The Trivia Mafia App

All things relating to the Trivia Mafia app (play.triviamafia.com). Includes how-to guides for new hosts, use cases, and updates.

What's New in Version 3.0 of the Trivia Mafia App?

Version 3.0 of the Trivia Mafia app was released on Monday, June 3, 2024. It contains several upgrades and features that will be new to experienced users (hosts as well as players) of the original version of the app.

These improvements include a better game creation process, a new tiebreaker interface, more robust messaging between hosts and players, updates to the scoring and leaderboard flow, and more. The following guide is intended to walk hosts through these new features.

Updates on the Host Side


Creating a Trivia Event

The process of a creating a game (or a "trivia event," in the parlance of the app) has been updated so that finding the correct content block is now simpler, while the likelihood of accidentally choosing the wrong block and/or venue is reduced. 

The Event Creation Page is located at play.triviamafia.com/host/event-setup. Getting there is simple: Just login and click Host a Game

How to create a trivia event:  

Additional features of this page: 

Resolving Tiebreakers

Hosts now have the ability to run tiebreakers directly in the app. The app will calculate the winner of the tiebreaker and update the leaderboard. 

How to resolve a tiebreaker: 

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Note: Players do not have the ability to enter their answers to the tiebreaker via the app. They still need to submit answers directly to the host. If you like, have them write their answers on scrap paper or whisper their answer out of their competitors' earshot. 

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Scoring and Leaderboard Updates

There are several updates to the way rounds are scored and answers are revealed to players. These include a much-requested intermediate step between rounds being scored and the leaderboard being updated, allowing for teams to see their own results without learning the overall standings. 

Sending Messages to Players

Host now have the ability to send pop-up messages to players throughout the game. Choose between two boilerplate pop-ups (Image Round and Mega Round reminders) or customize your own message. 

How to send all-player messages:

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Other Host-Side Updates

Updates on the Player Side


Auto-Advance Is Now Optional

Previously, the app automatically advanced a player's game whenever a new question was revealed. This is now optional.

In the Player Menu (the three dots in the upper-right corner of the screen), players can toggle Auto-Advance — the function that automatically advances them to the most recently revealed question — on or off. 

If a player has Auto-Advance toggled off, they will see a blue airship button whenever they are not on the current question. Pressing this button will whisk them away to the current question. 

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For all pre-existing users, Auto-Advance will default to "On," as that is what those users are accustomed to. For all new users, Auto-Advance will default to "Off." Hosts should let their players know that they have the option to turn this on/off as they like.  

New Player Menu and Team Menu

Players now have two available menus: A Player Menu and a Team Menu.

The Player Menu (three dots in the upper-right corner): 

The Team Menu (the team icon in the lower-right corner):

Revealed Answers and Per-Question Stats

After a host has revealed the answers to players, players now see the correct answer, how many points they received for their answer, whether or not their answer was marked "funny," and a graph showing how all teams performed on each question.

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Other Player-Side Updates

Providing App Feedback


Please provide feedback on the new app using this Google form. You can also find that link in the Player Menu.