Last week our regular gaming evening g was down to 3 players so we were treated to a game of Scarface 1920, which was produced in 2023 by Redzen Games.
I've played this once before but this was at least a year ago so I was very hazy on the rules. Luckily YouTube is a handy resource for playthroughs and I'd partially got up to speed before we played. It's a worker placement style game with rival families vying for control of (I assume) Chicago which is divided up into districts. Each district can host a number of businesses (casinos, brothels, speakeasies and nightclubs) and can switch hands or be raided by the police.
As usual with these games, the components are lovely with a range of Thugs and Boss miniatures for each family, as well as high quality cards etc.
It's a fun game which, despite having lots of options and ways to play, is actually quite intuitive once you get going. The only real goal is to have the most money, but of course there are numerous ways to achieve this, and building the right 'engine' is key. To be fair my opponents were taking it pretty easy with me and didn't ruthlessly wipe me out straight away! As expected I came last despite controlling a couple of districts... there were definitely opportunities raise my income that I'd missed . Definitely one to play again.
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