Mafia

Mafia, also known as Werewolf, is a Russian social deduction game created by Dimitry Davidoff in 1986.
The game models a conflict between two groups:
- an informed minority (the mafiosi or the werewolves)
- an uninformed majority (the villagers)
At the start of the game, each player is secretly assigned a role affiliated with one of these teams.
The game has two alternating phases:
- day-phase
- night-phase
during which those with night-killing-powers may covertly kill other players,
and second, a day-phase, in which all surviving players debate and vote to eliminate a suspect.
The game continues until a faction achieves its win-condition;
- for the village, this usually means eliminating the evil minority
- while for the minority, this usually means reaching numerical parity with the village and eliminating any rival evil groups

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