CoolMiniOrNot CMNGDF001 Godfather The Board Game, Mixed Colours

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Designer Eric Lang, known for his "dudes on a map" games, describes The Godfather: Corleone's Empire — a standalone big box board game with high-quality miniatures — as "thugs on a map". Speaking of theme, the Godfather theme is neither here nor there. The game builds in a way that results in the dramatic crescendo of the final act where the bullets really start flying. I do feel like I'm in a gangster movie, but it's only really the artwork and a couple of references in the job cards that make it Godfather themed. In short, the game is a streamlined, confrontational worker placement game filled with murder and intrigue. In long, you play as competing mafia families who are vying for economic control of the organized crime networks of New York City, deploying your thugs, your don, your wife, and your heir on the board to shake down businesses and engage in area-control turf wars. The Godfather: Corleone’s Empire is a big game with a massive amount of options. There are so many options that the game can be very slow, especially at five. The “Take that” element of the game isn’t just an option, it’s pretty much a necessity. It would be odd if a game about power battles amongst organised crime families didn’t have it as a central tool. Illicit goods act as currency in this game, you can play a job card from your hand or the communal pool by paying the illicit goods shown on it. Job cards get you cash and grant you a special action which can range from moving a figure or stealing money out of people’s suitcase, to carrying out the game changing “Car Bomb” action.

The game is very easy to learn and player interaction and communication are key to getting the most out of the experience. The tin suitcase is a clever way to hide your ill-gotten gains from your rivals and gives a nice thematic flourish. I can't really talk to you about how this game plays without first explaining the roll of the little tin suitcase you each get. You don't use the cash you make during the game to buy anything, in fact it's essentially worthless until you carry out the “Suitcase” action. This allows you to take one cash card and put it into your case laundering it into sweet, sweet victory points. It also gives you the money you need to buy some super powerful ally cards during the bribery phase. Just be careful flashing your cash, it would be a pity if someone was to...Extort you! I'm going to show you a Board Game you can't refuse. If you can live slow players and positively relish the thought of devastating your mates' plans then this is a game for you. There aren't many games that combine worker placement, set collection and area control quite so cleverly, enjoyably at this. Eric Lang has nailed it here. The Godfather: Corleone's Empire takes a solid strategic but straightforward Euro game and dresses it up in the bells and whistles that only Eric Lang and CMON can. The world’s favourite family board game brings you another exciting edition of MONOPOLY – The Godfather!Illicit goods act as currency in this game, you can play a job card from your hand or the communal pool by paying the illicit goods shown on it. Job cards get you cash and grant you a special action which can range from moving a figure or stealing money out of people's suitcase, to carrying out the game changing “Car Bomb” action. The game has a decent amount of replay-ability due to the different businesses, allies and job card coming out each time. However, don’t expect each game to be vastly different. The range of job cards is pretty limited, and this would be an easy way to add lots more variety to the game. What happens when you combine arguably one or the greatest movies ever made and some of the biggest names in board gaming? You get The Godfather: Corleone's Empire, designed by Eric M. Lang and published by CMON games. That's gotta be worth a closer look!

The game also features drive-by shootings in which enemy tokens are removed from the board and placed face-down in the river. The don of that family member must play cards to fish their guys out of the river and return them to duty on the New York battlefield. What happens when you combine arguably one or the greatest movies ever made and some of the biggest names in board gaming? You get The Godfather: Corleone’s Empire, designed by Eric M. Lang and published by CMON games. That’s gotta be worth a closer look!

Each player starts a game of The Godfather in charge of a set number of thug miniatures and a family member. Thugs are placed on businesses to “Shakedown” the front of the business affording them bonuses in the form of illicit goods, cash, extra job cards, or the ability to “Suitcase” money. I can’t really talk to you about how this game plays without first explaining the roll of the little tin suitcase you each get. You don’t use the cash you make during the game to buy anything, in fact it’s essentially worthless until you carry out the “Suitcase” action. This allows you to take one cash card and put it into your case laundering it into sweet, sweet victory points. It also gives you the money you need to buy some super powerful ally cards during the bribery phase. Just be careful flashing your cash, it would be a pity if someone was to…Extort you! I’m going to show you a Board Game you can’t refuse. At three and four players the number of starting businesses is the same, which makes four players a restricted game. Rival families are going to have to carve out their territory by hook or by crook.