The City
16+ players · Setup
Apologies for Absence
Final WitnessThe dead rise for one last vote
Minutes are read at the end of the evening — and some names have been made unavailable.
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16+players + host
7night wakes
5Mafia cards
Final Witnessa war over the roll
How this deal plays
An attendance war. The Ritualist can return a dead voice to the table; the Arsonist strikes names off the final roll one burned body at a time; the Enforcer makes the living miss a day of speech or vote. Meanwhile the Priest and the Duelist punish the Mafia for choosing the wrong victim, and both Policemen keep honest books. Every seat in this deal is a fight about who gets to be present — at the table, and at the Final Witness.
The deal: who gets which cards
The Mafia
Mafia
Shuffle exactly these cards for 16 or more living players, plus one host, and deal one face down to each person. Look at your card once, hide it, and say whatever you like for the rest of the game — the card is the only proof of anything.
Night order for this setup
The host calls these wakes in this order, every night, reading from a written list. Skip nothing, rush nothing — the spoken lines are on the mafia game narrator script.
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01
Mistress
First wake. One player's night ability is cancelled before it happens.
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02
Assassins
They wake together, agree on one victim in silence, and point.
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03
Doctor
Heals one player. Not herself two nights in a row.
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04
Policemen
Both wake together. Each points at a player, and the host shows each one that player's team.
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05
Enforcer
Strips one player of speech or vote for the next day.
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06
Ritualist
May revive a player who died within the last two nights.
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07
Arsonist
Burns one dead player each night. The burned cannot vote at the Final Witness.
Tips for this deal
If you are City
The Ritualist's raise is worth most on a voice the table trusts — and the Mafia knows it, so expect the Mistress to blank him on exactly that night. Have a second name ready.
If you are Mafia
The Arsonist is playing the last day of the game every night. Burn the players who read the room well; their silence at the Final Witness is worth more than another kill.
If you are hosting
This is a bookkeeping deal: the Mistress's cancel, the Enforcer's gag, the Ritualist's two-night window, the Arsonist's roll, and two never-waking trap cards. Write everything down, every night.
The Priest cancels the Assassins' next night only if they kill him. The Duelist duels his visitors and his voters. Neither ever wakes — both are always on.
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