The City
12+ players · Setup
Struck from the Roll
Final WitnessThe dead rise for one last vote
One seat raises the recently dead. One seat burns them off the roll. And the lamp may be lying.
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How this deal plays
No Doctor. Every kill lands, and the game becomes a fight over what the dead are still worth. The Ritualist can raise a player who died within the last two nights; the Arsonist burns bodies so they cannot vote at the Final Witness; the Coroner reads the cards of whoever stays down. Across the table, one Assassin hunts with the Mastermind — so the lone Policeman's checks can lie — and the Mistress stands ready to blank the Ritualist on the one night it matters most.
The deal: who gets which cards
The Mafia
Mafia
Shuffle exactly these cards for 12 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
The Assassin and the Mastermind hunt together: one victim, agreed in silence.
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03
Policeman
Checks one player's team — but a check on the Mastermind comes back a lie.
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04
Coroner
Views one dead player's card each night, once there is a body to read.
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05
Ritualist
May revive a player who died within the last two nights.
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06
Arsonist
Burns one dead player each night. The burned cannot vote at the Final Witness.
Tips for this deal
If you are City
Nobody is saving you, so make every death pay. The Coroner's reads are your only proof — share them when they can swing a vote, and let the Ritualist bring back the voice the table misses most.
If you are Mafia
The Mistress's best cancel is the Ritualist on the night he would raise someone dangerous. And the Arsonist should burn the smart ones — every sharp voter you take off the roll weakens the final vote of the dead.
If you are hosting
Keep the graveyard on paper: who died which night, who has been raised, who has been burned. The Ritualist's two-night window and the Arsonist's roll are yours to track, and nobody else's to see.
Two abilities in this deal touch the dead every night. If your pad is not up to date, the game is not either.
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