Still Waters Posted January 23 #1 Share Posted January 23 A board game based on the mafia wars that raged in Sicily in the 1980s has caused controversy in Italy, with the sister of the murdered anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone describing it as an offence to all those who had fought to free Italy of organised crime. La Famiglia: The Great Mafia War, produced by the German firm Boardgame Atelier, won last year’s As d’Or, or Golden Ace, a prestigious prize given at an annual games festival in France. Described by its producer as “a conflict game set against the backdrop of a mafia feud in Sicily”, it was recently translated into Italian and distributed on various online retail sites. The basic premise of the game is for players, who represent various mob families, to compete against each other to take control of Sicily using tools such as car bombs “to dominate as many regions as possible”. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/23/outcry-in-italy-over-german-board-game-based-on-sicily-mafia-wars 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted January 23 #2 Share Posted January 23 😆 Get over it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Socks Junior Posted January 23 #3 Share Posted January 23 I spent several weeks at a fellowship in Europe with a pretty international crowd. One of the researchers was from Italy and was quite down on the whole valorization of mafia folks in American cinema. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted January 23 #4 Share Posted January 23 9 minutes ago, Doc Socks Junior said: I spent several weeks at a fellowship in Europe with a pretty international crowd. One of the researchers was from Italy and was quite down on the whole valorization of mafia folks in American cinema. The Italians in my family (uncles) hated the stereotype. But the ones in my generation (cousins) ride it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Socks Junior Posted January 23 #5 Share Posted January 23 3 minutes ago, Piney said: The Italians in my family (uncles) hated the stereotype. But the ones in my generation (cousins) ride it. Seems as if the generation that were more affected disliked it, while the ones who weren't affected and saw relatively positive media portrayals...liked it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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