Mafia

Mafia is a party game that consists of innocent citizens and a small group of mafia. At the beginning of each round, players are assigned a role based on playing cards: spades for mafia, hearts for citizens. Special characters include the doctor (denoted by the Ace of Hearts), the Sheriff (Ace of Diamonds), and the Godfather (Ace of Spaces). The narrator controls the flow of game. Each "night," the mafia chooses a citizen to kill. After everyone wakes up, the citizens place one of their own on trial, in hopes of discovering a member of the mafia. After being accused (and seconded), a citizen must offer their defense. A majority vote will send the citizen to the grave. Play continues until all the citizens are dead and the mafia win or all mafia are discovered and the citizens win.

Mafia was popular among the Hoerr family kids until a few citizens (namely Seth and AJ) disrupted the game. At the end of every citizens' defense, Seth would stir the citizens into a mob with a cry of "To the gallows!" Everyone seemed to follow suit, which led to many innocent citizens being killed.

Others, such as Alyssa, complained that they were "always a citizen" and never a member of the mafia.

The game "Killer" met with a similar fate in that a few of the cousins ruined it for everyone.

Popular sayings from Mafia:


 * I'm a valuable citizen ... per say, usually followed by "Doctor, save my A"
 * Sheriff's dead
 * To the gallows!