Commonly Asked Questions on Mafia Theory

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Commonly Asked Questions on Mafia Theory

Post Post #0 (isolation #0) » Thu Nov 06, 2008 6:26 pm

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How to Play: Specific Roles


Doctor (and Common Variants) Questions
Cop (and Common Variants) Questions
Vigilante (and Common Variants) Questions


Serial Killer Questions
How to Play: In General
How to Play: As Town
How to Play: As Mafia

Theory Questions
Endgame Questions (Highly Relevant to Mods)
Questions on Moderating


Set-Up, Choices
Resolving Night-Choices
Giving Information to Players
(Suggested) Rules
Miscellaneous
Suggested Reads
On Newbie Games
Ethics of Playing

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Goals of this thread:

1.)
To compile all threads concerning mafia theory into one, easy-to-access resource.
2.)
This resource will have links to the more commonly asked questions in mafia discussion. These questions will surely become more refined over time, and a topic can have multiple subsets, such that even the more uncommon questions are accessible.
3.)
By compiling, this will hopefully be an excellent source of determining how the meta of mafia has changed over time, as the same questions may have different answers as they have been asked multiple times in different ways over the years.

If players would like to do research on a few questions and link to mafia discussion threads, we can hopefully get this started. I will simply try to update this first post continually as research comes in, and I will definitely do research of my own when I can find time to do so.
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Post Post #11 (isolation #1) » Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:17 am

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Fonz's links reorganized in first post. I am not quite sure how this will ultimately be organized -- it will surely become more refined as more threads are mentioned in this thread. For now I am just going with a very general format, with the hopes that it will be very easy to to maneuver through as time passes.

I'm also adding a few links of my own; I think there is a lot more in old discussion than is given credit. Even if a thread's title does not look promising, it may in fact have a discussion (whether you think it be a 'good' one or a 'bad' one) on something!
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Post Post #12 (isolation #2) » Mon Nov 10, 2008 11:38 am

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Sifted through pages 21 down to page 17. I have a feeling I might include the same articles under multiple questions categories, but I'll burn that bridge when I get to it.
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Post Post #19 (isolation #3) » Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:56 am

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Mr. Flay wrote:I don't understand why this thread is on the forums rather than the wiki, but whatever...
Fritzler wrote:
Xylthixlm wrote:
Thok wrote:c. Other stuff that people can link to about natural role resolution.
https://wiki.mafiascum.net/index.php?ti ... Resolution
(Someone go edit that page to take out the Xylbot-specific bits no one cares about)
Check.
If you just want the common order, I think that's been at Night Choice on the wiki for forever. Xyl's page is something specific and different...
Anything here can just be copied to the wiki if it needs to be... I've always considered the wiki a place for "skim the surface" information, and mafia discussion for "in-depth" information. Besides, players don't ask questions in the wiki; they go to mafia discussion to ask questions.
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Post Post #21 (isolation #4) » Thu Dec 11, 2008 9:29 am

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Well, this can probably be de-stickied (actually was surprised it was stickied to begin with)... I think it's a good idea, but I am just the wrong person to do this compiling right now.
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