Board games are gaining popularity among the youth of our country with great speed. Many people prefer this type of leisure time instead of sitting in a bar. During the game, the participants are transported to another Universe with their own rules and characters.
Mafia as the first Soviet role-playing game
The most common role-playing game is Mafia. The drawing of lots using special or ordinary playing cards determines the roles of the participants: the townspeople, which also include the sheriff and the doctor, and two mafiosi. During the game party, peaceful participants in the detective story bring out the mafia, which continues to commit insidious murders, convincing the other players of their innocence.
The traditional board game "Mafia" cannot be called, because in the rules there is no need to use the playing field. All you need is a mysterious story of the presenter, cards for the draw and a description of the characters. The host regulates the course of the game.
The homeland of the "Mafia" is the USSR. Within the walls of Moscow State University, students played it, who subsequently "spread" its rules throughout the Soviet Union and beyond. Today, there are various options for playing with additional characters.
Notable tabletop role-playing games
The popular tabletop role-playing games are characterized by fantasy themes. Before the start of the game, the Master, or the presenter, tells the background of the future game, describing what problem needs to be solved in a fairyland. Then the participants choose their characters. Following the rules, the facilitator simulates various situations from which the players need to find a way out. All participants play different roles, but they are on the same side. Together they defeat evil trolls, monsters, and free castles and universes.
Russia also owns the development of a tabletop role-playing game. The rules and descriptions of the "Age of Aquarius" can compete with foreign counterparts.
The classic role-playing game is "Dungeons and Dragons", created over forty years ago in the United States. It is interesting both for connoisseurs of role-playing board games and for beginners. Players with their characters plunge into an underground magical world for several hours, where fantastic creatures rule.
Call of Cthulhu is also a long-lived board game. Without losing its popularity, the board game attracts new players with mind-stirring monsters and desperate adventures.
The game "World of Darkness" was created for fans of mysticism and gothic. Players can get the role of werewolves, vampires or people with superpowers.
Also, the popularity of young people around the world was won by the comic game "Munchkin", in which everything is allowed, including foul play. This "board game" is a kind of parody of traditional role-playing games.
