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Asiina
Apr 26, 2011

No going back
Grimey Drawer

busb posted:

Look let's just agree that all jrpgs are awful and move onto a proper topic.

How many people is the minimum to have a decent game of irl Mafia?
Is 5 enough for a vanilla game so 2 nights?

Depends how many of them are tsundere.

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Amoeba102
Jan 22, 2010

That one's set in Boston right, Asiina?

Busb. I think you need a moderator, so minimum 6. But 7 players and a mod would be better.

Amoeba102
Jan 22, 2010

I feel bad for mixing up Boston and Chicago.

Asiina
Apr 26, 2011

No going back
Grimey Drawer
It's actually set in Germany.

I haven't seen The Fugitive. I didn't even know he was a doctor.

imgay
May 12, 2014

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
I like the blue gender

EXAKT Science
Aug 14, 2012

8 on the Kinsey scale

busb posted:

Look let's just agree that all jrpgs are awful and move onto a proper topic.

How many people is the minimum to have a decent game of irl Mafia?
Is 5 enough for a vanilla game so 2 nights?

Seven players gives you enough for a two-person scumteam and a game that will never last longer than three days, so I'd say seven players plus the moderator. You can run with five or six players, but only if you have a single scum, since with more, Day 1 is MYLO/LYLO.

busb
Mar 19, 2009

Thorgie

Amoeba102 posted:

That one's set in Boston right, Asiina?

Busb. I think you need a moderator, so minimum 6. But 7 players and a mod would be better.

Well yes I would be the mod obv. Hmm I don't know if I can rope in two more people for the gang. Were going to play classic boardgame and national treasure
http://squatter.com.au/

I am good at squatting BTW, I have v strong thighs

Amoeba102
Jan 22, 2010

Where/when are you playing?

IRL mafia games I've played have been like 15+ people and if we ever drop below 10 it's avalon time. And you don't need a mod if you do it right.

busb
Mar 19, 2009

Thorgie

EXAKT Science posted:

Seven players gives you enough for a two-person scumteam and a game that will never last longer than three days, so I'd say seven players plus the moderator. You can run with five or six players, but only if you have a single scum, since with more, Day 1 is MYLO/LYLO.

Thanks, I actually have never played or modded a mafia game before so this is all great info!!!

What I was really asking but maybe wasn't clear about is 5 person irl Mafia actually fun and good or is it quite dull unless you get the 2 Mafia minimum going

busb
Mar 19, 2009

Thorgie

Amoeba102 posted:

Where/when are you playing?

IRL mafia games I've played have been like 15+ people and if we ever drop below 10 it's avalon time. And you don't need a mod if you do it right.

It's a small gathering of friends only, we do dinner parties and whiskey nights and high tea but there are only 6ish of us usually.

I guess it'll mainly be trivial pursuit then!

Amoeba102
Jan 22, 2010

Fair enough.

busb
Mar 19, 2009

Thorgie
I was thinking about random assignment and no mod, how do nked players get notifies they have died?

Opopanax
Aug 8, 2007

I HEX YE!!!


busb posted:

I was thinking about random assignment and no mod, how do nked players get notifies they have died?

If it's in person you could have the scum tap them or throw something at them

Amoeba102
Jan 22, 2010

Did the throwing thing one time, wasn't fond of it. After the first death get the dead to mod.

imgay
May 12, 2014

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Perhaps you should consider purchasing Settler's of Catan and get the 6-player expansion set

busb
Mar 19, 2009

Thorgie
That sounds highly flawed

busb
Mar 19, 2009

Thorgie

Amoeba102 posted:

Did the throwing thing one time, wasn't fond of it. After the first death get the dead to mod.

Ah that's work, as long as there's not a nolynch

Amoeba102
Jan 22, 2010

You need to play with expansion rules when you play Catan. I forget which one it is, but you get gold tokens whenever you don't get resources from a roll, which can be traded 4 to 1 with the bank. It stops the stagnation of bad rolls.

Amoeba102
Jan 22, 2010

busb posted:

Ah that's work, as long as there's not a nolynch

Well, if it's a no execute, have the mafia throw something.

EXAKT Science
Aug 14, 2012

8 on the Kinsey scale

busb posted:

Thanks, I actually have never played or modded a mafia game before so this is all great info!!!

