Map: Chicago
Seed: 1804223405
Nationality: Italian
Played: 5 Apr 2023 to 3 Oct 2023 (Epic), 17 Apr 2024 to 26 Apr 2024 (Steam)
After playing the New York map on Epic, I decided to go back and play a little more on the tutorial map, to see if it was as tricky as I thought, because New York had seemed very easy by comparison. Problem was that since I added Shadow Government, eventually the save broke. So I thought I’d start a brand new game in Chicago instead. I played it up until 17 June 1932, when I left it. Eventually I copied the save over to Steam, and after finally finishing my first game in New York, I thought I’d go back and finish this.
For the longest time I had zero auto-routes. Then, once I bought the game on Steam and was told by others they’re really useful if you use them right, I added routes to pick up money from fronts and gambling houses. When I then went back to finish the game, I had a lot of people to divert from the streets to auto-routes, not to mention getting a lot more trucks and changing some buildings into distribution centers. Once I had done that, though, things went relatively quickly.
Let’s get to it.
Ralph “Bottles” Capone, a Weak/Hardworking/Friendly Italian starting out in Westloop, Chicago, where he was focusing on Protection Rackets.
Named after an older brother of Alphonse “Scarface” Capone, I thought I’d see how he’d do taking over Chicago. It’s from this game I came to pick my CoG server handle on Discord. 😁
Nitkin’s Polish Delicatessen produces 30 Stoneware Crocks and 4 Hops every 2 turns.
The Capone Family
Obviously this Capone family is not the same as the Capone family. It did amuse me that I had a whole bunch of relatives available. I found my brother Giorgio “Barrels” Capone (Quiet/Clumsy/Strong) and hired him. He, too, got to drive around in an armored car.
Unfortunately I didn’t look at further family members until November 1933, when I found another brother, Glenn (Slow/Clumsy), and put him in an armored car for his own safety.
When I looked at the family connections, I discovered that two of my long-standing crew members (one of which was a captain) were a) sisters, and b) our cousins! I also found six other cousins to hire, although arguably it was a bit late at that point. Did I mentioned this was with like 3 turns left of the game? 🥴
The funniest thing was still finding myself neighbors with another Capone outfit – not a coincidence, it was run by my father Giulio Capone!
Family connections (as of November 1933)
Progression 1920-1933
I don’t know when the first screenshot is from, except it’s very early on, as can be seen by the numbers.
My safe house is on the diagonal road, the corner below the turn to the left. My mother Pauline ran the business in the first building I managed to get, Pauline’s Place. It became a Corner Speakeasy. It was a speak for a very long time, until I came across a 5000 ft³ building not too far away some years later, and moved it. It then became a bottling plant, followed by (when I started playing it again on Steam) an expanded improved bootlegger, because I really needed the crocks!
At 33 corners (6 April 2023), unknown date in-game, Bottles is expanding in almost every direction.
Three days IRL later, and we’re still growing.
The next update isn’t until 26 May 1927 (turn #365), where the number of corners had risen to 116. Bottles had 38/43 people, 12 cars, 8/8 trucks, 14 backroom operations and 5 gambling houses.
The territory was spread out in an inconvenient way, but I made it work. I was on good terms with dear ol’ dad.
By 15 November 1928 (turn #442), Capone Junior had started making headway into the Downtown area. Corners still at a sort of modest 153, with a crew of 62/71. Now down to 9 cars, but 26/25 trucks. Eight gambling houses now, even though a couple of them were low on numbers. I had doubled the number of backroom operations to 28, which included five speaks and two truck repair bays. I even had four buildings to spare!
The screenshot from 6 September 1929 doesn’t have a comment to go with it, but I’ve expanded more in the Downtown area, and even tried to open some new fronts on the other side of the other Capones. I eventually closed them down, it was too much of a hassle to try and get to them every month (still no auto-routes at this point). I got them back later.
As of turn #519 in May 1930, The Outfit sat on around $1.3 million, had control over 215 corners, a crew of 87/99, with 8 cars and 40/41 trucks. The vast majority of those trucks were pick-up trucks, because small delivery trucks were few and far between on Epic. (Steam is far more generous with them.)
A snowy winter’s day in Chicago, 13 February 1931, and dear ol’ daddy Capone was no more, courtesy of some of my underlings. His former territory is now in his son’s hands. As it should be. Just ask “Chickie” Invernizzi. 🤌
An interesting thing happened (2 August 2023). As I was trying to take over the territory, suddenly a couple of corners turned red – they belonged to The Capone Outfit, the one that had been eliminated. As they came to their senses, the corners reverted back to neutral and were swiftly taken over.
