Mafia is a game of secrets. A few players are secretly Mafia and try to wipe out the town. Everyone else is the town and tries to find and vote out the Mafia before it is too late. In this version everybody plays on their own phone, and the host's phone narrates the night out loud.

How a round goes

1. The host makes a room. The host taps “Create a room” and shares the 4-letter code, the link or the QR square. The host can play too, or just narrate.
2. Everyone joins. Each player opens the game on their own phone, types their name and the room code, and taps Join. When everyone is in, the host picks how many of each role and taps “Deal the roles”.
3. See your role. Tap “Show my role” on your own phone, look at it in private, then tap Hide. Mafia players also see who their crew is. The host starts the night when everyone is ready.
4. Night. The narrator tells everyone to close their eyes, then wakes each role in turn: Mafia, then Doctor, then Detective. Only the role that is awake sees a list of names on their phone. Everyone else sees the same “Keep your eyes closed” screen. Each role has a set time to choose. Every turn lasts that full time, even if the role chooses early, and there are no beeps, so nobody can tell from the sound. A “+10s” button gives more time when a player needs it, up to 30 seconds in total; then the turn ends as soon as they choose. The Detective gets 3 more seconds to read the answer.
5. Morning. Everyone opens their eyes. The narrator says who was killed, or that the Doctor saved them.
6. Discussion. Talk, accuse and defend out loud until the timer runs out. The host can start the vote early.
7. Vote. Every living player votes in secret on their own phone. When all votes are in, or the host taps “Count the votes now”, the narrator announces the totals and who is out.
8. Repeat night and day until one side wins. The scoreboard stays in the room, so you can play again with the same players.

The roles

Table rules

• Players who are out cannot talk. No hints, gestures or faces. They can watch their phone, but they stay silent until the game ends.
• Eyes closed means closed. Only open your eyes if the narrator calls your role. Keep your phone screen to yourself.
• The Doctor cannot save the same player two nights in a row. The name is greyed out for one night. The Doctor can save themselves.
• The Mafia cannot target their own crew. One Mafia taps the name for everyone, and the rest of the crew see who was chosen.
• The Detective's answer is private. Psycho Mafia shows up as Mafia.
• If a role is already out, the narrator still calls it and waits the full turn time, just like a live role, so nobody can tell who is gone.
• If time runs out at night, the highlighted name counts. If no name was tapped, that role does nothing.

Voting

• Only living players vote, one vote each, in secret. You cannot vote for yourself, and you can skip.
• The player with the most votes is out. Only the totals are shown, never who voted for whom.
• A tie means a second vote, only between the tied players. If it is still a tie, nobody leaves that day.
• If a Psycho is voted out, they take one more player with them, chosen on the Psycho's own phone. If that player is also a Psycho, the chain continues.

How to win

• The town wins when every Mafia member, including Psycho Mafia, is out.
• The Mafia wins when there are as many Mafia as town players left alive.
• Points: see the scoreboard.

If something goes wrong

• A player closed the page. Open the game again on the same phone, in the same browser. You will be put back in your seat by itself. Your seat belongs to that browser, so a different phone, a different browser or a private window cannot take it back once the game has started.
• The host's page reloaded. The game runs on the host's phone, so a reload ends that round and brings everyone back to the lobby.