Mobster Metropolis

About this board game

Mobster Metropolis is a strategy board game for 2–4 players with an approximately 120-minute play time, in which players compete to build the most powerful gangster syndicate.

Develop your criminal enterprise by investing in turfs and recruits. These investments generate income and defense, helping your syndicate expand while preparing for the conflicts ahead. The winner is the player with the highest gangster reputation when the game ends.

Each round is divided into two major phases and seven short phases representing different actions and events. This structured format gives players clear opportunities to plan ahead, whether they are strengthening their position, attacking a rival, defending their turf, or responding to changing circumstances.

At the heart of the game is the Drive-by Selector. Players secretly scheme and target turfs before revealing their plans simultaneously, creating tense moments of prediction, surprise, and rivalry. Card interaction and events can further disrupt carefully prepared strategies.

• Build income and defense through investments in turfs and recruits.
• Use Drive-by attacks to target opponents and take their money.
• Plot attacks and defenses secretly before revealing them together.
• Adapt to an asymmetrical setup and elements that change from game to game.
• Face increasingly tough police that often punish the most reputable syndicate.

Mobster Metropolis combines economic decision-making with strategic conflict and card-based combat, alongside facedown token placement. Its varied tactics support different playstyles, while the absence of dice keeps outcomes rooted in planning, interaction, and the risks of your chosen schemes.