01-Vanilla Town Day 5 Mafia/Endgame

[Bolero]

It is the end of the road for Vanilla Town.

Just before sunrise, Mayor Rogerb is on the verge of killing himself when a shot rings out in the chilly pre-dawn, and he drops dead on his patio, hara-kiri knife in hand.

Rogerb was vanilla town.

Thinking well of himself for getting rid of someone he thought scummy as hell (although, aren’t all politicians?), and unaware yet of either the mayor’s innocence or his own impending doom, loubert runs from the scene, stashing his rifle under a bush by the side of the road. As he crosses the park, a gun-toting mafioso appears in front of him…he turns to run back the way he’s come, when the Don steps out to block his escape. "It's...it's YOU!" he cries in shock. At a nod from the Don, the trigger-happy scumbag mows down loubert, chuckling sadistically.

Loubert was the town vigilante.
http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii604/victoriabos/rifle.gif

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Please hold...

[Bolero]

The only people left in Vanilla Town are the two mafia and one unfortunate, soon-to-be-dead citizen.

Threat is The Don.
http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii604/victoriabos/don-corleone.jpg (http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii604/victoriabos/don-corleone.jpg)

Lord Blackadder is vanilla scum.
http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii604/victoriabos/Mafiathug.jpg (http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii604/victoriabos/Mafiathug.jpg)

Loki is vanilla town….run, Lok, run for your life!!!

Scum win!

Congratulations LBA, Threat and Protium on a well-deserved win.
All players – alive or dead – and spectators are invited to post in this thread to congratulate the winners and conduct postgame autopsy, if you wish. :D

[Bolero]

Zombie writeboard:
http://123.writeboard.com/s3i0nnulenlfg00wzm9tmw0s (http://123.writeboard.com/s3i0nnulenlfg00wzm9tmw0s)
password: brains

Scum writeboard:
http://123.writeboard.com/0q8qcsfv0jwyufpp4x1lowks (http://123.writeboard.com/0q8qcsfv0jwyufpp4x1lowks)
password: evil

[Bolero]

Thank you so much folks. I had a ball doing this.

Congrats to the scum team. :D

[dilbadoon]

Incredible. Great show scum, well deserved win. And loubert, seriously, go do some target practice! :p:D

Thanks Bolero, this was hilarious and nail biting!

[Bolero]

Nailbiting indeed.

I can finally get some bloody work done now, and get a good night's sleep, hopefully. :D

[Bolero]

This is a PM I got from wolty on Day 2:

"Those bastards tried to kill me!!!!:eek:

I think they know, I know who they are. They can see I waited and wrongly voted for davo and not Protes and now they are out to get me because they think I have worked it out. Doubt I will last another night but will endeavour to take a few with me. :D

So from my reading, there are at least two and maybe three that voted for davo that are scum, namely LBA, gruber, Protes and Threat. If it is only two of those, there will be another lurking around outside of those. a sleeper if you will.

I think Threat, LBA and Protes.

My options.

1. Keep quiet, die and achieve nothing.
2. Tell everyone I am the doctor and I saw the writing on the wall and saved myself. Let them know if I die and it is revealed that I was vanilla, that I think it is at least 2 or 3 of the original 4 but they need to take them all out at the same time to protect themselves and keep in mind there may be another.
3. Take a chance and PM rogerb letting him know that I am the doctor, hope he is not scum, and tell him all I think. I may have to do this.

I am such a realist. :) And very very pragmatic it would seem. :D

Will wait for the vote a bit, but I can see, even if the vote goes for Protes, they will kill me tonight anyway. :D

I could try and trust rogerb and Dilby but I don't know as I do think there may be another lurking about outside the 4 that voted for davo. I think Loki and Prax and loubert are on the money at this stage.

Or I could be completely wrong and full of shit. You can tell me how I did after I am dead. Or at the end.
No need to respond.
:)"


My bold.

Bloody good instincts, matey. :)

[Praxis]

Shit! I formed an alliance with the vigilante? :eek: Well at least loubert knows I'm honest and even vigilante's have a conscience.

Knew LBA was scum from the moment I PM'd her and had to wait 24+ hours for a response which, when forthcoming was as lame as a creationist's explanation for fossils :p

Well played everyone. Thanks Bol, that was great. You did very well.