What I was really asking but maybe wasn't clear about is 5 person irl Mafia actually fun and good or is it quite dull unless you get the 2 Mafia minimum going

Five people is fun, if a bit different. It isn't longer than two days, and it's super intimate compared to a larger game. Even if you keep the days short, everyone has a chance to get in a lot of casing.

It's possible to run small games modlessly. If you have, say, a set of cards on the table, each corresponding to a player, and a small object (coin, pencil, die, etc.) that the scum can put onto the card representing the player they want dead.

chaoslord
Jan 28, 2009

Nature Abhors A Vacuum


busb posted:

Look let's just agree that all jrpgs are awful and move onto a proper topic.

How many people is the minimum to have a decent game of irl Mafia?
Is 5 enough for a vanilla game so 2 nights?

At 5 play One Night Ultimate Werewolf. Probably need 10 for mafia imo

Opopanax
Aug 8, 2007

I HEX YE!!!


Alternatively put a laptop or something in the middle of the table and they can just write a name.

QuoProQuid
Jan 12, 2012

Tr*ckin' and F*ckin' all the way to tha
T O P

busb posted:

Look let's just agree that all jrpgs are awful and move onto a proper topic.

How many people is the minimum to have a decent game of irl Mafia?
Is 5 enough for a vanilla game so 2 nights?

I played three person Mafia (though we called it something different) with my sisters growing up.

Jump King
Aug 10, 2011

What did you call it?

TMMadman
Sep 9, 2003

by Fluffdaddy

MMM Whatchya Say posted:

What did you call it?

I hope it's not ménage à trois.

CCKeane
Jan 28, 2008

my shit posts don't die, they multiply

The best anime is family guy.

Meinberg
Oct 9, 2011

inspired by but legally distinct from CATS (2019)

CCKeane posted:

The best anime is family guy.

wtc

CCKeane
Jan 28, 2008

my shit posts don't die, they multiply


Simpsons got stale, Meinberg, they're just the same joke over and over, family guy is full of different jokes every episode.

Meinberg
Oct 9, 2011

inspired by but legally distinct from CATS (2019)

CCKeane posted:

Simpsons got stale, Meinberg, they're just the same joke over and over, family guy is full of different jokes every episode.

uhhh.... Family Guy is actually terrible garbage, I'll have you know.

American Dad is the best animated show of all time.

imgay
May 12, 2014

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
wrong Meinberg, I think u mean inuyasha is best animated show of all time

CCKeane
Jan 28, 2008

my shit posts don't die, they multiply

Meinberg posted:

uhhh.... Family Guy is actually terrible garbage, I'll have you know.

American Dad is the best animated show of all time.

Seth MacFarlane is like a Mozart, just high-quantity, relatively simple stuff that gets the job done.

CCKeane
Jan 28, 2008

my shit posts don't die, they multiply

If Family Guy is such a bad anime, how come it's the one the most people have heard of?

Lumpen
Apr 2, 2004

I'd been happy, and I was happy still. For all to be accomplished,
for me to feel less lonely,
all that remained to hope
was that on the day of my execution
there should be a huge crowd of spectators and that they should
greet me with howls of execration.
Plaster Town Cop
Speaking of anime, have we ever had a Death Note Mafia? I can imagine some really interesting mechanics there...

busb
Mar 19, 2009

Thorgie
Noice Keane. Double irony, that means we can still be friends

EXAKT Science
Aug 14, 2012

8 on the Kinsey scale
is stop motion considered anime?

t a s t e
Sep 6, 2010

Hey lumpen

CCKeane
Jan 28, 2008

my shit posts don't die, they multiply

EXAKT Science posted:

is stop motion considered anime?

I'd consider it anime, there's really no strict definition for anime. Anime is about what's in your heart.

CapitalistPig
Nov 3, 2005

A Winner is you!

Meinberg posted:

American Dad is the best animated show of all time.

I can't help but notice that you've horrendously misspelled Rick and Morty

t a s t e
Sep 6, 2010

I don't get the appeal of R&M, can someone sell me on it

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CapitalistPig
Nov 3, 2005

A Winner is you!

Tremendous Taste posted:

I don't get the appeal of R&M, can someone sell me on it

It's really funny and good.

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