# Shakespeare Mafia-- Signup **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 3, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-signup/1020456 "2025-07-03T18:39:44Z")\ **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 3, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-signup/1020456/1 "2025-07-03T18:39:44Z")
All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. This is a Mafia game. The basic idea is that there’s a town, composed mostly of innocents, but with a few secret evildoers among them. The game goes in cycles of Day and Night: Every Day, all of the townsfolk (including the secret evildoers) vote to lynch someone, hopefully an evildoer. Then, every Night, the evildoers (who are all known to each other) select a single innocent Townsfolk to murder. In an online game like this, a full Day-Night cycle is typically a week long. The townsfolk hope to eliminate all of the evildoers, while the evildoers hope to eliminate enough of the town that they’re now in the majority (and hence could, in principle, finish off the rest at their leisure). I’ll give more detailed rules before we start, but first, the sign-up. We’ll need a total of either 13 or 16 players for this game (16 would probably be better). This will be a relatively simple game, but with a few twists. 1. @Biotop 2. @Mahaloth 3. @DemonTree 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. (alternates) 17. 18. ---
**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 3, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-signup/1020456/2 "2025-07-03T18:50:53Z")
I don’t understand it (yet) so I am willing to play. Murder you can get away with? Yeah, why not? ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-signup/1020456/3 "2025-07-03T19:10:27Z")
/in like Quinn ---
**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 3, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-signup/1020456/4 "2025-07-03T19:12:23Z")
1. Biotop 2. Mahaloth 3. DemonTree 4. @Pardel-Lux 5. @Thing.Fish 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. * * * 1. 2. 3. (alternates) 17. 18. ---
**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 3, 2025, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-signup/1020456/5 "2025-07-03T19:13:19Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > I don’t understand it (yet) so I am willing to play. I’m sure plenty of people will be willing to explain things once the game gets rolling. If you can trust them. 😈 ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-signup/1020456/6 "2025-07-03T19:19:37Z")
count me in! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-signup/1020456/7 "2025-07-03T21:01:58Z")
Forsooth, I shall essay this thread game. ---
**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 3, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-signup/1020456/8 "2025-07-03T21:09:30Z")
1. Biotop 2. Mahaloth 3. DemonTree 4. Pardel-Lux 5. Thing.Fish 6. @LH75 7. @SunUp 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. * * * 1. 2. 3. (alternates) 17. 18. ---
**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 3, 2025, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-signup/1020456/9 "2025-07-03T21:26:28Z")
Looking forward to this. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-signup/1020456/10 "2025-07-04T11:12:21Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > 1. Biotop > 2. Mahaloth > 3. DemonTree > 4. Pardel-Lux > 5. Thing.Fish > 6. @LH75 > 7. @SunUp > 8. glee > 9. > 10. > 11. > 12. > 13. > 14. > 15. > 16. > > * * * > > (alternates) > 17. > 18. Is this a Mafia game I see before me?! ---
**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 4, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-signup/1020456/11 "2025-07-04T16:43:33Z")
So, if anyone’s a member over on the Giraffe board, would anyone care to mention this there? ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-signup/1020456/12 "2025-07-04T18:12:02Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > I don’t understand it (yet) so I am willing to play. > Murder you can get away with? Yeah, why not? Neither do I, but I’ll take stab at it too _(pun intended)_ And shouldn’t that be \*'Murder you can _ **MAYBE** _ get away with"? _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 4, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-signup/1020456/13 "2025-07-04T18:42:11Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > So, if anyone’s a member over on the Giraffe board, would anyone care to mention this there? I did and provided a link. ---
**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 5, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-signup/1020456/14 "2025-07-05T00:27:59Z")
1. Biotop 2. Mahaloth 3. DemonTree 4. Pardel-Lux 5. Thing.Fish 6. LH75 7. SunUp 8. @glee 9. @Bicycle_Bill 10. 11. 12. 13. * * * 1. 2. 3. (alternates) 17. 18. ---
**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 5, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-signup/1020456/15 "2025-07-05T00:47:54Z")
I am on there twice. ---
**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 5, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-signup/1020456/16 "2025-07-05T00:54:14Z")
Eh, it’s OK, you’ll probably be on the same team as yourself, anyway. Fixed. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2025, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-signup/1020456/17 "2025-07-05T00:56:35Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Looking forward to this. Yes. I’ve been wishing someone would start another game. ---
**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 5, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-signup/1020456/18 "2025-07-05T01:32:07Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Eh, it’s OK, you’ll probably be on the same team as yourself, anyway. God has given you one face and you make yourself another. ---
**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 5, 2025, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-signup/1020456/19 "2025-07-05T23:56:35Z")
1. Biotop 2. Mahaloth 3. DemonTree 4. Pardel-Lux 5. Thing.Fish 6. LH75 7. SunUp 8. glee 9. Bicycle\_Bill 10. @SCAdian 11. 12. 13. * * * 1. 2. 3. (alternates) 17. 18. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2025, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-signup/1020456/20 "2025-07-06T00:09:41Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > 1. @SCAdian Not I. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-signup/1020456.md?page=2)