I'm not actually requesting threats, but a favor, yes. Having watched a lot of thriller films and crime dramas like The Sopranos, The Shield, Boardwalk Empire, Sons of Anarchy, The Wire and so on, I'm interested if someone knows about some game, card, board or roleplaying based that's based around the interesting economics people in these crime shows? Like, where you trade intel, people, money, favors and threats to get about your set goals, preferrably in a criminal enterprise setting.
If something like that doesn't really exist, how would you go about making a game like that? I mean, the goals of the game design are a bif fuzzy in my head to begin with, this just popping to my head, but I think it could be made fairly interesting in many formats, from RPG campaigns to quick card games.
Anyway, thanks in advance.
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There's the Leverage RPG. No idea if it is any good or not. I've only heard good reviews, but I've only heard reviews at all from Storygames Swine, so I haven't gone out of my way to read or test it myself.
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Shadowrun would work i think . .
Then again, technically, so would DnD . .
Then again, technically, so would DnD . .
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I tried to write a LARP about organized crime in college. Even by the standards of my FAILED projects only, it really did not get far.
If I was in the mood for that kind of thing, I would probably play Shadowrun--I am willing to accept the non-absence of magic and super-science in exchange for the presence of crimes.
I tried to write a LARP about organized crime in college. Even by the standards of my FAILED projects only, it really did not get far.
If I was in the mood for that kind of thing, I would probably play Shadowrun--I am willing to accept the non-absence of magic and super-science in exchange for the presence of crimes.
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http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/ ... fter-pablo
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/85005/the-boss
There are quite a few crime-based boardgames, but which is "best" is always a matter of taste.
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/85005/the-boss
There are quite a few crime-based boardgames, but which is "best" is always a matter of taste.
the idea of a board game about organized crime makes me wonder how one might modify Monopoly to be such...
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add a player type and another set of cards.
Cops
Robbers
Bystanders
Crime Cards
*steal form the next property you land on rather than pay rent you gain that rent amount from the owner of that property (become a robber)
*arson: destroy one house or hotel on the next opponent's property you land on (become a robber)
*send a robber directly to jail. they do not pass GO, they do not collect $200 (become a cop)
and so on.
Cops
Robbers
Bystanders
Crime Cards
*steal form the next property you land on rather than pay rent you gain that rent amount from the owner of that property (become a robber)
*arson: destroy one house or hotel on the next opponent's property you land on (become a robber)
*send a robber directly to jail. they do not pass GO, they do not collect $200 (become a cop)
and so on.
Play the game, not the rules.
good read (Note to self Maxus sucks a barrel of cocks.)
Swordslinger wrote:Or fuck it... I'm just going to get weapon specialization in my cock and whip people to death with it. Given all the enemies are total pussies, it seems like the appropriate thing to do.
Lewis Black wrote:If the people of New Zealand want to be part of our world, I believe they should hop off their islands, and push 'em closer.