Someone please explain Mafia

[btay]

I saw numerous mentions of it in the other thread.  What is it exactly? 

edited because words are hard

[littleduck]

Mafia is a game you can play IRL with cards or online. We play at epicmafia.

At the beginning of the game, you will be assigned as either a villager (good guy) or a member of the mafia. When you begin the game, it is Night. At Night, villagers do not chat or see the chat, while Mafia talk to each other and decide which villager to kill (eliminate from the game and cannot talk to anyone). Then Day comes and a villager is dead. The villagers must decide, through chatting with each other during Day, who is a member of the mafia. There may be clues from a villager who is a Power Role, like a cop or Doctor. But remember that the Mafia are also able to talk during the day, and you don't know who they are. They can trick you into thinking they are an innocent villager. The village and Mafia together vote to lynch someone (eliminate from the game). If it is a Mafia, then it gets easier for the village to find them and win, looking back on chats from the last day. But if it is a villager, it gets tougher.

If the Mafia eventually tie with the number of villagers, such as 2 Mafia 2 vilagers, Mafia wins. Villagers must get every Mafia member lynched to win.

It can get more complicated with the power roles available but generally there are plain ol villagers, a cop, a doctor, and some Mafia. The doctor can choose someone to save at night. If they are right and that is the person the Mafia targeted, their saved person doesn't die and it makes it easier to find the Mafia. That is, of course, if that person is really the doctor... The cop chooses a person at Night to investigate. If the cop is not killed at Night, they know whether that person is a Mafia the next day.

Sorry for typos... On my phone.

[btay]

I have played this IRL before, I had no idea there was a way to play it online. This is amazing

[knx9211]

Wow I changed my mind this seems way too complicated for my tiny brain.

[littleduck]

Feb 11, 2016 19:36:05 GMT -5 knx9211 said:

Wow I changed my mind this seems way too complicated for my tiny brain.

I promise you that explaining it is way harder than playing it. Pretty much anytime someone joined us they had it down in 2 or 3 games that took 5-10 mins each.

[Jalapeñomel]

We had a blast!! Welcome back littleduck. I thank you for your kind words in my post.

[cc]

If I was able to get the hang of it, anyone can. Lol LD is good at walking you through it when playing

[littleduck]

Feb 11, 2016 19:55:44 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

We had a blast!! Welcome back littleduck. I thank you for your kind words in my post.

I wish I could hug you! I'm here for you and rooting for you always.

[littleduck]

Feb 11, 2016 19:56:14 GMT -5 cc said:

If I was able to get the hang of it, anyone can. Lol LD is good at walking you through it when playing

What?? You are aces. Promise. You and I were always such great Mafia. They always lynched me but never suspected you!!

[nicbreeful]

I totally forgot about Mafia!

Now I want to play this and CAH. (heart)

[knx9211]

Feb 11, 2016 20:01:44 GMT -5 @bonster214 said:

Feb 11, 2016 19:36:05 GMT -5 knx9211 said:

Wow I changed my mind this seems way too complicated for my tiny brain.

I'm with you. All I read was blah, blah, blah, mafia, blah, blah

I didn't read it that way. I read it "Look at you, knx. Trying to read. Silly goose. Just go lay down."

[claudiajean]

That sounds fun!

[ginger]

Omg! I used to play mafia In high school, but I still have no idea how to play.

[birdistheword]

Hi littleduck!

[Jalapeñomel]

Feb 11, 2016 20:40:18 GMT -5 @this said:

OKAY. TOMORROW NIGHT@ 10 EST. (IIRC later used to work better for more people.)

I'll post here with the tinychat and tag everyone plus anyone who used to play. Register for tinychat and Epicmafia.com if you haven't already and are interested in playing.

West coasters get your Hs to do bedtime. This is important shit. lol

Please do. We need this. And I just drank a bottle of wine and will repeat tomorrow. #notoleranceforthewin

[ginger]

Feb 11, 2016 20:40:18 GMT -5 @this said:

OKAY. TOMORROW NIGHT@ 10 EST. (IIRC later used to work better for more people.)

I'll post here with the tinychat and tag everyone plus anyone who used to play. Register for tinychat and Epicmafia.com if you haven't already and are interested in playing.

West coasters get your Hs to do bedtime. This is important shit. lol

I'm glad you're posting more over here.

[littleduck]

Feb 11, 2016 20:40:18 GMT -5 @this said:

OKAY. TOMORROW NIGHT@ 10 EST. (IIRC later used to work better for more people.)

I'll post here with the tinychat and tag everyone plus anyone who used to play. Register for tinychat and Epicmafia.com if you haven't already and are interested in playing.

West coasters get your Hs to do bedtime. This is important shit. lol

I am going to be on a plane!!! But I trust you to teach everyone well so when I'm back we can have some awesome games. I can do some super quick tutorials if anyone is up late tonight.

[knx9211]

LOL it's 8:45 and I just crawled into bed. Maybe in second tri I can participate in a 10pm event. Count me in if I can stay awake.

[SKP82]

I want to play!

[PeonyParty]

Oh man I miss Mafia and all the Epic Mafia Bitches!
Never trust littleduck when playing Mafia, she's the craftiest!

[mala]

I WANT IN, YOU PUNKS! DON'T FORGET ME!


yes the caps are necessary

[littleduck]

Feb 11, 2016 21:14:10 GMT -5 PeonyParty said:

Oh man I miss Mafia and all the Epic Mafia Bitches!
Never trust littleduck when playing Mafia, she's the craftiest!

Lily bug is really good too. One time she convinced me I was the Mafia when I was a plain villager. I was like oh, that makes sense. And then she killed me. Lol

[Jalapeñomel]

littleduck
I sent you a PM, just FYI!

[PatBenatar]

I've played this before but it was called Werewolves and it was not online. Such a fun game!

[sandyapples]

I want in too. I think I joined?

[cc]

I'm booting my laptop up. It's on bitches

[SKP82]

I'm going to skip tonight. I'm not feeling well and am going to bed early. Hope you all have fun and I will join next time.

[skib]

Waaaah! I fell asleep at 7pm and missed this entirely. Darn you, first trimester exhaustion!

Y'all tag me again next time, please!!

[claudiajean]

I missed it this time, but thanks for the tag. Maybe next time.

[Jalapeñomel]

I fell asleep, because I took a sleeping pill.

Was it fun???