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Designed By	David B. Bromley
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Published By	Asmodée Editions Cutting Edge Publishing & Design House GmbH Mario Truant Verlag Mayfair Games Spielfreaks, Ltd. Stratelibri
Year Published	1982
# of Players:	2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 5, 6 players Recommended with 4, 5, 6 players (18 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	30 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	8 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (9 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet (12 voters) [poll]
Category	Card Game Mafia
Mechanic
Primary Name	Family Business
Alternate Names	Chicago Gangsters Service Compris Service Compris!
Expanded By	Show Expansions »
Families

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Family Business takes mob warfare to a new level of backstabbing, revenge, and general bloodthirstiness, which is what makes it such a blast to play. Every player controls a 'family' and plays various cards to off other players' family members. In a game with this little structure, it's possible for everyone to gang up on one unlucky soul, or for the damage to be fairly evenly spread. Either way, the last family standing is victorious.

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New	$12.00	9-Dec-2008
Like New	$8.00	9-Jun-2008

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MFG4401 Family Business, Mayfair Games	28d 10h 29m	$ 11.99
FAMILY BUSINESS Card Game MIB Mayfair Games	16d 14h 15m	$ 14.99
Family Business by Mayfair Games (NEW)	3d 15h 59m	$ 12.00
Family Business	18d 18h 12m	$ 11.99

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0	General Cards size?	2009-04-22	james_bond	0
0	Rules "Reverse the effects of one Contract"	2009-04-16	cerulean	3
16	Reviews Family Business - Mayfair 2008 edition	2008-11-25	lmop	0
0	Rules Whiny friend complains; need rule clarification as a result.	2008-11-01	werefish	3
1	General What is the publishing history of this game?	2008-08-17	watcher_b	7
1	News Mayfair releasing a new edition while current edition is not even sold out?	2008-07-20	JeffyJeff	7
1	Rules St. Valentine's Day Massacre at end of game?	2008-06-05	dccircuit	5
2	Sessions mob wars	2008-04-20	sigtaulefty	0
0	Rules Ambush doubling Vendetta?	2008-03-01	Siegeman	3
4	Reviews Report Card for Family Business	2008-01-05	Hikaro	2

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Player aid - single-sided - Folds to fit Mayfair reprint

Version 1 - by UrbanSpaceman This document may be modified for your own use, including redistribution (as per BoardGameGeek's upload rules), but please acknowledge UrbanSpaceman and BoardGameGeek. Player aid for Family Business. All of the card is scalable, meaning that it looks as good as your printer can make it. Single-sided: meaning you can see all of your card definitions without giving away what you have. Print at A4 size to fold in half to fit the Mayfair reprint. Based on the file uploaded by J Knoerzer

UrbanSpaceman

2008-10-13

Family Business Summary 1.0.pdf

Play summary.

kentreuber

2007-04-05

Family Business card guide.pdf

Card Guide sized to fit in Mayfair box - print double sided.

hobbes_inc

2007-03-04

Family Business Card Aid - English

Print 2 pages, rotate & cut out... questions email: online@asherzone.com

theashers

2006-12-18

color-reference-card.pdf

COLOR Player-Aid card based on the Mayfair Player Aid

Malacandra

2006-10-04

the wall.jpg

The Wall (from earlier versions of Family Business). Print and use if you wish!

Duglis

2006-07-12

Mayfair Family Business Player Aid.pdf

Player aid cards for Mayfair Edition of Family Business

EventHorizon

2006-03-22

FamilyBusRules.doc

comprehensive rule summary

dcgogo

2005-08-23

FBcardDistributions.xls

Card Distribution of Action Deck and Mob Families

JimA759

2005-06-08

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Average Rating:	6.23
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Avg. Game Weight:	1.4
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Personal Comments:	626
Users Owning:	1812
Users Wanting:	34
Users Trading:	87
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Review from the Game Report Online Website	http://www.gamereport.com/tgr2/familybusiness.html	2001-11-02
Review from Dan Becker's Game Site	http://www.io.com/~beckerdo/games/reviews/FamilyBu...	2001-11-02
Stealth Family Business Variant (Game Cabinet)	http://gamecabinet.com/rules/FamilyBusinessStealth...	2001-11-21
Game review a La Tana dei Gobin	http://nuke.goblins.net/modules.php?name=Reviews&r...	2004-04-03
RPGnet Review by Shannon Appelcline	http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/12/12030.phtml	2006-04-06

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