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Mafia City

Corruption and fights for power

Players are bosses of Mafia clans and want to acquire most victory points as a mark of their power in town. The game is played in rounds comprising four: Action, Location, Strategy and End of Round.

For Action you use action cards or place a Mafioso or pass; several Mafiosi are stacked. Actions cards are either played to implement the effect of the card or to implement the effect of the hat symbol; those cards are the core element of the game und usually mean something bad will be happening to other players. When all players have passed, the Location Phase begins; in this phase you score all locations, that is, you check who controls a location; depending on the location of the Mayor you score locations in order of their number or in the order of choice by the player who controls the Mayor. If you are in control of a location you score one victory point and you can use the effect of the location.

For Strategy you can retract Mafiosi by taking them back or leave them in place. For End of Round the starting player changes and you draw cards. If you acquire the necessary number of victory points, you win.

Mafia City uses simple rules to provide a game of dense and challenging atmosphere with a lot of interaction; Actions and card effects are always very much related to the topic and sometimes somewhat drastic, just like you imagine Mafia to be like, up to the decision of taking back Mafiosi or leaving them in place – all in all not a game for tender-footed players. Another positive aspect of the game are the beautiful components, from three miniatures for Policeman, Hitman and Mayor to poker-chip-alike discs for your Mafiosi.

Players: 3-5

Age: 12+

Time: 90+

Designer: Petr Bĕlík

Art: Petr Bĕlík, Marek Piza

Price: ca. 40 Euro

Publisher: Stragoo Games 2012

Web: www.stragoo.cz

Genre: Worker placement, Mafia topic

Users: With friends

Version: multi

Rules: de en

In-game text: yes

Comments:

Very interactive

Attractive components

Good rules

You need to be ready for conflict

Compares to:

The broad variety of games with a Mafia topic

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 1

Tactic (turquoise): 3

Strategy (blue): 2

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 2

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0