I didn’t really have a specific goal in mind with this map, but taking over most of it seemed like a good idea. I don’t know when the next screenshot is from in-game (it’s from 6 September 2023), but probably later in 1931 or early 1932. The Sullivan Outfit had been taken care of, and Lincoln Park was now free to move into. I had also sent people around to scout the rest of the map, because why not?
So, when I switched to playing on Steam, 17 June 1932 (turn #629), Bottles’ little empire now stretched to 544 corners. At the time, The Outfit was +10 with the Kellers, +5 with the Randalls and +0 with the Kowalczyks, so I was planning on leaving them alone for the time being. There was still plenty of other space I could move into – barring any awkward corners, of which there are a lot on this map.
Most of this particular save was me really getting to grips with the game. In fact, I started working on this guide while playing it, because I wanted a quick reference to what I needed for building various operations. There’s a learning curve. If I started it again from scratch, there are many things I would do differently. Making sure no operations run at a full production cycle in one turn would be a good starting point …
As the final year of Prohibition dawned, 7 January 1933 (turn #658), and having now used everything I learned from playing this map, and others, and working on this guide (which taught a whole bunch of new things), things were looking rather different then they had been …
Now The Outfit was in control of 603 corners, had a crew of 152/210, with and 72/79 trucks. Money-wise, $2.58 million cash, and a net worth of $3.56 million. Not bad for 31 turns of work, eh? 😆
Most of the not-blue corners left on the map are corners without businesses, or where the only business refuses to open a front. I was still happy to leave the three remaining outfits alone, because I was trying to get more businesses going. But they had other ideas.
The End of Prohibition
The final tally of corners when 9 December 1933 came around was 713 corners, 181/263 crew (of which about half were running auto-routes), with around $3.08 million in cash and a net worth of ca $4.16 million. There’s also 199 spare political influence.
Crew
24 people on the road, including Bottles. There are also two people unassigned, waiting to be assigned to backroom operations.
Auto-routes
Gambling: 2
Fronts: 13
Buy/Move/Drop/Stock: 73
Unassigned: 3
Spare people waiting for a route: 3
Captains
The problem here is that I played until 1932 on Epic, where I don’t have all the DLC, so for most of the game my captain role options were limited to 3.
| Enforcer: 0 Intimidator: 5 Jailbird: 0 | Lookout: 0 Mouthpiece: 2 Closer: 0 | Accountant: 2 Operative: 7 Unassigned: 10 |
At the point I could get other roles I had already explored the whole map, so Lookout was impossible to get. I was trying to get two Enforcers, but they never made the requirements in time.
Crew Deaths
They took out one captain, Bogdanov, but I don’t remember the details.
| Willie “Whiskey” Block | Charles “Cognac” Bogdanov |
|---|---|
| American, died in 1929 | Russian, died in 1929 |
| Safehouses looted: 6 Gamblers extorted: 6 Conversations: 545 | Times fought: 15 Fronts protected: 2 People killed: 2 |
| Ellen “Extreme” Nitkin | Sarah “Salud” Stepanov |
|---|---|
| Swedish, died in 1929 | German, died in 1933 |
| Gamblers extorted: 7 Businesses discovered: 8 Conversations: 209 | Businesses discovered: 35 Safehouses looted: 6 Corners scouted: 19 |
Stepanov was killed by the Kowalczyk Outfit while protecting a front, which is why I decided to go after them and take their territory.
Allies
Based on how many precincts and wards cover Capone territory.
| Bribed Cops | Sponsored Politicians |
|---|---|
| Downtown: 4 of 4 | Downtown: 5 of 5 |
| Goose Island: 2 of 2 | Goose Island: 3 of 3 |
| Lincoln Park: 3 of 3 | Lincoln Park: 2 of 2 |
| Southloop: 1 of 3 | Southloop: 1 of 3 |
| Westloop: 11 of 11 | Westloop: 10 of 12 |
Operations
Alcohol
8x Tier 1 productions
I would say that one of the things I learned here was which expansions to use, but more importantly, how to upgrade your managers. The output here is so far off ideal, and having productions complete every turn isn’t sustainable. It’s a much better balance to get 220 beer every 4 turns than 137 every 1.
