It was that afternoon that my life changed forever, in a fun-game kind of way. When one of those two things happens, the game is over. Roles must be assigned to each person in secret. There will be 3 mafia, 1 detective, 1 doctor, 1 narrator, and 8 civilians.
Great, now everyone has a role. Be sure they are all kept under wraps. Do not tell anyone your identity. The game itself is divided into two phases: day and night. During the night, everyone keeps his or her eyes closed until the narrator "awakens" each role, beginning with the mafia, then the doctor, then the detective. But who are each of these roles and what do they do?
So glad you asked. The Narrator keeps time rolling. The narrator does not officially participate in the game, but acts as a moderator.
During the night, when all players have their eyes closed, the narrator awakens each role and asks them a question. For the mafia, the question is: Who do you want to kill? For the doctor: Who do you want to save? For the detective: Who do you want to know about? The game repeats in phases from night to day, night to day, with one person murdered in each phase unless are saved at night by the doctor. While the other players are attempting to figure out who they are, the mafia must lie throughout the entire game and act as though they are civilians.
This is, in my opinion, the hardest role, since anyone who knows you well might be able to tell you are lying. The mafia must strategize together during the day without giving themselves away. If all mafia agree, the player is offed. 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. By the last round, it was two civilians and me, meaning that if either of them died, I won. I finally used my "I helped you clause" which entails "Don't you remember that he tried to vote you off two rounds ago, and I helped saved you?
Why would I have reason to kill you now? In the end, I single handedly defeated 7 other players, whose reactions were: Dear God, who is this kid? But really, don't underestimate the younger people of your group, or the silent, or the over talkative. If person A is innocent, why choose him again? I had somebody do this during a round, and he wasted 4 guesses on the same person. If you know who the innocents are, try to keep them alive.
If you are playing against 2 mafia, and 1 has already died, then use your authority against them. I know because I'm the sheriff. If he doesn't end up being the mafia, you could kill me, but then we would have already won the round.
In that case, you need to support each other as the mafia would in keeping each other alive. The chances of two doctors is very slim though Say it's a normal 8 person game, with two mafia. You've already killed 3 people, and both mafia are alive, so secure your chance by making it to the end.
Nobody ever suspects that mafia would kill mafia, so when the mayor asks to vote somebody off, and your buddy is screwed, go for it. People will think that since you went after mafia after he's proven of course you probably aren't mafia. Use that as your argument too. I helped you guys get rid of him, and we've made it this far, there's no way I could be mafia, because that would be too high of a risk.
It will confuse the citizens so much. This is Vincent in just feeling really grateful for this community and all the views this one guide got. The mafia wins if all other players are eliminated. The other players win if all the mafia is eliminated. When a player is eliminated, the card is not shown to the other players. If all the sheriffs or the doctor is out of the game, the moderator will still go through the motions of having them open and close their eyes during a round.
Once you are eliminated from the game, you can no longer participate in the debate or vote on eliminating a player. If the doctor saves the player that was eliminated by the mafia, the player remains in the game.
Gather Together Games. Cart 0. Home Tutorials About Shop. How To Play Mafia. Mafia Tutorial. Objective If you are part of the mafia, the object of the game is to eliminate all the other players. Game Play Each round begins with the moderator telling all players to close their eyes.
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