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EccoRaven: Aug 15, 2004; there is only one hell:
the one we live in now

Welcome to the Mafia Discussion Thread!
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What the hell is Mafia?

Short Explanation:
It is a game where you call people idiots, assholes, and liars (in good fun).

Long Explanation:
Mafia is a party game modeling a battle between an informed minority ("the Mafia" or "scum") and an uninformed majority ("the Town"). Members of the mafia know who each other are, and are able to communicate with each other outside of the thread. Townies do not know who each other are, but they greatly outnumber the mafia. The goal of both factions is to eliminate each other.

Before the game starts, the moderator will send everyone their role in private. A person's role consists of which faction they are part of, as well as any special abilities they may have.

The game typically consists of two phases: Day and Night.

During the day, the players discuss and collectively choose someone to execute by voting. Townies will try to vote off people whom they believe to be Mafia members, while the Mafia will try to lead the town astray. Once the majority of people have voted for a single player, that player will be removed from the game, and their role and alignment is revealed to all players.

During the night, all public communication stops, and the Mafia collectively choose someone to kill, and submit their choice to the moderator. In addition, any players with special night actions submit their decisions to the moderator. Common night actions include investigating other players to find out their alignment (a "Cop") and protecting other players to prevent them from dying that night (a "Doc"). After the moderator has received all night actions, the moderator publicly reveals who if anyone died during the night, and a new day begins.

The game continues to alternate between day and night until one faction has eliminated the other. More complicated games can have more than two factions, as well as factions with victory conditions that are different from the standard "kill everyone else."

Purpose of this thread

This thread is meant for discussing past games of Mafia, games you have played in, mafia variants, rules and roles that you like or would like to see, linking to games you find interesting, discussion of strategies, and pretty much anything related to Mafia or the SA Mafia community. We have a pretty active playerbase, and we love newcomers. We also love talking about ourselves, and there have been multiple real life gatherings of ~~hopeless losers~~ new-found friends. We often do field trips together to other forums or games, and every Holiday season we do a Secret Santa! We have quite a cozy community here.

F.A.Q.

How do I sign up for a game?
Just post in the game's thread that you're interested in playing! If you're feeling especially bold, post in the thread here that you wanna play - mods will often trip over themselves starting games for new players.
What if I want to mod a game myself?
Go ahead! If you have modding questions or have a cool idea but aren't sure how to implement it, send a PM to fitsfadda or Opopanax and they'll give it a look-over. Alternatively just asking the thread usually works as well! There's no queue or anything, so just post it when it's ready. Use this thread to gauge interest; games can fill up in an hour, or wait for weeks before getting enough players. It's a little feast or famine.
I am really bad at this game How do I improve?
Lots of people are bad at this game! It can take a while to get into the swing of things. Just try to be honest and forthright with how you try to find scum - don't be too scared of being wrong! - and it'll start to fit together eventually. Also, don't feel too bad if someone seems hurt that you called them scum - maybe you're right and they're just trying to get you to second guess yourself!
Someone said something mean and it hurt my emotions.
Kids can be so cruel. This game often requires a thick skin, but if someone is genuinely upsetting you, telling them (or the game's moderator) can help. We all just want to have a good time, but sometimes people take it too far.

Helpful Links:

Mafiascum.net: Has a huge archive of games you can browse through, and you can play games there if you don't mind the (rather) slow pace.
Random.org sequence generator: It's the easiest way for moderators to randomly assign roles.
Mafia flash thingy: A flash thingy that has a lot of common roles on it. I dunno, I like it.
Time zone converter: Very useful for international players (most mafia players are US).
ZorbaTHut's win percentage generator: A tool for mods to quickly gauge "how many scum is too many?"

EccoRaven fucked around with this message at 00:24 on May 7, 2015

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:16

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# ? Apr 16, 2021 23:04

EccoRaven: Aug 15, 2004; there is only one hell:
the one we live in now

Community Stuff!!

