MAFIA RULES (YAKUZA)

THE SETUP

7 CITIZENS
  • 1 Doctor: Saves players at night.
  • 1 Detective: Investigates roles.
  • 5 Civilians: Regular innocent players.
3 MAFIA
  • 1 Don: The Boss.
  • 1 Right Hand: Checks for Yakuza.
  • 1 Regular Mafia: Helper.
2 YAKUZA
  • 1 Shogun: The Master (Boss).
  • 1 Yakuza: The Hitman.

NIGHT PHASE & TEAMS

NIGHT RULES
  • First Night: No killing allowed. Only role checks. Both Mafia and Yakuza wake up.
  • Mafia: Don chooses the "Right Hand" during introduction.
  • Right Hand: Checks only for Yakuza every night. Cannot check the Shogun.
YAKUZA TEAM
  • Shogun (Master): Cannot shoot. Only makes decisions and orders the Yakuza. If Yakuza dies, Shogun cannot kill anymore.
  • Yakuza (Hitman): Executes the Shogun's orders.

WIN CONDITIONS

YAKUZA WINS

When equal in number to Mafia or Citizens (2-2 or 1-1).

MAFIA WINS

When equal in number to Citizens (3x3, 2x2, 1x1).

CITIZENS WIN

When all Mafia and Yakuza members are eliminated.

SPECIAL ROLES
  • Detective: Checks for Mafia and Yakuza. Yakuza appears as "Black" (same as Mafia). Cannot detect the Shogun.
  • Doctor: Wakes up every night to save a player. Can save themselves or any specific citizen only once per game.
DAY PHASE & VOTING
  • Each player gets exactly 1 minute to speak and nominate a candidate.
  • Nominated candidates get 30 seconds for defense.
  • The city votes to eliminate a player by majority.
  • Abstaining: Vote automatically goes to the last candidate.
  • Tie Vote: Candidates get 30s more speech. Re-vote happens only between them.
  • Second Tie: City votes whether to kick ALL candidates (>50% needed).
CODE OF CONDUCT
  • No insults or swearing.
  • No excessive movement or gesturing at night.
  • Do not use the Host's actions as an argument.
  • Do not ask the Host non-technical questions.
TECHNICAL & SITUATIONAL
  • Address players by numbers only.
  • Host Timers: 20s for Mafia intro, 10s for role intros.
  • Don Miss: If Don fails to confirm kill, Table's 1st Citizen dies.
  • Detective/Doc Miss: If action not taken in 10s, the action is lost (Doc saves #1).
  • Mafia Disagreement: If Don is out and Mafia disagree, First Mafia becomes Don.