Homemade Beer
 |  |  | Turns | Expansions | Manager Experience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 80 | 220 | 4 | German Beer Kettles Ethnic Solidarity Production Tracking | Brewing: Homemade Beer 5 |
| 12 | 56 | 137 | 1 | Steam Sanitizer German Beer Kettles Ethnic Solidarity | Production Manager 3 Distillation: Booze Manufacture 3 |
Hard Cider
 | |  | Turns | Expansions | Manager Experience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 45 | 110 | 2 | English Cider Presses Ethnic Solidarity Production Tracking | New Rank: Captain 1 Production Manager 3 Distillation: Booze Manufacture 3 |
| 13 | 64 | 132 | 5 | Steam Sanitizer English Cider Presses Ethnic Solidarity | Brewing: Cider 2 |
Moonshine
 | |  | Turns | Expansions | Manager Experience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 28 | 68 | 3 | Steam Sanitizer Polish Spirit Stills Ethnic Solidarity | New Rank: Captain 1 Production Manager 3 Distillation: Booze Manufacture 1 |
| 16 | 40 | 75 | 4 | Steam Sanitizer Polish Spirit Stills Ethnic Solidarity | Distillation: Moonshine 1 |
Brick Wine
 | |  | Turns | Expansions | Manager Experience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 45 | 100 | 4 | High Quality Yeast Italian Wine Presses Ethnic Solidarity | New Rank: Captain 1 Production Manager 3 Distillation: Booze Manufacture 3 |
| 8 | 52 | 110 | 4 | Steam Sanitizer Italian Wine Presses Ethnic Solidarity | Production Manager 2 Distillation: Booze Manufacture 3 |
8x Tier 2 productions
Backroom Beer
 |  |  |  | Turns | Expansions | Manager Experience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 12 | 48 | 120 | 5 | Ethnic Solidarity Junkyard Improvements German Beer Kettles | Distillation: Booze Manufacture 2 Brewing: Backroom Beer 5 |
| 8 | 12 | 48 | 108 | 7 | Double Barrel Production Ethnic Solidarity German Beer Kettles | Distillation: Booze Manufacture 1 Brewing: Backroom Beer 2 |
Bathtub Gin
 |  | |  | Turns | Expansions | Manager Experience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 5 | 48 | 90 | 4 | Ethnic Solidarity Junkyard Improvements Polish Spirit Stills | Distillation: Booze Manufacture 3 Infusion: Bathtub Gin 2 |
| 8 | 5 | 48 | 90 | 5 | Ethnic Solidarity Junkyard Improvements Polish Spirit Stills | Distillation: Booze Manufacture 2 Infusion: Bathtub Gin 2 |
Counterfeit Wine
 |  |  |  | Turns | Expansions | Manager Experience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 10 | 72 | 135 | 8 | Ethnic Solidarity Junkyard Improvements Italian Wine Presses | Distillation: Booze Manufacture 2 Winemaking: Counterfeit Wine 2 |
| 8 | 10 | 72 | 123 | 8 | Ethnic Solidarity Junkyard Improvements Italian Wine Presses | Distillation: Booze Manufacture 2 Winemaking: Counterfeit Wine 1 |
Sparkling Cider
 |  | |  | Turns | Expansions | Manager Experience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 13 | 64 | 100 | 7 | Ethnic Solidarity Junkyard Improvements English Cider Presses | Distillation: Booze Manufacture 3 Counter Chin-Wagger 4 |
| 8 | 13 | 64 | 132 | 10 | Double Barrel Production Ethnic Solidarity English Cider Presses | Distillation: Booze Manufacture 2 Fermentation: Sparkling Cider 1 |
1x Tier 3 productions
Small Whiskey Distiller
 |  |  |  | Turns | Expansions | Manager Experience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 9 | Steam Sanitizer Industrial Filters Production Tracking | – |
This isn’t used anymore. I had one of each T3 to produce barrels, but rarely kept them stocked up because I had more T3 barrels than I needed – and since I knew I could get more from the railroad (I had two passenger train stations in my territory) and politicians, and I was running out of time, there was no need for these. The whiskey is the only one I haven’t yet converted, but I use it to store T3 barrels. The Vodka Distiller is now a Dance Hall, the Brandy Distiller is a storage expansion used to store bottles for every production line in central Westloop, and the Rum Distiller is a storage expansion for building materials.