SO glad the AFA forum finally got over its suspicion about this game (why it took 2 years will forever remain a mystery) and everyone can now see what a buzz it is :thumbsup:

I really look forward to the next game - with a theme.

PS: Bol, why was Prote allowed on our whiteboard when scum had their own?

[Bolero]

And loubert, seriosly, go do some target practice! :p:D

In fairness to loubert, it is evident from reading the Zombieboard that most people thought gruber was scummy, too, and then after yesterday, people were positive Rogerb was, too. So lou didn't do a bad job - the scumbags just played really well - especially that coup with getting Volts lynched yesterday.

[dilbadoon]

In fairness to loubert, it is evident from reading the Zombieboard that most people thought gruber was scummy, too, and then after yesterday, people were positive Rogerb was, too. So lou didn't do a bad job - the scumbags just played really well - especially that coup with getting Volts lynched yesterday.

Absolutely not, sorry loubert was only kidding.:o:) I can't imagine how the scum could have performed any better, especially considering they were down a player for much of it. Yes, last nights play was a cracker, had me absolutely convinced rogerb was scum! Yes, gruber painted a big fat target on his back, I would have done him in if given the chance! ;)

EDIT: Baha, that mafia writeboard is fantastic! Good to see they were nearly as confused as we were! I can't wait for the next game, I wonder how this experience will effect everyones playing styles, if at all.

[Loki]

Well playrd scum, Loki sneaks out of town under a pile of garbage, spends 3 months on the run, changes his name but eventually ends up running a brothel in Mint-Chip Town.

I had LBA pegged as scum, it doesn't pay to lie or contradict yourself in this game, still scratching my head as to how LBA so easily confused Rogerb.

I knew Loubert was either scum or SK, again it doesn't pay to contradict yourself.

Hadn't pegged Threat, but had Volt tagged as town, was planning on worrying about the last scum after those two (wasn't sure how many scum/SK were left.

I'd really like to know how scum locked on to Wolty so quickly.

Same question about Dilby, though he might have PM'd the wrong person.

[Bolero]

I think it was Threat who really did a number on Rogerb. And again, pretty much no-one was suss of Threat by endgame, and he sounded pretty convincing, so not surprising.

[Bolero]

EDIT: Baha, that mafia writeboard is fantastic! Good to see they were nearly as confused as we were! I can't wait for the next game, I wonder how this experience will effect everyones playing styles, if at all.

Yeah, I know - it's hilarious. I chuckled so much reading that.

Everyone will be better at it next time, and more onto dodgy behaviour. Loki's quite right - it doesn't pay to contradict yourself openly. LYNCH ALL LIARS, as they say.

[Bolero]

PS: Bol, why was Prote allowed on our whiteboard when scum had their own?
The zombie board is for all zombies - town, scum and indies. Once Protes died, he was no longer allowed on the scumboard.



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[Rogerb]

It was threat, I just couldnt believe he was scum.

My (all too hasty) last minute Change was based on a numbers thing. I thought Loubert & volt were scum & would change to threat at the last minute. By the time I regretted, it was too late to change on this bloody slow iPhone!

So, it seems my logic was fatally flawed... Loubert & I were both played beautifully.

The only comment I'd make on my defense, is WHY the deceptive / mysterious stuff from townies? It made it all the more confusing... I'm especially you Gruber!!

Cheers all, that was fun!!!

[Lord Blackadder]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ljFaKRTrI


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[Praxis]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ljFaKRTrI
Oi! Nobody likes smug scum ;)

Rogerb, you played a magnificent game I must say. Although how you couldn't hear the howls when you all started switching from LBA to Voltairine is incredible (seriously, I was screaming at the screen: NOOOOOO!!! You IDIOT! [sorry]. You had her in the bag (everyone had her pegged as scum very early on) and you let her go by actually believing someone who came in late and played a very suss "I don't quite know what's going on" game :eek: :facepalm:

I love how you threw yourself into your role. That sort of thing makes Mafia even more fun. Well done.

