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The Boss

#85005BGG ↗

2010 · 2-6 players · 40min · weight 1.79 · 2,781 ratings

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ID
85005
Name
The Boss
Year
2010
Rank
1252
Min players
2
Max players
6
Playing time
40
Min playtime
40
Max playtime
40
Avg weight
1.7871
Num weights
155
Bayes avg
6.17856
Average
6.78456
Users rated
2781
Num owned
3119
Wanting
59
Wishing
388
Num comments
573
Fetched at
Sat Apr 25 2026 16:16:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (4)
Area Majority / InfluenceAuction / BiddingBetting and BluffingDeduction
Categories (2)
Card GameMafia
Description (690 chars)

With each card played, you gain more information about the loot — or sanctions — that may be yours for the taking in different American cities. Basing upon this information, you send out the members of your gang to those cities: some are pros, some are wannabes. Whoever has the most gang members in a city cashes the loot or undergoes the sanction. When going to Chicago, you have no choice but to split your takings with the boss himself: Al Capone. The further the game progresses, the higher the stakes are getting, especially in Chicago. The Boss is essentially a card game (with a small game board for keeping scores) of deduction, bluffing, and a lot of backstabbing.

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).