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Mafia is a great game to play whenever you meet up with friends or find yourself bored at a party! What is this game about? Here is a little backstory. You live in a small town where there are mafia trying to take over! It is up to the townspeople to figure out who a part of the mafia and stop them, while the mafia tries to eliminate all of the townspeople without being discovered. How to Play Suggested # of Players: 5-10 Mafia is a game with day and night phases. The day phase is when the town suspects someone to be a part of the mafia and votes to lynch that player, while the night phase is when the mafia secretly 'kills' and eliminates a civilian. My favorite part of this game is how the players can get really creative with their alibis and the storytelling of a moderator. Also note that there are many different ways to play Mafia. This is just one of the ways to play. 1) Assign a moderator. This person is going to be keeping track of what happens during the night phase. They are neither townsfolk nor mafia, and narrate to move the game along. Moderator Narration for Day and Night phases Night Phase: 1. Tell everyone to go to sleep (Players close their eyes) 2. Wake up each role, asking what they want to do for their role, and have them go back to sleep, starting from Mafia, then Detective, and finally Doctor. Day Phase: 1. Tell everyone to wake up 2. Explain who 'died' last night. You can have the victim reveal their role (or not if your group wants a challenge). This is where you can include a silly story! For example, "Teletubbies trampled the victim last night". 3. Have the remaining players discuss who they want to lynch and take a vote. The player with a majority vote gets lynched and eliminated. Repeat this cycle until either the Town eliminates the mafia, or if there is the same number of mafia as there are townspeople. 2) Assign hidden roles to each player. The most common way to do this part is by using a standard 52 deck of cards and assigning roles to the card values (i.e. K is Detective), then dealing them face down out to each player. Here are the basic roles in Mafia and what they each do.
Now, you may be wondering: how many of each role should there be for my group? Below is my recommendation for groups ranging from 5 to 10 people. This is from my experience playing the game, though you may find better combinations.
Variations There are many different variations for the game, so I want to share one of the variations my friends and I add to spice things up. We love to include a role called the 'Jester' into our games. The person assigned this role tries to get lynched in order to win. This really messes up the town because you never know who could be the Jester. Good luck and have fun! Here is another explanation to Mafia by HigaTV, with a few demonstration games What a game of mafia might look like. Credit to Wikimedia Commons Note: One Night Ultimate Werewolf is very similar to mafia, but with different roles.
You can also play mafia without cards by having the moderator tap players instead to assign roles during the 1st night phase. My friend recently introduced me to Quoridor, and, knowing me, I am a sucker for simple yet strategic games. A strategy game that makes winning feel well-deserved, Quoridor is played between two players where the end goal is to go from your side of the board to your opponent’s side of the board. Simple right? Not quite. I will quickly explain the game here. If you are new to Quoridor, then continue reading below. If not, the 'Do-It-Yourself' part follows. How to Play (In 4 easy steps): Suggested # of Players: 2-4 1) Quoridor is a mainly 2-player game. Both players start on the middle tile of their side of the board. The goal is to reach any tile on the opponent’s side of the board, the furthest row from you. (The board is 9 tiles by 9 tiles) (image from Battle Royale - Quoridor ) 2) Each turn, players must make 1 action.
3) No trapping your opponent with walls (Both you and your opponent must always have an unblocked route to the goal, or else it wouldn't be fun!) 4) Player piece rules
Do It Yourself: Now that you’ve learned how to play, here's how you can make the game at home! Here is how I made my own Quoridor game, replacing the pieces and board itself using paper. It took me less than 2 minutes to get it up and running, and I even played a few games with my friends. Keep reading to see step by step instructions on how I made my own version of Quoridor. Please excuse the quality of my drawings.
2. Draw a total of 10 small lines to the side, and do this for each player. Don’t forget to add a funny player name as well! The lines will be the amount of walls you have remaining. 3. Find two objects to use as player pieces and put them on the starting positions. For this example, I ripped off two small pieces of paper and shaded one of them. 4. Play! For walls, cross out or erase one line from your 10 lines on the side and connect three dots together to ‘put down’ a wall. Walls cannot be diagonal, and walls cannot intersect other walls. Multiple walls could start from a single dot, and the perimeter acts as a wall. 4.5) Then how do you move? Think about the dots forming a 9 by 9 tile grid, then move as you would in the actual Quoridor game. Here is how you could imagine it. Thanks for reading! |
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This blog is mainly for people like millennials who enjoy board/card/party games. Sometimes you are at home or on the go with friends or family and want to play board games or card games. Other times you may have free time, but nothing to do.
From someone who gets bored easily, I am going to share what I have done to pass the time, converting board games to be playable almost anywhere, often using what was around me to make fun games to play with family and friends. You don’t need to spend a lot to still play and enjoy games with friends. While some board games are difficult to play without actually buying the game, there are many more that can be played almost instantly without needing many supplies.
All you need is a little creativity.
From someone who gets bored easily, I am going to share what I have done to pass the time, converting board games to be playable almost anywhere, often using what was around me to make fun games to play with family and friends. You don’t need to spend a lot to still play and enjoy games with friends. While some board games are difficult to play without actually buying the game, there are many more that can be played almost instantly without needing many supplies.
All you need is a little creativity.
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Hi, I'm Michael and I write about a variety of board/card games that you can easily pick up and play.
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Bottle Flip Bowling
Chopsticks Finger Game
Deal Or No Deal
Mafia
Party Games - Charades
Party Games - Pictionary
Party Games - The Human Knot
Quoridor
Secret Hitler
Spoons
Ultimate Tic Tac Toe
Wheel Of Fortune