# Official Mafia Game Hosting Line **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 26, 2009, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-mafia-game-hosting-line/507736 "2009-08-26T03:24:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 6
**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:** [February 25, 2012, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-mafia-game-hosting-line/507736/101 "2012-02-25T13:41:19Z")
I am pretty sure people would play. Not me, I don’t have time, but people would play. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-mafia-game-hosting-line/507736/102 "2012-02-25T15:21:37Z")
If you build it, they will play. The danger is with people playing story’s game if they limit themselves to only one game at a time, you might have a smaller pool to get player’s from. And, sorry, but I won’t have time either. ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-mafia-game-hosting-line/507736/103 "2012-02-25T16:59:46Z")
Well, tell you what. If I can scare up enough players, I’ll host the game I had in mind. Here I go! ---
**Author:** ![Astral\_Rejection](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@Astral\_Rejection](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astral_Rejection)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-mafia-game-hosting-line/507736/104 "2012-02-25T17:10:38Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > The danger is with people playing story’s game if they limit themselves to only one game at a time, you might have a smaller pool to get player’s from. very true. I’m a one-game-at-a-time kinda guy. ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-mafia-game-hosting-line/507736/105 "2012-02-25T17:23:52Z")
This is sounding more and more like a “wait until Story’s game is done” kinda situation. Only a brave man or a fool would try hosting right now, and I’m not one of those. However, I am a brave fool, which is two of those. The show must go on. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-mafia-game-hosting-line/507736/106 "2012-02-25T21:49:24Z")
Ordinarily, I would give a game here precedence over one on another board, but **Storyteller** has run some absolutely awesome games in the past, so I’m there. If you do decide to run one here anyway, I would recommend making it a smaller one (15-ish people). Or at least, make it a flexible setup that you can scale down if needed. ---
**Author:** ![Astral\_Rejection](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@Astral\_Rejection](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astral_Rejection)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-mafia-game-hosting-line/507736/107 "2012-09-20T00:34:10Z")
Anybody cooking up any games? ---
**Author:** ![Astral\_Rejection](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@Astral\_Rejection](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astral_Rejection)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-mafia-game-hosting-line/507736/108 "2012-09-20T19:26:09Z")
Shameless bump, on account of how I’m ready for another game. Anybody cooking something up? ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-mafia-game-hosting-line/507736/109 "2012-09-20T20:45:47Z")
I have an experimental game that’s ready to go (that is, not similar to anything I’ve run before and involving a novel game mechanic). I’m little busy playing the new game on **Idle** ’s board, but once it settles out (in a week or two), I could certainly start running it. ---
**Author:** ![Astral\_Rejection](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@Astral\_Rejection](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astral_Rejection)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-mafia-game-hosting-line/507736/110 "2012-11-02T21:26:29Z")
Pleo, were you still cooking up that game? ---
**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:** [November 2, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-mafia-game-hosting-line/507736/111 "2012-11-02T21:28:36Z")
If you’re jonesing, Kid has signups going on idlemafia currently. ---
**Author:** ![SisterCoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-mafia-game-hosting-line/507736/112 "2012-11-16T16:18:31Z")
I’ve got about six slots left for my [Through the Looking Glass](http://www.giraffeboards.com/showthread.php?t=28513) game on Giraffe, if anybody would like to come join over there… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-mafia-game-hosting-line/507736/113 "2012-11-16T17:26:03Z")
> [@Astral\_Rejection](#): > > Pleo, were you still cooking up that game? Sorry about that. Yes, it’s ready to go, but the end of the year and holidays makes mafia a no-go until January. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-mafia-game-hosting-line/507736.md?page=5)