Mafia

[Hobbes]

I know Dune mafia's been put on hold at least until next summer, but it seems like we can manage at least one mafia game without the Mafia God that is David, right? Does anyone here want to have another game? Does anyone here want to host a game? I'd be perfectly willing to mod a game but only if everyone who signined up also signed an agreement saying that they all had prior knowledge of my comlete lack of writting skills. :-D

Hobbes :)

[saxon75]

I was thinking about hosting a game but I don't know if I have the time or the talent to do it properly.

[GreNME]

I (or sax or tick) could host it, but I couldn't take part. Too much on the plate for now.

[Hobbes]

:( ((((Leto))))

I kind of figured you couldn't but still... :(

Like I said I would be willing to do it, but I'm not sure how many people would be willing to let me since I can't write and all...

Hobbes :)

[David Bowles]

You ought to co-mod with Jeniwren, Hobbes.

[Hobbes]

Well, I'm up for it but I'm not sure she would be. *Goes of in hunt of Jeniwren's e-mail*

Hobbes :)

[Hobbes]

Well I've e-mailed her, I guess the ball's in her court. I'll just try to dodge when it gets back to my end. ;)

Hobbes :)

[Hobbes]

Jeni and I are discussing this; Leto can you host a mafia around November? Is anyone intersted in playing? If either of those answers is no I'd rather not put much work into this...

Hobbes :)

[OpheliaViolenta]

I would try to play. November will be a really busy month, though, what with another round of midterms and a trip to Dallas.

[Jebus]

I'll be able to play hopefully.

What kind of scenario you got in mind?

[Hobbes]

We haven't decided yet. This is a pretty preliminary thing right now. I'm hoping to get it worked out in the next couple days though, and then start letting people post their backgrounds a few days after that. Jeni's going to be busy all through this month so I'll be handling all the prelim stuff. :)

Ohh, and John OK'd using his forum for this. http://www.hatrack.com/ubb/forum/graemlins/party.gif (((((John))))) We love you John! (But not in that way :ph34r: )

:D

[EDIT: We were also thinking using a typical Doctor/Sheriff/GF/SK setup along with clues in the kills. :)]

Hobbes :)

[Ryan Hart]

I'll play.

[Anna]

As I sayed on Hatrack, I would be interested.
Better to say it twice !

[Starla*]

What exactly is Mafia? It sounds like an online role playing game.

Yesno?

Please explain it to this idiot who calls herself Starla*.

If it is I *might* be interested---but I'm not quite sure b/c I have a lot to deal with in sending out resumes, handling graduation stuff, and moving the hell out of my house, all before or through January.

[Anna]

Jeni said on Hatrack :


"The more players you have for this game, the more fun you'll have.
It has some tricky rules, but you'll get the hang of it, it calms the group down, but is great fun!

All the players sit in a circle. All you need is a deck of cards. One person is "the lookout" and stays out of the circle. The lookout then takes the deck of cards (face down, so no one can see them) and goes around the circle letting everyone pick only 1 card from the deck. Once everyone has their card (be sure that they don't show them to anyone else) and the lookout then tells them the rules.

The lookout should tell them that if they have a king card, they are a cop. If they have an ace card, they are a part of the mafia. It is important they don't tell anyone who they are. The lookout now says, "its night time!" and everyone shuts their eyes and puts their head down to their lap. Then the lookout says,"police, heads up" and the people who have king cards should put their heads up to show the lookout who they are. As soon as the lookout says "heads down" the police put their heads down. Then the lookout shouts "mafia, heads up!" and the people with Ace cards put their heads up, to show the lookout who they are. The lookout once again says: "heads down", and then says "its daytime!" and everyone puts their heads up.

Now that the lookout knows who the mafia and policemen are, he can assume everyone else is a citizen (people with a Queen, a Jack or a number card.) Now the lookout can repeat the process of "night time". But the second time he does this, when the policeman's heads are up, the policeman can point to one person, and the lookout can tell them whether they are citizen or mafia. When the mafia's heads are up, the mafia can point to one person, but the lookout says nothing, the person they point to is automatically "Dead" and out of the game. When "Daytime" comes, the lookout says whoever the mafia pointed at: "You're dead" and the person can now reveal who he was. You can then go around the circle and have one person accuse someone of being in the mafia. Everyone votes to get that person out. If enough people vote, he is out, and can reveal who he is, if not enough people vote, he stays in the game, still not revealing who he is.

The object is to have the policeman or citizens get all 4 of the mafia out of the game. If this happens, the mafia has lost. If the mafia get all 4 policeman out of the game, the mafia has won.

Modifications for online:
I will assign the roles. The only roles in this game are Policemen, Doctor and Mafia.
We will use email instead of “heads up” for the policemen and the mafia. Everyone will get an initial email with their role: Citizen, Policeman, Doctor or Mafia.
You won’t know how many policemen and how many mafia there are.
The Doctor may not save the same person two days in a row. They may only choose to save themselves once.
All players must post on the mafia threads at least once per “Day”. If you can’t for some reason, post ahead of time that you will not be able to post for a particular day. If you don’t, you will get one warning, then die of natural causes.
I will reveal the roles as they die.
The object of the game is kill all the mafia. If this happens, the mafia has lost. For the mafia to win, they must outnumber the citizens."

Here it is ! If you need more infomation, go to Hatrack or directly ask Jeni.
;)

[Anna]

Just a suggestion for Jeni or anybody else making mafia game : could you please give the hours in GMT time too ? It would be easier for me and the other non-Americans...
I will post that on sakeriver and Hatrack too.

[Grey Area]

Well, I think it's pretty cool to have a Mafia forum. When will people start posting in it?

[Hobbes]

Erik, Jeni and I need to develop the idea a little more, than I'll write the set-up and we can start posting backgrounds (after we hammer out a few more detail with Leto). :)

I'm assuming you mean Grenich (or however that's spelled) mean time, right? If so, no problems. :)

Hobbes :)

[Anna]

Yes, that's what I mean. It would be usefull. I said "GMT" because it's the way it's told on windows when you double click on the hour.

[Hobbes]

I was just checking because some people here also seem to use it for greNME time. Yah, that's no problem (posting those times), but our actual day cycle will still be based around my schedual (and Jeni's of course) which means American time. Sorry. :)

Hobbes :)

[Anna]

Well, of course :D ! I'm not asking you to change the hours just because of me, that would be selfish ! It's just because when Jeni said "Pacific time" I didn't know what it was in regard of Grenwich, and therefore last time I voted too late sometimes, without knowing I was too late (and had I know, it would have saved Narnia last time if I remember well). :)

[msquared]

Hobbes,

Just joined here so I guess you can add me to your list of interested people.

msquared

[Hobbes]

*Adds Msquared to his list*

Yes, that will do very nicely.

Hobbes :)