Strategy

This section gathers the general principles of the game. The strategy for the city, the Sheriff, the Irish and the Italians is described on the pages for the roles. Any strategy is a possible approach, not a guaranteed path to victory.

• A strategy method for incomplete informationHow to separate facts from hypotheses, consider three versions of every player and decide before a vote. Tools for reviewing a game.
• How the roles interact: who knows whatAsymmetry of information in Irish Mafia: what each role knows about the others, the paradox of a successful accusation and claims about a role.
• Cross tactics of the three sidesExposing a rival, matching votes, the double shot and the hidden queue: how to read the actions of the Irish, the Italians and the city.