Also, next time, if you want to enter into an alliance with someone, PM them. I nearly PM'd you after you reached out (publicly) but by then I was starting to be a bit suss on you so I didn't and I didn't want to raise more suspicion by saying why I would or wouldn't align with you in public. Public reaching out/alliance lets everyone see who's up to what and even we innocents have to play some cards close to our chests ;)

Thanks for the explanation of the writeboards, Bol :thumbsup:

[loubert]

crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap :facepalm:

[loubert]

sorry podblack, gruber, rogerb......... whoops

[Loki]

I would imagine it's quite hard to win as SK lou. Both sides are out to get you and you have to walk that fine line between both camps.

[Xeno]

People could now request a theme for the next game so there are character roles to play as well as game roles.

@Bol: Having read the whiteboards as well, I have a couple of minor design suggestions to discuss for the next game. I will PM you after we have a theme.

[loubert]

well, I was gunning for LBA for a little while, and then I was convinced that podblack was scum because of what happened to Praxis and protes. (behind the scenes pm'ing) even considered knocking off threat when he didn't show for a while......and was truly played at the end. rogerb and I where pm'ing, but that "alliance" broke down at the end due to scum,.....:facepalm:

[loubert]

here's a theme.... atheist's vs televangelists.......

[Bolero]

I would imagine it's quite hard to win as SK lou. Both sides are out to get you and you have to walk that fine line between both camps.

GAH! He was a vigilante, not a Serial Killer. The town vig is 100% town-aligned, and is supposed to be town's secret weapon.


here's a theme.... atheist's vs televangelists.......

I LOVE IT!! :thumbsup:

[Bolero]

People could now request a theme for the next game so there are character roles to play as well as game roles.

@Bol: Having read the whiteboards as well, I have a couple of minor design suggestions to discuss for the next game. I will PM you after we have a theme.

Sounds great. We can tweak the game however you like, Mr X. It's always good if games are slightly different to each other - keeps folk guessing! :thumbsup:

[loubert]

GAH! He was a vigilante, not a Serial Killer. The town vig is 100% town-aligned, and is supposed to be town's secret weapon.





not a very good one... lol :p

[Loki]

I vote for a Smurfs theme. Wanna tommy gun Papa Smurf.

[Threat]

That was very enjoyable. Especially yesterday's late switch by RogerB (attempting to reign in smugness) ;)

@RogerB: I know what you mean with time and wife... was hard to try to explain why I yelled happily when you switched your vote...

Sorry I was AWOL for a while everyone.

[wolty]

This is a PM I got from wolty on Day 2:

"Those bastards tried to kill me!!!!:eek:

I think they know, I know who they are. They can see I waited and wrongly voted for davo and not Protes and now they are out to get me because they think I have worked it out. Doubt I will last another night but will endeavour to take a few with me. :D

So from my reading, there are at least two and maybe three that voted for davo that are scum, namely LBA, gruber, Protes and Threat. If it is only two of those, there will be another lurking around outside of those. a sleeper if you will.

I think Threat, LBA and Protes.

My options.

1. Keep quiet, die and achieve nothing.
2. Tell everyone I am the doctor and I saw the writing on the wall and saved myself. Let them know if I die and it is revealed that I was vanilla, that I think it is at least 2 or 3 of the original 4 but they need to take them all out at the same time to protect themselves and keep in mind there may be another.
3. Take a chance and PM rogerb letting him know that I am the doctor, hope he is not scum, and tell him all I think. I may have to do this.

I am such a realist. :) And very very pragmatic it would seem. :D

Will wait for the vote a bit, but I can see, even if the vote goes for Protes, they will kill me tonight anyway. :D

I could try and trust rogerb and Dilby but I don't know as I do think there may be another lurking about outside the 4 that voted for davo. I think Loki and Prax and loubert are on the money at this stage.

Or I could be completely wrong and full of shit. You can tell me how I did after I am dead. Or at the end.
No need to respond.
:)"


My bold.

Bloody good instincts, matey. :)

Damn I'm good. After just one kill, I pick all 3 scum, predict my own demise and pick the ones to trust.

[wolty]

And this, 40 minutes before it happened. :D

I think last moment both LBA and rogerb to change their votes to voltarine.

[Threat]

I think we (scum) were extremely lucky to get you early Wolty. Extremely lucky.

