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[yuma]

sweet... I'll check it out!

[Robz888]

The fiancé and I watched it from start to finish a couple weeks ago... great show! It's basically a sort-of more plausible "24," I would say.

Ironically enough, this whole Sgt. Bergdahl thing in the news is strikingly similar to the plot of the show.

[yuma]

come on TA... you know you want to join!

[Twistedarcher]

come on TA... you know you want to join!

I have a lot of work trips coming up in the next two months so I don't think I can meet the commitment levels needed here anymore for a long time :/

[mcmcsalot]

TA we can lurk together!

/in will legitimately be busy till Friday.

[Eevee]

I'm available sub in if the situation arises.

[faust]

I will have to /out if this doesn't start by the end of the week. Collides with my summer vacation otherwise.

[azadin]

I have never played a forum game or Mafia before, but it seems interesting. Would anyone care if a complete Mafia noob joined you? Could some nice soul PM me with a bit of information about this? (Realistic time commitment, tips, anything else you think might be relevant). I've skimmed through some stuff and it seems a bit overwhelming, but absolutely something I could get into if I tried it out.

Thanks!

[AndrewisFTTW]

This should be a basic enough game for a first time player. Make sure you read and sign the Civility Pledge and JOIN US.... Huh? What? Oh sorry for the creepy color change. FRESH BLOOD... ONE OF US... oh boy...

[Witherweaver]

I have never played a forum game or Mafia before, but it seems interesting. Would anyone care if a complete Mafia noob joined you? Could some nice soul PM me with a bit of information about this? (Realistic time commitment, tips, anything else you think might be relevant). I've skimmed through some stuff and it seems a bit overwhelming, but absolutely something I could get into if I tried it out.

Thanks!

Just remember that I'm always town, so never vote for me.

Realistically: Games last a while, a couple of months.  Though it's possible you get killed earlier.  Time commitment is at a minimum one post a day, but really it's better to be more active.  I tend to check the forums while I'm at work (I have a desk job), and occasionally on my phone as I'm commuting or hanging around with nothing to do.  So if you check in fairly regularly and keep up with the game, just reading the new posts and contributing your thoughts as you can, that should be alright.  If you can't check in for a couple of days, just post something to that extent (also there is a VLA thread for that).

It's hard to give general tips.. you're probably going to make a bunch of mistakes in your firsts games (I did).  That's part of the learning process.. I think it's a kind of a jump right into the deep end thing.

[Teproc]

I have never played a forum game or Mafia before, but it seems interesting. Would anyone care if a complete Mafia noob joined you? Could some nice soul PM me with a bit of information about this? (Realistic time commitment, tips, anything else you think might be relevant). I've skimmed through some stuff and it seems a bit overwhelming, but absolutely something I could get into if I tried it out.

Thanks!

Welcome !

First of all : what WW said.

Also : read the rules (in the second post of this thread), take a look at the setup (it's somewhat complex, but take a look at the possible roles), take a look at this thread and the Civility Pledge.

If you have any question you can ask it in this thread or by PM to someone like ashersky, yuma or Robz. Once the game starts (if you do sign-up), you should mostly ask questions to me via PM (I'll be modding this game), I'll be glad to answer them.

The Mafiascum wiki is a great source if you have questions about roles. This setup is a f.ds original, but all the roles featured in it are in there.

As far as starting with this particular game goes : the setup itself is complex, but the way it plays is fairly simple, and you don't need to understand all the intricacies of the setup to get the game anyway.

One last recommendation : if you can find the time, try to read a concluded game. The obvious one here would be Adventure Time, because it used the same exact setup. I'll also note that this was Andrew's first game here, and he's apparently turned into some kind of Mafia-fueled beast so... it works as a newbie game !

[mcmcsalot]

I have never played a forum game or Mafia before, but it seems interesting. Would anyone care if a complete Mafia noob joined you? Could some nice soul PM me with a bit of information about this? (Realistic time commitment, tips, anything else you think might be relevant). I've skimmed through some stuff and it seems a bit overwhelming, but absolutely something I could get into if I tried it out.

Thanks!

