1. Asmita Karandikar Courses taken: Design games, GOS, Computer Graphics, Special problem (under Prof Rehg) Interests: Strategy games, studying what goes behind designing a game, mind games!! Current Research: Social game analysis and retrieval (Computer Vision)

2. ASMITA KARANDIKAR (MS CS) AMEYA NERURKAR (MS CS)

3. Also known as werewolf or assassin is a party game modeling a battle between an informed minority and an uninformed majority Players are secretly assigned roles as mafia or townspeople and the game continues till all the mafia are eliminated or mafia exceed the innocent. Apart from the above two roles, players can be assigned roles like moderator, detective, healer, sheriff, godfather etc depending upon how long we want the game to run and the number of players. The game has many other variations and optional rules. The game is typically played during two phases: the night phase, when the unanimous killing takes place and the day phase when the townspeople try eliminating the mafia. The night phase is typically short lasting 5 mins and the night phase lasting 15-20 mins with every person trying to defend himself/herself.

4. Although the game is usually plated face to face, online play is also common. The standard human-moderated games require one or two moderators: a sign up thread is created announcing the game, and once the game has sufficient players, play can begin. What makes mafia fun is how every person has a thinking of his/her own and to what extent will a person go to prove his innocence. The day phase basically transforms into a mind game. Online version can be implemented with additional clues scattered around different places and the mafia’s job is to get there first and destroy the clues.