[Xeno]

Rome, politics in the Senate? Make speeches, have orgies, eat grapes and knife people or throw them to the lions.

Mutiny on the Bounty? Elect a Bligh, Fletcher Christian is The Don. Toss victims overboard or hang them from the mast.

Atheists and televangelists should work, except I am not sure what imaginative death methods we would use, and how the atheists have character roles.

In the theme, we need to pick something that allows character roles for people to adopt, some intrigue, and some expected disposal methods.

[Xeno]

I think we (scum) were extremely lucky to get you early Wolty. Extremely lucky.
I did not think that was luck. I thought Wolty spilled the beans on day 1, from reading the zombie board, hence his need to protect himself immediately. Is that so?

Edit
@loubert: you remind me of why I think vgilantism doesn't work in the world :p

[loubert]

Edit
@loubert: you remind me of why I think vgilantism doesn't work in the world :p
damn straight! :facepalm:

[Rogerb]

How about the ALP? Although even the townies will be stabbing each other in the back...

[Praxis]

Not Smurfs. They only had one token female :rolleyes:

Also don't recall many females on the Bounty :rolleyes:

Rome is good. They understood the value of a woman and her political wiles (also rather sensibly had a matriarchal inheritance lineage ;) )

Other suggestions:

French Revolution
Chicago Gangster (I have played this - awesome fun)
Agatha Christie-type Murder on the Orient Express style

Or, how about this one: Australian political parties. You have to admit it's playing out like a bloody game of Mafia right now :facepalm:

[Rogerb]

Seriously though, backbenchers are town, caucus Ministers are scum, pm is don, factional leaders are vigilante - serial killer, education minister is dr...

[Rogerb]

Or, how about this one: Australian political parties. You have to admit it's playing out like a bloody game of Mafia right now :facepalm:

Great minds praxis...

We could call it:

You can lead a horse to water but you can't stop them pissing in it.

[wolty]

@Xeno, I played the odds that at least two had voted for Davo and I guessed three. :)

Protes was the funny one. Annie and I were laughing at the beginning that he was acting much nicer than he normally does. :D

[Xeno]

@wolty: I don't think that was my question but it is unimportant. :)

@Praxis re Bounty: it did not seem to stop Hollywood putting a few there ;) and what about nubile Fijian maidens?

I stayed away from OzPol because it seemed a little too topical but I think that would work. As a form of death, people could be removed from their seats by vote for supposed misconduct, or simply killed off at night. It should definitely have Rogerb's suggested name (http://www.atheistfoundation.org.au/forums/showpost.php?p=273627&postcount=38) for it :)

[Lord Blackadder]

How about the ALP? Although even the townies will be stabbing each other in the back...

LOL!

Have Julia as the Mayor, Rudd as The Don, the Real Julia as the Serial Killer, Shorten as the Hit Man and Bob Katter as the Village Idiot.


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[Lord Blackadder]

If we start a new game, can we start on a Friday or Saturday to allow for a longer day/night cycle initially, then shorten it as more of us fall off the twig. That worked really well Bols.


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[Loki]

My Little Pony?

Bambi vs. Godzilla?

Watership down?

The sound of Music?

I just have this thing with strangling cute fluffy animals, It's putting the Mafia scenario into a situation where it doesn't naturally fit, would make it interesting and challenging for people to try and keep in character while also being a paranoid yet ruthless bastard.

I do have a feeling that we'd be better off to do another vanilla game before we venture into something more complicated, it's a steep learning curve.

[Loki]

and can we not change nightfall without getting a positive response from all concerned first? That really screwed my game, I'd have been trying to stop the change in voting if I'd have known. Whether I'd have been successful is another question entirely.

[Praxis]

Sound of Music - BWUAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

(sorry)

[Bolero]

My Little Pony?

The sound of Music?
.
Would you believe I already thought of these?? :D:D

And Care Bears.

Sorry about the time change - for some reason, I thought I saw that you'd agreed to it, Lok. My bad.

[loubert]

@protium. Yeah I wasn't too sure on the first night who was scum. I thought about doing a random hit on either you, threat or rogerb.....

[dilbadoon]

If we start a new game, can we start on a Friday or Saturday to allow for a longer day/night cycle initially, then shorten it as more of us fall off the twig. That worked really well Bols.


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yes definitely this. Theme wise, I'm super keen for wild west! Cowboys, bandits, saloons and plenty of death options!

[wolty]

@Loubert, we are never going hunting together. :D

As for the voting for myself thing.
I realised after the second night when they tried to kill me, the writing was on the wall. I maybe mistakenly thought that the scum knew the rule that I couldn't save myself two nights running, so was convinced I was going to die.

But I was determined to make a bit of a difference during the day by reaching out to Dilby and rogerb. Dilby was a little keen, rogerb said to me 'nice try'.
I knew it would have been a bonus to scum during that day if I died, I had to keep myself alive and hope that a scum would get voted.

The vote started to go towards who I thought were townies. So I wanted to throw a cat out there, put me in the firing line and hope some changed their votes. And keep myself alive and hope I didn't die during the night.

Rogerb voting for me at the beginning sealed me to die as at least 2 scum hadn't voted at that stage and the numbers were bad for me. I told him if I died and turned out to be a townie and he had voted for me, it would look bad for him. This was when I started to think rogerb could be a scum, had played the game before or was just really good at it. I thought this to the end.

But I did have something, if I could get a scum towards the top with me, I then had a 2 vote turnaround when I changed mine. Scum would die.

But the bloody townies all voted wrong, Prax got nailed to the wall and I knew at that stage we were in trouble because no-one seemed to have any idea except me and I was going to die.

I think I got through to Dilby, but not rogerb who still seemed to be in the wrong area.

I also knew I was going to die when Protes rang me on the phone that night to pump me for info. :D

[loubert]

oh yeah LordBlackAdder, You seemed suss from the get go... :p

[wolty]

and that put Volts in the firing line as she was late to the game :) awesome. Yep, it's what I thought also.

I still haven't found the peaked cap :)

It's up your arse. :p:D:D:D:D:D

[wolty]

AHHHH We didn't know that rule. We used a block & kill on you. I would have voted to block Dilby again if I'd known.

:) I noticed that. Oh well, one block wasted for all my effort. :D

Fucking game did my head in. :D

[wolty]

AHHHH We didn't know that rule. We used a block & kill on you. I would have voted to block Dilby again if I'd known.

The rule is you can't save the same person twice in a row. :)
It might be the same for the block.

[gruber]

I wanted to be the one that got ze mayor killed so i could be it :(

[Rogerb]

I wanted to be the one that got ze mayor killed so i could be it :(

If ever I play this game again...

[B]vote Lynch Gruber

Gruber 1 (rogerb)

[B]

[gruber]

:eek: just because i took your sandwhich before i was shot :rolleyes:

[Xeno]

WOOT! Loubert, why was there no vig kill on the first night?
What? Kill the townies faster?? :D


I thought it reasonable not to have a hit on the first night, because the odds are 3:1 you will hit a townie.

[Voltairine]

And if I play this game again...

Vote Rogerb (aka Mayor Flippity Floppity)

Rogerb 1 (Voltairine)


When those votes started switching at the end, I knew it was game over for the town. Of course, the town's vigilante didn't help. The way he was aiming so perfectly for townies had me convinced he was an SK evening up the sides. :facepalm:

Well played by Threat. The whole pretending to be sick and incommunicado... sneaky. :p

[Bolero]

Keep in mind with the not being able to save the same person twice in a row that each game is different. That was my stipulation for that role for that game. Different GMs do different things... although docs often have that restriction, because otherwise they'd just protect themselves till they figured out who the detective was and then just protect them night after night.


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[wolty]

Postmortem.



wolty, Me, I am awesome!!
Rogerb, Oh roger, you almost convinced me you were scum. :eek:
Threat, The disappearing act was brilliant.
Lord Blackadder, picked early but wouldn't die.
Voltarine, was always suspected of being a SK, unfortunately.
Podblack, died an early and glorious death!! Maybe too early to pick things.
dilbadoon, was working it out.
gruber, confused everyone, especially townies. :rolleyes: Well done.
Protium, enjoyed this a little too much methinks. :D
davo, poor davo sacrificed for the greater good, and we still lost.
Loki, under the radar and also worked it out.
Praxis, is better at it than she thinks.
loubert, a terrible shot!!


My original suggestion was Ancient Greece or Rome.
Greek or Roman gods? :D

[Bolero]

Seeing as we're all feeling pretty happy about the mafia thing, and thinking of doing more games, can I make a little suggestion?

Basically, although forums usually have their own mafia conventions, it's up to the individual GM how they want to conduct their game. Too many forum rules on how games must be done can ruin the suspense and intrigue... Plus punters like variety, and GMs like having their own style. So my advice is that we don't formalise it too much in terms of "rules". Just standard stuff like no gameplay in threads other than the game thread, no zombietalk in the game thread, and no editing or deleting of posts. Let most everything else just happen on a game-by-game basis, depending on the whim of the GM, and we'll soon figure out what works and what doesn't.


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[wolty]

14: Bolero - Game Meister Extraordinare

Bravo
+1, sorry Bol. :o It was loads of fun.:)

Everything seemed to run smoothly once we got the hang of it. The game you 'designed' worked out very well, even at the end I wasn't completely sure of myself.

[davo]

Scum writeboard:
http://123.writeboard.com/0q8qcsfv0jwyufpp4x1lowks (http://123.writeboard.com/0q8qcsfv0jwyufpp4x1lowks)
password: evil

LOL

OK.. My strategy is to act dumb and not understand WTF is going on.Do I assume no one but my 3 scum mates know who anyone else is?The most deadly person that will need to be lynched is Davo. He is too smart to compete with and has a lot of access to databases etc.

Oh come on, you think I would access databases over a game? how boring.

[Bolero]

14: Bolero - Game Meister Extraordinare

Bravo

Aw shucks.
You know that awesome feeling you get when you introduce two people to each other who you know are really going to hit it off? And they do...

I got that.


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[Xeno]

Fluffy bunnies is a nice idea and would give a reasonably vanilla game given I am not sure everyone has read Watership Down. Well, I haven't, but then I do not matter.

Greek gods works for me. So does Sound of Music. :)

We would like some more people next game, say 15-20? We will not toss in too many roles, despite my devious suggestions to Bolero in PM :eek:. We could target this Friday to start, maybe 13/14 hour days and 11/10 hour nights correspondingly.

We are also considering using a gmail address for night actions or any comments to GMs, to save temptation to watch for PM action during the night.

Question for all: I see above discussion of whether you can have consecutive blocks or protects and so on, and questions arose in the game about whether a possible SK could be scum. Would you like all local rules to be explicit at the start of the game? As Bol noted above, they can and probably will be varied from game to game.

My view is it should be so. Uncertainty should arise from the game, not from the rule base. Views please.

[davo]

That bastard Davo is already onto us. Fuck! Bollock! Panic!

hehehehe

Davo and Wolty are really sus.

[Bolero]

It's much much better if no one has any fucking idea what's going on, IMO. If I'd told you all who all the roles were, and what their conditions or restrictions were, it would have been a much easier, much more boring game.

The only important rules are the three I mentioned above, and the ones that apply to your own role. Everything else, you work out as you go.


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[wolty]

It's much much better if no one has any fucking idea what's going on, IMO. If I'd told you all who all the roles were, and what their conditions or restrictions were, it would have been a much easier, much more boring game.

The only important rules are the three I mentioned above, and the ones that apply to your own role. Everything else, you work out as you go.


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I like this. :)

[Voltairine]

Darn it! Scum thought I was the SK but I never got to kill anyone... well other than the screw-up on Day 2, which really was a technology glitch.

I didn't initially sign up as it's something I've not come across before and wanted to see what it was about first. I'm sure others were the same. Now the ice has been broken, I think more folks will be willing to sign up for the next Mafia Game, or similar. Personally, I like a good murder. :D

[wolty]

You know what would be really cool but I think won't happen as it would be more work in the future for mods and Mr Protes.

If we had user names specifically for mafia games.

Imagine this, people here register as Greek god names, go into mafia unknown and play the game. All is revealed at the end. So you find out not only town/scum but who the real user is as well.

