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Title: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Black Sword on 19 Nov 2012, 13:02
Greetings denizens of CHATTER. I bring to you all a chance to join a game known as Mafia.

What is Mafia you ask? It is a game primarily composed of two factions, the village, the majority who do not know their own members, and the mafia, the minority who know their own members. The mafia aim to kill villagers during the night until only their own remain. Meanwhile, the villagers vote on who to lynch during the day in order to weed out the mafia scum. Lynches occur when over half the players vote on a target.

Though the mafia may have the ability to kill a villager once a night, some villagers gets roles of their own whether it be discerning the role of another person or the ability to protect a fellow player from getting killed.

The game I plan on hosting will hold 14 players and will begin when the slots are filled.

What do you say? Shall we play a game?

Players
01. idontunderstand
02. dr. nervioso
03. Patrick
04. Linds
05. cesium133
06. TheEvilDog
07. henri bemis
08. J
09. DynamiteKid
10. Zingoleb
11. Nikolai
12. Gnomes2169
13. Carl-E
14. Whitey Fats
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: idontunderstand on 19 Nov 2012, 13:27
I don't get it at all but if there's lynchings I'm in!
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Zingoleb on 19 Nov 2012, 13:28
It's actually pretty fun and not that hard to pick up.

That said, I'm not playing.  :-P
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: dr. nervioso on 19 Nov 2012, 14:31
I played it once, it was pretty cool
That said, I'm in
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Patrick on 19 Nov 2012, 16:03
I'm in.
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Lines on 19 Nov 2012, 16:49
Ooo! Pick me! Pick me! I love this game.
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: cesium133 on 19 Nov 2012, 18:14
Count me in.
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: TheEvilDog on 19 Nov 2012, 19:39
I have no idea how to play, but hey, sign me up.
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Carl-E on 20 Nov 2012, 01:32
I guess we're playing in the forum?  Do we need to check in at any particular frequency? 

Sounds like fun...
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: henri bemis on 20 Nov 2012, 02:56
I'd play, if that's cool (it's my experience on other forums that people with fewer posts than fingers don't tend to stick around long enough for a Mafia game, but I promise not to flake).  I love this game so much.
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: J on 20 Nov 2012, 03:11
i'm up for it if that's cool.
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Black Sword on 20 Nov 2012, 05:36
I guess we're playing in the forum?  Do we need to check in at any particular frequency? 

Sounds like fun...

We would indeed be playing in the forum! After everyone is signed up, I'll open a new thread specifically to play the game. Mafia is divided into day and night, but since 12 hours is a bit harsh, "day" would last 48 hours, so everyone can debate who to lynch, while "night" would be 24 hours, so people can send in their actions for the night.
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Thrillho on 20 Nov 2012, 14:40
Sure. Screw it.
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Nikolai on 20 Nov 2012, 20:02
I'll play!
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Patrick on 21 Nov 2012, 02:41
Sure. Screw it.

Please do!
           \
            :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Zingoleb on 21 Nov 2012, 03:07
Bah, fine. I'm in.
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Gnomes2169 on 21 Nov 2012, 08:14
As long as you use the messenger system to get responses from the Mafia/ Police/ Doctor/ Jesus, etc, this game should work superbly! Count me in.
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Black Sword on 22 Nov 2012, 09:51
Only two more to go!
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Carl-E on 23 Nov 2012, 16:56
Are you counting me?  'cause I'm more intrigued than my initial post sounded -

Count me in.
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Whitey Fats on 24 Nov 2012, 07:02
If there's room, I'm down
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Black Sword on 24 Nov 2012, 09:01
Minimum number achieved! Expect the official Mafia game thread to be launched later today. Until then, if you still want to join the fun, post on here and declare your interest!
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Black Sword on 26 Nov 2012, 05:49
Better late than never! Mafia game has been launched. All roles have received a PM. If you did not get a PM, you're a regular villager.
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Bear on 26 Nov 2012, 20:25
Damn, I miss playing this back on my old forum. I'll just watch nostalgically and enjoy from the sidelines, if that's okay. :)
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Carl-E on 26 Nov 2012, 20:29
That's fine.  Can we lynch you anyway if we get bored? 
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Bear on 26 Nov 2012, 20:36
Only if it's creative. :P
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Lines on 03 Dec 2012, 11:06
I hope you all will take into consideration what I was saying before I was murdered! Considering I said a lot and it was probably why I was killed.

