In collaboration with Sky Ta, Style Mafia is a board game suitable for 2 to 4 players, approximate game play is 20–40 minutes; available for the ages 13+. Players (or mafias) are against each other by trying to complete their outfits first either by drawing or trading cards.
In Style Mafia, players (a.k.a. mafias) are against each other by trying to complete their outfits first. This is a competitive game. The one with the highest score at the end of the game ends wins.
The game ends when a player collects all the basic clothing cards needed for their clothing set.
Players try to complete the clothing set (Set 1, 2, 3, or 4) corresponding to the playing pieces they have (each playing piece is numbered 1, 2, 3, or 4).
Contents
60 Number Cards (Numbered 1 to 6)
24 Clothing Cards (16 Basic Clothing Cards, 4 Specialty Cards, and 4 Challenge Cards)
24 Mystery Cards (12 Good Cards and 12 Bad Cards)
4 Playing Pieces
Game Board
Setup
Players should have utensils to keep track of their scores as the game goes.
Place the board within easy reach of all players. Each card deck should be shuffled and placed in their indicated place on the board.
Each player chooses a playing piece (1, 2, 3, or 4). All players will then choose one of the two Good Space on the game board and place their playing pieces on it. This is the starting point.
Players play Rock-Paper-Scissors, the winner goes first and all following turns go in clockwise direction (next turn should be the person on last player’s left) until a “Switch direction” card is withdrawn.
Actions
You must take one action each turn. An action could be one of the followings:
Collect: Player withdraws a Number Card and moves their playing piece that same amount of spaces on the game board. Player then picks a card from the Clothing Cards deck and could decide to either keep the card or discard it by placing recently-picked card to the bottom of the deck.
Exchange: Player exchange a clothing item with another player’s item.
Rules
The points a player could earn from a Clothing Card is indicated as in the table below:
^Detailed explanation of the table above
Each Basic Clothing Card received that is corresponding to your set is counted as 2 points.
Each Basic Clothing Card received that is NOT corresponding to your set is counted as 1 points.
Each Specialty Card received that is corresponding to your set is counted as 3 points.
Each Specialty Card received that is NOT corresponding to your set is counted as 2 points.
Each Challenge Card received that is corresponding to your set is counted as 4 points.
Each Challenge Card received that is NOT corresponding to your set is counted as -1 points.
You will receive 1 extra point for each item you received that is the same type of item on the Dress Chart.
The player that finished their outfit first will receive 3 extra points.
User Test / Live Game Demo
Additional rules
You will receive 1 extra point for each clothing card corresponding to the item in the space you landed on.
The player that finished their outfit first will receive 3 extra points.
You can make an exchange at any time during the game. An exchange is counted as a turn.
You could not make the same exchange with the same person twice.
When received the Golden Ticket from the Good Cards deck, player holds onto the card and could decide to use it later in the game.
HAVE FUN!!
