The board game outraged the Italians: Game “La Famiglia: The Great Mafia War”produced by the German company Boardgame Atelieroparta, caused great indignation in Italy. The game is based on mafia wars that took place in Sicily in the 1980s. Sister of the judge Giovanni Falcone murdered by the mafia.
“Offensive” German game: The game recently It was translated into Italian and made available through various shops internet. “La Famiglia: The Great Mafia War” won “as d'or” last year, or the Golden Ace, a prestigious prize awarded at the annual Games Festival in France. Maria Falcone considered her an insult everyone who “fought for the release of Italy from organized crime” – I'm writing British “The Guardian”.
Maria Falcone's sharp words: “I don't understand how it is possible that someone came up with the idea of this game, which plays with the feelings of those who lost their lives, serving you,” said Maria Falcone to the newspaper “Corriere della Sera”. – the mafia was sowing Death in Sicily and Italy. Such a game offends everyone's memorywho contributed to the release of this land from organized crime – added Sister Giovanni Falcone.
Death of judge Falcone: “The Guardian” reminds you that “Ruthless mafia fights In the 1980s, they destroyed a significant part of the Italian island. “Hundreds of people, often random, were killed in the accounts. Placing the bomb in the car of the anti -Muffy judge Falcone ordered in 1992. Famous boss Cosa Nostry, Salvatore “Toto” Riina. A month later, the bomb load was also killed by another mafia judge, Paolo Borsellino.
Explosives in the game: The basic assumption of the game “La Famiglia: The Great Mafia War” is the competition between players who represent various mafia families. In their opinion, the game includes take over control over Sicily using tools like explosivesin order to “dominate as many regions as possible”. – First of all, I am very sorry if anyone felt offended or wounded with this game. It wasn't our intention. In this game, only gangsters kill each other. So I don't see a problem – said the originator of Maximilian Maria Thiel.
See also: Organized crime is growing in strength. More in the text “The head of the largest police organization in the world: 'unprecedented. They have astronomical amounts of resources'”.
Sources: “Corriere della Sera”, “The Guardian”