The Mafia Discussion Thread

[Pesci]

Was fun though, to be fair.

[Ruki]

Why does Josh hate me?

And at least people enjoyed it, that's what mafia games are for. It doesn't matter how much of a clusterfuck it is. Fun + Enjoyment = good game.

[R.W.]

My biggest problem is presenting it as a Mafia Game.

As an exercise in reading & following instruction? Fine.

But as a Mafia? No.

About as much strategy and analysis going on as there is in the Newcastle Board Room.

[Josh]

I don't hate you.

[-A-]

I agree, that wasn't a mafia game really. We had no abilities to use and were incentivised to keep our mouths shut.

[FireDoughnut]

I hate Josh.

[Ruki]

Yes, there were many roles without abilities, I will admit that. I originally thought that I'd only get 10 or so people, so the doctor, cop, ect.. would be enough. Maybe next time will have more roles/abilities.

And to be fair, if it was just going to be something on reading and following instructions: I shouldn't be the one running it. I fail at that stuff

[-A-]

It was fun, it just wasn't really mafia.

[Ruki]

If I took the mafia elements out of it, it would be more or less "Simon Says", but online.

[GoGo Yubari]

Eh, it was a mafia game in theory. It's just that in execution the vast majority of the players either sucked at reading the rules (*... raises hand*) or couldn't do haiku structure or whatever. Had more players been able to avoid the modkills I imagine actual strategy would have taken place.

[Pesci]

It was a Mafia game, because it involved the basic rules of a Mafia game. People should be free to run their games as they see fit, really.

[Josh]

See, that's the thing. I'm all for getting people to read the rule, but when you begin to include highly restrictive rules like the haikus, the specific number of sentences or letters, etc. it gets to be untenable.

[Josh]

It was a Mafia game, because it involved the basic rules of a Mafia game. People should be free to run their games as they see fit, really.

Also true.

My only worry is that it will inspire copycat sort of games, and we eventually have more novelty gimmicks than simple, solid games. It's nothing major, but it's my take on the matter.

[Pesci]

It was a Mafia game, because it involved the basic rules of a Mafia game. People should be free to run their games as they see fit, really.

Also true.

My only worry is that it will inspire copycat sort of games, and we eventually have more novelty gimmicks than simple, solid games. It's nothing major, but it's my take on the matter.

There will always be people like me, you, TEOL, -A- and MPH who enjoy playing simple games enough to inspire the masses

[-A-]

I was worried that BFVS Mafia would inspire copycat games where they were more about writing a clever storyline than actually letting people play a game, but the Game Cube survived.

[TEOL]

It was a Mafia game, because it involved the basic rules of a Mafia game. People should be free to run their games as they see fit, really.

Also true.

My only worry is that it will inspire copycat sort of games, and we eventually have more novelty gimmicks than simple, solid games. It's nothing major, but it's my take on the matter.

I hate to break it to you, but that already happened years ago.

[Guest Mr. Potato Head]

Actually, RW...Simpsons, Lucky Seven, Perfect Ten, Hitchhiker's Guide, Mafia Mafia...that's five.

[Your Mom]

My first Mafia game in forever and I hardly got to do anything

[Josh]

It was a Mafia game, because it involved the basic rules of a Mafia game. People should be free to run their games as they see fit, really.

Also true.

My only worry is that it will inspire copycat sort of games, and we eventually have more novelty gimmicks than simple, solid games. It's nothing major, but it's my take on the matter.

I hate to break it to you, but that already happened years ago.

True.

And Pris, you really just caught a tough break. It happens from time to time. Don't make this a reason to continue to stay away. Join some more games and you'll get much farther in some of them.

[Guest Mr. Potato Head]

The trick is to make it a good game that happens to have a gimmick.