The Mafia Discussion Thread

[Sousa]

I might run it myself actually. I'm thinking it over. My continued involvement here depends heavily on how Jack Chick Mafia goes.

[Ruki]

Order of the Stick!!!!

But a YouPickSousaEdition would be awesome.

[Sousa]

OotS is also on the table.

[Noah]

So what's the current status of Ocean's?

[EddieG]

Sorry, been a bit busy, update should be up in a little bit or first thing in the morning.

[Noah]

Ah cool, thanks.

[Noah]

What are some general rules of thumb for including a cult in a game of mafia?

I'd hate to have a cult in a game of mine, be the type that pisses people off.

[SeanDMan]

Some people just hate cults in general.

[Noah]

I gathered that.

I ask because I had an idea for another game and a cult would fit in rather well, with the setting.

[MalaCloudy Black]

Make it so that the cult starts with one member (the leader), whether they recruit successfully or not is a coin toss, and anyone that's recruited and has an ability loses their ability and becomes a vanilla cultist. That's how I'd do it, anyway.

[Guest Mr. Cheese Head]

Definitely have people lose their abilities, unless there's only a handful of roles that can be converted.

[Ruki]

I usually have cults starting with the leader with a 100% convert rate, and then lower the odds each time (75%, 50%, 25%) so there would be a maximum number of 5. As they are converted, they gain new mafia-ish abilities (night or day protection for a leader, con, block, and finally a kill)

[EddieG]

Well, that was a rather enjoyable experience.

[Noah]

So I don't clog up Eddie G's thread.

If you have an indy who's sole purpose is to find and eliminate one particular player, should that indy become vanilla town if their target dies before they find them?

[EddieG]

I guess it depends on the situation and the "game world" if you will, which were my intentions behind Buck remaining an indy, I'll add more to that after the game wrap up

[Noah]

Well the setting lends itself perfectly to the character finding and leaving the game with this other character having been dealt with.

I'm just struggling to work out what's best for him to do, if his target dies first.

[Guest Mr. Cheese Head]

It can vary from game to game. I've seen them becoming a vanilla townie, as well as a regular SK.

[Benjamin]

Also, damn you Split. Basketball rules

[Jimmy]

It sucks. You like touch the other person and they cry foul. Then again, I'm shit at basketball and for our GCSE PE go at it, our teacher asumed we knew the rules - then half of us who didn't had to suffer while she picked us apart on the more advanced rules. I just don't like it.

Would prefer to play Football, Rounders, Badmington, Cricket. Or most sports.

Edited April 5, 2010 by Split Second

[Sousa]

Split hates black people is the problem.