Thursday, January 23, 2003
If you ever wondered what journalists do at weekends, it appears they go to dinner parties and then murder each other. The Evening Standard reported yesterday on a new game from New York called Mafia that's supposedly sweeping London's top social and student gatherings. Mafia is a sort of 'Murder In The Dark' for the educated classes, the ultimate party game for 12 or more people. According to the rules you need nothing more than your brain and a pack of cards, so it's a lot cheaper than the usual awful party games that cost £29.99 for a box, three dice and six counters. The cards are dealt at the start to decide who the three killers will be, then the persuasion, discussion, analysis, surreptition, death and intrigue get underway. I'm certainly intrigued anyway. Can anyone see the attraction of wiping out a few Evening Standard journalists at a dinner party? I wonder how easy it is to get an invite...
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