[MAFIA GAMES - INFO]
for dummies and new players.
The Game of Mafia is one in which the players are divided into teams (or factions) and must decide as a group who to exile (or lynch) from the group until only one team remains. Typically, the two teams are a relatively small Mafia group, and the much larger Town group. Given that the Town starts as the vast majority of the players, this would be a one-sided game were it not for how the Town players are not aware of who the other Townies are. As a result, the Mafia can try to blend in with the Town and sway the majority vote onto Townies, hoping to turn the Town against itself until the Mafia controls the majority vote and therefore the game.
At its heart, Mafia is a game pitting an uninformed majority against an informed minority. It (as well as variations on it) has been commercially rebranded numerous times, often with werewolf flavor, but the central idea of the game is the same. (Mafiascrum.net)
Resources and helpful info:
- General Mafia rules (Common on most forums)
- Frequently asked questions
- Mafia Jargon
- Mafia Roles
- Helpful Articles from TV
- Quick guide to Mafia
- Setups
Interesting Articles:
- Activity Constant
- A (slightly) in-depth guide for playing well as scum
- A Beginner's Guide to Being Awesome At Mafia
- A Guide to Focusing on Scum and Getting them Lynched
- Balancing Possibilities Versus Probabilities
- Be a Team Player: A lost Artform
- Breaking Strategy
- Dethy/Analysis
- How to Not Mess Up as Town
- Interactive Tells
- Lynch All Liars
- Scumhunting
Some common and not some common tips and tells/giveaways:
Always check out for the following:
- Who is voting for who?
- Who is commenting on what?
- Who is talking to/not talking to whom?
- Who is accusing/not accusing who?
- Who died last night?
- Late votes/not voting?
- Not having any suspicion? The only people who cannot be suspicious are the Mafia as they already know who everyone is (not their roles)
- I "trust you" - No you don't, unless you are Mafia (Mafia knows their partners, as were town needs to find both their fellow townies and the Mafia). Trust no one.
- Look out to see who is sowing chaos or confusion. - Mafia like to start chaos and confusion, but be careful; a confused townie might also confuse the game.
- Always analyze the situation yourself - The game can easily be manipulated to suit Mafia.
- A quiet day leads to bloody nights. Always be active! Because you don't want to be killed , and because you need to get information circulating to find out who later contradicts themselves.
