"Mafia" is a team game of a psychological type with a detective story. The plot of the story is pretty simple. The residents of the city of N are tired of the incessant activity of gangsters. Therefore, they decide to hunt down all the mafiosi and send them to jail. Naturally, the hierarchs of the underworld do not like this, and they, in turn, declare war on honest citizens until complete destruction. How should you play "Mafia"?
The classic version of the game looks like this.
- First, a leader is selected, who, after his election, distributes cards to the players face down.
- Those who get the red ones become "honest residents of the city" (variant - "civilians" and simply abbreviations "mzh", "chzh" or "gr"). The one who got the red ace is henceforth the "commissar". An important point here: the townspeople do not know each other.
- Those who receive black cards, respectively, are a group of "mafia".
- There are two phases of the game - "day" and "night".
- When the host announces "night" for the first time, the players "fall asleep" (they must be with their eyes closed). After that, the leader allows the mafia to "wake up" so that each member of the group can get to know everyone else. Then the mafia "falls asleep" again, and the host asks the commissioner to wake up. Now he knows the whole alignment - the game can begin.
- When the host announces "day", all residents wake up. They discuss among themselves who may be involved in a criminal group. After everyone has expressed their opinion, the host announces a vote, as a result of which the most suspicious player is sent to jail. When the decision is made, the presenter opens his card and reveals the withdrawn status.
- The mafia works "at night". The players of this group communicate with gestures and ultimately decide which of the honest townspeople should be killed. They show him to the presenter, after which they "fall asleep". After them the commissioner "wakes up". He again gestures to the leader of one of the players, wanting to find out if he belongs to the mafia. The host must answer this question by revealing the status of the selected player. The commissioner "falls asleep".
- During the day, the players are told which of them was killed at night. The "deceased" is eliminated from the game, his status becomes known to those who remain. Then everything continues all over again: "night" replaces "day", "day" comes after "night". The game ends with the complete victory of one of the groups, when all opponents are either killed or imprisoned.
Thus, playing "Mafia" is not difficult, but very interesting.
