# Mystery Mafia -- Sign-up Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 9, 2011, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090 "2011-08-09T15:39:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**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:** [August 12, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/121 "2011-08-12T17:53:01Z")
If you still need players, I’ll be in. If not, I just need someone to bitchslap. ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/122 "2011-08-12T17:56:45Z")
> [@special\_ed](#): > > If you still need players, I’ll be in. > > If not, I just need someone to bitchslap. Oh, you’re in. ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/123 "2011-08-12T17:57:46Z")
> [@sachertorte](#): > > I might be able to play. I should have time to read, don’t know about copious time to post though. I’ll put you on the list – you shouldn’t need to post a ton at all. If it turned out that you don’t think you can play, just let me know. ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/124 "2011-08-12T17:59:01Z")
**Sign-Up List** 1. Inner Stickler 2. Scuba\_Ben 3. LightFoot 4. Mahaloth 5. brewha 6. Astral Rejection 7. peekercpa 8. Precambrianmollusc 9. Drain Bead 10. PetW 11. Hirka T’Bawa 12. TexCat 13. Suburban Plankton 14. NAF1138 15. Normal Phase 16. Meeko 17. lilflower 18. Scathach 19. bufftabby 20. GuiriEnEspaña 21. Giraffe 22. Zeriel 23. MykBot 24. Idle Thoughts 25. Episkey 26. Silver Jan 27. sachertorte 28. Special Ed Subs list: Askthepizzaguy ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/125 "2011-08-12T18:00:37Z")
> [@NAF1138](#): > > 1st: [Batman](http://psychopathgame.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=tempy) > 2nd: [Cult of Seekham](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=426256) > 3rd: [You-Solve-It](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=447411) (might as well plug one of my games) > 4th: [Ragnarock](http://www.giraffeboards.com/forumdisplay.php?f=41&order=desc&page=11) > 5th: [Conspiracy #4](http://psychopathgame.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=ret) I was going to make another wisecrack, but that’s a pretty good list. 😛 ---
**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:** [August 12, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/126 "2011-08-12T18:03:45Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > Then again, if NAF can point to games I haven’t played in, and comment that those are his most fond moments, then that does kinda normalize me into the fold. > Tell me I’m wrong. You are not wrong, sir. 😉 Honestly I would put more SDMB games up, but with the Wiki down it’s a pain in the ass to look up the links and I wanted to make sure to point to games on the other boards too. My favorite Conspiracy game is actually the second one played on the SDMB, and I am fond of Story’s Evil Dead game as well and Pede’s Terminator game too. And Fluid’s recruiting game is probably my favorite example of scum fucking with one guy until he breaks (that guy being me). But the list had to get cut off somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/127 "2011-08-12T18:09:08Z")
I think we need to get **Chronos** and his infamous vote analysis program. I also think an early bloodbath is necessary, or this game will take ages. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/128 "2011-08-12T18:15:52Z")
Sorry, Scuba, you can’t play. You’re newly married, after all. 😉 You should be tending your wife, not playing a game on some message board!\* \*I kid, of course. Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/129 "2011-08-12T18:19:01Z")
Don’t worry about me, Idle. I’m considering the usefulness of targeting myself at some point if I determine a need for a controlled study of my power in this game. With my luck, that’s when I discover I have a killing power. ---
**Author:** ![sachertorte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sachertorte/32/3727_2.png) [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/130 "2011-08-12T18:20:25Z")
> [@NAF1138](#): > > And Fluid’s recruiting game is probably my favorite example of scum fucking with one guy until he breaks (that guy being me). I’m confused. Didn’t fluid’s game have like only two scum? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/131 "2011-08-12T18:22:42Z")
> [@sachertorte](#): > > I’m confused. Didn’t fluid’s game have like only two scum? Yes. And it ended quickly after I was lynched. But they spent an entire Day or maybe two prodding me until I essentially talked myself into being lynched. It was well done. One of the better examples of scum controlling the conversation, until they lost. Edit: if we are looking for entertainment value rather than teaching value. I am picking the games that I think were the most entertaining not the ones that I think were objectively created or played the best. Batman for example, was a mess from a balance standpoint. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/132 "2011-08-12T18:23:49Z")
fucking ragnarok ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/133 "2011-08-12T18:25:41Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > I think we need to get **Chronos** and his infamous vote analysis program. > > I also think an early bloodbath is necessary, or this game will take ages. The set-up should be high carnage and hopefully not too high variance. > [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > Don’t worry about me, Idle. I’m considering the usefulness of targeting myself at some point if I determine a need for a controlled study of my power in this game. With my luck, that’s when I discover I have a killing power. Players will be free to target themselves with their night actions. They will not, however, be able to target the same person (whether themselves or someone else) two nights in a row. 🙂 ---
**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:** [August 12, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/134 "2011-08-12T18:29:33Z")
Since it has been talked about a bit: [Fluid’s recruitment game](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=456652) where you can watch me flame out. I am sure there are other things that are interesting about it, but that’s the thing that I remember most. I personally learned a lot in that game about how to be a good townie rather than a bad one (which is what I was). ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/135 "2011-08-12T18:32:37Z")
Agree that Chronos and fluid would be awesome in this game. I’ll PM them both. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/136 "2011-08-12T18:36:46Z")
> [@peekercpa](#): > > and i just noticed that **g** defected from his own board. now that is a serious monkey that needs some mafia feeding. I was hoping to get a break from you. That plan failed miserably. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/137 "2011-08-12T18:40:34Z")
> [@special\_ed](#): > > If you still need players, I’ll be in. > > If not, I just need someone to bitchslap. the last time you did that some clown got all butt hurt. ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/138 "2011-08-12T18:43:51Z")
> [@sachertorte](#): > > But isn’t that the weird game where there were no masons and the scum were explicitly given mason cover roles? > > I wouldn’t toot my horn too loudly over that one. yes it was. and scum were over gunned on that puppy for sure. it was fun, however. seriously, **pollux** , **naf** and **mhaye**. who wouldn’t want to be scum with those folks? ---
**Author:** ![sachertorte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sachertorte/32/3727_2.png) [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/139 "2011-08-12T18:52:46Z")
Well we won’t have to contend with claims in this game. I’m assuming since we won’t know our powers we won’t know our own role either. It does make for a strange situation for masons. They don’t have active powers, so I guess we won’t have any. ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090/140 "2011-08-12T19:00:10Z")
> [@sachertorte](#): > > Well we won’t have to contend with claims in this game. I’m assuming since we won’t know our powers we won’t know our own role either. > It does make for a strange situation for masons. They don’t have active powers, so I guess we won’t have any. This post contains several potentially inaccurate assumptions. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mafia-sign-up-thread/592090.md?page=8)