# Simpletown Mafia the Third **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 10, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpletown-mafia-the-third/745735 "2016-02-10T18:28:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [February 13, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpletown-mafia-the-third/745735/21 "2016-02-13T19:11:00Z")
Dawn: Day One The sleepy eyes of Simpletown awake to startling news: the remains of a brutally murdered body is found in the town square. The Town Mayor is dead, again. The citizenry of Simpletown resolves to avenge their noble Mayor and purge the town of this nefarious threat by lynching the guilty party. Day begins now. Day One will end on Thursday, 18 February 2017 at 4:00PM EST. A plurality of votes is necessary to lynch. ---
**Author:** ![HookerChemical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@HookerChemical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HookerChemical)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpletown-mafia-the-third/745735/22 "2016-02-13T19:11:24Z")
nevermind. closed between opening thread and replying. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpletown-mafia-the-third/745735/23 "2016-02-13T19:15:16Z")
Public Announcement: There are no Masons in this game. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpletown-mafia-the-third/745735/24 "2016-02-13T20:17:22Z")
> [@HookerChemical](#): > > nevermind. closed between opening thread and replying. Sorry HookerChemical. This should be a fast game since the player number is relatively small. Maybe someone will run a new game after this one. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpletown-mafia-the-third/745735/25 "2016-02-13T20:38:59Z")
So, no idea who or what killed the Mayor, eh? We don’t know if it was Wolves or Secret Nazis or Literary Critics or Pod People or Vampire Sheep or Visiting Nurses. It makes ya wonder. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpletown-mafia-the-third/745735/26 "2016-02-13T20:41:52Z")
Our cast, alphabetized: Biotop Fair Rarity Johnny Bravo Kimble Mahaloth Precambrianmollusc Prof. Pepperwinkle septimus snfaulkner TexCat ---
**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:** [February 13, 2016, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpletown-mafia-the-third/745735/27 "2016-02-13T21:14:29Z")
I have my role. Are we starting? ---
**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:** [February 13, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpletown-mafia-the-third/745735/28 "2016-02-13T21:15:51Z")
Confirm my role. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2016, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpletown-mafia-the-third/745735/29 "2016-02-13T21:22:42Z")
…or the Walking Dead or Robot Chickens or Alien Viruses. Or maybe it was Deadpool! ---
**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:** [February 13, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpletown-mafia-the-third/745735/30 "2016-02-13T21:46:17Z")
Role received. Work/Valentine’s Day activities will hinder my participation somewhat Sat/Sun. ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpletown-mafia-the-third/745735/31 "2016-02-13T23:12:16Z")
I had PM’d sachertorte confirming my role, but I might as well announce that here as well. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2016, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpletown-mafia-the-third/745735/32 "2016-02-14T01:03:11Z")
The game has begun. No need to confirm. Posting game stuff is sufficient confirmation. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2016, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpletown-mafia-the-third/745735/33 "2016-02-14T02:24:39Z")
Cry havoc and let loose the dogs of war! (or, in our case, TexCat!) ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpletown-mafia-the-third/745735/34 "2016-02-14T03:29:01Z")
I call no cheese puns this time. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2016, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpletown-mafia-the-third/745735/35 "2016-02-14T03:59:14Z")
> [@sachertorte](#): > > Win Condition: > Individual win conditions will not change during the course of the game. Your team wins when all threats to your team are neutralized. > > Closed Setup: > An inventory of roles will not be published. Greetings everyone. Does anyone else find this wording in the instructions to to be a trifle _odd_? The first post of the thread said that “the game will be simple with basic power roles.” So what is with the “individual win conditions” and the “all threats?” Hmmm… ---
**Author:** ![TexCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/texcat/32/9041_2.png) [@TexCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexCat)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpletown-mafia-the-third/745735/36 "2016-02-14T05:20:45Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Cry havoc and let loose the dogs of war! (or, in our case, TexCat!) \*\* vote Prof.P\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpletown-mafia-the-third/745735/37 "2016-02-14T08:34:31Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Greetings everyone. > > Does anyone else find this wording in the instructions to to be a trifle _odd_? The first post of the thread said that “the game will be simple with basic power roles.” > > So what is with the “individual win conditions” and the “all threats?” > > Hmmm… I guess serial killers can count as simple. Maybe? They’re normal at [mafiascum.net](http://mafiascum.net), anyway. We’ll find out eventually, I suppose. **Vote Precambrianmollusc** …because I could see myself quickly getting tired of repeatedly typing that. (We do RVS here, right?) ---
**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:** [February 14, 2016, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpletown-mafia-the-third/745735/38 "2016-02-14T08:48:17Z")
Thus vainly thinking that she thinks me young, Although she knows my days are past the best, Simply I credit her false-speaking tongue, On both sides thus is simple truth suppressed: ---
**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:** [February 14, 2016, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpletown-mafia-the-third/745735/39 "2016-02-14T11:41:59Z")
rvs? What is RVS. And when I can get to a proper computer I’ll vote for Kimble because if he can’t figure out to type in PCM instead of my full handle he will be no help to us town at all. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2016, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpletown-mafia-the-third/745735/40 "2016-02-14T11:45:36Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Greetings everyone. > > Does anyone else find this wording in the instructions to to be a trifle _odd_? The first post of the thread said that “the game will be simple with basic power roles.” > > So what is with the “individual win conditions” and the “all threats?” > > Hmmm… He could just be being vague, it is a closed set up and so he may be being overly non specific . It is a small game and so not a whole lot of room for 3rd parties , recruitment or general schnanigans [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpletown-mafia-the-third/745735.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpletown-mafia-the-third/745735.md?page=3)