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Second Night : All players' eyes are closed and the narrator awakens the mafia and asks who they want to kill. She then awakens the doctor for the first time and asks who they want to save. And then, she awakens the detective and asks who they want to know about. Third Day : The narrator awakens all players and someone has been killed, unless the doctor has figured out who the mafia had their sights on and saved this player.

The game continues in these phases, day and night, day and night, until civilians kill all mafia members or mafia outnumber civilians. Once you are killed from the game, you are then allowed to see the identities of all players at night. You will be shocked to see who has been fooling you and will bond will the other players who have been killed. It is almost just as thrilling to watch the game take place—knowing all the identities—as it is to be alive playing. You will talk about it on your walk home and perhaps the next day.

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The mayor must remain unbiased throughout the game. Mafia-Will kill other players and try to convince other players who the mafia is without revealing themselves Doctor-can save himself look under "Circumstances" and can save others Sheriff-points at any other player and the mayor can either nod or shake their head of the person is mafia or not; uses his or her power to sway public opinion Civilian- the most basic role, who votes and tries to figure out the mafias and vote them off Obviously you don't want to reveal your roles of you have an important one but rather convince others you are a civilian.

Rules: Mayor has the right to silence the group or restart the game completely. Mafia can only choose one target per round 2 mafia vote on 1 target Revealing your card if you are playing with cards is cheating. Opening your eyes when it is not permitted is cheating. Common saying of course. So in the game, the dead are not allowed to influence the town through speech or physical gestures. It is cheating. They can talk, but any hinting at a mafia should get them kicked from the next round or game.

After setup, follow this sequence to play the game: 1: The mayor tells every one to close their eyes. Example: Mayor says "last night, the mafia was angry at somebody who was stealing his money, so he killed person A , the doctor saved the wrong person. Mafia killed person A but doctor saved him.

Note: Anybody killed by the mafia will most likely be a civilian, but you take their card regardless. They are not allowed to reveal their role. The mayor then calls for a vote here any civilian or player can make a claim against any suspicious person. Only two people can be nominated for prosecution Allow 2 minutes for nominations. The mayor then allows the prosecuted to defend themselves, then a vote happens Allow another 2 minutes for votes.

Check "skulls" for variable. Example: There were 8 people in the game with 2 mafia, and the mafia kills 4 people, so there are 2 mafia and 2 other players. The two other players maybe able to vote off one of the mafia, but in the next round, one of the normal players will be killed, meaning the last 2 players are 1 mafia and 1 normal person, so you can't win a 1v1 against mafia.

What I mean by circumstances is when things either get out of hand or you can't figure out where to go from your last move. Here are some of the main circumstances I've ran into:. The doctor: This class seems overpowered, no? Why not save yourself every round so you can figure out the mafia yourself? Those are the motives that most doctors will have, and they will barely make good doctors. The circumstance here is allowing for the doctor to save himself, every other round, so that his role doesn't not become unbalanced.

Not necessarily a rule. Circumstance 1: Somebody woke up when they weren't suppose to? Simple fix: You either restart the round, or kill the person who wasn't suppose to be awake. Example: A Doctor wakes up when the mayor requests the Mafia to wake up. The mayor has a choice to immediately end the life of the doctor or reset the game.

Circumstance 2: If you are the mayor, and you forget what happened in the round you've just completed, you can start the round again.

Example: Say Mafia decide to kill person A, but you forgot who person A is. Simply get the mafia to get back up when everyone is asleep and ask them who they wanted to kill. Here are some skulls you can use in Mafia! You were it? It makes the game easier so you can find out how many more mafia are left. You only live twice skull: Get the James Bond reference?

This skull is specific to the doctor. With this skull activated, the doctor has to follow the once every other round rule, which states he can only save himself every other round. Example: If I was doctor and saved myself first round, I could only save myself on the third, fifth, seventh and so on rounds.

Reveal Yourself! Skull: The only time the mayor asks if somebody "if they are mafia or not" is when that person is voted off, not killed by mafia. Activating this skull allows for the other roles to reveal themselves when they normally couldn't. This skull cannot be activated at the same time as the Nobody Knows skull. Nobody Knows skull: Activating this skull means that when a person is voted off, they will not state whether or not they were mafia, so it's more difficult to find out if there is still more than one mafia out there.

You Saved Me! Example: If you were doctor, and saved person A, and the next round mafia tries to kill you, the mayor will announce in the recap that you were a victim, but the doctor saved you, even though you may have not saved yourself. This skull only works once per game. Wait, the sheriff has a gun? Skull: This is the weirdest skull ever. The sheriff has a gun with 2 bullets. He has a choice whether or not to use it at the beginning of the first two rounds, but he will be unable to check people's innocence, and if he checks for people's innocence first, he will be unable to use the gun.

Example: Round 1, the mayor asks the sheriff who he wants to check, but if the sheriff shapes his finger into a gun and points at someone, then the mayor will nod. In the recap, that person dies, but their role cannot be revealed. Round 2, the mayor asks the sheriff who he wants to check, and if the sheriff does check, then his gun is rendered useless. The same could be said when you check someone in round 1, and try to use the gun in round 2: it won't work unless it's the first two rounds.

Since Mafia has been around since I was 11, I've learned a lot about this game, so here are a few tips on how to play like a pro! People will always try to get inside your head, and get them on your side. You should try to do the same, but be careful about who you ally with. I had a friend who had a suspicious smile all the time, even though he was just a civilian. In a game of 12 people, we had 3 mafia, a doctor and sheriff, and seven civilians.

By round 3, 2 mafia had died along with two civilians, and one civilian was saved. The one mafia left was me, so I pulled my trump card: my psychological attacks. I turned everybody against each other, and acted as their moderator. More From Austin Geiger. File source. Show More. Related Articles. Check Also. Close Search for.