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Spiel 2015 Preview: Mafia de Cuba, or I Havanan't Taken Your Diamonds

Spiel 2015 Preview: Mafia de Cuba, or I Havanan't Taken Your Diamonds
Board Game: Mafia de Cuba
At Gen Con 2015 in August, Asmodee ran a press event where it showed off many of the games that it planned to distribute in North America in the second half of 2015: Pearl Games' The Bloody Inn, Matagot's Kemet: Ta-Seti, Space Cowboys' T.I.M.E Stories, and much more. If you visit the Asmodee booth during Spiel 2015, you'll see most of those games in their published forms.

Attendees were able to play a few turns of most games as they moved from table to table, but everyone was called together to participate in simultaneous sessions of Mafia de Cuba, a hidden role party game from Philippe des Pallières and Loïc Lamy that's published by Lui-même. I'm not great with hidden role games as I'm a terrible bluffer, but my cameraman John Knoerzer loves them, and he was practically panting with excitement as they explained how to play. He asked to record a video explaining how to play, and he's far more restrained on film than he is in real life. Guess you'll have to see him in person to experience his pants...


Board Game: Mafia de Cuba


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