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by **Mr. Squirrel** on Sun Jun 24, 2012 3:17 pm

Just recently I had an idea for a mafia game that I would really like to do, but I'm afraid it might not go over well here. Essentially, it would be a game where each player is an emotion, a fragmented piece of a single person's psyche. Some feelings would desire unity, feelings such as hope, love, and kindness. Others would be decisive emotions, bent on overcoming this person's mind, throwing him into a state of self-loathing, regret, and anger. Everyday, his emotions war amongst each other, seeking dominance over his mind. At night, when he sleeps, his subconscious takes over and his feelings run wild without control. He awakes the next morning with only memories of visions and dreams from the night before.

I talked to a friend of mine about this and he said I should turn this into a short story or a novel rather than a mafia game, but I disagree. Part of the intrigue with this is that the outcome is out of my control, just as the feelings in the main character's mind are out of his control.

The problem I see with this game is that it would be dark... depressingly dark... Since this forum usually is pretty light-hearted, I'm not too sure how many people would enjoy playing this game. Let me know what you guys think about it all. If enough people are interested, then I will start working on this. If not, then perhaps I will try my hand at writing out a story.

by **jak111** on Sun Jun 24, 2012 3:35 pm

It sounds.. interesting. Does each player have to play by their 'emotion' role though?

This has potential but would require that everyone take their REAL emotions out of the game. I think it could work with the group here as long as you moderate who you allow in. Don't make it strict, but at the same time don't bring in people who seriously wouldn't know what they were doing either :/

by **edocsil** on Sun Jun 24, 2012 3:37 pm

Yeah I would be down. I have had a lot of dungeons, dragons and cops lately and a change of pace would be welcome.

by **strike wolf** on Sun Jun 24, 2012 4:02 pm

As a psychology major, I say do it!

by **jak111** on Sun Jun 24, 2012 4:09 pm

strike wolf wrote:As a psychology major, I say do it!

Doing a test on peer pressure?

XDD

by **safariguy5** on Sun Jun 24, 2012 4:11 pm

I've played Call of Cthulu, can't be any darker than that. I'd be happy to play.

by **Rodion** on Sun Jun 24, 2012 4:13 pm

I've watched the Hannibal trilogy, can't be any darker than that. I'd be happy to play.

by **zimmah** on Sun Jun 24, 2012 4:15 pm

i like the concept, as usual.

by **soundman** on Sun Jun 24, 2012 4:41 pm

Sounds very intriguing. I'd play.

by / on Sun Jun 24, 2012 5:20 pm

We've had the occasional dark game here before, Saw and Godfather, to name a couple, though they could be considered more aciton-y I suppose.
It sounds good, I want to play!

by **DoomYoshi** on Sun Jun 24, 2012 5:22 pm

I tried to make Rated M a darker game, although it didn't work out that way. I may play if some games finish up by then.

by **strike wolf** on Sun Jun 24, 2012 5:46 pm

/ wrote:We've had the occasional dark game here before, Saw and Godfather, to name a couple, though they could be considered more aciton-y I suppose.
It sounds good, I want to play!

I kept Dexter relatively light but it had a couple bloody scenes.

by **pmchugh** on Sun Jun 24, 2012 6:12 pm

Hey Mr. S, hows the hat?

DO EET. (probably wont join because I am in too many games though)

by **jgordon1111** on Sun Jun 24, 2012 6:22 pm

8 thoughts so to speak, intriguing, I will watch if you get it going. But you should try it for sure. I am rather temper(mental)so it doesnt bode well for me to join this one. But I would love to see how it turned out with some of the less emotional players involved. Give a little insight into their gameplay by the emotion they draw for their role.