It's maybe pure ignorance on my part but I've never seen a huge number of board games that sit within the organised crime genre. There seems to be more Sci-Fi than Scarface. I own The Godfather: Corleone's Empire, which was a grail game for me and was its own tale of negotiation and acquisition and offers that couldn't be refused. Wise Guys from Gale Force Nine enters the fray with a Goodfellas attitude on how you win at life, which is to gather up as much money as possible, without effecting your influence and clout and your ability to make money on the black market. It is a remix of a Sons of Anarchy game from a few years ago, but this time it returns without a connected IP. There's an attraction to this kind of genre of game, because these are criminals, but also the ultimate in non-conformists to a societal norm. Most of us don't want to work a normal job with a steady life and pay check if given the choice. Some of us already live on an edge, working fr
Marvel Snap is one of my favourite games to play at present. It doesn't require a thirty minute commitment of time like Vampire Survivors for every session and you can spend as much or as little on the game to purchase various upgrades and trinkets. I admire how it could have taken the very easy cash in option in terms of how it was designed and I admire the amount of work that must have gone into its development. Its one of those game that I'll admit that I've spent so much time on, that throwing the designers some money on occasion has felt warranted. It does a lot of things right in terms of balancing and deck building and there's not one killer deck out there that seems to dominate for too long before it is fairly reigned in. Yes, there are some cards I think are pretty tricky to acquire without a bit of luck, but I'm having so much fun playing it. What is great to see is that while there are several key strategies coming out over time, there is still enough var