Discussion Mafia Game "Discussion" Thread

GrySun · May 11, 2018

Scheduling

I‘ve been told that several people are planning to host games, so to avoid any problems like people cutting into each other‘s game signups and other things we may need a schedule of games.

For anyone who plans to host a game, you can either write in this thread for what month/day you‘re planning a game or edit it in the schedule yourself if you can.

Note that there‘s no limit to how many games can be had per month, but try not to have 2 games running at the same time.

MG Schedule 2026Regular Games
January: #137 Pan (Jan 21 - Jan 29)
February: #138 Pan (Feb 22 - Feb 27)
March: #139 Panfalla (Mar 20 - Mar 29)
April: #140 Panfalla (Apr 20 - Apr 27)
May: #141 GryGryff (May 27 - Jun 4)
June: -
July: #142 Panfalla (Jul 12 - Jul 18)
August: #143 Kasakoha (Aug 24 - Sep 1)
September: #144 Parm
October: #145 FarPige
November: #146 CoSam
December:

Speed Games
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MG Schedules

MG Schedule 2025Regular Games
January: -
February: -
March: #128 Parm (Mar 7 - Mar 15)
April: #129 Gry (Apr 4 - Apr 12)
May: #130 GryPan (May 22 - May 31)
June: #131 Kasakoha (Jun 21 - Jun 28)
July: #132 Jinx & AnimePigeon (Jul 25 - Aug 3)
August: #133 Erin & Juviii (Aug 21 - Aug 29)
September: #134 Panfalla (Sep 13 - Sep 24)
October: -
November: #135 CoSam (Nov 23 - Dec 1)
December: #136 Erin & Farf (Dec 19 - Dec 27)

MG Schedule 2024
January: -
February: #119 CoSam (Feb 13 - Feb 20)
March: #120 Hardy (Mar 25 - Mar 31)
April: -
May: #121 Erin & Farf (May 24 - May 30)
June: #122 Panfalla (Jun 23 - Jul 1)
July: #123 DemonJinxLambu (Jul 11 - Jul 31)
August: -
September: #124 Evilish µ (Sep 14 - Sep 22)
October: #125 Parm and Lawl (Oct 18 - Oct 26)
November: #126 Taisha Michou (Nov 22 - Nov 30)
December: #127 Panfalla (Dec 13 - Dec 20)

MG Schedule 2023
Regular Games
January: #109 Shad (Jan 20 - Jan 25)
February: -
March: #110 Erin (Mar 31 - Apr 9)
April: -
May: #111 Panfalla (May 27 - Jun 1)
June: #112 Panfalla (Jun 3 - jun 10)
July: #113 Sam & Lambu (Jul 21 - Jul 27)
August: #114 Juviii & Erin (Aug 11 - Aug 19)
September: #115 GrySun (Sep 16 - Sep 22)
October: #116 Parm (Oct 12 - Oct 18)
* November: #117 Hermit & Sakura (Nov 17 - Nov 22 )
December: Farf & Lambs (Dec 21 - Dec 30)

MG Schedule 2022
Regular Games
January: #99 Farfalla & Erinyes (Jan 3 - Jan 13)
February: #100 Copan & desin & Evil (Feb 20 - Feb 25)
March: -
April: -
May: #101 SonOfDaws & Tatsumaki & Erinyes (& Juviii) (May 8 - May 16)
June: #102 Panfalla (Jun 15 - Jun 26)
July: #103 CoSam (Jul 16 - Jul 24)
August: #104 GrySun (Aug 20 - Aug 25)
September: #105 Hermit & Tatsumaki (Sep 15 - Sep 26)
October: #106 Crescent & Asako & Lambu (Oct 22 - Oct 31)
* November: #107 Farfalla & Erinyes (Nov 11 - Nov 21)
* December: #108 Crescent & Shad (Dec 10 - Dec 18)

Speed Games
March: #5 SonOfDaws & Asako & Lady Pompom (Mar 20)

* Indicative time when the Mafia Game Awards 2022 may be held

MG Schedule 2021January: #88 Gajeel & Hardy (Jan 20 - Jan 26)
February: #89 Desin24 & Evil3ye & mighty Panda-kun (Feb 19 - Feb 26)
March: #90 SonOfDaws (Mar 26 - Apr 3)
April: #91 sakura-aneki & SirSamuel016 & Panda (Apr 19 - Apr 27)
May: #92 GrySun (May 22 - May 27)
June: #93 Farfalla & Panda & Hardy & MarmaladeSky (Jun 24 - Jul 5)
July: #94 SonOfDaws & Asako & Purity of Magi (Jul 22 - Aug 1)
August: #95 PanFalla (Aug 26 - Sep 6)
September: #96 Evil3ye & Hardy & MArGi (Sep 24 - Oct 2)
October: -
November: #97 Magi & Pando & Lawl (Oct 31 - Nov 16)
December: #98 Lady Bia & Daws & Koko (Dec 9 - Dec 14)

