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Gangsters

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1992 · 2-5 players · 120min · weight 2.49 · 308 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

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ID
1471
Name
Gangsters
Year
1992
Rank
10166
Min players
2
Max players
5
Playing time
120
Min playtime
120
Max playtime
120
Avg weight
2.4857
Num weights
35
Bayes avg
5.58603
Average
6.31656
Users rated
308
Num owned
652
Wanting
30
Wishing
77
Num comments
157
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (1)
Action Points
Categories (3)
FightingMafiaReal-time
Description (820 chars)

Players are "bosses" of organized crime in Chicago during the Prohibition era. Rival gangs fight over Speakeasies, Gambling Joints, and Protection Rackets. They try to direct the public into their "stablishmunts", whilst keeping the donut-boys-in-blue out. Using their Racketeers, Thugs and Vamps the players try to obtain joints and make money from the "unsuspecting" public who just happen to walk in to them. The game is fast moving, as each players turn is timed, and has some dire results. For example, when a hit is made the player who was shot gets a soaking (one trigger press only) with the *included* water pistol! There are numerous paths to victory that the players can take with their gang, with the twist that in the five player version one of the players has to play the cops...short-straw anyone?

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).

LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).

LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.