Gangster!
Gangster! is a role-playing game published by Fantasy Games Unlimited in 1979.
Description
Gangster! is a cops-and-mobsters system for the period 1900 to the present.[1] The rules cover police (city and federal) and criminal (loner and syndicate) characters as well as combat with all sorts of firearms.[1] The game includes sections on crimes and corruption, gang wars, police methods, forensic medicine, FBI labs, and SWAT teams, with guidelines on the laws of the land, criminal law, conviction, and penalties.[1]
Publication history
Gangster! was designed by Nick Marinacci and Pete Petrone and published by Fantasy Games Unlimited in 1979 as a boxed set with two 32-page books and two reference sheets.[1] The game was codesigned by a former New York police officer.[1]
Robert N. Charrette created 25 mm miniatures to accompany Gangster![2][3][4]
References
- ^ a b c d e Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 264. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
- ^ Report on Origins '79, Dragon Magazine #29, September 1979.
- ^ [1], Mirror of FGU website, Accessed December 17, 2008
- ^ Molten Magic in White Dwarf #14, August/September 1979