Macbeth Board Game: MacMafia
Hello! Welcome to my
blog!
Today, I will be
talking about the recent assignment given to us for the Game Design and
Production class.
Our teacher
Professor Nacke, had given us a Shakespearean game to make… JD, Tyler and I had met up with no clue
whatsoever to do with this. We brain stormed ideas, but for a while, we didn’t
know what we could do for the game, until we came up with a random idea. We all
enjoyed playing a "mafia" game in which killers, doctors, detectives
and civilians are chosen, and you have to eliminate the killers (the mafia). So
why not try and incorporate that within this game? That is how we came up with
MacMafia.
Now were for the
roles, and structure. Mafia, is for a
large group of people, and is likely not to be played with a small group (a
larger group is more fun and keeps the game going longer with more suspense).
First question was,
who is playing? Roles? We obviously took Macbeth, and MacDuff, but then another
role was King Duncan, and also, the Narrator. So then we decided to make the
larger game be for 5-10 people. The full roles in which were there are, Macbeth,
MacDuff, King Duncan, the Narrator, three witches, Lady Macbeth, Lady MacDuff,
and Banquo (given that Macbeth, MacDuff,
King Duncan, and the Narrator must be roles in all games).
Now here came the
question... What was the structure? So next, we made it so that, if four people
are in play, Macbeth, MacDuff, King Duncan, and the Narrator are definite
roles, and if five and up, then the mafia rules are used. With this, we came
into the knowledge that we would need to make two rule-sets.
Here is part of the
mafia rule-set:
How to
play:
Shuffle the cards and deal them out face
down. (***Each player must not reveal cards to anyone but themselves***) The only player that everyone can know is the
narrator, the narrator see’s all.
Step 1 –
Everyone but the narrator closes their eyes. Narrator will then call upon the
killer(s) to open their eyes and point at who they choose to kill. Once
killer(s) decide who the victim is they must close their eyes. Narrator will then call upon the doctors to
open their eyes and decide who they think should be saved; they then proceed to
close their eyes. Narrator then lets the detective(s) open their eyes and
decide who they think the killer is. Once the detective(s) come to decision the
Narrator will either nod to let them know if they are right or not. The
detective(s) then close their eyes.
Step 2 – The
Narrator then calls upon everyone to open their eyes. Without revealing who the
killer is, the Narrator must tell who the victim is. If the victim was not
chosen by the doctors then the player doesn`t die. If the victim was not the
chosen player to be saved by the doctors then that player must reveal their
card. Once dead you do not need to close your eyes when told too, but cannot
give away other players roles.
Step 3 – The
Narrator then opens the floor for discussion to nominate who the killer(s)
is/are. Every player is given an
opportunity to convince who they think the killer is. After this each nominee will get a chance to
do whatever it takes to convince as many people as possible why they’re not the
killer. Once this is over the voting process starts, which every nominee gets
the most votes dies. Keep in mind if you are either Macbeth or King Duncan you
want to try your hardest to stay alive.
***Repeat steps 1 to 3 until either
Macbeth or King Duncan dies***
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Here is the rule-set
for 4 people:
How to
play:
Shuffle the cards and deal them out face
down. (***Each player must not reveal cards to anyone but themselves***) The only player that everyone can know is the
narrator, the narrator see’s all.
Step 1 –
Everyone but the narrator closes their eyes. Narrator will then call upon the
killer(s) to open their eyes and point at who they choose to kill. Once
killer(s) decide who the victim is they must close their eyes. The Narrator
then lets the detective(s) open their eyes and decide who they think the killer
is. Once the detective(s) come to decision the Narrator will either nod to let
them know if they are right or not. The detective(s) then close their eyes.
Step 2 – The
Narrator then calls upon everyone to open their eyes. Without revealing who the
killer is, the Narrator must tell who the victim is. Once dead you do not need
to close your eyes when told too, but cannot give away other players roles.
Step 3 – The
Narrator then opens the floor for discussion to nominate who the killer(s)
is/are. Every player is given an
opportunity to convince who they think the killer is. After this each nominee will get a chance to
do whatever it takes to convince as many people as possible why they’re not the
killer. Once this is over the voting process starts, which every nominee gets
the most votes dies. Keep in mind if you are either Macbeth or King Duncan you
want to try your hardest to stay alive.
***Repeat steps 1 to 3 until either
Macbeth or King Duncan dies***
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It was really fun to
make this game with my friends, and I am excited to see what challenges our
professor gives us next.
For further
information on MacMafia, see our game or ask!
Thanks for reading
my post!
Kazekumaru --
Peacing Out!
Questions to
consider:
- With what you saw above, what do you think about the game? If you want to see the full rule-set, comment, and or email aaron.p.providence@gmail.com
- Would you like to play the game?
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