Mafia

Description:A social deduction game where players are secretly assigned roles as Mafia members or Villagers. The goal is to deduce who is in the Mafia and eliminate them before they eliminate the Villagers.

Rules:Players are secretly given roles: Mafia, Villagers, or special characters like the Doctor or Detective.Each round has a “night phase” (Mafia secretly chooses someone to eliminate) and a “day phase” (players debate and vote to eliminate someone).The Villagers win by eliminating all Mafia members, and the Mafia wins by outnumbering the Villagers.

History:Created in the late 1980s by Dmitry Davidoff in the USSR.

Price: Free if played with a standard deck of cards or $10–$20 for themed sets.

Where to Buy: Available on Amazon, Target, Walmart, and BoardGameGeek.

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