MG Schedule 2020January: #77 Asako & Elusia (Jan 5 - Jan 10)
February: #78 goodboy_lawlett & Purity of Magi & Copy Panda (Feb 8 - Feb 15)
March: #79 gnut & Asako (Mar 22 - Apr 2)
April: #80 Crescent Jinx & Holt & Elusia & Copy Panda (Apr 12 - Apr 21)
May: #81 GrySun (May 4 - May 12)
June: #82 uberfayt & Elusia (Jun 3 - Jun 11)
July: -
August: #83 James Rye & Asako (Aug 8 - Aug 15)
September: #84 Farfalla & Copy Panda (Sep 5 - Sep 14)
October: #85 Gajeel & SonOfDaws (Oct 15 - Oct 28)
November: #86 Evil3ye & desin24 & Copy Panda (Nov 20 - Nov 29)
December: #87 SonOfDaws & Asako (Dec 16 - Dec 24)

Speedgames

January: #4 Crescent Jinx & Takuan (Jan 26 - Jan 26)

MG Schedule 2019
January: -
February: #70 Vandred & Crescent Jinx (Feb 15 - Feb 22)
March: #71 Asako & Elusia & Vandred (Mar 29 - Apr 5)
April: -
May: -
June: #72 Lambu (Jun 27 - Jul 3)
July: -
August: #73 Copy Panda & goodboy_lawlett (Aug 2 - Aug 10)
September: #74 Elusia & Lambu (Sep 7 - Sep 14)
October: #75 Crescent Jinx & Lady pompom & Asako (Oct 17 - Oct 24)
November: #76 GrySun (Nov 9 - Nov 17)
December: -

MG Schedule 2018June: #64 Vandred & Crescent Jinx & Holt (Jun 7 - Jun 14)
July: #65 Emperor Spriggan & Lady pompom & Asako (Jul 13 - Jul 21)
August: #66 Copy Panda & Purity of Magi & goodboy_lawlett (Aug 12 - Aug 22)
September: #67 WithYouInSpirit (Sep 21 - Sep 28)
October: #68 goodboy_lawlett & Copy Panda (Oct 21 - Oct 29)
November: -
December: #69 Elusia & Lambu & WithYouInSpiritOnly (Dec 16 - Dec 22)

MG Schedule 2017
January: #53 GrySun (Jan 17 - )
February:
March:
April: #54 GrySun (Apr 5 - )
May:
June:
July: #55 GrySun co. Spirit (Jul 20 - )
August:
September: #56 Farfalla & Hardy (Sep 9 - )
October: #57 Spirit & Van (Oct 13 - )
November: #58 Copy Panda, Magi, goodboy (Nov 13 - )
December: #59 Spirit, Lambu, Lady Pompom (Dec 17 - )

MG Schedule 2016
January:
February: #48 Ustegius (Feb 27 - )
March:
April: #49 Farfalla & Hardy (Apr 21 - )
May:
June:
July:
August: #50 Panda & Kat (Aug 15 - )
September: #51 Panda & Kat (Aug 27- )
October: #52 Evil & Gry (Oct 24 - )
November:
December:

MG Schedule 2015
January: #42 Ustegius & Magi (Jan 20 - )
February: #43 digitaldude (Feb 10 - )
March: #44 Ustegius & Faust (Feb 22 - )
April:
May:
June: #45 Evil3ye (Jun 10 - )
July:
August: #46 Hardy (Aug 16 - )
September:
October:
November:
December: #47 Evil3ye (Dec 21 - )

MG Schedule 2014
January: #33 Niichan (Jan 2 - )
January: #34 MidoBan & Evil (Jan 7 - )
January: #35 Evil3ye (Jan 26 - )
February: #36 Josef & Evil (Feb 7 - )
February: #37 Xadyu co. Mido & Josef (Feb 17 - )
March: #38 Hardy (Mar 5 - )
April:
May:
June:
July: #39 Nico Brown (Jul 21 - )
August:
September: #40 Evil with Hardy & Josef (Sep 7 - )
October:
November:
December: #41 Evil with Mido & Nuno (Dec 17 - )

MG Schedule 2013
January: #22 digitaldude (Jan 31 - )
February: #23 Evil with Nuno & Niichan (Feb 12 - )
March: #24 Niichan (Mar 10 - )
April: #25 Niichan (Mar 25 - )
May: #26 Niichan (May 20 - )
June: #27 Faust (Jun 9 - )
July:
August: #28 Evil with Nuno & Niichan (Aug 5 - )
September:
October:
November: #29 Faust (Nov 3 - )
December: #30 Evil3ye (Dec 2 - )
December: #31 Faust (Dec 7 - )
December: #32 Faust (Dec 20 - )

