of it, and only lose a poisoner / apothecary in the deal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025.md?page=274) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-game-thread/593025.md?page=276)