Mafia (Faction)

"'Those aligned with the Mafia must kill off other players until they outnumber the village.'"One of the game's two factions is the Mafia. The Mafia is made up of six roles including the original Mafia character. The Mafia attempt to collaborate in winning against the Village faction through the abilities of their individual roles as well as through the town hall chat room. The Mafia also have their own chat room, the Mafia Discussion, in which they can only talk during night hours and can discuss their next moves. Members of the Mafia faction possess the ability to see others in the group down to their exact role. In the game information, the Mafia is the second faction from the top.

Roles
The Mafia faction includes six different "mafia" roles. These include the Mafia, Godfather, Framer, Kamikaze, Toaster, and Interrogator. The faction is designed to gain advantages against the Village as well as hinder their performance. Because of this, the Mafia is mainly divided into Killing and Investigative roles.

Winning
To win, the Mafia must end up outnumbering the Village faction. This means that there must be one more Mafia than Villager. The win count includes the Fool being part of the village and will not be affected by deaths from both factions at the same time.

Killing
The tactic employed by most Mafia factions is to use the killing roles to outnumber the Village. This is because many games do not include the more expensive Interrogator role. In this tactic, the Mafia simply kill whoever is the largest threat to their success.

Granny Tracking
The Mafia Discussion gives the Mafia a large advantage over the Village in that they are able to communicate and therefore determine players' roles. The main use of this chat is Granny Tracking, in which all members of the Mafia claim their targets beforehand. If someone is killed by the Granny the following morning, the rest of the Mafia should now know who the Granny is.

Social
The social tactic for the Mafia is to claim Cop or Creeper if one of those roles appears to be inactive. This allows them to convince the Village to execute one of their own. The downside to this is that the one employing the tactic is usually executed the next day for suspecting an innocent. Furthermore, in games with Framers, this tactic is easier because an impersonator could claim that their target was framed. The exception to this is if the victim was a Granny, in which case they could not have been investigated at all.

Controversy
Recently, there have been reports of numerous "gamethrowers" in Mafia Mystery. This group mainly targets the Mafia faction, as being a member enables them to see all the other Mafia.