New PBM game: Cosa Nostra [ commercial mafia ]

From: lindahl@rt.com (Greg Lindahl)

Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Name:		Cosa Nostra [ commercial mafia ]
Type:		historical crime
Duration:	25-40 turns
Frequency:	once every 3 weeks
GM:		computer
Costs:		Cdn $4/turn, US approx $3.25/turn (receives exchange)
Email:		burkpm@hg.uleth.ca
Keywords:	commercial, closed-ended, snail, computer, historical
Last-Update:	January 30, 1997

Description:

Cosa Nostra has an uncomplicated grid map, business deals, a variety
of illegal businesses, bribes, blackmail, gang combat, race-fixing,
diplomacy and assassination.

The game starts in 1910.  12 players each form their own branch of the
Mafia and attempt to take over the city while combatting each other
and the police.  Each turn represents one year, and details arrests,
raids, profits, combat outcomes, etc.  News events from history affect
the game as the years pass.  When one player controls a certain
majority of the city he is named the `Capo di tutti Capi', the boss of
all bosses, and is the winner of the game.

Company:	IMP Games
		Box 315
		Gleichen, Alberta, Canada
		T0J 1N0

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