MG Schedule 2012
January: -
February: #15 Evil (Feb 23 - Mar 4)
March: -
April: #16 Evil (Apr 2 - Apr 5)
May: -
June: -
July: -
August: -
September: #17 Evil (Sep 3 - Sep 7)
October: #18 digital (Oct 4 - Oct 9)
October: #19 digital (Oct 27- Nov 3)
November: #20 Evil (Nov 27 - Dec 5)
December: #21 digital (Dec 17 - Dec 19)

MG Schedule 2011
January: -
February: #4 Evil (Feb 16 - Feb 17)
February: #5 Cblitz (Feb 17- Feb 23)
February: #6 Evil (Feb 23 - Mar 4)
March: #7 Evil (Mar 9 - Mar 17)
March: #8 Evil (Mar 20 - Mar 21)
March: #9 Evil (Mar 21 - Mar 30)
April: -
May: #10 Evil (May 4 - May 11)
May: #11 blai (May 22 - May 31)
June: -
July: #12 scav (Jul 15 - Jul 29)
August: -
September: #13 kdowns (Sep 26 - Oct 3)
October: #14 Evil (Oct 17 - Oct 22)
November: -
December: -

MG Schedule 2010
November: #1 Evil (Nov 9 - Nov 14)
November: #2 Evil (Nov 16 - Nov 21)
November: #3 Evil (Nov 28 - Dec 3)
December: -

MG Schedule 2023

Sign-ups!

To everyone who usually plays MG or those that don‘t want to miss signups, we‘re testing a new way to alert everyone to a new game instead of mass tags before each game.

All you have to do is go to >>this thread<< and press Watch on the top corner of the thread. I or a host will post there and notify everyone like this whenever a new game starts.

MG Scheduling

[Original Post]

While hosting overall isn't necessarily hard, it's very easy to mess things up as we have seen plenty of times already. This naturally happens more often with newer hosts.

In order to get these new hosts familiar with how the game works behind the scenes and make it a smoother experience for everyone (no one wants a cancelled game!), we are establishing these sets of rules that follow the methods that have been used in the last 50 games:

-If it's your first time hosting, it's MANDATORY to have the help of someone that has hosted before. As long as they aren't banned, it doesn't matter if this person hosted twenty times or just once. This experienced host will be the "Main Host", while the new one assumes the role of "co-host".
-Tasks will be split in a rather equal manner so that the Main Host can keep things in check while the Co-host gets hands-on experience to learn properly.
-The Main Host has the final say when it comes to decisions (ideally, this won't need to be enforced heavily, it's mostly to avoid possible issues).

Once the game is over, the co-host can host on their own and even take the role of "experienced host" for a new host in need!

Copy Panda · Sep 9, 2026

MG144 - Pan the Diver

Look, he has panda ears
✦•┈๑⋅⋯ ⋯⋅๑┈•✦

Hosts: Pan & Marm
Start Date: ~28 Sep
Mechanics: perhaps
Theme: Dave the Diver

Divers:
1. Sam
2. Nashy
3. Gry
4. DD
5. Arrow
6. Dego
7. Eri
8. Lawl*
9. Slyth
10. Holt*
11. Tatsu
12. Mazi
13. Pomcha
14. Vali
15. Shino
16. 89Snail
17. Lumi
18.

GrySun · Dec 22, 2016

Hmm how well received was the last game's special role changes? Those of you like @Farfalla @gnut @lawlett-kun and the others who played, do you prefer the game roles to be static like in most games or something like in the last game?

Kato756 said:
Count me in!

Glad to see you back Kato o/

gnut · Dec 22, 2016

I liked it :thumbs

Farfalla · Dec 22, 2016

I prefer it like the last game o/ seems harder to balance tho.

GrySun · Dec 22, 2016

gnut said:
I liked it

That's good to hear, but I need some more info :XD

Like, did you like it more or less than just having 1 role?

--- Double Post Merged, Dec 22, 2016, Original Post Date: Dec 22, 2016 ---

Farfalla said:
I prefer it like the last game o/ seems harder to balance tho.