This is a wonderful setup to start, it has the simplicity of c9 and jk9 but isn't solvable so it won't breakdown completely into theory crafting early.

If you have any questions on how the setup works feel free to ask, most anybody could explain it well.

General tips would be to play like you don't have any extra information. For example if you are a doctor you need to avoid playing like you know a doctor exists, because only the doctor would know that and mafia will know to kill you. As mafia you have way more info than town, you know everyone's alignment and all the powers mafia have. So you need to play as though you don't know any of these things.

I would also suggest you don't let others bully your opinions one way or the other. If you believe player A is mafia for reason Y, do not let player B tell you Y is a bad reason to think player A is mafia. Makes sure if you change your mind it's because player B gave a stronger reason for player A to be town, or because player B explained something that you had been confused about causing reason Y to be faulty. Hopefully that makes sense, I think it is important.

Last tip, be present and hold people accountable. You don't have to be posting all the time but when you are posting try your best to be caught up and posting about things that are happening in the current moment. It's easy to summarize what others have said and give an after the matter opinion that is "safe" and repetitive. And of course, hold others to this because you have to believe if others are town they are trying their best to be genuine and helpful as well.

[mcmcsalot]

One last recommendation : if you can find the time, try to read a concluded game. The obvious one here would be Adventure Time, because it used the same exact setup. I'll also note that this was Andrew's first game here, and he's apparently turned into some kind of Mafia-fueled beast so... it works as a newbie game !

Why did you tell him to do that! Now he's going to think we kill newbies day one!

[yuma]

I think the best prep for playing is to spectate a game. Try watching this one while it is going:  http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=11240.new#new. It has been going for a few days. Although reading a past game works as well, but reading a current game gives you an idea of the pace of a game and what happens in real time.

[Teproc]

One last recommendation : if you can find the time, try to read a concluded game. The obvious one here would be Adventure Time, because it used the same exact setup. I'll also note that this was Andrew's first game here, and he's apparently turned into some kind of Mafia-fueled beast so... it works as a newbie game !

Why did you tell him to do that! Now he's going to think we kill newbies day one!

Yeah, that usually doesn't happen. In fact it's the only example I can think of since I've been here.

[A Drowned Kernel]

We didn't though, did we? raerae was the day one lynch there.

[sudgy]

One last recommendation : if you can find the time, try to read a concluded game. The obvious one here would be Adventure Time, because it used the same exact setup. I'll also note that this was Andrew's first game here, and he's apparently turned into some kind of Mafia-fueled beast so... it works as a newbie game !

Why did you tell him to do that! Now he's going to think we kill newbies day one!

Yeah, that usually doesn't happen. In fact it's the only example I can think of since I've been here.

In my first game we lynched mail-mi who was a newbie at the time (granted, there were seven newbies).

[mail-mi]

One last recommendation : if you can find the time, try to read a concluded game. The obvious one here would be Adventure Time, because it used the same exact setup. I'll also note that this was Andrew's first game here, and he's apparently turned into some kind of Mafia-fueled beast so... it works as a newbie game !

Why did you tell him to do that! Now he's going to think we kill newbies day one!

Yeah, that usually doesn't happen. In fact it's the only example I can think of since I've been here.

In my first game we lynched mail-mi who was a newbie at the time (granted, there were seven newbies).

i remember that game...i was pretty much only in that game so I could get into BMX

[azadin]

Alright, I'm in. Let's try this out.

[Teproc]

Alright. PMs will be coming in hours to follow (the setup is annoying to do and the World Cup is going on though, so not super fast).

[mcmcsalot]

Newbie hammer Roll it Rocky!

[Teproc]

Newbie hammer Roll it Rocky!

You know, I'd actually be fine with resurrecting that short-lived nickname, it reminds me of my one-and-only scum win

[AndrewisFTTW]

I like Le Teproc better.

[ashersky]

I prefer Deproc, in honor of that most famous Frenchman.

[Teproc]

PMs are going out right now.

A warning : they contain wiki links for flavor, those contain spoilers for all seasons unfortunately, so don't read them if you don't want to be spoiled.

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