# Any recommendations for an organised crime themed strategy game? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 12, 2009, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-recommendations-for-an-organised-crime-themed-strategy-game/480930 "2009-01-12T16:45:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-recommendations-for-an-organised-crime-themed-strategy-game/480930/1 "2009-01-12T16:45:07Z")
I know that there are games out there like Mafia,the GTA series and Saints Row that do organised crime as a sandbox/mission style game, but are there any games out there that let you manage and run an organised crime empire as a strategy game? I can’t think of any off hand and my searches online aren’t turning anything up. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-recommendations-for-an-organised-crime-themed-strategy-game/480930/2 "2009-01-12T16:56:38Z")
[Mob Rule](http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/mobrule/review.html) - I’ve never played it, but my roommate owned it and seemed to get some value out of it. ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-recommendations-for-an-organised-crime-themed-strategy-game/480930/3 "2009-01-12T18:10:03Z")
If you would consider a bord game…[http://www.kingofchicago.info/](http://www.kingofchicago.info/) ---
**Author:** ![Robin\_Goodfellow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Robin\_Goodfellow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robin_Goodfellow)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-recommendations-for-an-organised-crime-themed-strategy-game/480930/4 "2009-01-12T18:39:52Z")
If you would consider an old DOS game ported to TI calculators: [DrugWars](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drugwars). A more recent version is called [Dope Wars](http://dopewars.sourceforge.net/) but is still offline. Or, if you want to manage a base of henchmen and fend off Bond-like do-gooders in a Dungeon Master-type game, try [Evil Genius](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_Genius_(video_game)). ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-recommendations-for-an-organised-crime-themed-strategy-game/480930/5 "2009-01-12T18:51:12Z")
> [@willthekittensurvive](#): > > If you would consider a bord game…[http://www.kingofchicago.info/](http://www.kingofchicago.info/) It’s also a [PC game.](http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/thekingofchicago/index.html) Though it’s from 1987. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-recommendations-for-an-organised-crime-themed-strategy-game/480930/6 "2009-01-12T19:54:15Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > [Mob Rule](http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/mobrule/review.html) - I’ve never played it, but my roommate owned it and seemed to get some value out of it. I played the demo. It is kind of fun but a bit [cartoonish](http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/12030/mob-rule/images/mobrule008.html). [Gangsters](http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/gangsters/index.html?tag=similargames;img;5) seems to be more realistic; haven’t tried that one, though. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-recommendations-for-an-organised-crime-themed-strategy-game/480930/7 "2009-01-12T20:03:50Z")
Came in to recommend: [Bootleggers](http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/12477) [Razzia!](http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12589) [Family Business](http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/170) [Ca$h ‘n’ Gun$](http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/19237) Didn’t realize you meant computer/video games. But I’ll go ahead and recommend them anyway, since they are all fun games, even if they aren’t really what you’re looking for. (Bootleggers is the closest of the four.) There’s also [The Godfather Game](http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3001), which isn’t that great, and is tricky to get a hold of, but is at least close to the theme you’re looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-recommendations-for-an-organised-crime-themed-strategy-game/480930/8 "2009-01-12T21:02:08Z")
I can attest that Gangsters is quite fun.