IMPORTANT: In real life, the dead can not speak. Opening your eyes when it is not permitted is cheating. 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. Rules: Mayor has the right to silence the group or restart the game completely. 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. The mayor must remain unbiased throughout the game. It's this person's job to keep the game grounded and to keep the players reasonable.
He/she will assign the roles, tell when each role to wake up and sleep, create a story and sanction votes. Roles (basic and later explained through gameplay): Mayor- is not an actual player in the game but rather the narrator he has complete power over the group except the power to veto votes. Now that we have the setup out of our way, it is now time to explain the rules. There are certain skulls/circumstances that change how the game is played. Twice is doctor Three times is sheriff And if you don't get tapped you're a civilian (More simple setup the mayor should make sure not to choose extra characters or mistakenly bump into other players) If the mayor taps you once, you are mafia. Everybody will close their eyes and the mayor will walk around to assign roles. Instead, we'll be using taps, so it is up to the mayor to remember how many people he picked and which character he assigned. These cards will not be revealed to other players during the game. The mayor will hand each player a card face down to each player. Aces are your Mafia Queens are your doctors and Kings are your Sheriffs All other cards (2 thru J) are civilians In our case, prepare two aces, 1 Q, 1 K and 4 other cards besides the listed. For this tutorial, we'll be playing with a group of 8, including 2 mafia, 1 doctor and 1 sheriff, meaning that 4 will be civilians Setup #1: This is with a deck of cards. Example: if there are 8 people in your game, there are now two mafia In a round there are also doctors and sheriffs, which we will later discuss under circumstances, but for now we'll have one of each. 1 person, not included in the 4 of the minimum group will be the mayor, who directs the game as it goes, and has control over the powers in the group. To begin setup, follow the below instructions: You need at least 4 people to play, although it is more fun with 8 or more. There are two setups, which are really whether or not you have cards. Before we get to the rules, things will be easier to explain through the setup.