In Chicago, set in the United States during the age of Prohibition, the players are gang bosses who fight to control the city of Chicago. They try to earn money by controlling the areas of Chicago and building casinos and moonshine stills. Once Prohibition is lifted, the player with the most money wins – but before that happens, the player with the most...
You are the boss of a mob family in old Chicago, trying to control the majority of businesses, pressing their owners for money and avoiding the FBI agents. Chicago is a hand management game with an area control component, but in order to assure the control of an area (a.k.a. business) you have to fulfil some requests (every business has his own requests)...
Despite its American inspired name, Chicago has its roots in Sweden and is one of the most popular traditional card games in the country. It has an endless number of variations, so the summary below will deal with the most common rules in use today. Chicago is played with a standard deck of 52 cards. The object of the game is to score points by having the...
In Chicago 1893: The City Beautiful, you will compete with your rivals to help rebuild the city of Chicago in preparation for the World's Exposition in 1893! Place Workers to build Neighborhoods, Rails, Parks, Boulevards and Monuments, and try to install your Alderman in the most influential Ward in the City. Whoever can build the most impressive modern...
Chicago 1920 is an immersive game about the American prohibition era in Chicago where criminal gangs ruled they city and were competing to be the most powerful organization in town. Chicago 1920 is a medium weight euro-game with high interaction rate among players, low aleatory, and a variable phase turn. During a turn, players will take up to 6 different...
A game on the clash between protesters and police at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Released with Strategy & Tactics magazine #21 (January 1970) along with Flight of the Goeben. Also available from SPI as a separate game. Per Jim Dunnigan "[Chicago, Chicago! was a] serious attempt to model the situation...Non-war games were never expected to be...
For years, Prohibition has poured Americans a tall glass of austerity and condemned the whole country to a life of secret transgressions. In Chicago Dry, players look for a way around Prohibition to bring bottled fun to Chicago's hidden pubs and speakeasies. In this game, 2-4 players secretly distribute alcohol across city districts as they face off...
This boxed expansion combines both Wabash Cannonball: Erie Railroad expansion and Wabash Cannonball: Narrow Gauge Expansion into one box. Contents: 9 Orange Wooden Trains Narrow Gauge repository board Erie Company (13 Brown Wooden Trains, 1 Company Charter Board, 1 Share, 1 Income Disk, 1 "+50" chit) Board overlays for Erie (Arrow marker, Buffalo hex, New...
The Nickel Plate Road expands Harry Wu's base Wabash Cannonball game with the addition of the famous New York, Chicago & Saint Louis Railroad, aka Nickel Plate Road. The Nickel Plate Road expansion is one of the two games and seven expansions from Winsome Games to be released at Essen 2011. This game expansion requires the original Wabash Cannonball /...
Chicago in the Golden Twenties: The players take the role of a Mafia clan and compete for domination of the city. They will use any means necessary - you won't get far without blackmail and bribery. Nor will you make it alone; you'll need to work with fellow players to take over the neighborhoods. However, these alliances change more often than the...
Chicago Grand Slam ups the ante of the classic Chicago card game with the elegance of a unique game board and ruleset, loaded with more strategic depth and replayability. Play your cards at the just the right moment and try to make the best poker hand, all while attempting to be the first player to obtain their Chicago Marker and get both of your pawns...