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La Cosa Nostra
3 - 5 players
average 90 minutes
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In La Cosa Nostra, you take on the role of a mafia boss. In the beginning, you control a crew of gangsters and a couple of businesses. During the game, you will hire new gangsters to do the dirty work and collect your money. Investments lead to new lines of business or monopoly positions: take control of the drug dealing, moneylending or prostitution. Bribe politicians and cops, invest your money in night clubs, casinos or the waste management industry. To get the big deals, you need to cooperate with the other families — but never rely on those "friendships". The others will take the first opportunity to stab you in the back, so you better do it first... Each player controls gangster cards that serve to either gain money or attack other players. Actions are planned secretly, placed face down, then played in turn. Often you need certain business cards to succeed. If you don't own them yourself, you can negotiate deals with the other players. The players bargain, spy, threaten, and deceive each other. Each of the four rounds brings new action cards into the game, and the number of gangsters increases. Thus, the possibilities for actions become more diverse, the jobs more profitable, and the attacks more powerful. Co-operation gets more attractive and treason alluring because at the end of the day money is the only thing that counts.

Overall Statistics for NewWonder's Gaming Group

Total Games Played: 1
Average Players Per Game 5

Win/Loss Statistics for NewWonder's Gaming Group

Badges Name   NemePoints   Total Games   Avg. NemePoints   Wins / Losses % Won  
Alexander 66  1 66.00 
1
0
100 %
NewWonder 44  1 44.00 
0
1
0 %
Susanne 26  1 26.00 
0
1
0 %
Mark-Lee 20  1 20.00 
0
1
0 %
Henning 10  1 10.00 
0
1
0 %

    Last 1 Played Games for NewWonder's Gaming Group

    Date Played Result
    1/3/2015
    1st Alexander (131,000 game points scored)
    66 
    2nd NewWonder (129,000 game points scored)
    44 
    3rd Susanne (111,000 game points scored)
    26 
    4th Mark-Lee (95,000 game points scored)
    20 
    5th Henning (71,000 game points scored)
    10