The Famous Birmingham boys are 1 of the two extra gangs released for The Chicago Way by Great Escape Games during 2023, the other is the Bootleggers. So lets have a look at what the brummies’ bring to the game. They are introduced as follows From the harsh economic conditions of their bleak, industrial hometown ofContinueContinue reading “The Chicago Way: Peaky Blinders”
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The Chicago Way: Moonshiners
The last of the Gangs for The Chicago Way outlined in the Core book is the Moonshiners – those Hicks hiding in the Hills who’ve been brewing moonshine for ever. They are introduced in The Chicago Way as These folks have been making liquor for themselves for years. Now they get to make it on aContinueContinue reading “The Chicago Way: Moonshiners”
The Chicago Way: Prohibition Agents
The Untouchables aka Prohibition Agents are the third Gang i’m looking at from The Chicago Way. Currently I don’t have the models for this gang so I have used a mix of images from Great Escape Games website and random miniatures I have. They are introduced on the Great Escape Games Website as follows. TheContinueContinue reading “The Chicago Way: Prohibition Agents”
The Chicago Way: Chicago Gangsters
So Gang number two – the Chicago Gangsters, because no game set in prohibition would be going anywhere with out a few of these. They are introduced in the rule book as follows The void left by Prohibition was soon filled by ambitious and ruthless men. Men who would do anything to make a few moreContinueContinue reading “The Chicago Way: Chicago Gangsters”
The Chicago Way: Chicago Police
So whilst we all await the Dead Mans Hand Redux, I thought I’d have a look at The Chicago Way – Great Escapes Game for the 1920/30’s. I have already looked at how the rules differ from Dead Mans Hand, and in this post I look at the first gang – The Chicago Police. They areContinueContinue reading “The Chicago Way: Chicago Police”
Dead Mans Hand vs The Chicago Way
I picked up second hand The Chicago Way (TCW) which is a 1920’s skirmish game from Great Escape Games. Upon first reading it seemed very similar to their Western Game Dead Mans Hand(DMH), so I thought I’d do a little comparison view. It is fair to say that both games use the same core mechanics forContinueContinue reading “Dead Mans Hand vs The Chicago Way”
