Rules

Game rules

Setup, day, night, voting, and victory conditions in Mafia - Role game.

Tournament rules

Sports Mafia

The tournament format of Mafia: numbered seats, two teams, timed speeches and fouls. The app runs it by tournament rules. To play, choose “Sports” when you create a game.

Red and Black

The red team is the Civilians and the Sheriff; the black team is the Mafiosi and the Don. There is always one Sheriff and one Don. The red team wins when no black players remain; the black team wins when there are as many of them as red players, or more.

Agreement Night

The game opens with this night. The black team opens their eyes together for one minute, and the Don sets the shooting order with gestures, without talking. The Sheriff shows himself to the host. Then day 1 begins, with a vote.

Shooting

Every night after that, you call the seats one by one and the black players shoot with a gesture. If each of them shot once, all at the same seat, record “Hit” on that seat; otherwise, record “Miss”. Only the result is saved.

Don and Sheriff Checks

Then the Don looks for the Sheriff, and the Sheriff checks one player. Show the answer with a gesture: to the Don, “Sheriff” or “Not the Sheriff”; to the Sheriff, “Red” or “Black”.

Speeches and Nominations

Players speak in turn, a minute each, and each day the next seat speaks first. During their speech, a player can nominate one player.

Points and Protocol

When the game ends, each player gets points by the rules: for the win or loss, the best move, additional points from the host, and penalties. The game protocol keeps the seating, roles, votes, nights, fouls and points.

Standard

Before the game begins

First choose who is playing and the rules for this game. The app keeps your choices, deals the roles, and prepares the first turn.

Create the table

Choose player count, roles, and game settings. These settings become the rules for the current game.

Deal roles

In player mode, the host shows face-down cards and the player picks one. In host mode, roles are assigned manually.

Game flow

Introduction Night

Roles wake in order and meet the host. Mafiosi and the Don meet one another, as do the Masons. No role actions happen that night.

Introduction Day

Players introduce themselves in the selected format. On the first day, there are no nominations or voting, and no one is voted out.

Night Phase

The app shows whom to wake and which action to record. After the last role, review the night result.

Day

Announce the night result, then guide discussion, nominations, candidate defenses, voting, a possible revote, and the final word.

How each side wins

Civilians

The Civilians work together to find and remove the Mafia and the Maniac. They win when neither threat remains. If the Werewolf is still asleep but is due to join the Mafia, the game continues until the next night. In a game with the Yakuza, the Civilians must eliminate both gangs.

Mafia

The Mafia works together to take control of the table. Once the Maniac is out, they win when they equal or outnumber the Civilians. If only the Mafia and Maniac remain, the Mafia needs the majority. While Civilians remain, the Mafia must also eliminate the Yakuza.

Yakuza

Be the only gang left: take out the whole mafia and match the other players in number. If no civilians are left, the bigger gang wins; equal gangs end in a draw.

Jester

Get voted out in the day vote. On: once the Jester is voted out, the game ends with the Jester's win. Off: the Jester wins and the game goes on until the Civilians, the Mafia, or the Maniac win.

Maniac

The Maniac plays alone. To win, they must stay in the game until only one other player remains—unless the Mafia has already won.

Game options

Mafia - Role game lets you adapt each game to your group by changing the discussion order, role dealing, checks, healing, and voting rules.

01
Discussion order
For regular game days, you can choose what comes first: an open discussion or each player speaking in turn.
02
First day
There are no nominations or voting on the first day. The app lets everyone talk together or gives each player their own turn to speak.
03
Who speaks first
The app can pass the opening turn to the next living player each day, so the same person does not always start the discussion.
04
Dealing roles
Roles can be dealt in two ways: players take turns choosing hidden cards on the device, or the host assigns a role to each person.
05
Roles of eliminated players
You can play with revealed or hidden roles. In an open game, the app shows an eliminated player’s role; in a closed game, it shows only their name.
06
Checks by the Don, Commissar, and Patrol Officer
The Don looks for the Commissar or active Patrol Officer, while the Commissar and Patrol Officer look for Mafia players. The app can show only the result, add an attack on a match, or always add an attack. The Bodyguard and Doctor may still save the target.
07
Doctor’s treatment
If one player is attacked several times in the same night, the app lets the Doctor’s treatment stop one attack or all of them.
08
Nominees needed for a vote
You can set the minimum number of nominees in the app. If fewer are nominated, the day ends without defenses or a vote.
09
Unused votes
The app can automatically give the last nominee the votes of everyone who did not vote. This option can be turned off.