The Boss
BGG
Босс
/
黑幫老大
release year: 2010
platform:
Boardgame
genre:
Card Game
/
Mafia
designer:
Alain Ollier
artist:
Tony Rochon
publisher:
Blackrock Games
/
ABBA Games
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overview
With each card played, you gain more information about the loot — or sanctions — that may be yours for the taking in different American cities. Basing upon this information, you send out the members of your gang to those cities: some are pros, some are wannabes.
Whoever has the most gang members in a city cashes the loot or undergoes the sanction. When going to Chicago, you have no choice but to split your takings with the boss himself: Al Capone. The further the game progresses, the higher the stakes are getting, especially in Chicago.
The Boss is essentially a card game (with a small game board for keeping scores) of deduction, bluffing, and a lot of backstabbing.