Gang Wars - How to Play. Complete, Clear, Concise Board Game Tutorial

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Watch “Gang Wars - How to Play. Complete, Clear, Concise Board Game Tutorial,” a how-to-play guide for Gang Wars from Meeple University on BoardGameVideo.

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Build your criminal empire across Prohibition-era 1926 Chicago by running speakeasies, selling booze, and solving disagreements with a shootout in Gang Wars. Learn how to play Gang Wars board game - we're rules teaching in the clearest, concise way, so hopefully you can skip most of the rulebook and just play! We're hoping that you'll be able to learn the games better this way - we'll look for ways to give you tips for understanding the game throughout. We really appreciate if you can leave a comment for us, if you find this video useful, or if you have any feedback. Thank you very much🙏 Check out Gang Wars project page here - https://gamefound.com/en/projects/redzen/gang-wars Join Meeple University Discord Channel where we chat about board games, where to meet at board game conventions, organise BoardGameArena and more - https://discord.gg/JUNsVty I (Stella) have a fortnightly Friday podcast now, our podcast titled Life Beyond Board Games 😀 . It's about life around board games, with my friends Candice (BoardGameGeek), Eric (What's Eric Playing) and Melissa. It really means a lot of you can listen and give ratings/review (apparently this is how it grows, especially the first episode) https://www.youtube.com/@LifeBeyondBoardGames Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5X1Ay6nFcKU7DWFHLyiCQN?si=yqdUEbPZRr-P3rghB8zfPw&pi=aUeOme9wSs2K6 Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/life-beyond-board-games/id1791071879 Find out how you can be part of Meeple University member to get access to exclusive perks and badge when commenting : https://www.youtube.com/meepleuniversity/join Merch by Meeple University - https://meepleuniversity.creator-spring.com/ We have board game meetups in Melbourne, Australia. Details in Meetup site, of in our Melbourne board game Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/WePlayBoardGames INDEX 00:00 Game info 00:33 Game appraisal 01:08 Setup 05:34 Preparation phase 09:30 Execution phase 10:55 1-Send thugs 11:32 2-Send car 12:10 3-Mobilize 13:27 4-Take control 15:24 5-Gain influence 16:00 6-Sell 16:48 7-Destroy car 17:32 8-Shootout 20:28 9-Release prisoners 21:14 Associate actions 22:40 Gang powers 23:49 Jobs 25:08 Resolution phase Board Game Geek Link - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/469941/gang-wars Connect with Stella & Tarrant: YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/meepleuniversity?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/meeple_university/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/MeepleU TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@meepleuniversity Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/meepleuniversity Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/meepleuniversity/ Meeple University Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/meepleuniversitycommunity/ Website - https://www.meepleuniversity.com By Meeple University - Tarrant Falcke and Stella Jahja Hi everyone! Stella & Tarrant here. Thanks for watching! If you could please help us like the video, subscribe and comments if you find it useful and will help others to find the video and seeing your comments. That would help us a lot. Small gesture (even thumbs down, thou we prefer up lol) would help us a lot. Many thanks for your support. Love from Down Under 🥰🙏🦘 We thank publisher for sponsoring this video. If you want your board games to be featured in Meeple University channel, email us with the rulebook at meeple.uni@gmail.com - or go here for more information - https://www.meepleuniversity.com/work-with-us/ #meepleuniversity #boardgame #GangWars

Gang Wars

Published in 2026

9.7
1 - 4 players
60 - 90 min

About Gang Wars — from BoardGameGeek:

Chicago, 1920s. The city is yours to take - if you're ruthless enough. In this competitive deck-building and area-control game, you lead a criminal gang fighting for dominance over Chicago's neighborhoods during Prohibition. Control the streets, run your Speakeasies, sell alcohol, and outmaneuver your rivals - all while staying one step ahead of the police and the relentless Eliot Ness. Each of the 4 rounds is divided into five phases. During Disposition, alcohol barrels are placed across the city, police are deployed, an Event card shakes up the situation, and players recruit Associates and draw their hand. During Execution, players take turns choosing between playing cards to perform an Action or drawing extra cards to reorganize. Actions include sending Thugs to neighborhoods, moving units, selling alcohol, running a drive-by shooting, placing vehicles, bribing your way to control, or recovering Thugs from prison. After acting, players may complete a Job from the open market for ongoing bonuses. The Detention phase sees the police and Eliot Ness sweep their adjacent neighborhoods, confiscating barrels and sending Thugs to prison. During Extortion, each player collects income from their Speakeasies. Finally, Progression advances the round tracker and rotates the first player. After 4 rounds, players count their dollars: cash behind their screen, Job card values, Influence converted to money, Cars on the streets, minus a penalty for Thugs still in prison. The richest gang boss wins. Can you build the most powerful criminal empire in Chicago - or will Eliot Ness shut you down? -description from the publisher

Designers:

David Bernal, Toni Serradesanferm

Categories:

EconomicMafiaMiniatures

Mechanics:

Area Majority / InfluenceEnd Game BonusesHand ManagementModular Board
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