Nothing much going on here… so I might as well share a little story.
During the holydays I played my first live game of Mafia… you know where people are gathered in a living room sitting in a big circle with a narrator that walks the crowd etc.
Well I was one of the n00bs there not having played this kind of game before *cough* …
The time came for the first round and the narrator gave roles by telling everyone to open their eyes when he touched their shoulder.
Someone touched my shoulders and when I looked up, the agreed upon sign of Mafia was staring me in the face. I thought: “Damn, I really wanted to see how this game was played before getting THAT role. The narrator finished his round and it was night time. He asked the Mafia to open their eyes. I opened mine and pointed to a random participant and closed my eyes again. The narrator called for the detective to open their eyes then called daytime and the opening of all eyes.
One of the participants started the conversation with: “I am the detective and that person is mafia, pointing at me”. I looked at him with a shocked expression on my face and couldn’t believe that my first game of live mafia would end so soon.
What to do, what to do? Then the battle training from .org kicked in and I attacked him Sasaki style; “What is this, how can you make such a claim? You are obviously mafia trying to gain the trust of all here in this room so you can continue your killing spree under the cover of a false detective. I hereby call the true detective to reveal so we can put this Mafia to rest once and for all”. Nobody claimed of course so I continued overpowering the weak attempts of this detective to establish trust with the other players. “I think the true detective is keeping hidden until the right time of reveal as he/she obviously have not investigated the mafia as of yet. I call for the lynch of that man, who obviously does not have clean flour in his bag (that is the Norwegian term for someone that has not a clear conscience). He is clearly a liar”. I guess these players were not accustomed to such strong outbursts or accusations thinking me upset of wrongly being accused. I was one of the lynch candidates of course but I swayed the crowed and got the detective lynched. What now? There is only one mafia in these games and there would be another kill the next night and lo and behold another player bought the bucket.
Luckily in these games there is no thread or posts that you can re-examine for clues. If I can keep this crowed off their feet long enough they will forget about the incident at the start of the game. I took the lead accusing another playing for smiling funny during the wake up to this new day. She got all defensive, but pointed to another player saying that he was acting different than usual. A little more finger pointing back and forth and it was time to name the lynch candidates. I called the person I had accused first. Another player was called and there was a vote. Hehe, I slipped under the radar this round. If I can get away with it next round nobody would remember the first incident. I kept quiet the next day and I was not picked as a lynch candidate and the smiling girl who I accused earlier got lynched.
This continued and I saw the dead players shaking their heads when I opened my eyes during the night. The Narrator was good as he also asked for the detective to open his eyes. I put in a word or two during the reminder of the game getting by round for round.
Three players remained; myself, a girl and a boy. It was daytime and the girl who had just finished a seven year medical education and was becoming a doctor looked at me with an accusing look and pointing an accusing finger at me: “I think it is him”. I had to retaliate. She had been quite active in the latest rounds and was a new player like me. I gave it my best and I can’t exactly remember what I said, but it was in the lines of: “You have been acting the innocent, I haven’t played this game before, I am just an n00b all night”. I was about to add ‘Don Corleone style’ but didn’t.. “I think that would be the perfect Mafia cover. I say she is the Mafia”. She got all defensive saying that was certainly not the case. I continued: “If you are not Mafia and I know I am not Mafia, then who is?”. I looked at the last player. “Aha, you have been quiet all night, thinking to slip past our scrutiny by just sitting there quiet and let us lynch each other, huh?” He spoke up for the first time saying I was full of it and named me as lynch candidate. I retaliated naming him as our lynch candidate. The girl was wavering I could tell so I called the vote. I voted for the boy and he voted for me. It was up to the girl. And she voted for the boy…
The roles were revealed and I had just won my first live mafia game. The detective spoke up and asked how it was possible not to lynch me after round two when it was obvious that he was not mafia… I guess I created a little confusion and I must admit that I never thought that I would be able to pull that stunt. Hehe I guess live games are a little different than the online written ones. I will assert that if using the things we have learned here during our games, we will rule the live games.
I was not picked for any other roles during the rest of the night, but I will say this; only one other mafia won a game that night and that was the game he killed me first.
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Originally Posted by Sooh
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