2x Nationality exclusive productions
Grappa
| | | |  | |  | Turns | Expansions | Manager Experience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 38 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 72 | 72 | 12 | Steam Sanitizer Industrial Filters Production Tracking | Production Manager 3 |
| 38 | 38 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 72 | 72 | 12 | Steam Sanitizer Industrial Filters Production Tracking | Production Manager 3 |
6x Tier 4 productions
Beer Kegs
 |  | |  | Turns | Expansions | Manager Experience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 19 | 13 | 33 | 8 | Steam Sanitizer Industrial Filters Production Tracking | Production Manager 3 Master of the Craft: Beer Kegs 3 |
Aged Whiskey
|  | | |  | Turns | Expansions | Manager Experience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 5 | 73 | 2 | 152 | 16 | Steam Sanitizer Industrial Filters Production Tracking | Production Manager 1 Master of the Craft: Aged Whiskey 2 |
Champagne
| | | |  | Turns | Expansions | Manager Experience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 18 | 18 | 72 | 106 | 12 | Steam Sanitizer Industrial Filters Production Tracking | Efficient Driver 1 Well-Known Brawler 2 Master of the Craft: Champagne 1 |
Cordials
|  | | |  |  | Turns | Expansions | Manager Experience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 15 | 15 | 58 | 2 | 135 | 10 | Steam Sanitizer Industrial Filters Production Tracking | Production Manager: 2 Master of the Craft: Cordials 3 |
Gin
| | | | |  | Turns | Expansions | Manager Experience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 13 | 19 | 51 | 38 | 135 | 12 | Steam Sanitizer Industrial Filters Production Tracking | Production Manager: 3 Master of the Craft: Gin 3 |
Spiced Rum
| | | |  |  | Turns | Expansions | Manager Experience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 5 | 18 | 54 | 2 | 87 | 9 | Steam Sanitizer Industrial Filters Production Tracking | Master of the Craft: Spiced Rum 2 |
Speakeasies
4x Expanded (Improved) Homemade Booze Bootlegger
| | | | Turns | Expansions | Manager Experience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 88 | 4 | Discreet Advertising | Production Manager 3 | ||
| 38 | 30 | 5 | Discreet Advertising | Production Manager 2 Skill at the Still: Whiskey 4 | ||
| 50 | 57 | 5 | Discreet Advertising | Skill at the Still: Vodka 4 | ||
| 50 | 25 | 4 | Discreet Advertising | Skill at the Still: Brandy 2 |
I needed more crocks, and I remembered that this worked out pretty nicely in New York. Since I decided to stop the T3 barrel production lines, I put the managers to use elsewhere. It gives them something to do, and I wasn’t fussed about having a manager in these ops anyway. These were all opened in the final year.
5x Corner Speakeasy
| | | | | | |  | Turns | Exp | Manager Experience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 145 | 165 | 207 | 114 | 93 | 17 | 6 | 3 | New Rank: Captain 1 Counter Chin-Wagger 5 | ||
| 60 | 80 | 100 | 45 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 0 | New Rank: Captain 1 Speakeasy Manager 5 | ||
| 70 | 84 | 140 | 56 | 56 | 12 | 5 | 0 | Production Manager 3 | ||
| 105 | 140 | 175 | 79 | 62 | 9 | 6 | 1 | New Rank: Captain 1 Production Manager 3 Distillation: Booze Manufacture 3 Brewing: Homemade Beer 2 | ||
| 70 | 80 | 100 | 45 | 45 | 8 | 7 | 0 | n/a |
I haven’t included which expansions are currently active, only how many. This is because I tend to add and remove them as needed for supply management.
I had to move my first beer brewer out of her op, it was getting too much trying to supply it with crocks every single turn. The last on the list started being built the turn before last.
2x Small Speakeasy
| | | | Turns | Manager Experience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 9 | n/a |
| 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 9 | n/a |
Both of these were created to be overflows. One hadn’t been running for long enough for the manager to get XP, the other one still has a turn left before it comes online.
5x Supper Club upgrades
| Icon | T2 | T3 | | | | | | | Turns | Manager Experience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 66 | 44 | 55 | 28 | 33 | 5 | Production Manager 1 Speakeasy Manager 5 | |||
| 84 | 56 | 70 | 35 | 42 | 9 | Production Manager 3 | |||
 | 84 | 56 | 70 | 42 | 42 | 9 | Production Manager 3 | |||
| 73 | 49 | 61 | 37 | 37 | 9 | New Rank: Captain 1 Efficient Driver 1 Production Manager 1 Distillation: Booze Manufacture 2 Distillation: Moonshine 1 Counter Chin-Wagger 1 | |||
 | 72 | 48 | 60 | 36 | 30 | 9 | Production Manager 2 | |||
| 66 | 44 | 55 | 33 | 28 | 9 | Production Manager 1 |
Yeah, that manager did a few different things before landing in that Dance Hall … I wasn’t happy with the time/output of her as a Moonshine manager, so she was put in a speakeasy.
