mchack: huh, and I haven't even gotten to my re-read yet.
Well, I think the lesson for me is: I'm no good at reading people and should trust no one in a game of mafia. ever.
Just glad I wasn't also voting flocke in the end :P (not that I didn't want to ;) At least one townie mis-lynch in this game were I was not on the wagon :)
So Congrats, pooka, joppo and trent for a well deserved victory!
But still, damnit trent, even now I can't believe you were scum :) I think I never got more than one scum right in my reads. My best guess was right at the start of day 3 #269 having both joppo and pooka leaning scum (not that I wasn't convinced otherwise by pooka shortly thereafter) and in that post I even elected trent.
So all in all: Not a good performance from me by any metric, but I think it's the first mafia game I played were I stayed in game right up until the end (got lynched or killed every other game, afair) even if it was a flawless defeat. So that's a first.
Anyway, I had fun. Thanks everyone for the good time, and thank you lift for hosting the game :D
Trusting no one in a game of Mafia is a must, doubly so with experienced players that can blend their scumgame as well as Trent does.
You shouldn't be so hard on yourself. You can say you did not do so well in the game but I believe that the fact you haven't played for years is a significant factor. You don't know most players' meta, and even those you do know you're bound to misremember.
Besides, with Catventurer's illness and Scene's disappearance you guys were incredibly unlucky. They were spotting small scumminess threads with me and Pooka that the rest of Town could eventually pull. In the end, I don't think a townie me would have fared much better than you did.
You're bound to play better in the next game... if it doesn't take too long to set up and start :)