# Trouble in Paradise (Mafia Game Thread) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 23, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-in-paradise-mafia-game-thread/735585 "2015-10-23T22:52:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![HookerChemical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@HookerChemical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HookerChemical)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-in-paradise-mafia-game-thread/735585/341 "2015-10-31T00:04:59Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Here is a thread some folks might like to read, now or during the Night when strategy is not allowed. > > [“Let’s improve how we play ‘Mafia’”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=654556) > > It goes over many of our theories of the game. It’s from 3 years ago. I’m going here for the night. I’ll see how wrong I’ve been playing so far. ---
**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:** [October 31, 2015, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-in-paradise-mafia-game-thread/735585/342 "2015-10-31T11:06:35Z")
Happy Halloween! ---
**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:** [November 1, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-in-paradise-mafia-game-thread/735585/343 "2015-11-01T15:35:26Z")
Happy Day After Halloween! ---
**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:** [November 1, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-in-paradise-mafia-game-thread/735585/344 "2015-11-01T15:57:25Z")
I’ll be happier the day after Wolflynch. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-in-paradise-mafia-game-thread/735585/345 "2015-11-01T16:00:25Z")
**Just a reminder: Night ends 25 hours from now. If you have a night power and have not yet sent it to me, make sure that you do so before Daybreak.** ---
**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:** [November 1, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-in-paradise-mafia-game-thread/735585/346 "2015-11-01T22:09:02Z")
Oy, Sorry Sario. I was on the wrong side of the pitchfork on this one. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-in-paradise-mafia-game-thread/735585/347 "2015-11-02T16:20:05Z")
**I have no idea why I made Day/Nights end at noon, since I will never be at my computer at noon on a weekday. Expect my update closer to 1 PM.** ---
**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:** [November 2, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-in-paradise-mafia-game-thread/735585/348 "2015-11-02T16:24:45Z")
Hey, the wolves already got their extra hour with the whole daylight savings thing. ---
**Author:** ![HookerChemical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@HookerChemical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HookerChemical)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-in-paradise-mafia-game-thread/735585/349 "2015-11-02T17:10:52Z")
I think it would be fine to move the end a few hours to a more convenient time to you. We’ll have five days notice if done for a day or 48 hours if night. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-in-paradise-mafia-game-thread/735585/350 "2015-11-02T17:40:16Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Hey, the wolves already got their extra hour with the whole daylight savings thing. I assume he means the update will be delayed but the night still ended 40 minutes ago, as per the OP. Although of course we can’t really start meaningful discussion again until we know the outcome of the night. And yes, I realise your post was almost certainly tongue-in-cheek anyway. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2015, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-in-paradise-mafia-game-thread/735585/351 "2015-11-02T17:48:03Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > **I have no idea why I made Day/Nights end at noon, since I will never be at my computer at noon on a weekday. Expect my update closer to 1 PM.** If easier, for D2 and so forth, we could just move the deadline to 1 PM. Or not. I guess it does not matter. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-in-paradise-mafia-game-thread/735585/352 "2015-11-02T17:55:20Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > I assume he means the update will be delayed but the night still ended 40 minutes ago, as per the OP. Although of course we can’t really start meaningful discussion again until we know the outcome of the night. > > And yes, I realise your post was almost certainly tongue-in-cheek anyway. Yes. But the waiting for results is a nerve-wracking (racking?) part of the game. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-in-paradise-mafia-game-thread/735585/353 "2015-11-02T17:57:32Z")
Really? I find it refreshing. Refresh, refresh, refresh… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-in-paradise-mafia-game-thread/735585/354 "2015-11-02T18:15:52Z")
\*To say that the night was nerve- **w** racking would be an understatement of the highest order. We all slept fitfully in our huts, wondering who would come for us in the night. And though sleep did come for me, eventually, I was startled awake in the middle of the night by a terrible scream. Were I a more courageous man (or woman, who can tell with the narrative being as vague as it is?), I would have rushed from my hut to confront what was surely a beastly attacker! But I did not. I cowered in abject fear. When morning came, we cautiously crept from our places of rest. Most of us. One of the huts contained a scene so grisly that I shan’t describe it in detail for fear that one of frail constitution may, somehow, later read these notes. Suffice it to say that it was appalling beyond all reason. We buried one of the bodies, tossed the other to the ocean, and convened to discuss the events of the previous night.\* **Astral Rejection** , a **standard village Citizen** , has been killed. **Prof. Pepperwinkle** , a **werewolf goon** , has been killed. **Day 2 begins here. It will end Friday at noon EST, but I will be nowhere near a computer until that evening, so I’m afraid you’ll have to wait on me.** ---
**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:** [November 2, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-in-paradise-mafia-game-thread/735585/355 "2015-11-02T18:22:47Z")
Well, ying tong iddle i po! That’s a nasty surprise. It’s gonna be a lot quieter around here. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-in-paradise-mafia-game-thread/735585/356 "2015-11-02T18:30:19Z")
That could have been worse. Sorry to see Astral go. I need to re-read D1 now to see how the Prof P lynch got derailed yesterday. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-in-paradise-mafia-game-thread/735585/357 "2015-11-02T18:35:50Z")
Sardo see you go Astral Yay for dead wolf. Vote switching shenanigans are certainly a possibility. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-in-paradise-mafia-game-thread/735585/358 "2015-11-02T18:36:36Z")
> [@TexCat](#): > > That could have been worse. Sorry to see Astral go. I need to re-read D1 now to see how the Prof P lynch got derailed yesterday. Consider me part of it. Well, not that I derailed the lynch, but I have said I did not suspect Prof. P. It’s true; I didn’t. I guess you were all right. I’m pretty surprised I was wrong, but this goes to show how hard it is to get a good read. ---
**Author:** ![HookerChemical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@HookerChemical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HookerChemical)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-in-paradise-mafia-game-thread/735585/359 "2015-11-02T18:42:04Z")
That was unexpected. Both in that I didn’t think Prof P was a wolf and that he died. Astral, on the other hand, was hardly shocking (talkative, veteran player). That will make for interesting re-reading. ---
**Author:** ![Dante\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-in-paradise-mafia-game-thread/735585/360 "2015-11-02T18:48:12Z")
Well, at the expense of a Townie, we at least know that we also have either a Vigilante or an SK. Hopefully this will work out in Towns favor. No vote for me just yet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-in-paradise-mafia-game-thread/735585.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-in-paradise-mafia-game-thread/735585.md?page=19)