Crime Lords

Crime Lords is a mafia themed turn-based strategy game in which you move units, claim territory and exploit resources to grow and fight other clans over dominion on a hexagonal grid map.

It features an innovative take on the classic 4X genre, with an historically themed representation of the sicilian mafia on abstract maps of Palermo, Chicago and New York City.


Mafia Theme
Step into the shoes of a sicilian mafioso during the formative years of the cosa nostra. Choose among the unique economic opportunities of the rural outskirts of Palermo to the industrial rackets of New York City and Chicago. Leverage your wealth and power to corrupt officials and maneuver the treacherous landscape of organised crime to become the Boss of Bosses.
4X Gameplay
innovative mafia-themed 4X gameplay interpretation

move units on the map and explore opportunities to create rackets and defend against rivals

claim areas and expand your territory among the rural, suburban and urban neighbourhoods of the map

establish rackets to gain wealth and influence strengthening your organisation

fight rival clans in tactical combat and diplomatic power plays

Resource Management
Exploit the neighbourhoods, each with distinct opportunities for racketeering in various categories like extortion, theft, smuggling, finance, labor and commerce:
collect protection from businesses in your turf

highjack transport vehicles and warehouses with valuable goods from local businesses like lemon groves and sulfur mines

establish smuggling routes for illicit goods like alcohol and narcotics

set up gambling dens and loan sharking operations

infiltrate unions to hold sway over labourers

control the supply as well as the price of goods through market fixing

Empire Building
carve out individual turfs on the map

establish crews of soldiers and capo-regimes and assign them to turfs

appoint an administration consisting of an underboss and a consigliere

leverage each member's unique strengths and weaknesses to boost the efficiency of the organisation

fight rival factions and take over their territories to grow your dominion

gain prestige and compete with other factions over supremacy of the map

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