Definition
A multiplayer game genre where some players hold a hidden role and the rest must uncover it through conversation, voting and reading each other's behavior. Its core mechanic is neither luck nor dexterity but asymmetric information — a minority knows something the majority doesn't, and the game is the struggle to reveal or conceal it. Mafia and Werewolf are the classic references; the genre thrives face to face, where an app can arbitrate the rules while the deduction happens between people.
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