If they are voted off, they may choose to kill a player who voted to execute them in the following night.

The Jester whose whole objective is to be voted off by the players.

Revealing their role may make them a target for the mafia. Once they reveal their role, their vote is doubled.

The Mayor who is allowed to reveal their card whenever they want.

If their victim is not the mafia, the vigilante dies of guilt.

The Vigilante who, once every game, can shoot anyone.

The jailed player is unable to perform their role for the night.

The Jailer who, once every game, can put any person in jail.

Every night, they reveal a townsperson's role to the mafia. If the Grandma with a shotgun is visited by anyone during the night cycle, that person dies, but the Grandma cannot be killed. This person may find out who plays each role in the game, but this makes them more likely to be killed by the mafia.

The Peeping-Tom, who is allowed to open their eyes at any moment.

The person who the lawyer defends cannot be voted out the following morning.

The Lawyer, who chooses someone to defend.

The Informant, who gets to know who the mafia is without them knowing who they are.

Some options you might try include: X Research source Have the moderator assign different cards to indicate additional roles they want to incorporate into the game. Extra roles are optional, but they can make the game more complex and interesting. Include extra roles for players to enliven the gameplay.

If you only have 5-6 players for Mafia, consider cutting all other non-mafia roles like the detective and the doctor.

Townspeople do not have any special abilities.

If there are 4, the detective gets 4 and so on. For example, if there are 3 mafia members, the detective gets 3 guesses per game.

The detective should be allowed a number of guesses equal to the number of mafia players.

If the detective guesses incorrectly, nothing happens. If the detective guesses correctly, that mafia member is eliminated.

Throughout the game, the detective is allowed to guess if players are members of the mafia.

If the mafia tries to kill the person the doctor chooses, that person is saved for the round.

The doctor may point to 1 person who they wish to save each night cycle.

The mafia is responsible for killing 1 player every round, after players close their eyes.

The player that draws the king card is the detective, and all remaining players are townspeople. The player that draws the queen card is the doctor. All players who draw cards of a different suit from the rest of the deck are the mafia.

Assign roles to players based on their cards.

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