So you actually liked becoming a freeman? :rolleyes:

Balancing is doable, but some players may not like that it makes things so complicated. You have to watch your own role and change, it's harder to claim a role since it can change and thus it's harder for town to keep track of all the roles in the game. Not sure if I want to make the game with static or changing roles.

gnut · Dec 22, 2016

Maybe have a handful with changing roles but not all

Farfalla · Dec 22, 2016

I think no one likes to be/become a freeman '-'" But considering it was put together with detective, it made the game certainly more strategical for me. During the game (specially since I was killed early) I could realize how flawed my initials thought were (you guys helped me with that part lol) and how better I should have checked both roles to consider sinergy between them and other roles, in order to come up with my stories and survival means. So yeah, it got me way more interested in the game overall, not only the current one, but also mechanics and it certainly made it more challenging. Problems with the system are:
- some players won't engage by default (sorry, guys, you know who you highly inactive mofos are u.u) so, as host, you might end up "wasting two roles" that could be useful/fun in your setup, instead of one;
- some role mixes might be "lame", so not all players might have the opportunity to feel as challenged/interested and the mix might come out only as problematic and then players might get apathetic (#mightypowerofmight);
- as I said, it looks even trickier to balance the game since you're increasing the possible interactions and outcomes and have to add to this recipe the 'time' component: when changes happen, how those timesets also affect the game, etc.

Lawl Po Bia · Dec 22, 2016

put me in the team with lulalla

GrySun · Dec 22, 2016

Farfalla said:
I think no one likes to be/become a freeman '-'" But considering it was put together with detective, it made the game certainly more strategical for me. During the game (specially since I was killed early) I could realize how flawed my initials thought were (you guys helped me with that part lol) and how better I should have checked both roles to consider sinergy between them and other roles, in order to come up with my stories and survival means. So yeah, it got me way more interested in the game overall, not only the current one, but also mechanics and it certainly made it more challenging. Problems with the system are:
- some players won't engage by default (sorry, guys, you know who you highly inactive mofos are u.u) so, as host, you might end up "wasting two roles" that could be useful/fun in your setup, instead of one;
- some role mixes might be "lame", so not all players might have the opportunity to feel as challenged/interested and the mix might come out only as problematic and then players might get apathetic (#mightypowerofmight);
- as I said, it looks even trickier to balance the game since you're increasing the possible interactions and outcomes and have to add to this recipe the 'time' component: when changes happen, how those timesets also affect the game, etc.

Thanks for your thoughts on this Farfs. Balance is always a rather tricky thing even in normal games, though I would say that last game was pretty balanced. About the afkish people, there's no actual good way of dealing with it. We've had both boring and good roles just afk or not wanting to play so it mostly goes beyond the role.
There's only so many roles that can have such a fun mechanical interaction as your previous one. After all not everyone can get the fun roles, sometimes you're just a regular townie or another passive role, even in normal games some people get detective(or only detective for that matter) or get a role they don't like. If you asked all players about which roles they like we would have maybe 5 roles in total..
So I think even if you get a rather boring or simple role-change, you still are better off than just being a permanent regular townie without hope of doing something else.

I'll think about it whether to use the previous setup or the standard one.

Farfalla · Dec 22, 2016

lawlett-kun said:
put me in the team with lulalla

Why? o.ô

Gry, make a Xmas setup where players will secretly send you a roles wishlist (PM) that you'll grant to some (the good kids) and twist for others (the bad kids) '-' Who will be in those 2 groups will be up to you '-' Now I hope your name is Klaus, to make it fitting '-'

GrySun · Dec 22, 2016

That actually sounds pretty entertaining. Unfortunately when the game starts it'll be after christmas and new years so that wouldn't make much sense.

Though this being my first hosted game I should just give everyone regular roles and be done with it '-'

desin24 · Dec 25, 2016

GrySun said:
That actually sounds pretty entertaining. Unfortunately when the game starts it'll be after christmas and new years so that wouldn't make much sense.

Though this being my first hosted game I should just give everyone regular roles and be done with it '-'

Technically, orthodox christmas (russian one methinks) is two weeks later than the 24th. Just ask your resident maybe lawyer for an excuse.

Evil3ye · Dec 26, 2016

A Russian christmas game, yay! With roles like Oil Tycoon and Toothless Alcoholic.

Farfalla · Dec 26, 2016

Or like the new reality show you guys will have: some months in Siberia with a knife and everything is allowed. Sounds like a good background for a bloody MG as well o/

GrySun · Dec 26, 2016

I've been thinking and I think I got an interesting game setup. May be more than I can manage, but I'll still try. Would like more players for such a game though, maybe around 14?

Mafia Game 53
Start: 9-10th january
Theme: TBD

Players:

1. desin24
2. lawlett-kun
3. Erinyes*
4. Farfalla
5. WithYouInSpirit
6. Zasz
7. gnut
8. Ustegius
9. Kato756
10. TSPanda*

* - pending

And I think I may end up doing something similar with Farfs' suggestion about sending in your favorite role.