mafia as an educational tool?

[halo freak]

First a few questions,
do you think your classmates will be able to understand a play well complex roles or will you have to stick to basic roles? (not that they are stupid or anything it is just their first time) No matter how capable your classmates are i think you should stick to something that would fall into the normal bracket and keep the surprising twists down unless you think they could handle it
Do you have any large game setups lying about?
Are you supposed to be doing this on your own or can you get help? and How long do you have to play the game? (i won't mind co-modding, or at least helping with the setup as my abilty to mod is somewhat limited by not being there in person) But you might also want to consult someone who has played alot of face to face games and can judge how long they will take

Do we have a guide for newbies written out yet? That could proven usefull.

[halo freak]

2 games might be good but then you have the problem of if you use the same setups then people might be able to over hear some of the roles and make assumptions about the game. On the other hand you could do two different setups but that could be too much hassle. (i assume you will all be in the same room)

[halo freak]

Good idea. Are you going hand out cards with roles written on them?

[halo freak]

The standard proceedure seems to be everyone puts their heads down and closes their eyes, then you say things like "mafia wake up" and the mafia lift their heads and gesture towards their target but i don't like it because even if you are not intentionally cheating you can't help but hear the person beside you moving about. I can't really think of a way of getting around this though

[halo freak]

23 vs 3 ?!? Don't you think that i just a bit biased?

[halo freak]

A cult could be difficult to do ftf.