How to play Mafia

How a game goes

Teams. The mafia (black cards) know each other and kill at night; the town (red) hunts the mafia by day; neutrals play for themselves; the Werewolf joins the mafia but counts as town.

Night. The host wakes the roles in order: the mafia family picks a target (the Don decides), then the active roles use their abilities. The order is shown on every card in the app.

Day. In the morning the host announces what happened at night. Then speeches in turn, nominations and the vote. A tie → defence speeches → a re-vote.

Victory. The town wins when no mafia is left. The mafia wins when they are at least as many as the town. Neutrals have their own conditions (written on the card).

Eliminated players don’t talk about the game until it ends and don’t hint to the living.

Classic Mafia — sport rules

Sport rules for 10 players: Don, 2 Mafia, Sheriff and 6 Citizens. One-minute speeches in a circle, nominations during speeches, voting in nomination order, non-voters go to the last candidate. Tie → 30-second defence → re-vote → lift all. Best move of the first victim. Fouls: 3 — no speech, 4 — removal.

• Night 0: the mafia meets, the Don shows himself; the Sheriff shows himself to the host.
• Day: 60-second speeches in a circle, the first speaker shifts by one every day. A speaker may nominate one candidate.
• Vote: in nomination order; non-voters go to the last candidate. On day 1 a single candidate is not voted on.
• Tie: 30 seconds of defence each, re-vote between them; tied again — lift all (more than half of the living).
• Night: the mafia points at one player simultaneously — different numbers mean a miss. Then the Don looks for the Sheriff, then the Sheriff checks a colour.
• The night victim gets a last minute; the first-night victim names up to 3 suspects (best move).
• Fouls: 3 — no speech, 4 — removed from the game.

Special roles: Don, Mafioso ×2, Sheriff, Citizen ×6

Online format

Players act from their own phones: the mafia proposes a target, the Don decides, other roles tap a player number, everyone votes. Table chat: everyone in the morning and the free discussion, only the speaker during their timed speech, closed from the vote on.

With Discord: the host turns on “Play with Discord”, the bot creates a voice channel for the table (every seat + the host) in the “🎧 Game tables” category. Players join with the button in the app and tap “I’m connected”. Cards are dealt only after the host confirms everyone is connected. The channel is removed after the game.

Open and closed game

Open game. Everyone sees the role of an eliminated player.

Closed game. An eliminated player’s role stays secret until the end — except roles that act after leaving (Azazel, Morpheus, the Bomb).

Points and rating

After a game the app awards points: for your team’s win and for useful moves (correct checks, saves, accurate shots); the review shows every move. The rating is shared by all Mafia Pro tables; the best players are in “Rating” and in Discord.