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Mafia is Alive

Mafia is Alive - team psychological turn-based role-playing game with a detective story.In the settlement of Rondonville, citizens are killed every night. Among the citizens there are dangerous criminals "the Mafia". The chaos begins.At the beginning of the game, players get a random role.

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October 5, 2017
8 years and 303 days ago
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About the Game

In the settlement of Rondonville, citizens are killed every night. Among the citizens there are dangerous criminals "the Mafia".
The chaos begins.

Basic gameplay

Players are secretly assigned roles. In the game there are 2 warring teams: "the Mafia" and "the Citizens".

The Mafia team

Main roles:
The Mafia - during the night phase of the game, the Mafia choose an innocent to kill.
Task - eliminate citizens.

The Citizens team

Main roles:
The Doctor - defends others players at night.
The Sheriff - can detect whether a player is a Mafia and saves the player from killing the mafia.
The Citizen - during the day phase, all players debate the identities of the Mafia and vote to kill someone whom the majority suspect.
Task - to liberate the settlement from the Mafia.

At the beginning of the game, players get a random role. Events depend on the progress of each player.
The game ends either when the last Mafia member is killed (Citizen victory) or the Mafia members outnumber or equal the Innocents during the day (Mafia victory).