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: ~27 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.

James Rye · Apr 22, 2021

Yeah, their game seems very different from ours. Then again I played games where characters had items which you could steal or copy which is also very differently because people tend to claim what items they got instead of what role to avoid making themselves too appealing for a killing.

GrySun · Apr 22, 2021

Background: This lynch happened on Day 5, but let's flash back to Day 3 for a second. Town has two wolves down and is in a pretty good spot. A third, digitialdude, was visibly demoralized ever since a particular turning point that was the start of the downward swing for the wolves. tartina started the day shading digitaldude heavily, and then a bit later on dropped the bomb: She was the N2 cop, and got a guilty result on digitaldude.

digitaldude's reaction was not inspiring and he basically outed and started lolcatting after a bit, not to mention self-voting. Case in point:

digitaldude said:
FUG BROS im alignment cop n3 dont kill me dudes, tartina is a mafia bomb. The real boss is behind her.

This reaction, combined with his earlier demoralization, combined to make digitaldude seemingly a no-brainer lynch that day. Specchat was celebrating. Town was finally in a good position to win one! There was some minor tinfoil that tartina/digitaldude was a spat designed as a Hail Mary play in order to send tartina deep, but for the most part this lynch was set.

:lmao

Read in full length here if you wish: #23: The Ten Worst Mislynches in Champs History and How to Avoid Them (by GeneralHankerchief) (mafiauniverse.com)

It's #4: tartina, Season 6, Game 4, Day 5

digidude accomplished their 4th place of "worst mislynch ever" :XD

Hardy · Apr 22, 2021

Dd representing mh perfectly getting lynched as a detective.

James Rye · Apr 22, 2021

Guess that means we are famous.

GrySun · Apr 22, 2021

Hardy said:
Dd representing mh perfectly getting lynched as a detective.

Ah no he was mafia scum, getting a Det lynched instead of him. I just love the quote they put of him there, normal DD to us, to them it's "an obvious demoralized mafia" :lmao

Riku · Apr 22, 2021

I think that tartina lynch is a better achievement than any win or finale spot or anything.

GrySun · Apr 22, 2021

Ustegius said:
I think that tartina lynch is a better achievement than any win or finale spot or anything.

Unfortunately they creditted "town bad" for that and not the amazing 900iq DD mafia plans. #Unfair.

Copy Panda · Apr 22, 2021

Lmao I had an internet outage, sorry for the inconvenience it's back up now

Riku · Apr 22, 2021

But yeah, one thing I dislike in the MU championships is that the vote system gives an edge to players that are established in community.

And the community quite tigh-knit. Hard for new faces get thorough first round.

GrySun · Apr 22, 2021

Ustegius said:
But yeah, one thing I dislike in the MU championships is that the vote system gives an edge to players that are established in community.

And the community quite tigh-knit. Hard for new faces get thorough first round.

Yeah, and while you can certainly "prove yourself", it'll take a while becaue of all the slang words they use there. Your first game will have passed long before you've adapted to their playing field and especially way of thinking. Things that never would be considered here are seen as typical plays there. Things nobody would ever do there are done a lot here. Big differences to bridge properly.

I think tho the biggest gameplay difference is how everyone practically has Unlimited Voter Disease there. Votes are cast and retracted all the time, followed by a vote-counting bot. A lynch is seldom decided early, and "top voted" will change like 10 times during the course of a short day phase. A guy who would've lynched someone had he added his vote to it but then decided not to, was a couple mins later mass voted and lynched. Tough life.

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Tho let all this talk not distract from the fact that our food is late

Riku · Apr 22, 2021

Yeah, there should be a glossary or something. Time I played, I just had to Google all the time for their slang.

Also the unlimited voting changes the nature of the game fundamentally. It's more like on going arguing instead of making a decision and sticking to it.

And bad timing can just change everything.

James Rye · Apr 22, 2021

GrySun said:
Yeah, and while you can certainly "prove yourself", it'll take a while becaue of all the slang words they use there. Your first game will have passed long before you've adapted to their playing field and especially way of thinking. Things that never would be considered here are seen as typical plays there. Things nobody would ever do there are done a lot here. Big differences to bridge properly.

I think tho the biggest gameplay difference is how everyone practically has Unlimited Voter Disease there. Votes are cast and retracted all the time, followed by a vote-counting bot. A lynch is seldom decided early, and "top voted" will change like 10 times during the course of a short day phase. A guy who would've lynched someone had he added his vote to it but then decided not to, was a couple mins later mass voted and lynched. Tough life.

--- Double Post Merged, Apr 22, 2021, Original Post Date: Apr 22, 2021 ---

Tho let all this talk not distract from the fact that our food is late

Yeah, their game style sounds less fun than our crazy one.

And the food must have become cold by now...

GrySun · Apr 22, 2021

Ustegius said:
Yeah, there should be a glossary or something. Time I played, I just had to Google all the time for their slang.

Also the unlimited voting changes the nature of the game fundamentally. It's more like on going arguing instead of making a decision and sticking to it.

And bad timing can just change everything.

Oh there is in fact a glossary, I recall referencing it a lot when I played. But it's a bunch of stuff to learn and get accustomed to "being a thing".

That bold part 100%. It's cool if a bunch of people have a lot of free hours in RL to write a lot in real time, but at what point do people switch to having the mafia games in person or via video calls.

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Mafia Universe Terminology

James Rye · Apr 22, 2021

A lot of this terminology seems really unnecessary.

GrySun · Apr 22, 2021

James Rye said:
A lot of this terminology seems really unnecessary.

True. I'm a fan of few like AI and NAI, as their simple use saves some written words to explain a thought very easily and quickly. I suppose that's how it is for many of the terms, shortcuts to waste less time describing exact thoughts so they can say more easier. But some really are unneeded.