![]() This version of Mafia is cool because many of the role cards in the game have special abilities. Hopefully it is a member of the mafia but no one knows for sure until that person dies. During the day step, civilians vote to determine which player to kill. The dawn step is when the facilitator announces what transpired during the night. The night step allows players to use special abilities and the Mafia players choose a person to eliminate. The flow of the game is led by the facilitator and goes from night, dawn and day. Only when a person is eliminated from the game does he or she actually reveal his or her true identity. The main concept of the game is bluffing as players try to figure out who is on what team. Players will receive a secret role card that places them on one of these two teams. In general there are two teams in the game, the mafia and the civilians. ![]() Everybody else is considered a player and is dealt a secret role card. He or she will not actually play in the game but will guide it like a referee. In this game a facilitator is chosen to be the storyteller of the game. This version can play from seven to 17 people and takes about 20 to 45 minutes depending on the size of the group. Many people who have played social deduction games remember playing a classic game called "Mafia." Fantasy Flight Games has packaged the game in a box for the mass market with great artwork, cards and player aids called Mafia Vendetta. It is a little longer than most social deduction games for the same reason because it takes time to gather evidence to investigate and it takes several investigations to determine secret roles. It is different from other secret role games by the gathering of evidence tokens to expose other players. The components of the game are well done containing reference cards, role cards and evidence tokens. The game progresses until only one player is left or if one of the instant win effects of the game triggers and the game is over. If the accuser is not right, it's game over for him or her. If the accuser is right, the player he or she accused is out of the game. Caution is recommended because either the accuser or the person being accused will be out of the game. The final action that can be completed on a turn is to accuse someone of being a certain role. This action can be done as many times as can be paid for in a single turn. One of the cards is the true identity and the investigator must deduce which one is correct. ![]() He or she then receives four role cards from the person being investigated. To do this a player must surrender one of each resource. If the player doesn't really have the claimed role card he or she must back down, take a false claim token and be penalized by never being able to claim that role again for the rest of the game.Īnother action a player can complete is the investigation of another player in an attempt to determine his or her role. If the voting challenge succeeds and the player was telling the truth, he or she can show the claimed role and win the game. If the voting challenge fails, the person gets to continue and perform the action. Other players can call out "hoax" when someone is claiming a role and a quick thumbs up or down vote is taken. By bluffing, the player claims the privilege of any identity in the game he or she is pretending to be. By being honest, a player claims the privilege of his or her true identity. One of the actions a player can do on a turn is claim the privilege of a role. ![]() The three resources in the game are cash, prestige and evidence. A cool aspect to the game is the collection of resources to perform special actions. Each role has a privilege that they can perform such as stealing resources from other players. There are seven secret roles: the ex, the lover, the son-in-law, the distant cousin, the chef, the gardener and the butler. To start, each player is dealt a secret identity. Hoax accommodates from three to six players and lasts about 10 to 20 minutes. The goal is to inherit his fortune by exposing the identities of the other family members. In the game Hoax, players are family members of a rich industrialist who has died. Are they any good? Are they the life of the party? Read on. Fantasy Flight Games recently joined the fray with two new titles: Hoax and Mafia Vendetta. In the board gaming world, the year 2015 contained a number of fantastic social deduction and hidden role games. ![]()
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