{"id":19897,"date":"2026-05-30T12:21:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T10:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/mecanique\/non-classifiee\/cosa-nostra-is-coming-in-2026-make-your-opponents-an-offer-they-cant-refuse\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T12:21:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T10:21:49","slug":"cosa-nostra-is-coming-in-2026-make-your-opponents-an-offer-they-cant-refuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/news\/cosa-nostra-is-coming-in-2026-make-your-opponents-an-offer-they-cant-refuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Cosa Nostra is coming in 2026: make your opponents an offer they can&#8217;t refuse!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Post-war Sicily. Poverty, political instability, and mafia families tightening their grip on the island&#8217;s nine provinces. That&#8217;s the world <strong>Cosa Nostra<\/strong> throws you into \u2014 the upcoming game from designers Pau Batlle and Nico Cardona, published by <strong>Too Bad Games<\/strong> and <strong>Zacatrus<\/strong>, expected in <strong>2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">In Cosa Nostra, 2 to 4 players take on the role of consigliere-like leaders at the head of rival families, all competing for control of Sicily. The game is built around an <strong>area majority mechanic combined with negotiation<\/strong>: on each turn, players choose either to &#8220;Pay&#8221; \u2014 placing coins on province cards to recruit and move their Capos and Soldiers \u2014 or to &#8220;Collect&#8221; \u2014 triggering scoring for the two provinces shown on the card removed from the display.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Victory goes to the first player to reach <strong>40 victory points<\/strong>, but the road is full of obstacles: deals, betrayals, and constant negotiation between players spice up every decision. Resources gathered from provinces can be spent on a variety of optional actions through three types of cards \u2014 Contraband, Meeting, and Ally \u2014 which offer persistent powers, economic advantages, and even the ability to control opponents&#8217; units.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">With a playing time of just <strong>30 to 45 minutes<\/strong> and accessible from age <strong>10+<\/strong>, Cosa Nostra clearly aims for a wide audience without sacrificing tactical depth. A game to keep a close eye on here at mr-boardgames.com!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Post-war Sicily. Poverty, political instability, and mafia families tightening their&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[347],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19897"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19898,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19897\/revisions\/19898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}