The Mafia Game...

First, I'd like to wish you all a very Happy Independance Day!
What has been happening at Planet-I today. Well, we had the usual flag hoisting, Director speech and tea. But this year was slightly different. We spent the day out on an informal Mentor-Mentee picnic, a group of almost 300+ students, staff and family members out to Mayank's Blue Water Park.
There were mixed feelings among students regarding the picnic, some wanting to just stay back and rest, but I guess at the end of the day every1 enjoyed in some way or the other. There were group activities, water sports and of course food..
But I would say, the new attraction of the day was "The Mafia Game". No guys, we weren't terrorizing the nation on 15th August. It's a psychology-based stationary Group Game originally invented by psychology student Dimitry Davidoff in Russia, 1986. The game involves strategy and bluffing. People play as a member of the mafia, police, doctor(or Healer) and town. The object is to eliminate the mafia before they eliminate the entire town. Its a lovely game and if you're interested, follow the links below:
http://www.group-games.com/stationary-games/mafia-game.html
http://www.princeton.edu/~mafia/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafia_(game)
The game has many variants("Are you a werewolf?" , "Lupus in Tabula", "Assassin", etc.) and you can search online or create your own ways of making the game more complex and interesting.
The game will truly show you how deceptive people can be... and you'll probably discover new dimensions of your psyche as well. So, enjoy playing guys and I'd love to see your comments on the game.

A scene showing Voting during a game of Mafia









Another scene showing members of the Town sleeping








Our MAFIA team...