Board Thread:Role Ideas (Mafia)/@comment-31456016-20180321194957/@comment-33927649-20180326213920

The reason mafia doesn't have a lot of members is because

1. They know everybody directly working with them (ignoring neutrals, because they don't affect too much until you get into voting locks)

2. It makes the game more fun/challenging. It's the same way how being town is not that fun, because you don't know much and have a pretty high chance of winning.

3. The mafia has, in general, more powerful roles, and also the ability to gain a majority by killing each night.