# Watchalong Thread for Simpleton Mafia - No Live Players Please! **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 18, 2016, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchalong-thread-for-simpleton-mafia-no-live-players-please/746500 "2016-02-18T23:43:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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 26, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchalong-thread-for-simpleton-mafia-no-live-players-please/746500/21 "2016-02-26T17:02:24Z")
Well, from [Mafiascum.com](http://Mafiascum.com): > [@](#): > > Assassin is a name given to a few different roles: > In Royal Mafia it is the name given to the Anti-Kingdom Faction > In Dragon Phoenix’s version of the role, it is a Mafia Goon with the ability to make one or more daykills. It has also been used under other names. > In mith’s version of the role, it receives a target from the Mafia each night, and tries to get this player lynched. Another variant can have his vote bought several times > > during the game. or it could be something different, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![HookerChemical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@HookerChemical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HookerChemical)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchalong-thread-for-simpleton-mafia-no-live-players-please/746500/22 "2016-02-26T17:08:49Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Well, from [Mafiascum.com](http://Mafiascum.com): > > or it could be something different, I suppose. That’s the first place I looked, but it’s still unclear to me. There are three flavors on the wiki. One is a faction, so vanilla scum (or third faction, but probably scum). The other two are power roles. The lyncing one is very strange and unclear. ---
**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 26, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchalong-thread-for-simpleton-mafia-no-live-players-please/746500/23 "2016-02-26T18:30:15Z")
It may be similar to the role AstralRejection had in the Mafia setup where we were all action heroes. It’ll be nice to know. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchalong-thread-for-simpleton-mafia-no-live-players-please/746500/24 "2016-02-26T20:04:46Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Hey guys! First of all, sorry I killed yinz. Second, that was my first time as scum and I’m not sure I liked it as much as being a townie. It was less stressful, but I felt bad making lies and accusing people. Thirdly, Pepperoni and BACON! load up the pig bits! Being scum can be very hard but I firmly believe that nothing makes a strong town player like going a few rounds as scum. For me, I learned that I would never be as brazen a scum player as I imagined scum were because good lord, the agita. ---
**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 27, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchalong-thread-for-simpleton-mafia-no-live-players-please/746500/25 "2016-02-27T15:35:34Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Being scum can be very hard but I firmly believe that nothing makes a strong town player like going a few rounds as scum. For me, I learned that I would never be as brazen a scum player as I imagined scum were because good lord, the agita. I find I can separate my mind well and almost forget I am scum. I play as vanilla Town and usually when Night 1 comes, I snap out of it and remind myself I am on the scum team. ---
**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 27, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchalong-thread-for-simpleton-mafia-no-live-players-please/746500/26 "2016-02-27T15:49:23Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I find I can separate my mind well and almost forget I am scum. I play as vanilla Town and usually when Night 1 comes, I snap out of it and remind myself I am on the scum team. That sounds like very good advice. ---
**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 27, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchalong-thread-for-simpleton-mafia-no-live-players-please/746500/27 "2016-02-27T21:02:02Z")
Ouch. The good news: TexCat, as Town you’re a known threat to Scum, so being taken out early is a compliment of sorts. What would you like on your pizza? ---
**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 27, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchalong-thread-for-simpleton-mafia-no-live-players-please/746500/28 "2016-02-27T21:24:12Z")
Pepperoni, olives, lots of cheese. And a few beers to wash it down. ETA: I got lucky with my vote on snf, and so probably wasn’t going to get lynched anytime soon. Made me a good target, I reckon. ---
**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 27, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchalong-thread-for-simpleton-mafia-no-live-players-please/746500/29 "2016-02-27T23:38:41Z")
TexCat, your guesses have been so lucky so often recently (speaking from personal experience here), I’m surprised you aren’t the first one to be NK’d every game. Looking at it, I’ll be really surprised if both Biotop and JBravo turn out to be scum. ---
**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 28, 2016, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchalong-thread-for-simpleton-mafia-no-live-players-please/746500/30 "2016-02-28T00:02:36Z")
As assassin, I was tempted to gorrote texcat night 1. But I felt that might have been too obvious. I went for mahaloth because I felt it made the least sense, thus more confusion. But wtf do I know? ---
**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 28, 2016, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchalong-thread-for-simpleton-mafia-no-live-players-please/746500/31 "2016-02-28T00:32:04Z")
JB is confirmed town with his vote of SNF, isn’t he? I don’t know about Biotop. And I wonder about Kimble who made a last minute switch off SNF and onto Septimus. My guess is that Septimus is town, but it’s really a guess. I’m glad I was not the vig this game. I’d have had trouble killing anyone. I’m not getting strong scum signals from anyone. Rarity claimed to have something to say (finally) in the night thread. I am eagerly awaiting it. ---
**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 28, 2016, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchalong-thread-for-simpleton-mafia-no-live-players-please/746500/32 "2016-02-28T00:33:08Z")
SNF, thanks for letting me live one more day! 😛 ---
**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 28, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchalong-thread-for-simpleton-mafia-no-live-players-please/746500/33 "2016-02-28T00:50:45Z")
Sorry for the multi-posting, but one more thing… I think assassin is just Sacher’s term for scum. See [Simpletown I](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9780861&postcount=1429) ---
**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 28, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchalong-thread-for-simpleton-mafia-no-live-players-please/746500/34 "2016-02-28T03:27:32Z")
Multi-posting is not a problem here. I’m guessing “assassin” is the term for the designated Scum who relays the NK to the Mod. Upon his death, the next in line will be the new assassin. This means that if Scum fight among themselves, the assassin’s vote counts the most. ---
**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 28, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchalong-thread-for-simpleton-mafia-no-live-players-please/746500/35 "2016-02-28T23:56:32Z")
Quiet Sunday. ---
**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 29, 2016, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchalong-thread-for-simpleton-mafia-no-live-players-please/746500/36 "2016-02-29T13:06:12Z")
Sundays often are. ---
**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 29, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchalong-thread-for-simpleton-mafia-no-live-players-please/746500/37 "2016-02-29T18:20:52Z")
I’m guessing JBravo is Town, and Biotop is Scum, but then, I thought TexCat was Scum. ---
**Author:** ![HookerChemical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@HookerChemical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HookerChemical)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchalong-thread-for-simpleton-mafia-no-live-players-please/746500/38 "2016-03-01T00:05:24Z")
Biotop is pinging my scumdar hard. I’ve been skimming after being away for the weekend, but I had that feeling going into the weekend and his posts over the weekend just ping me more. I think JB’s suspicion for Biotop not mentioning snfaulkner in a couple posts is baseless. Scum Biotop includes scum in his rundowns. Not “honestly” but materially. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2016, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchalong-thread-for-simpleton-mafia-no-live-players-please/746500/39 "2016-03-01T00:49:22Z")
What do yall think about Kimble? His vote move off SNF late in the day? My vote might be there toDay. I’d at least what to hear what he has to say about it. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchalong-thread-for-simpleton-mafia-no-live-players-please/746500/40 "2016-03-01T01:00:16Z")
Kimble doesn’t post enough to form an informed opinion. Lynch the lurker. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchalong-thread-for-simpleton-mafia-no-live-players-please/746500.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchalong-thread-for-simpleton-mafia-no-live-players-please/746500.md?page=3)