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Party game "Mafia" less popular in Shanghai

(chinanews.cn)
Updated: 2006-12-13 09:13



The renowned party game "Mafia" currently is no longer favorable in
Shanghai now. Many mafia playing clubs have closed, and only three can
still enroll new members.

According to Xinmin Evening News, most of these clubs were set up in late
2005, and then made a lot of money. The most popular one, You You Club,
was the first to register membership among young people. When the game
reached its climax in early 2006, nine of such clubs could be found in
Jing��an District.

The party game "Mafia" was invented by a student from Moscow State
University in 1986, and was quickly introduced to most colleges of the
former Soviet Union in the early 1990s. Now it is played everywhere in
the world. At least five people are involved in the game, and are divided
into two groups, ��Mafia members�� and ��Town people.�� Their basic goal
of both groups is to eliminate the other.

In last March, the clubs started developing other services like movies,
TV series, dramas, costumes, masks and journals, all related to the game.
Software designers accidentally became the greatest winner of the game.
Their online Mafia game cost people hundreds of thousands of yuan.

At that time the gaming itself even became one of the most profitable
businesses. Small tea houses also provided some basic services for people
who were willing to play the game there.

However, the game has lost its past popularity since last June. Less
people now visit You You, and its manager, Ms. Cheng, says that the club
now is full only on days when extra favorable services are offered. On
the other hands, the less famous clubs now find their going harder and
harder. In fact, many of them have been kicked out of the market.










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