I guess it's natural to overthink in a game of mafia.
WIFOM, or wine in front of me, is a Mafia staple. (References this scene from The Princess Bride.)
So here's what I noticed.
1. We had The Mad Gibbler come out asking if we should share roles. Not sure if that's a newcomer to the Mafia genre or an approach to the game.
My thoughts on role-sharing, particularly with a known setup, are twofold. On the one hand it can be a powerful tool because the biggest advantage the mafia has over the town is that they have more information over the town. Whereas the town is trying to find out what is what. In that light, role-claiming can be a tool to start getting "who might be lying?" lists. For example if only one person were to claim the cop role then we would be able to trust the uncontested claim. And if two people claim the cop role then we could evaluate between them, lynch the first, and they turn out to have been the cop then the next day becomes easy. The only downside is that with two lovers in the game there's an easy target for the mafia to get a twofer and suddenly it becomes 3 to 7. But deaths are the greatest sort of information.
On the flip side, I'm not the greatest fan of role-sharing as a personal preference that figuring out good and evil via a person's actions and only roleclaiming as a last result is something I find more intriguing. (But that's a personal preference, not a hard-and-fast logic-based perspective.)
2. Dutch then comes out attacking Mad Gibbler for suggesting roleclaiming. My first impressions on this are positive, vis-a-vis Dutch. The most deadly thing the town can do is to have a lack of discussion. So starting on leads, even early on without much evidence, is a good thing. It gets us information as people take sides. Unlike in real-life, withchunts in Mafia are good. Because even if the person ends up not be a, quote unquote, witch there's information on who leads the witchunt and who followed the witchhunt.
So while I don't have a read on Gibber from that discourse, my initial thoughts on Dutch were positive. (Emphasis, were, I'm reevaluating.)
3. Then Drummer says "Try not to die." In my opinion, this is just a general platitude and devoid of any meaning. We then have Gibbler speculating Drummer could be mafia. Dutch, after prodding Gibbler on roleclaiming, does't follow this line of attack but instead proffers a defense for Drummer saying he doesn't think it's a mafia-tell and then follows with the idea Drummer is jester. Further going, "If he's jester we should think twice about voting him out."
This double-defense of another player, along with following (not initiating) a line of thinking from someone he'd previous had, albeit minor, suspicions of strikes me as odd. While the evidence at this point may be weak, it feels like a buddy-buddy thing. And while one possible explanation would be the lovers I don't feel like a lover would be suggesting jester. So it makes me wonder if Dutch and Drummer are actually mafia together with Dutch running a cover for his team-mate to deflect suspicion.
Oh and just wanted to say.
I personally wasn't saying we ALL should share roles. Certain roles could get you targeted by mafia if you say them. I was saying me in particular, because (and this isn't new info I've said this before) I have a role that if I say it I'm less likely to die I think
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I have a question. Can people talk after they get voted out? For example, when I (or if I ;) ) get voted out, could I keep influencing and saying things? Or would I have to shut up about it?
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2. This sounds like jester wording. "If I ;)'? You sound like you're looking forward or trying to get voted out. We did suggest you were jester earlier.
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2. This sounds like jester wording. "If I ;)'? You sound like you're looking forward or trying to get voted out. We did suggest you were jester earlier.
Heh, no comment, yet
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WE TAKE THE PYTHAGOREAN THEORUM, APPLY IT WITH THE HEIGHT OF THE H AND THE LENGTH OF A SIDEWAYS I, AND MULTIPLY IT BY E, WE GET A CIPHER THAT TRANSLATES TO "IM MAFIA"
Ok but seriously hi
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Criminal activity! He’s the mafia!
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Let’s do a vote, who votes we eat melted cheese at out next meeting?
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Oh and just wanted to say.
I personally wasn't saying we ALL should share roles. Certain roles could get you targeted by mafia if you say them. I was saying me in particular, because (and this isn't new info I've said this before) I have a role that if I say it I'm less likely to die I think
Hello! I am a perfectly sane gibberer. Hi! :D
Locations are dead, the Temple of Potassium has fallen but its ideals live on
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I have a question. Can people talk after they get voted out? For example, when I (or if I ;) ) get voted out, could I keep influencing and saying things? Or would I have to shut up about it?
Long live the dragon slayers, long live the spider guild, long live the forums.
I want you to know. You are going to lose. You are going to lose badly. You’re going to lose badly and it’s going to be awesome.
1. Yes, you can't talk after you die.
2. This sounds like jester wording. "If I ;)'? You sound like you're looking forward or trying to get voted out. We did suggest you were jester earlier.
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Heh, no comment, yet
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Anybody on? I'm in the mood for some theorizing.
BUT HEY, THATS JUST A THEORY!!!!!!!
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HE SAID HI THAT MEANS HE'S MAFIA
WE TAKE THE PYTHAGOREAN THEORUM, APPLY IT WITH THE HEIGHT OF THE H AND THE LENGTH OF A SIDEWAYS I, AND MULTIPLY IT BY E, WE GET A CIPHER THAT TRANSLATES TO "IM MAFIA"
Ok but seriously hi
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I'm not 100% sure, but I'm thinking you might be right about Drummer being the jester. Which would mean that Winner was potentially mafia
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Good
Drummer could be doing a bluff tho, where he pretends to be jester but he's mafia
I'm pretty sure Winner isn't jester tho so that's our next voting target
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Yeah, agreed
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If Winner turns out to be jester after all, you do have to admit that's kinda funny, tho. But yeah, I'm voting Winner.
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If he is jester, then that's game over right?
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Yeah the game ends
But we can't not vote someone just cause we're scared they might be jester otherwise we won't vote anyone and mafia will win
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Locations are dead, the Temple of Potassium has fallen but its ideals live on
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