Also I'm going to hazard a guess that the mafia thought I was the cop. FOOLED YOU!
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: TheEvilDog on 03 Dec 2012, 11:11
I imagine the joke is on you, what with you being dead and all...

By the way, now that you're on the other side, could you please water that plant I never watered?
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Lines on 03 Dec 2012, 11:14
Not really. I honestly like pretending I'm a little crazy paranoid in these things and being dead can just make you all even more paranoid. MWAHAHAHA!

And if I can't be bothered to remember to water plants when I'm alive, I most certainly won't now that I'm dead!
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: TheEvilDog on 03 Dec 2012, 11:22
pretending I'm a little crazy

I'm firmly of the belief that everyone on this forum is completely and utterly nuts.
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Thrillho on 03 Dec 2012, 12:05
So what I learned is that acting like a fucking murderous lunatic is not a good way to go.
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: idontunderstand on 03 Dec 2012, 14:36
And the "paranoid mayor" doesn't go down too well either, I've noticed..
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Thrillho on 03 Dec 2012, 14:53
I did love this game though and want to play a new game immediately after this.
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Gnomes2169 on 03 Dec 2012, 14:59
pretending I'm a little crazy

I'm firmly of the belief that everyone on this forum is completely and utterly nuts.

Thank you for noticing.
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Patrick on 03 Dec 2012, 15:33
As if that's been made so difficult  :roll:
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Gnomes2169 on 03 Dec 2012, 15:35
I would have recommended a stronger prescription on his glasses if he didn't notice. :P
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Patrick on 05 Dec 2012, 10:33
"Nice try, officer  :-D"

Bahahahaha you's all suckas
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Lines on 05 Dec 2012, 11:10
Sorry for doubting you, Pat.
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: TheEvilDog on 05 Dec 2012, 11:19
You were all murdering psychopaths! Stringing up innocent people!

Also, Patrick, can I have your police badge now that you've been lynched?
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Lines on 05 Dec 2012, 11:21
I am not a psychopath. I actually didn't kill anybody at all. Patrick survived the only vote I made, so WHATEVER.
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: TheEvilDog on 05 Dec 2012, 11:25
Fair enough, we'll get a stone angel for you  :-P
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Carl-E on 05 Dec 2012, 15:32
Here you go! 

(http://charlottehutson.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/tombstone-art-face-angel-wings.jpg)
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Zingoleb on 05 Dec 2012, 15:42
here you go!

(http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111112012610/tardis/images/6/6e/5x04_Time_of_the_Angels_174.jpg)
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Lines on 05 Dec 2012, 15:44
I was thinking more along the lines of a weeping angel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weeping_Angel). You know, just in case any of the crazies come and decide to mess with my grave. :evil:

Edit: Lols, you beat me to it!
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Patrick on 06 Dec 2012, 14:21
The cop and the don in the same day? Oh heavenly almighty fuck this escalated quickly
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Carl-E on 06 Dec 2012, 15:38
They were running out of villagers...
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Black Sword on 06 Dec 2012, 16:49
I'm glad the corpses liked the game! I'm going to set up a new game after this one ends. I'm aiming for 18 effectives, as it lets us play a more complex version of the game!
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Lines on 06 Dec 2012, 16:51
And now the remaining members of the village are preparing to kill yet another innocent person. Duh, guys, and or hello.

Also Carl, I never expected you to be the supreme evil, so well done!

I'm glad the corpses liked the game! I'm going to set up a new game after this one ends. I'm aiming for 18 effectives, as it lets us play a more complex version of the game!

Ooo, yay! I died much too quickly and can't wait to play again.
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: henri bemis on 06 Dec 2012, 17:37
The GM in me is saying "noooooo, metagaming!"  But the player in me is saying "Oooh, tell me MORE!"  It is my eternal dilemma.

Or maybe we just all start with oujia boards in our inventories?
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Zingoleb on 06 Dec 2012, 18:15
I'd like to try this again. The GM fuck-up with votes kind of soured this round for me (sorry if that comes across as aggressive, I'm just irritated by it)
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: riccostar on 06 Dec 2012, 18:28
I'm glad the corpses liked the game! I'm going to set up a new game after this one ends. I'm aiming for 18 effectives, as it lets us play a more complex version of the game!

