Setting: A small town of good citizens has been invaded by the mafia. By day the mafia appear as normal citizens but at night they murder citizens of the town in their sleep. To rid their little town of the mafia the citizens hire a detective to find out who is doing all the killings. To keep himself from getting killed by the mafia, the detective goes undercover as one of the citizens. The narrator knows all and is in charge of making sure the game goes smoothly.
Set up: Create a citizen card (Index cards or small pieces of paper work well) for all players except for 3 or 4 depending on how many people are playing (See chart below). Create Mafia Cards for 2 or 3 players and 1 detective card.
Set up a circle of seats, make sure there are enough seats for each player.
Before you begin: Choose 1 person to be the narrator, this person will not play the game but will be giving instructions and making sure play runs smoothly. Have the narrator shuffle the player cards and give each player a card without letting anyone else see. Once everyone knows if they will be a citizen, mafia or detective play starts.
To Play: This game takes place over a series of “days” and “nights”.
The game begins with the first night. Everyone goes to sleep (The narrator asks everyone to close their eyes)
The narrator asks the mafia to open their eyes. The narrator then asks the mafia who they want to murder. The mafia then agree to kill off one citizen by pointing. The narrator then asks the mafia to close their eyes.
The narrator asks the detective to open his eyes. The detective points to a person, the narrator then nods their head “yes” if that person is a mafia and shakes their head “no” if they are a citizen. The narrator asked the detective to close his eyes.
The narrator then asks everyone to open their eyes and announces it is morning. The narrator then reveals who was killed by the mafia (stories of how the mafia did it are encouraged.).
The citizens all discuss who might be the mafia. Once 2 people are nominated and seconded as mafia members there is a vote. Whichever person has the most votes is run out of town or hung for being a member of the mafia. That player then reveals if he was a mafia, citizen or detective.
Night then falls and the game starts over until either the mafia win by killing off all the citizens or the towns people win by getting rid of all the mafia.
Additional Rules:
Those who have been killed and are no longer in play may keep their eyes open for the rest of the game but may not talk or hint in any way to the remaining players who the mafia is.
Suggestion from Fun Party Games for Adults:
Another way to make it fun is for each person to have a character and to have each person introduce themselves at the beginning of the game. EX: Bert Gilson the blacksmith, Rhonda Pickens the school teacher or Samuel Simpson the shoemaker.
If you have more than 10 players and want to have a second detective you can.
If there is a tie in voting for who should be run out of town as the mafia, each nominee can argue their case and then the players vote again until someone changes their vote.
| Players | Mafia |
| Less than 10 | 2 |
| 10 or more | 3 |
Enjoy!
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