Then came the first expansion set with the name 'The Burning Crusade' released on January 16, 2007. After this came the second expansion set with the name 'Wrath of the Lich King' released on November 13, 2008.

World of Warcraft aka WoW party games as massively multiplayer online role playing games (MMORPG) has 11.5 million monthly subscribers to its credit making it the world's largest MMORPG that holds the Guinness World Record for the most popular MMORPG as well. Right now it is holding around 62% of the MMOG market share throughout the world making it one of the largest video games as well.

Players assume a character either in third person or in first, as they deem fit for themselves. They explore landscapes, fight monsters, complete quests, and interact with other players. Of course they have already paid for a subscription either by buying game cards or by using a credit or debit card to pay on a regular basis.

Players select one of the realms, either a Player versus player (PvP) or a Player versus environment (PvE). They can play with the established characters provided by the gameplay or/and can also create their custom characters, which is what makes it one of the most creatively interesting games in its category.

Characters develop during the gameplay and it is the players who develop them, thus making the game a very dynamic one. As they develop, they acquire new talents and new skills like learning new professions and mastering new social skills. They also undertake quests, which are "tasks" or "missions" to be competed. All these actions develop the story of the game. On dying, they become ghosts with provision to be able to get resurrected again. Combats between factions are the central theme of the game both in Player versus player (PvP) and Player versus environment (PvE) realms.

Play expects cooperation between the members of each faction, and the victory is also achieved collectively by all the members of a faction.

World of Warcraft aka WoW as party games being one of most popular massively multiplayer online role playing games (MMORPG) earned the honor of being the best-selling video games of 2005 and 2006. In 2008, it also surpassed 10 million subscribers worldwide mark as well; with 2 million from Europe, 2.5 million from North America, and about 5.5 million from Asia.

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These video games were first created as role playing games by Satoshi Tajiri for the Game Boy. The new releases kept getting categorized under generations of chronological orders as and when new characters with new gameplay concepts kept getting introduced in the games. Currently the fourth generation is under progress in the franchise.

The first party games/ single player games in the series were Pocket Monsters Aka and Midori for the Game Boy in Japan. When they went extremely popular, they were reprogrammed as Pokémon Red and Blue for international release on September 30, 1998 in the United States. Then came Pokémon Yellow completing the first generation as it is known today as its chronological name.

The second generation started in 2000 featuring Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver for Game Boy Color. Later in 2001 Pokémon Crystal was added to the list introducing 100 new species of Pokémon making it a total of 251 Pokémon to collect along with many other new features incorporated.

In 2003 came the third generation with the release of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire for Game Boy Advance, adding Pokémon FireRed and Pokémon LeafGreen in 2004, Pokémon Emerald in 2005, and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team in 2006; introducing 135 new Pokémon and thus taking the total to 386.

In 2006 came the fourth generation with the release of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl for Nintendo DS to be expanded later with Pokemon Dash, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team, Pokémon Ranger, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness, Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia, Pokémon Platinum, and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky, along with Pokémon Battle Revolution for Wii (with Wi-Fi connectivity); introducing 107 new species of Pokémon and thus taking the total to 493.

Players choose any one of three different Pokémon at the start of the game depending on the type of Pokémon their rival has chosen in order to be able to take advantage of their week points in the game. Only Pokémon Yellow is an exception in which the player gets a Pikachu and the rival gets an Eevee every time.

Pokemon video games as role playing games both as party games and single player games were awarded eight records in Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition 2008, including "Most Successful RPG Series of All Time", "Game Series With the Most Spin-Off Movies" and "Most Photosensitive Epileptic Seizures Caused By A TV Show".

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The game models a battle between an informed minority and an uninformed majority by assigning roles to the "mafia-members" secretly so that the "townspeople" don't know who they are among them though they might have been given the information regarding how many of them are there.

There are two phases in the game - the night phase and the day phase. In the night phase the "mafia-members" - who all know one another since they are the informed minority - choose among themselves to "kill" an innocent. In the day phase all the players (including "mafia-members" whom no one knows as what they really are!) discuss regarding who the "mafia-members" could be and reach an agreement to kill one of them.

Thus the players keep getting eliminated through getting "killed" either by "mafia-members" or by the "townspeople". "Mafia-members" would never "kill" their own since they know, but the "townspeople" can since they don't know though they have the privilege of being more in number to be "killed" in the game.

The game continues till only either the "mafia-members" or the "townspeople" survive and there is no more left to be "killed".

Obviously the team that survives wins the battle. The bigger the group to play as is generally the case in the online versions of the game, the more the enjoyment in the fun party games that the famous Mafia aka Werewolf aka Assassin belongs to!

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One of the guests secretly plays the role of the murderer who has already 'committed' one or is going to 'commit' during the dinner in progress.

All the other guests are also assigned specific roles in order to investigate into and solve the murder case while having their dinner along.

Themes of the party are chosen from either some historical era or else a fictional plot is woven around the supposed murder.

If someone is not creative enough to weave her/his own plots, commercial help like How to Host a Murder and Murder in A Box are also available in the market designed for a number of guests ranging from 6 to 100.

With the mystery of the murder solved, the dinner party is declared over, imparting a lot of fun and entertainment to the guests invited.

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