Prohibition Chicago [Quenched]

[Coleman]

Probably not here, lets discuss bonuses in Main Foundry.

[cairnswk]

Probably not here, lets discuss bonuses in Main Foundry.

Thanks Coleman

[Incandenza]

It's a little weird that abstract concepts/events like lie detector and St. Valentine's Day Massacre are lumped in with what appear to be continent bonuses...

Otherwise, this map tremendously interests me. Not to put to fine a point on it, but I think that open-ended maps like these are better than directed-play maps like gazala... but that's just my 0.02$.

cairns, you are an impressive human being. On the off chance I ever find myself in northeast australia, I'll buy ya a Foster's.

[Coleman]

One thing I'd like to point out from playing American Civil War is that continents that are not contiguous (have all territories bordering without other stuff in-between) are incredibly awkward feeling.

I'm not saying they are bad, they just take more getting used to then you might expect.

Saying that, I am not sure how the gangster attacking all gangsters aspect of this map would change or diminish that awkwardness, but it's worth mentioning I think.

[cairnswk]

It's a little weird that abstract concepts/events like lie detector and St. Valentine's Day Massacre are lumped in with what appear to be continent bonuses...

I put the Lie Detector in to beef up the continent.
SVDM was added because it was one of the most sensational of its time...Ref Wiki:

November 10, 1924 - North Side Gang leader Dion "Deanie" O'Banion is killed when three unidentified men enter his flower shop and shoot him several times. This begins a five year gang war between the North Side Gang, under Hymie Weiss, against Al Capone's Chicago Outfit that would end with the St. Valentine's Day Massacre in 1929.

"I chink sey both fit very well." *puffing his big fat Havana*

Otherwise, this map tremendously interests me. Not to put to fine a point on it, but I think that open-ended maps like these are better than directed-play maps like gazala... but that's just my 0.02$.

Gazala needs to have it's place in history, just like this one.
"I can honestly say fellas, I would get bored shitless if I had to make deez all d'same" * puff puff*

cairns, you are an impressive human being. On the off chance I ever find myself in northeast australia, I'll buy ya a Foster's.

"I'lls be holding ya to that one 'Chadenza', pleased tu do bizness wich ya"

[Incandenza]

Nyah, see, if you don't make this map better, you'll be sleepin with the fishes, see?

[cairnswk]

One thing I'd like to point out from playing American Civil War is that continents that are not contiguous (have all territories bordering without other stuff in-between) are incredibly awkward feeling.

"U know Mr Coleman, dat seems to be my maps all over, deys all like dat!"

I'm not saying they are bad, they just take more getting used to then you might expect.

"I chuld hope not, I might jus have to get the Fellas to come after you"

Saying that, I am not sure how the gangster attacking all gangsters aspect of this map would change or diminish that awkwardness, but it's worth mentioning I think.

"Mmmm....I'd be careful how you go mentioning tings in deez parts, the Fellas might still get upset if dey knew u was dishing on dem. But then I'm not gonna stop you from having some Free Speech...afterall.....

This is America!"

[cairnswk]

Nyah, see, if you don't make this map better, you'll be sleepin with the fishes, see?

That'll be a joke...some people's already got me sleeping with the fishes...with a chunk of cement weighing me down....

[Herakilla]

ims shoot down those planes so you can get some boat and i dont give a rip if they were on the map you got it from!

[casper]

My hometown! Nice. Just a few suggestions. The parks look too aqua. Can you make them greener? And the Canadian planes. I see them on the 1931 map you are basing this on, but the planes could never land on the lakeshore like you have them. There was no airport on the lakeshore until Meigs Field opened in 1948 (and later demolished by Mayor Daley in 2003).

Here are some more resources....

http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/maps/c ... 26-T5.html
http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory. ... /1768.html

[cairnswk]

My hometown! Nice. Just a few suggestions. The parks look too aqua. Can you make them greener? And the Canadian planes. I see them on the 1931 map you are basing this on, but the planes could never land on the lakeshore like you have them. There was no airport on the lakeshore until Meigs Field opened in 1948 (and later demolished by Mayor Daley in 2003).

Here are some more resources....

http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/maps/c ... 26-T5.html
http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory. ... /1768.html

Thanks Casper....appreciate those links, i had already seen them.

I think those Canadian planes might have been planes that dropped the cargo with floats in the Lake, and the cargo was later fished out. so i will add some boats there to make the more logical.

I would be interested to hear more from you re the placement of some of these terts...as you can appreciate i don't know the area myself and am only working from maps, so i hope this is at least roughly in place with appropriate terts.

[casper]

Also the 1931 map is not really geographically accurate at all. Little Italy and Little Sicily are not even close. Little Italy should be where "Mossie" Enright is. And Little Sicily where Deanie O'Bannion is.

Check it out on this map from http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/maps/c ... 26-T5.html



Little Italy is the circled area to the south and is actually still around.

But maybe geographic correctness doesn't even matter...so I dunno. Just pointing it out. If you need any help or advice just let me know.

Look forward to playing this.

[Tieryn]

Question:

Is Mickey Cohen coloured wrong or Grouped wrong in the bonuses?

[cairnswk]

Question:

Is Mickey Cohen coloured wrong or Grouped wrong in the bonuses?

thanks for dropping in Tieryn.....no just included in the wrong section of bonuses that i changed the other day....thatnks for theat pickup, which i will attention in the next build.

[Fireside Poet]

Dillinger? The Biograph?

Avalon Hill came out with a game long ago called Gangsters... here is some info if you want a few more ideas about look and feel:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/1471