Woo! It looked fun.
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Lines on 06 Dec 2012, 21:12
I'd like to try this again. The GM fuck-up with votes kind of soured this round for me (sorry if that comes across as aggressive, I'm just irritated by it)

To be fair, I didn't notice it either. Also I didn't know changing votes was even allowed...
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Zingoleb on 06 Dec 2012, 21:31
yeah but

noticing that sort of thing isn't your job  :-P
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: TRVA123 on 07 Dec 2012, 00:08
I hope another round is held, this is highly entertaining, and I'd like to be a part of it!
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: J on 07 Dec 2012, 00:13
i'd totally be up for another round. but i'm also willing to sit the next one out and let other people have a chance if there's too many people wanting in.
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Gnomes2169 on 07 Dec 2012, 00:27
Adding more people in would just make the game longer and more interesting! I'm in on the next round~ :-D
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: idontunderstand on 07 Dec 2012, 00:39
I'd like to try this again. The GM fuck-up with votes kind of soured this round for me (sorry if that comes across as aggressive, I'm just irritated by it)


To be fair, you DID vote for Patrick first. Then you changed it to that bugger idontunderstand. Then back to Patrick again as far as I know. So I wouldn't say he fucked up that bad.
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Carl-E on 07 Dec 2012, 05:17
I thought changing votes wasn't allowed either, or I wouldn't have held back so often. 
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Lines on 07 Dec 2012, 05:23
I don't think I've ever played or gm'd a game where changing votes was allowed. I mean, you can speculate by name as much as you want, but once you vote, your vote is cast and that's that. It's too confusing to keep track of votes if people are allowed to change their minds, even when the game is played in person.
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Black Sword on 07 Dec 2012, 07:26
I've always played a game where you can change votes. However, everyone was usually very good about bolding "Lynch <user>" at the bottom of their message. Dropping their vote change in the middle of a mass of text is fairly easy to miss.

Either way, what we play depends on how many sign up. I'm really shooting for 18.
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Game and Watch Forever on 07 Dec 2012, 10:44
Sounds like voting rules just need to be fairly explicit so that there's zero confusion as to who is doing what and what everyone can do in the first place. I think it's clear everyone has had different mafia rule experiences.

Also, I'd love to join next game. It's been too long since my last forum mafia game. Last mafia-like game I played was a game of The Resistence (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Resistance_(party_game)), and holy crap did that leave a bad, metaphorical taste in my mouth.  :meh:

Edit: Despite my last game, The Resistence is usually a wonderful little game if you want to play mafia with some hard facts and probability thrown into the game so that you're not always feeling like you have to rely on your guts (though there's still plenty of that).

Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: TheEvilDog on 07 Dec 2012, 10:46
Sign me up for the next game anyway. This one was a load of fun.
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Thrillho on 07 Dec 2012, 12:06
I'm definitely up for another round.
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Patrick on 07 Dec 2012, 12:13
Count me in, you don't know what a tickle I got when this goofy lot went and lynched my 5-0 ass
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: idontunderstand on 07 Dec 2012, 14:06
Good to know someone got off from it.. I'm getting a little tingly now myself..
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Carl-E on 07 Dec 2012, 15:46
I don't see suicides in games often. 

I just got a contract for an online course - I need to see the details before I commit to another game! 
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: J on 09 Dec 2012, 10:48
There's only four people left. Two mafia, one insane cop and one vigilante...

well, things have just gotten quite interesting, haven't they?
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Lines on 09 Dec 2012, 10:55
You guys are fraked!
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: J on 09 Dec 2012, 11:27
glad it's not my problem anymore.
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Gnomes2169 on 09 Dec 2012, 19:30
Ah, good old eternal damnation for plotting out and executing the bloody murders of three townsfolk by their own hands... I feel accomplished.

Good luck bros! I'll be rooting for you!
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Zingoleb on 09 Dec 2012, 20:13
I'll be smothering you!

this is how i read that okay
Title: Re: Mafia sign up thread
Post by: Gnomes2169 on 09 Dec 2012, 23:14
As you should.  :-D :evil: