would anyone like to play mafia here?

[beyelzu]

mafia is a pretty simple and fun game with lots of variants. basically the people that decide to play are in a town. there is a night phase and a day phase. during the day phase the town votes to lynch someone. night happens when a majority of players vote to lynch the same person. that night the mafia kill someone. the townspeople win if they kill all the mafia. the mafia wins when there are equal numbers of mafia and townspeople left.

there are a couple of specials for the townspeople as well. there is a cop that can check another player every night and see whether or not they are mafia. and a doctor that can keep one player every night from being killed by the mafia. but the doctor cannot protect the same person during two consecutive nights.

i have been playing it over at ii, and i was wondering if anyone would want to play it here.

also, if you need in clarification on game dynamics let me know.

[viscousmemories]

Lauri told me she's been playing an RPG at II, is this the same one?

In any case I'm interested, so long as it doesn't require too much time investment.

[beyelzu]

nope it doesnt require much time investment. and it is probably the game she is playing, i think i have seen her post in the thread. but i havent read all the mafia games there.

realistically we need about 10-12 people to play with 2 mafia, 1 doc, 1 cop to make a good game. it doesnt really take that much time. and since it isnt timed or anything, the days end when a majority vote, so its kind of organic.

[Crumb]

Do I get to make someone an offer they can't refuse?

I'm in!

[viscousmemories]

Not sure we can get enough people, but sounds cool to me. :yup:

[beyelzu]

well we have more than enough active posters. im hoping thatthe members that like to post in frivolous threads like myself will be down to play. :tmgrin: also there is a variant that allows the first dead person to run the game and recieve the pms from the mafia on who they want to kill and so one. if we agreed to play that variant then i could play as well instead of just running the game.

[Crumb]

if we agreed to play that variant then i could play as well instead of just running the game.
Who determines who is in the mafia and stuff then?

[Beth]

I'm in, depending on my role.

ETA: N/M, I cannot guarantee that I can be on every night and day.

[Crumb]

I don't believe such a guarantee is necessary.

[beyelzu]

you dont have to be on every day and night, night comes whenever enough people have voted to lynch someone. if everyone checks in every couple of days it should work out just fine.

[Julie]

I'm in! Sounds fun.

[SharonDee]

I'd like to play but I'm kind of stupid and can't understand how it's supposed to work. Could you point to an example thread elsewhere?

[beyelzu]

http://www.iidb.org/vbb/showthread.php?t=171266

heres the mafia 3 thread at ii

[Crumb]

I've no idea how it works either. :dopey:

ETA: Thanks for the link, bey!

[Legs]

:scaredbaby:

[quiet bear]

I'll play. Dibs on Luca Brasi.

[Crumb]

Come on in, Legs. The water's fine!

[Legs]

:nojustno:

besides I'm going away on holiday soon, unless I get whacked early

[Crumb]

How long does a game typically last, bey?

[beyelzu]

well lets start sign up, i will run the game.

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if you are sure you want to play put your name next to one of hte numbers, when we get 10-12 ill start the game by randomly deciding peoples roles and emailing them the role that they are. you cant forward the pms from me or post them to prove your innnocence. they are off limits. once we get enough people i will start another game thread.

[quiet bear]

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[Crumb]

7) Crumb :yup:

[beyelzu]

How long does a game typically last, bey?
with 12 players, and assuming that 2 players are killed a cycle, then the game takes 4-5 days, the mafia win when there are only 4 players left if they both survive. so i figure about a week or so, the first day might take 2 or 3 days of real time, but then it will start moving quicker.

[Legs]

10) Legs

[beyelzu]

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alright, nine to go, lets play mafia, guys.

[viscousmemories]

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[Crumb]

I have a few questions.

How is the number of votes needed to lynch someone determined?

What kinds of PMs are allowed during play? Does the mafia get to communicate?

(I see you reading there liv, you have to join too! :cheerful: )

[livius drusus]

Oh okay. But don't bitch at me if I suck and drag all y'all down.

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[Crumb]

:woohoo:

[quiet bear]

http://www.meredy.com/cagney/cagney01_th.jpg

what are ya? Yella?

[Adam]

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:chuckn:

[Crumb]

:hyper:

[Julie]

4. me

[beyelzu]

simple majority lynch's someone once someone is at a majority they are lynched and night happens. you can pm anybody about anything. truth or fiction. the mafia are told who the other mafia are. you cannot forward pms or quote pms in thread (except for special circumstances as decided by whoever is running the game), you can tell someone about a pm you recieved either in pm or in thread. only need a few more people and we can play.

:woohoo:

[PamelaMe]

0_0....known a new game....

[Crumb]

We need more players. :sigh: C'mon folks, it's worth a try eh?

[beyelzu]

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well, we have enough players to play with one wolf but the game imho is more fun with more people so anyone else want to join?

i have to leave today but i will be on tomorrow and we can start the game then i think.

[SharonDee]

I'll sit this one out. I skimmed three pages of the linked thread and still didn't get it. :stoopid:

Maybe watching you guys play will make it clearer to me, in which case I'll sign up for the next game.

[beyelzu]

well you just vote to lynch someone you suspect of being mafia. like real voting you actually dont have to have a reason, but it works best if you do. while the good people vote to try to find mafia, the bad people tyr to vote the innocent off. one way of detecting mafia is by seeing who voted for innocents and presumed innocents for no particular reasons. also mafia generally keep a low profile. it really is easy and fun to play.


any chance i can change your mind SharonDee?

if you have any questions i would be glad to answer them.

[Crumb]

It would really be cool if you joined SD. Most of us are noobs at this and we will be figuring it out as we go along too. The more the merrier!

bey: Would you be against recruiting a few players from another place (ie IIDB) if we need a handful to fill in the ranks?

[beyelzu]

nah recruit away crumb

i just wanted to get a game going with the people here people i know, some other people from elsewhere would be welcome though. in fact it would add an element of the unknown to the whole thing.

[Leesifer]

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Oh alright, count me in.

I haven't read the II link yet so have absolutely no idea what do do.

/me goes off to read the link.

[Crumb]

Cool Lees!

Oh I guess I could bey, maybe I'll wait 'til the day is over and see where we are.

[wei yau]

Given the list of prestigious people playing this game, count me in.

by prestigious people, I, of course, mean liv and vm. I'm a hopeless admin ass-kisser

[Crumb]

cool wei yau, I think you have to pick a number though.

[Jacey]

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[Crumb]

Uh oh. I think Jacey is an experienced player. :scared:

[Smilin]

9) Smilin

[Crumb]

:hyper:

[Spenser]

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...and this is my first post!!! The penis wearing the T-shirt told me he was trying to start up a game here so viola, here I am. Some of you may know me from IIDB already.

Hello!

S

[Crumb]

:welcome3: to the :ff: Spenser!

[Spenser]

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I haven't read the II link yet so have absolutely no idea what do do.



Wikipedia has a good article on this. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewolf_%28game%29)

Further, at IIDB we are playing both Mafia and Werewolf. I am assuming this one is played the same as our Mafia version;

12 players, 1 possible cop, 1 possible doc, 1 - 4 Mafia.

At night the cop choose's some one to learn if they are innocent or Mafia

The Doc choose some one to protect from a Mafia kill

The Mafia colaborate to kill some one.

During the day every one talks and votes on who to lynch, the town trying to kill scum (mafia).

No PMs allowed accept by the Mafia at night to decide who to kill, no action in the game thread at night.

How's that for a quick sum up?

[livius drusus]

The penis wearing the T-shirt told me he was trying to start up a game here so viola, here I am.

There's a great joke somewhere in between the penis wearing the t-shirt and the beaver, but I'm damned if I can come up with it. All I can do is give your avatar a nice transparent background, should you care to use it, and of course, to welcome you to FF. :welcome1:

http://www.freethought-forum.com/livius/beaver.gif

[Crumb]

Well the talking dick said that PMs would be allowed. The rules are up to him in this one. Why are PMs not allowed between players normally?

[Spenser]

Its up to the GM (game master or talking dick in this case), I just assumed he was going more Mafia style then Werewolf style (as far as the way we play it on IIDB). Since many of you are new its probably better to start with out them (PMs) so the entire game takes place within the thread. That way we don't get low posting because every one is PMing the hell out of each other.

Also, every one here should learn the term WIFOM (http://mafiascum.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?action=browse;oldid=WineInFrontOfMe;id=Wine_in_Front_of_Me) because you all will suffer it.

[Crumb]

Yeah I have read two of the mafia games on IIDB and encountered WIFOM. Seems this game is full of it. If PMS moves too much of the chatter out of the thread than I agree that maybe they shouldn't be used. I can see how it would make a "purer" game that way.

[Spenser]

beyelzu,

Not sure if you have GMed before, if you prefer to play I offer my services. I originally brought it to IIDB, twas new to me, and Pervy GMed the first game since he was experienced. If you want to GM, ignore everything I just said.

S

[livius drusus]

Yay transparent beaver!
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[Spenser]

Thanks BTW

[livius drusus]

Ain't no thing but a chicken wing. Thank you for liking it. :)

[Crumb]

Don't mind liv. She's a bit anal about the transparent av thing. :pat:

[livius drusus]

You are!

:caught:

[Jacey]

Just in case some of you don't know spenser, he's a total gaywad. That is all.

[Smilin]

/me clenches his butt cheeks and puts his back against the wall....

[Spenser]

Jacey was gay first!

Hey if we get Sent here we can 3-way...

[Crumb]

As long as we don't have to watch.

[Jacey]

At least I swallow.

Fag.

[beyelzu]

beyelzu,

Not sure if you have GMed before, if you prefer to play I offer my services. I originally brought it to IIDB, twas new to me, and Pervy GMed the first game since he was experienced. If you want to GM, ignore everything I just said.

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actually spenser, i would love to play if you dont mind gming, its just when i decided to start the game here, i was the most experienced player here afaik in that i was playing the game already. and thanks for explaining the difference as to pms between mafia and werewolf, i managed to miss that. so i would be glad to go with no pms.

[beyelzu]

The penis wearing the T-shirt told me he was trying to start up a game here so viola, here I am.

There's a great joke somewhere in between the penis wearing the t-shirt and the beaver, but I'm damned if I can come up with it. All I can do is give your avatar a nice transparent background, should you care to use it, and of course, to welcome you to FF. :welcome1:

http://www.freethought-forum.com/livius/beaver.gif
howabout no talking shirt wearing penis is complete without a naked beaver :tmgrin:

[Spenser]

Then I shall be glad to start once enough people have signed up.

1) livius
2) Jacey
3) beyelzu
4) julie
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7) Crumb
8) quiet bear
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Also, all involved please make sure your full and correct handle is in the above list as I will be adding user tags (if you got em here) and use them to send the official PMs

[beyelzu]

jacey are you a transmet fan?

i absolutely love warren ellis's work and transmet is tops in my not so humble opinion.

[Spenser]

howabout no talking shirt wearing penis is complete without a naked beaver :tmgrin:

Transparent beaver you mean. I knew a girl like that once...

[Jacey]

jacey are you a transmet fan?

i absolutely love warren ellis's work and transmet is tops in my not so humble opinion.

Yes. Spider r0cks. I wish I had the balls to get the spider tat on my dome.

[beyelzu]

that would be bold, course i really like spider's tats in general. have you read tales of human waste. one of the articles actually talks about him getting hte tattoos

[Spenser]

We can swing this with any where from 9 - 12 players...

[Crumb]

Also, all involved please make sure your full and correct handle is in the above list as I will be adding user tags (if you got em here) and use them to send the official PMs
You should change vm to viscousmemories then.

[Legs]

9) Smilin

You just want to be on top of my 10.

[RandomThoughts]

#6

[Adam]

What is it with you goddamn comicbook geeks always having to bring up Transmetropolitan all the time, huh? :tmgrin:

[livius drusus]

Also, all involved please make sure your full and correct handle is in the above list as I will be adding user tags (if you got em here) and use them to send the official PMs

1) livius drusus

[Crumb]

heh odd I didn't even notive that one.

[Spenser]

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2) Jacey
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4) julie
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7) Crumb
8) quiet bear
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Also, all involved please make sure your full and correct handle is in the above list as I will be adding user tags (if you got em here) and use them to send the official PMs

[Crumb]

I think wei yau wanted to play too, but he chose vm's number.

[Legs]

Smilin is # 9

[beyelzu]

What is it with you goddamn comicbook geeks always having to bring up Transmetropolitan all the time, huh? :tmgrin:
its like our secret handshake :tmgrin:

a buddy of mine met warren ellis at a comic con recently and even had a drink with the guy. which is awesome cuz will is as big of an ellis fan as i am

[Spenser]

Any last taker???


1) livius drusus
2) Jacey
3) beyelzu
4) julie
5) wei yau
6) viscousmemories
7) Crumb
8) quiet bear
9) Smilin
10) Legs
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[Spenser]

Well, I will start the game tomorrow sometime after 9am PST, whether we have 11 or more. Do note that we can have as many as people want to sign up so don't stop at 12 if some one else wants to play...

S

PS Which smileys are the most Mafia related??? Anyone?

[trillian]

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2) Jacey
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4) julie
5) wei yau
6) viscousmemories
7) Crumb
8) quiet bear
9) Smilin
10) Legs
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12) Adam

[Jacey]

boo yah. lets roll.

[Crumb]

PS Which smileys are the most Mafia related??? Anyone?
These are the most relevant I could find.
:mob: :mobber: :angrymob: :foot: :mafioso: :gangster2: :boss: :xhairs: :stab: :hanged: :hung: :hang: :hanging: :cointoss:

[Legs]

:horse:

[Crumb]

:giggles: Guess I should have added :cannoli:

[beyelzu]

i wont be home until late tomorrow so i will post then. so lets not vote to lynch beyelzu at least until tomorrow night. :tmgrin:

btw, thanks for all of the iiers coming over here to play. welcome to the ff and i hope you enjoy it here.

[trillian]

vote: beyelzu :werewolf:

[beyelzu]

:shakefist:


:tmgrin:

[Leesifer]

:cryhome:

/me chose number 5) a while ago.

My fault for not printing the whole list. No biggie. I'll sit this one out to see how it works.

[Legs]

#6

Y'all missed RandomThoughts :tsktsk:

[Crumb]

shit. Oh. maybe I was thinking of RandomThoughts instead of wei yau. I thought he said 6, too though. Oh well, if spenser sees in time he can add them.

[Spenser]

13 will do, Leesifer can play and Random thoughts is in instead of wei. I'm writing it up right now so hold tight...

[wei yau]

I'll sit this one out, keep me in mind for the next one.

[Spenser]

Nope, you all can play

[Perry]

It's more fun in person. The whole point is being able to read people's faces and body language, then persuade people for fun. What makes it so funny is that everybody gets into these bullshit conversations that are hilarious because in the version I played back in college, you couldn't actually prove very much based on boolean logic. It was entirely social and silly.

[Spenser]

Its just different online, still fun though. The Werewolf version we play at IIDB is good too, its timed, votes have to be in by 3pm PST and PMs are fair play so the conversations get crazy. Plus we use a lot more roles.

[Perry]

It still sounds fun if I had the time and dedication to play online.

[Megatron]

This can also be done via chat, but it's a little more tricky.

Anyone still doing this 'round here?

[Moxy]

The "Things to do in Denver when you're Dead" thread is a mafia game.

[beyelzu]

and, zero angel, we normally have a game going on or one in production.

[Nightson]

This can also be done via chat, but it's a little more tricky.

Anyone still doing this 'round here?

Scumchat games ftw

We'd be happy to have you in the next game.