- A map of mafia players

- Our plug.DJ Room

- SA Mafia Movie Fantasy League (l: SAmafia/pw: rollingstart)

- ~~mr. capps sings~~ link dead

- SA Mafia Fantasy Wrestling League

- Secret Santa 2014

MildManeredManikin posted:

I apologize for this being so slapshod and poorly thrown together.

- Mafia Skype Signup Sheet!!

EccoRaven fucked around with this message at 08:32 on May 22, 2015

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:16

PMush Perfect: Sep 30, 2009; Bayu bayushki bayu~

Stealing the spot!

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:19

Snooze Cruise: Feb 16, 2013; look-
a post,

I still don't like this OP.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:20

Snooze Cruise: Feb 16, 2013; look-
a post,

Put some cool stuff in it.
like pictures and music i like

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:20

Juanito: Jan 20, 2004; I wasn't paying attention
to what you just said.

Can you repeat yourself
in a more interesting way?; Hell Gem

If you haven't already, make sure you add your location to the map that tearshed set up:

https://www.zeemaps.com/SA_Mafia

Juanito fucked around with this message at 15:33 on Jul 26, 2014

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:22

Peta: Dec 26, 2011

mr.capps posted:

I still don't like this OP.

You should continue to use the other thread, because its OP is good, unlike this one's OP.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:24

CCKeane: Jan 28, 2008; my shit posts don't die, they multiply

Mafia stinks please don't play it.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:27

Snooze Cruise: Feb 16, 2013; look-
a post,

here this could be a song in the op for Town theme music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag1o3koTLWM
and this could be the scum theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjuv3rFOQaU

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:27

ASAPRockySituation: May 9, 2010

Please close this thread, friendly mod.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:27

EccoRaven: Aug 15, 2004; there is only one hell:
the one we live in now

Okay I recommend people get out their anxiety and frustrations in the other thread, and try their best to leave this one free of shitposting! It is a Brand New Day here in SA Mafiaville.

If you wish to do a better OP I recommend creating your own in perhaps GBS or BYOB, those are entire forums dedicated to hilarious posting.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:29

Snooze Cruise: Feb 16, 2013; look-
a post,

Actually this is just a boring OP it has nothing to do with it not being hilarious.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:30

t a s t e: Sep 6, 2010; POSTING
Champion
of
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Ecco can I play here or are you shunning me like you did IRL

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:30

tearshed: Mar 26, 2010; Leave it to me!

Here we go again.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:30

EccoRaven: Aug 15, 2004; there is only one hell:
the one we live in now

Tremendous Taste posted:

Ecco can I play here or are you shunning me like you did IRL

I have literally spent 0 minutes in real life with mafia people, and have no desire to have that change any time soon! It is not personal I promise.

mr.capps posted:

here this could be a song in the op

EccoRaven fucked around with this message at 04:34 on Jul 25, 2014

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:31

t a s t e: Sep 6, 2010; POSTING
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EccoRaven posted:

I have literally spent 0 minutes in real life with mafia people, and have no desire to have that change any time soon! It is not personal I promise.

This is actually a really good policy so I'm over it.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:32

Peta: Dec 26, 2011

Ecco is mad. He's irate

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:38

GulagDolls: Jun 4, 2011

Post in this thread if you're very caremad, and love to be caremad.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:41

EccoRaven: Aug 15, 2004; there is only one hell:
the one we live in now

Please stop.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:41

Snooze Cruise: Feb 16, 2013; look-
a post,

EccoRaven posted:

ok

Hooray!

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:43

CapitalistPig: Nov 3, 2005; You turn the corner and see a greenskinned fuckmidget.
Roll for initiative.

mr.capps posted:

here this could be a song in the op for Town theme music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag1o3koTLWM
and this could be the scum theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjuv3rFOQaU

I actually really like this idea.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:44

JakeP: Apr 27, 2003; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS; Lipstick Apathy

EccoRaven posted:

I have literally spent 0 minutes in real life with mafia people, and have no desire to have that change any time soon! It is not personal I promise.