Sorry daydreaming, I used to love cluedo. :D

[Loki]

That's an interesting observation for other reasons as well. Some people join fora just to play Mafia. I still occasionally run across posters on other fora I'm totally unfamiliar with who have thousands of posts. They are either old members who have been away for a while or Mafia posters who occasionally visit the boards. Dedicated Mafia socks would separate Mafia posting from general posting. There would be a con though, can one be logged in under two usernames from a single machine at the same time?

[Xeno]

@Bol, as I suggested in the PM this morning, my solution to that is to have more roles defined than assigned, and to select the latter randomly. Behaviour characteristics of possible roles then give people some basis on which to detect, rather than vaguely not knowing. It looked to me in the previous game that the people with understood roles, hence some knowledge at least of their own rules, were most engaged.

How about we do a vanilla one while I assist to learn the processes, then I will try one of my designs on people :cool:

[davo]

of course not I had no other reason than you're smart and wanted to spice my reason up a bit :)

Definitely :) the game works on all levels :)

Those scum are devious ;)

[Voltairine]

... then I will try one of my designs on people :cool:

What? No evil scientist* laugh? Bwahahahaha... ;)




* social

[Xeno]

Oh, no, Volts. I am much too devious for that. Even my deviations are deviant.


Are we closer to picking a scenario or will I throw up a poll for it this evening from the ones mentioned?

[wolty]

Poll sounds good as it will let others have a say.

[dilbadoon]

Poll sounds good as it will let others have a say.

I agree, but my 2c is I would prefer to keep to a more simple theme since it is only our second game. Something like Shakespeare or ancient Greece may be a little taxing, I found there was so much going on already that I don't know if I could keep up with a super involved theme as well. That's just me, clearly some have picked this up quicker than others, but I like the idea of easing into it, especially if we will be adding more characters. :)

I also think it would be good if we could have a sub-forum dedicated to mafia, it would make it much easier to shuffle through the previous days when looking for votes, comments etc.

[cyclist]

There would be a con though, can one be logged in under two usernames from a single machine at the same time?

It's possible but only if you have two or more browsers installed, I do this with a forum that I run where I have my own login and the Admin login.

James

Edit: You can also put a browser into Privacy Mode (Firefox and Chrome do this) which would preserve your main login, but you'd have to login each time for the Mafia login.

[Podblack]

So many things (I laughed a few times looking at the Scum board) - but I'll have to bow out of the next game if it's being played end of Feb / early March? I'll be on the road and won't be able to give it fair attention (mind, I clearly wasn't giving it fair attention this time as I was still working it out / dopily got myself killed early on!).

Yes to bunnies, My Little Ponies, Shakespeare, Atheist vs Tele-evangelists and ninjas vs pirates. :D

[wolty]

I did not think that was luck. I thought Wolty spilled the beans on day 1, from reading the zombie board, hence his need to protect himself immediately. Is that so?



Ah, ok. Got it now. Was off on a tangent before.

I couldn't look at the zombie board until after I was killed.

I reasoned it this way.
After davo got it and I thought of the scum voting for him, I knew there were only 2 or maybe 3 of us townies that had voted for him. I reasoned that they would notice I waited until the last minute to vote for either davo or protes and I would realise I had made a mistake and should have voted for Protes. I saved myself the first night when they tried to kill me.

I would have tried to kill me too, it's what I would have done.

Maybe got the correct answer for the wrong reasons but it's what happened. :p:D

Seems they were more worried about mods than others to start with. :rolleyes:

[Xeno]

:) I thnk Protium answered earlier. I was asking about what beans you spilled (actually or inadvertently) not those you deduced.

It was most unlikely to be by chance that they were so keen to target you on the first night.

[wolty]

Bastard!!!





:D

[Annie]

Protes "Hey Wolty how are ya mate, Long time no speak?"
Wolty "Protes, how the fuck are you?"
Protes "I'm fair to middling mate. Hey you're playing the Doctor well, really hard to tell!"
Wolty "How did you know I was the Doctor?"
Protes "You just told me"

:)

Facts may have been modified for theatrical effect.

And then.....

Annie - Hiya Buddy. How the hell are you?
Protes - Yeah Good mate. Whoddathunk Wolty was the Doctor?
Annie - What makes you think he is the Doctor?
Protes - I dunno, I just got this feeling.......

:)

Facts may have been modified for theatrical effect. :)