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The Brotherhood
Overview of game in progress.  The Brotherhood is the best gangster-themed game out there IMHO - it deserves a custom treatment.
Game in progress.  By making the board modular, the game can scale up to 8 players.
Parts for my custom-made set.  Original rules visible at top of pic.
The original 1972 box ( a little warn from use!).

The Brotherhood (1972)

Players
2–5
Best: 3, 4, 5
Playing time
60–180 min
Age
10+
6.28
Average rating
57
Ratings
2.20/5
Weight
#21552
BGG rank
Outside top 5,000
Designer:Frank Chadwick, John Harshman, John Hill (I)
Artist:Chris Purcell, Roy Guzzio, David Martin (II)
Publisher:Game Designers' Workshop (GDW Games) +1 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 7, Luck 7, Interaction 10, Complexity 4.4, Theme 5
Strategy7.0
Luck7.0
Interaction10.0
Complexity4.4
Theme5.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

WargameBluffingNegotiationMafiaFightingSecret Unit DeploymentSimultaneous Action SelectionPaper-and-PencilDice RollingArea Majority / InfluencePlayer EliminationNegotiation

Overview

Originally published by Conflict in 1972, then re-published by GDW in 1983.

You are a Godfather of a criminal family struggling to control the city's rackets, winning by amassing the greatest amount of wealth in a year's time. Hire thugs and hit men, control rackets in neighborhoods and bribe judges and politicians to get opposing thugs arrested or their rackets shut down. Placements are done simultaneously by having players write down their purchases. When the shooting starts, it is resolved by the ever-reliable die roll. Random Grand Jury Investigations are always there to upset any plan. Includes negotiation and features nice strategy dilemmas between diversification and concentration and how much one wants to try for the more lucrative but more targeted areas.

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