I'd have a beer with anyone who is ever in Philly, even people I have called shitler assholes with downs in a mafia game

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:45

CapitalistPig: Nov 3, 2005; You turn the corner and see a greenskinned fuckmidget.
Roll for initiative.

Juanito posted:

If you haven't already, make sure you add your location to the map that tearshed set up:

https://www.zeemaps.com/SA_Mafia

Yo 8bux, I don't live near all my hunter friends anymore so I may not be able to get gator tail as easily , but I live about an hour outside of atlanta now!

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:47

CCKeane: Jan 28, 2008; my shit posts don't die, they multiply

I have met with many Mafia Goons once they visit cool cities.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:48

GulagDolls: Jun 4, 2011

Does anyone want to play Shank 2

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:48

t a s t e: Sep 6, 2010; POSTING
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GulagDolls posted:

Does anyone want to play Shank 2

francois probs

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:51

Ernie.: Aug 31, 2012

did grandma forget her avatar somehwere

# ? Jul 25, 2014 04:52

Asiina: Apr 26, 2011; No going back; Grimey Drawer

JakeP posted:

I'd have a beer with anyone who is ever in Philly, even people I have called shitler assholes with downs in a mafia game

So everyone?

# ? Jul 25, 2014 05:01

Asiina: Apr 26, 2011; No going back; Grimey Drawer

I like this thread. It's got that new thread smell.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 05:01

Peta: Dec 26, 2011

GulagDolls posted:

Does anyone want to play Shank 2

Just played ... It was great. Maybe another time lol

# ? Jul 25, 2014 05:02

JakeP: Apr 27, 2003; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS; Lipstick Apathy

Asiina posted:

So everyone?

drinking with stupid people is fun

# ? Jul 25, 2014 05:07

CCKeane: Jan 28, 2008; my shit posts don't die, they multiply

JakeP posted:

drinking with stupid people is fun

Probably why so many people will drink with you.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 05:07

Quidthulhu: Dec 17, 2003; Stand down, men! It's only smooching!

Thread is terrible already

# ? Jul 25, 2014 05:08

JakeP: Apr 27, 2003; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS; Lipstick Apathy

CCKeane posted:

Probably why so many people will drink with you.

prolly

# ? Jul 25, 2014 05:08

Snooze Cruise: Feb 16, 2013; look-
a post,

Hi everyone please get the byob posting theme script so you can hear my posting theme when I post in mafia.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 05:09

EccoRaven: Aug 15, 2004; there is only one hell:
the one we live in now

Reminder that I am currently in the process of being ~inspired~ for a Big Game!

Current list of presignups:
- QuoProQuid
- Crazyeyes
- Puntification
- Rarity
- kilran

# ? Jul 25, 2014 05:09

JakeP: Apr 27, 2003; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS; Lipstick Apathy

mr.capps posted:

Hi everyone please get the byob posting theme script so you can hear my posting theme when I post in mafia.

If you provide instructions and I can also have a theme I will do this

# ? Jul 25, 2014 05:09

JakeP: Apr 27, 2003; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS; Lipstick Apathy

EccoRaven posted:

Reminder that I am currently in the process of being ~inspired~ for a Big Game!

Current list of presignups:
- #1Jakep#1
- QuoProQuid
- Crazyeyes
- Puntification
- Rarity
- kilran

# ? Jul 25, 2014 05:10

Peta: Dec 26, 2011

EccoRaven posted:

Reminder that I am currently in the process of being ~inspired~ for a Big Game!

Current list of presignups:
- QuoProQuid
- Crazyeyes
- Puntification
- Rarity
- kilran

All right dude sign me up

# ? Jul 25, 2014 05:10

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# ? Apr 16, 2021 23:04

CCKeane: Jan 28, 2008; my shit posts don't die, they multiply

EccoRaven posted:

Reminder that I am currently in the process of being ~inspired~ for a Big Game!

Current list of presignups:
- QuoProQuid
- Crazyeyes
- Puntification
- Rarity
- kilran

I will troll you game ecco. Sign me up.

# ? Jul 25, 2014 05:11

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