Social Group Interactions in a Role-Playing Game

Abstract

We present initial findings from an experiment in which participants played Mafia, an established role-playing game, with our robot. In one condition, the robot played like the rest of the participants; in the other, the robot moderated the game. We discuss general aspects of the interaction, participants ’ perceptions, and the potential of this scenario for studying group spatial behavior from robotic platforms. Categories and Subject Descriptors H.4.m [Information Systems Applications]: Miscella-neous