kgb007 wrote:StubbsKVM wrote:Maybe those who've actually seen the series could give us an idea what roles may be out there.
In an effort to nullify lynx's vote and offer something meaningful, here goes...
So I recently watched season 1 and it's pretty fresh in my memory, this is my first time playing Mafia so i'm not 100% on all roles but from what I've read in the one of the other mafia games going on here..
betiko already mentioned the role of Omar, a possible SK, he did a lot of stealing from other drug gangs, also he did work with the BPD (baltimore police department) as a key witness to the murder of a witness to the original murder that kicked off the show - the opening scene refers to the aquittal of D (Avon's nephew) and i seem to remember a scene during the season where Omar was referred to as a "robin hood" of the ghetto by the police, for stealing drugs from the gangs and redistributing them to the less fortunate, not saying he IS a vig but a remote possibility? I definitely remember a scene where he just gave away some heroine to a woman with a baby who hadn't received her paycheck yet but i'm probably overanalyzing and reading too much into it for our game's purposes..
there's Avon Barksdale who was the leader of the drug cartel, I not sure of all the abilities but maybe GF? definitely mafia (DUH) Avon was basically the shot caller who had taken over the Towers in Baltimore has his turf to sell drugs, he was also involved in ordering several individual's murders
Stringer Bell was Avon's "first lieutenant" or right hand man and mafia as well, he executed a lot of Avon's orders, not sure what role he could fill - roleblocker, strongman?(just starting googling different mafia? again i have no idea what type of roles the mod gave out (except for mine of course)
I could go on to less prominent roles from the show's drug gang but how many mafia do you think we have in a town of 13? and maybe Omar as a SK?? are there any vanilla mafia or townies for that matter?
on the flipside..mcnulty is obvious, he's the main detective in the show, and the one who lets slip to the judge regarding Avon's drug operation, most likely our cop, would we have more than one cop?
or how about a detective? is there a fundamental difference between cop and detective for our game? (i don't know) They do refer McNulty as Detective McNulty as he works in the Homicide Division, maybe someone else who's seen the show or played more than 1 mafia game before can lend their experience..
other possible cops/detectives from the show that might be in our game, Greggs (lesiban cop in the narcotics group), Prez (starts out as a bumbling idiot who turns into someone very good at connecting the dots), Bunk (McNulty's partner in Homicide), Det. Freamon (cagey old timer randomly assigned to the detail from a useless department, I believe he was working as someone who would categorize items that were pawned with values greater than $50 before getting assigned to this detail because he did good detective work on another detail years ago when that good detective work exposed internal/politcal corruption only to be to be asked where he wanted and not wanted to end up after the detail, of course he got his least favorite choice as punishment for "following the money"
after some serious digging, we could have a docter, the only character who comes to mind from season 1 is Dr. Randall Frazier, a very minor character who works in the city morgue but the people were already dead by the time they got to Fraizer so maybe not??
a roleblocker could be Lietenant Daniels (in charge of the detail) or Deputy Commissioner Rawls (2 levels in the chain of command above McNulty in Homicide) maybe he could a townie GF? (do they even have those in mafia games?) or Burrell could be roleblocker/GF as well, I think he was only Acting Commissioner in season 1, and not made full time until season 2 but he was the one who got an earful from the judge about Avon and the drugs and assigned Daniels to head up the detail early on
back to my vanilla question - do we think it's possible that there are vanilla mafia/townies? there were several lesser drug gang members that were foot soliders, D, Bodie, Bird, Wey Bey come to mind..and other cops for BPD that might not have a role for game - i don't know how fun the game would be if all of the town were cops like they were in the show but again i'll defer to the more experienced
Bubbles is a drug addict that is also an informant of sorts for Greggs (lesbian narcotics cop assigned to the detail), he was always good for a laugh or two during the episode but i was gonna suggest he might be in the game only as vanilla but on second thought he could be a watcher too??
hope this is enough to start on..