FAMILY – The Great Mafia War is a board game on the mafia wars in Sicily. A choice that captured the attention of the Sicily Region: President Renato Schifani received a letter from the parliamentarian Alessandro De Leo, worried about the representations of the mafia within the game.
Alessandro De Leoregional parliamentarian of Forza Italia, sent a letter to Renato SchifaniPresident of the Sicily Region, to counter the spread of Family – The Great Mafia War. It is a board game made by Boardgame ateliera German production house. The setting is the Sicily of the 80s: the four players must collaborate together to sabotage other families and get control of Various ages that make up the island. Whoever obtained the most territories, or, in the event of a draw, who has obtained Check Brontedue to the high value of the pistachio. A collaborative game, in which place car bombsincrease the drug market and pay attention to the repentant.
“This product not only offends the dignity of the Sicilians, but also demeanes the daily commitment of millions of citizens who fight for legality and justice in our region” writes De Leo in the letter, “even more serious, under every point of View is the trivialization of violent elements such as the use of self -bombs, reduced to simple game tools “. Also in specialized board games sites, such as the Goblin den, There are users who underline their disappointment for the mafia context. “It did not attract me because the chosen theme, that is, the mafia of the 80s, disappeared me too much,” writes a user. “In Italy Mafia war means the massacre of Capaci, the murders Falcone and Borsellino and in general the state-mafia war with related related massacres”.
The problem of games on the mafia had already happened with mafia 2
Given these conditions, there is the possibility of attending a controversy also for the launch of the mafia: The Old Country, a video game set in Sicily of early 1900sarriving on the main game platforms in 2025. Already in 2010, the series to which it belongs The Old Country It had been overwhelmed by criticism for the stereotyped representation in mafia 2. In particular, theOrder Sons of Italy in America, The oldest Italian -American organization in the United States had requested the removal of the game from the market because it perpetuated aImage of Italian American as Mafiahelping to strengthen prejudices and clichés. The game came out regularly, coming 1 million copies in the first week of launch.
The video game on the mafia set in Sicily at the beginning of the 1900s, the history of Mafia The Old Country
Returning to the new mafia chapter: The Old Country, the American development study Hangar 13 He declared that he had worked closely with local consultants for an accurate twentieth -century reproduction of the twentieth -century Sicily. However, the risk of falling in Stereotipat representationsAnd, which in a certain sense romanticize the mafia phenomenon. A question that reopens the debate oncultural impact that games have on societyà, in addition to demonstrating how the mafia abroad is perceived: an element of folklore.
