"The Underbelly is a game of conflict between prisoners and guards, which players use their cunning and skills to escape from the cold shadowy bars of the Alcatraz-like superjail of Underbelly, or to prevent the escape of the villains by keeping them in at all costs." (An excerpt from the teaser video.) The Underbelly is a Card Game based on the mechanisms...
Players act as rival crime outfits in 1920s New York. Each crew is represented by face-down cards showing mob roles. You’ll manage a small, fixed tableau of three or four cards while the rest form a shared draw and discard pile. On your turn you draw one card, then either play it to the discard area to trigger its printed action or swap it face-down with a...
'You dirty rat, you killed ma brother!' A hundred years ago the United States introduced laws which banned the sale of booze to the common people (with plenty of loop holes) and this led to the rise of speakeasies as well as gangsters ready to break the law and to make themselves rich and famous at the same time. The roaring 1920's is here in the fifteenth...
Usual Crapules takes you into the frenetic atmosphere of a trial between former robbers. After a botched heist, the players find themselves before the judge: whoever gets the shortest sentence will be able to dig up the loot before the others. The game combines bluffing, card combos, and delightfully treacherous interactions. Each turn, you play a card:...
Valcapone is a clever pun for an economic gangster game. Of course the name sounds like Al Capone, but this game is by Valentin Herman so "Valcapone" fits well. This is a more recent Fanfor design and that means it is a DTP publication that was printed in very limited edition and comes as a kit to cut out. Like most of Herman's games, this one is a...
Big Boss Dens come into play when a Big Boss is discovered. Each gang have their own Big Boss Den that is designed for the abilities and flavor of that specific gang. Big Boss Dens are tough to beat, but reward the player with more victory points and wild tokens than even the toughest dens in a standard game of Vengeance. Gambling Dens add a further...
Dylan "Meatboy: Murphy was a contender for the Pro-Wrestling title two years in a row. He lost both fights. He never got over it. When the Zuce Clan offered him a nice retirement package to throw a fight against their boy Vlad, he agreed, only to hammer the serb into the mat within one round. He just couldn't help himself. Needles to say Don Zemun was not...
The Rosari Clan Expansion includes all the components needed to add a 5th player to the Vengeance base game. It also adds a new gang, the vicious Rosari Clan. The Rosari are either added to the game in 5 player setups or are swapped for existing gangs in lower player counts. This expansion also adds a new Hero: Reverend Gray. Gray is hell-bent on...
You want to see those that wronged you dead, but there's no satisfaction in it unless it's your hand that does the deed. The problem is you're not the only one these rats have messed with. Sometimes you have to resort to a bit of shady back-stabbing to ensure others don't rob you of Vengeance's sweet satisfaction. Saboteurs allows players to hire Saboteurs...