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. And then, she awakens the detective and asks who they want to know about. She then awakens the doctor for the first time and asks who they want to save. Second Night: All players' eyes are closed and the narrator awakens the mafia and asks who they want to kill. When a player is killed, they are no longer allowed to speak and their identity is not revealed. You can have as many nominations as you want, but you need a majority to kill. If you have two solid nominations, all players then vote to kill, majority wins. Once a nomination to kill is made, someone must second it for the player to be seriously considered in the mafia. Look people directly in the eye and ask them if they are in the mafia. Who is acting shyer than usual? Who is talking a bit too much? Ask straight-forward questions about identities. You must just start accusing people out of nowhere. “Mafia, go to sleep.” In the first round, this is all that happens.įirst Day: Everyone opens their eyes and the games begin. How to Playįirst Night: The narrator begins at night by telling all players to close their eyes. This role is perhaps the most fun, because once the detective begins to find out the identities of players, they can begin to make alliances with true civilians and/ or persuade the group to kill true mafia. The Detective is a civilian role that, at each nighttime phase, can point to a player he or she thinks is in the mafia and the narrator will nod their head yes or no. As mentioned earlier, if the doctor saves the right player, that player is brought back into the game. The Doctor is a civilian role that, at each nighttime phase, can save a player he or she thinks the mafia has killed. As a civilian, it’s best to use verbal/non-verbal cues and your gut to make alliances. The Civilians are attempting to figure out who is in the mafia simply by talking it out, accusing, and seeing who is acting suspicious. The game repeats in phases from night to day, night to day, with one person murdered in each phase (unless they’re saved at night by the doctor). 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? During the day, when everyone is awake, the narrator prompts players to nominate those they’d like to kill, a.k.a. During the night, when all players have their eyes closed, the narrator awakens each role and asks them a question. The narrator does not officially participate in the game, but acts as a moderator. But who are each of these roles and what do they do? So glad you asked. 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. The game itself is divided into two phases: day and night. There will be 3 mafia, 1 detective, 1 doctor, 1 narrator, and 8 civilians. Roles must be assigned to each person in secret. When one of those two things happens, the game is over.įor the sake of example, let’s say you have a group of 13 people in your living room. Simply put, the objective of the game is for the mafia to “kill off” civilians until they are the majority, or for the civilians to kill off the entire mafia. Seriously, it’s super hard to get that many people in a room! The Objective Although there are many variations, I’m going to teach you to play the way my friends and I play, so then you’ll know and we can play together because we always need more players. It was that afternoon that my life changed forever, in a fun-game kind of way. I hadn’t heard of Mafia until one afternoon this past summer while I was hanging out with friends in Bolinas and it was proposed we play. It had a heyday in the ‘90s (along with everything else cool in the world). The game itself was allegedly created by Dmitry Davidoff of the Moscow State University Psychology Department as a research project, and then eventually spread to college campuses in Europe and the United States. I assure you the game is not the same as an adult, when personalities and thought processes are, hopefully, more developed. When the game is brought up, at least one person recalls playing it, or something similar, when they were young. You must have a legit group of people to play, I’d say at least ten, and so what better time of year than the holidays to learn a little more about that second cousin you only sort of liked your whole life? A Brief History It’s an old-timey party game that’s been circling the city among my group of friends and - perhaps separated by a degree or two - yours as well. If you’re unfazed by Cards Against Humanity and have grown tired to the core of Apples to Apples, then boy, do I have the game for you.
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