Speakeasy (KS Edition)

This is the Kickstarter Edition that includes the following

• Speakeasy (KS Edition)
• Speakeasy Upgrade Pack
• All unlocked stretch goals

Optional add-ons

• Wooden Money Upgrade (subject to stock availability)

Speakeasy will transport you to the roaring 1920s during the era of Prohibition. Manhattan was under the firm control of Lucky Luciano, a prominent mobster. To strengthen his grip on the territory, he implemented a well-structured system. He divided Manhattan into different districts, each assigned to a specific mobster responsible for handling their "business" operations.

In this worker-placement and card-management game, you take on the role of one of those mobsters, managing and operating your very own speakeasy empire in Manhattan. To do so, you'll need to use all your cunning and resources to stay ahead of the competition. As you improve your operation, become more infamous, and upgrade to more lavish speakeasies and even casinos, you'll attract the attention of the outside mafia and the police. You need to use your leverage to keep your business running and receive your share from Lucky Luciano.

You need to hire goons to help you take over Manhattan during this exciting and dangerous time. You can associate with outside mobsters — and even attack and rob rum runners to gain valuable resources to gain an edge over your rivals. You need to manage your cards carefully, placing your workers strategically to deliver illicit liquor and reach Manhattan's goals to earn income. You will cook your books to fill your safes with free tax money by achieving some goals.

The ultimate goal is simple: accumulate the most money and become the most successful mobster in the city. Do you have what it takes to rise to the top of the speakeasy scene and take over Manhattan during Prohibition? It's time to grab your fedora and find out in Speakeasy.

Speakeasy will contain more volume of components than any of our previously released Deluxe Lacerda titles. The game box will include a custom designed insert and with a deeper box than On Mars, Kanban EV, or The Gallerist.

The contents of the Speakeasy: Upgrade Pack (included free for all backers) will be revealed over the course of the campaign. See the Stretch Goal section below for more information on how these items will be revealed.

This campaign will not have typical stretch goals based on the campaign's funding amount. We have already upgraded all of the applicable wooden components to be silkscreened on both sides, included sideboards for the City Docks and Mobsters display, and set the component quality of the punchboard components and card quality that you have come to expect from our Deluxe line of games. The Upgrade Pack will consist of additional gameplay content, deluxe component upgrades, and additional components to increase the ease of play. We will be revealing the contents of the Speakeasy: Upgrade Pack over the course of the campaign. Each Friday and Tuesday throughout the campaign, we will reveal another component of the Upgrade Pack. Our final reveal will be on Friday, October 25th.

We have added two Backer Count Stretch Goals to unlock upgrades to the Speakeasy base game: Once we reached 7,000 backers, we unlocked adding removable custom trays to the game's insert. This will allow common components to be stored in an insert tray, which can be removed from the game box to speed up setup time and improve organization. Once we reached 7,250 backers, we upgraded Jo's Solo Operation board to be dual-layer to help keep the Operations markers in place should the table or board be bumped.

Wooden Money Upgrade ($39) - Includes 116 wooden double-sided silkscreened tokens in six denominations ($1s, $5s, $10s, $50s, $100s, and $300s) as upgrades to the punchboard currency in Speakeasy. Each band of bills is 4mm thick in the same size and shape as the punchboard currency in the game. The set comes in a thematic cloth bag with a drawstring closure.