# Shakespeare Mafia-- Act I **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 12, 2025, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-act-i/1020789 "2025-07-12T15:19:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [July 12, 2025, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-act-i/1020789/1 "2025-07-12T15:19:12Z")
Act 1, scene 1: Early morning, in the streets of Verona. Two households, both alike in dignity (In fair Verona, where we lay our scene), From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. Day 1 has begun, and will end on Thursday at 11:30 AM. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-act-i/1020789/2 "2025-07-12T15:24:38Z")
**vote Mahaloth** 'Tis been too long since I have judged thee. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-act-i/1020789/3 "2025-07-12T15:39:51Z")
Art these my companions in this venture? 1. Biotop 2. Mahaloth 3. DemonTree 4. Pardel-Lux 5. Thing.Fish 6. LH75 7. SunUp 8. glee 9. Bicycle\_Bill 10. Dizzymrslizzy 11. AngeloftheNorth 12. @Prof.Pepperwinkle 13. @storyteller0910 Forsooth I am Travers and have only a minor role to play. Yet I see that others shall call me ‘glee.’ I wish to call to judgement those of villainous intent … yet unlike Pepperwinkle I have no cause to name one yet. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-act-i/1020789/4 "2025-07-12T15:46:53Z")
Oh, and let me @ everyone, so we all know we’re starting: 1. @Biotop 2. @Mahaloth 3. @DemonTree 4. @Pardel-Lux 5. @Thing.Fish 6. @LH75 7. @SunUp 8. @glee 9. @Bicycle_Bill 10. @Dizzymrslizzy 11. @AngeloftheNorth 12. @Prof.Pepperwinkle 13. @storyteller0910 ---
**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:** [July 12, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-act-i/1020789/5 "2025-07-12T16:15:56Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > \*_vote Mahaloth_ No, no. I’m not doing this again! Hey, this seems like a fun thing. I seriously want Giraffeboards to get the mafia games back up and running as well. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-act-i/1020789/6 "2025-07-12T16:29:05Z")
Checking in. Exciting to be back doing this after so many years. ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-act-i/1020789/7 "2025-07-12T16:30:55Z")
This feels so weird. I played a lot of games of Mafia between 2004 and, like, 2019, but absolutely none in the last few years. Seeing people vote without using blue text is going to confuse me for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-act-i/1020789/8 "2025-07-12T16:38:54Z")
Looking carefully around the corner. Did I hear a vote? What does a vote mean, are we a republic now? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-act-i/1020789/9 "2025-07-12T16:42:59Z")
**unvote Mahaloth.** Now is the winter of our Mafialessness made glorious summer by the noblelord of Verona. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-act-i/1020789/10 "2025-07-12T16:53:07Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > What does a vote mean, are we a republic now? Presumably. Watery bints lobbing scimitars are from a different classic of English theatre. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-act-i/1020789/11 "2025-07-12T16:54:06Z")
Just checking to make sure I have the vote-count formatting right: Mahaloth 0 (Prof.Pepperwinkle 2-9) ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-act-i/1020789/12 "2025-07-12T17:07:24Z")
So two things about approval / multi-vote: 1. It means that players have very little excuse/reason not to be a real part of the final vote each day - either voting for a leading candidate or clearly and explicitly declining to do so, with reasons. If your primary suspect isn’t a serious candidate, you can keep your one- or two-off vote to register your suspicion but still register a meaningful opinion on the day’s main discussion. 2. I think it would be helpful if we’re all pretty specific about our confidence level in any given vote - if you have three or four votes open, it’d be advisable I think to make sure that everyone is clear on which one would be your first choice. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-act-i/1020789/13 "2025-07-12T17:41:52Z")
**Chronos, howdo you feel about _vote all_ and _unvote all_?** ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-act-i/1020789/14 "2025-07-12T18:15:17Z")
- > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Chronos, howdo you feel about _vote all_ and _unvote all_? Wouldn’t you then be voting for yourself? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-act-i/1020789/15 "2025-07-12T18:20:30Z")
Hey, sirrah, I’ve done it before! I just unvote myself afterwards. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-act-i/1020789/16 "2025-07-12T18:20:45Z")
> [@storyteller0910](#): > > This feels so weird. I played a lot of games of Mafia between 2004 and, like, 2019, but absolutely none in the last few years. Seeing people vote without using blue text is going to confuse me for a while. I would really suggest we stick to the blue and red system. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-act-i/1020789/17 "2025-07-12T18:21:15Z")
We don’t have that option, alack. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-act-i/1020789/18 "2025-07-12T18:33:28Z")
How about: BLUEBLUEBLUEBLUEBLUE Your vote BLUEBLUEBLUEBLUEBLUE Seems hard to miss. ---
**Author:** ![colinfred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colinfred/32/21338_2.png) [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-act-i/1020789/19 "2025-07-12T18:41:18Z")
Or 🟦 Vote Biden 🟥Unvote Trump Done like ```auto :blue_square: Vote Biden :red_square: Unvote Trump ``` or just searching red and blue in the emoticon menu? ---
**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:** [July 12, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-act-i/1020789/20 "2025-07-12T18:57:02Z")
There are also ways to do it using the math tags, but it’s cumbersome and I don’t want to impose that on anyone. But if you want to go to the trouble to look up color tricks, to make it clearer for yourselves and each other, go ahead. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-act-i/1020789.md?page=2)