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Mafia at a villa near Toulouse with Katerina - 1 November
- When
- Sunday 1 November 2026, in the evening, after the crayfish hike
- Where
- A villa near Toulouse (address sent in the chat when you sign up)
- Cost
- €10 a head
Sign up in the community chat: the table needs to know how many players are coming.
On Sunday evening, 1 November, after the crayfish hike, the community gathers at a villa near Toulouse to play Mafia with Katerina, our host from Toulouse. It's €10 a head, and you sign up in the chat. This is the finale of the Slavic Weekend and the fifth meet-up in the community's Mafia series.
How the weekend ends
The Slavic Weekend closes around a game table. In the afternoon of 1 November there’s the crayfish hike at a lake, then dinner with the catch at a villa near Toulouse. Once the table is cleared, we gather the players and start the Mafia.
Katerina, our host from Toulouse, runs the game. She’s the one who hosted the two-city Mafia at the villa outside Montpellier in August and the game at La Chistera in September. This time she plays at home, and we’re the visitors.
How the game works
Mafia is a team game of talk and bluff. By day the townsfolk hunt for the mafia, by night the mafia picks a victim, and the host keeps the whole thing moving. Rounds follow one another, and an evening usually holds several. At earlier games newcomers had the rules explained before the first round, and spectators joined the second or third game in place of anyone who was tired, so there’s no need to learn the rules in advance.
We play in Russian. For the Toulouse crowd it’s an evening at home; for guests from Montpellier and other cities it’s the last night of the trip before the drive back.
Price and sign-up
€10 a head. Sign up in the community chat, under the Slavic Weekend announcement: the table needs to know how many players to expect. The villa is private, and the address goes to those who sign up.
The crayfish dinner before the game is a separate thing, shared and chipped in for as part of the hike. You’re welcome to come only for the game.
The community’s Mafia series
This is the fifth meet-up in the Mafia series. The first game was on 18 April 2026, in a bar in central Montpellier. Games followed in May, then in August the two-city weekend at the villa, and in September La Chistera. Now, for the first time, the series travels to Toulouse.
All four meet-ups of the weekend
- Friday 30 October - a Russian banya with a pool near Toulouse, 20 places.
- Saturday 31 October - Anti-Halloween with Slavic fairy tales at Bistrô XIII.
- Sunday 1 November, afternoon - the crayfish hike at a lake and dinner with the catch at the villa.
- Sunday 1 November, evening - Mafia with Katerina, which is this page.