Family Business (1982)

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Board Game Rank: 1441

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Designer	David B. Bromley
Artist	David B. Bromley Mark Bromley Antonio Dessi Franck Dion Drew Perkett Show More »
Publisher	Asmodee Cutting Edge Publishing & Design House GmbH Mario Truant Verlag Mayfair Games Spielfreaks, Ltd. Stratelibri Show More »
Year Published	1982
# of Players	2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 5, 6 players Recommended with 4, 5, 6 players (22 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 (14 voters) [poll]
Honors	1998 Fairplay À la carte Winner
Subdomain	Family Games Thematic Games (22 voters) [vote]
Category	Card Game Mafia
Mechanic	Hand Management
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Family	Country: USA
Primary Name	Family Business
Alternate Names	Chicago Gangster Service Compris Service Compris!
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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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Chicago Gangster

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Italian Edition

Publisher: Stratelibri

Artist: Antonio Dessi

Year: 2009

Size: Avalon Hill Bookcase

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Mayfair third edition

Publisher: Mayfair Games

Artist: Antonio Dessi

Year: 2008

Product Code: 4401

Size: 8.46 x 6.37 x 1.88 inches

0.77 pounds

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German second edition

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Product Code: 5409

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Mayfair Revised Edition

Publisher: Mayfair Games

Artist: Drew Perkett

Year: 2006

Product Code: 454

Size: 5.04 x 3.98 x 0.94 inches

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French edition

Publisher: Asmodee

Artist: Franck Dion

Year: 1998

Product Code: CM 01

Size: 7.09 x 3.66 x 0.79 inches

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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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Board Game Rank:	1441
Thematic Rank:	263
Family Game Rank:	494
Num Ratings:	2206
Average Rating:	6.18
Standard Deviation:	1.51
Num Views:	99605
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Avg. Game Weight:	1.3
Fans:	26

Personal Comments:	840
Users Owning:	2863
Users Wanting:	36
Users Trading:	166 [find trade matches]
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German review - Ludoversum	http://www.ludoversum.de/cgi-bin/lv.pl?action=show...	2012-01-09
Dutch rules	http://spelarch.khbo.be/PDFspelregels/1320.pdf	2011-11-25
Dutch review on speldatabase.be	http://speldatabase.be/spelinfo.php?id=1320&zoekcr...	2011-11-25
German review - Reich der Spiele	http://www.reich-der-spiele.de/kritiken/familybusi...	2011-10-20
Family Business Review on Board Game Reviews by Josh	http://www.boardgamereviewsbyjosh.com/2011/09/fami...	2011-09-27
A Review on The Spiel #76 - A Kind Word & A Gun	http://thespiel.net/?q=node/390	2011-05-23
German review at Michas Spielmitmir	http://www.michas-spielmitmir.de/spieletests.php?i...	2010-05-01
RPGnet Review by Shannon Appelcline	http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/12/12030.phtml	2006-04-06
Game review a La Tana dei Gobin	http://nuke.goblins.net/modules.php?name=Reviews&r...	2004-04-03
Stealth Family Business Variant (Game Cabinet)	http://gamecabinet.com/rules/FamilyBusinessStealth...	2001-11-21