Production
3x Bottling Operation
2x Counterfeit Label Printer
1x Expanded Malt Processor
1x Improved Backroom Distillery
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Bottling Operation
| [] | | | [ ] | Turns | Expansions | Manager Experience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 90 | 18 | 121 | 4 | Steam Sanitizer Industrial Filters Production Tracking | Production Manager 2 |
| 1 | 90 | 18 | 121 | 4 | Steam Sanitizer Industrial Filters Production Tracking | Production Manager 3 |
| 1 | 90 | 18 | 121 | 4 | Steam Sanitizer Industrial Filters Production Tracking | Production Manager 3 |
Bottle Labels
 | | | Turns | Expansions | Manager Experience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 4 | 30 | 6 | n/a | Production Manager 3 |
| 11 | 4 | 30 | 6 | n/a | Production Manager 3 |
Malt Syrup
| | Turns | Expansions | Manager Experience |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 79 | 6 | Steam Sanitizer Production Tracking | Production Manager 3 Manufacturing: Fermentation 1 |
Neutral Alcohol
|  | | | Turns | Expansions | Manager Experience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2 | 33/44 | 74/99 | 3 | Steam Sanitizer Industrial Filters | Production Manager 2 Manufacturing: Fermentation 4 |
I had good supplies of Apple Juice and Grape Concentrate around, so didn’t need to build anything.
Other
6x Storage Expansion
7x Upgraded Truck Repair Bay
40x No operation (yet)
Yes, 40 spare buildings is a lot. The problem I had is that most of them I got in the final year, and my strategy (when I get to the stage in game where I have at least one of everything already) is to not set up new things until I have a cluster of buildings – that way I can set up e.g. four T1 operations to supply a nearby Corner Speak, for instance. But I didn’t have enough buildings in a cluster to start building, and by the time I did, I wouldn’t have got all the building materials over there by the end of Prohibition anyway, so I left it. If I go back to it, though, I’m sure we could make a decent amount of money.
I also didn’t have as many gambling houses going as I should have (ideally, one in each bribed precinct), so that of course made it harder to gain new buildings in a timely fashion.
Gambling
7x Small Gambling House
| Walk-ins | Location | Required | Features | Manager Experience |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | Westloop | $2250 | Slot Machines Card Tables Bookmaking Space available x2 | Pit Boss 1 House Manager 3 Mechanically Minded 2 |
| 53 | Downtown | $4000 | Slot Machines Policy Shop Card Tables Sports Betting Dice Games | House Manager 3 Mechanically Minded 3 |
| 140 | Westloop | $3250 | Slot Machines Policy Shop Small Bar Sports Betting Dice Games | House Manager 2 Mechanically Minded 2 |
| 226 | Westloop | $2750 | Slot Machines Policy Shop Bookmaking Card Tables Small Bar | House Manager 1 Mechanically Minded 1 |
| 228 | Westloop | $2750 | Slot Machines Policy Shop Bookmaking Card Tables Small Bar | House Manager 1 Mechanically Minded 1 |
| 170 | Downtown | $2750 | Slot Machines Policy Shop Bookmaking Card Tables Small Bar | House Manager 1 Mechanically Minded 1 |
| 217 | Lincoln Park | $2750 | Slot Machines Policy Shop Bookmaking Card Tables Small Bar | House Manager 2 |
9x Medium Gambling House
| Walk-ins | Location | Required | Features | Manager Experience |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 360 | Westloop | $7050 | Card Tables Slot Machines Bookmaking Faro Parlor Policy Shop Dice Games Small Table Games | Pit Boss 2 House Manager 4 Mechanically Minded 3 |
| 50 | Westloop | $3500 | Slot Machines Card Tables Bookmaking Dice Games Policy Shop Small Bar Card Parlor | New Rank: Captain 1 Efficient Driver 3 Well-Known Brawler 1 House Manager 3 Mechanically Minded 1 |
| 283 | Westloop | $4250 | Slot Machines Card Tables Policy Shop Bookmaking Sports Betting Card Parlor Small Bar | Pit Boss 1 House Manager 3 Mechanically Minded 2 |
| 144 | Downtown | $4750 | Card Tables Slot Machines Policy Shop Dice Games Sports Betting Small Bar Faro Parlor | Smart Opportunist 1 Efficient Driver 2 Well-Known Brawler 1 Delivery Dash 1 House Manager 1 |
| 108 | Downtown | $3750 | Slot Machines Card Tables Bookmaking Sports Betting Small Bar Space available x2 | House Manager 4 Mechanically Minded 2 |
| 463 | Westloop | $4250 | Slot Machines Card Tables Bookmaking Policy Shop Dice Games Faro Parlor Small Bar | Efficient Driver 1 House Manager 3 Mechanically Minded 3 |
| 212 | Lincoln Park | $4250 | Slot Machines Card Tables Bookmaking Dice Games Small Bar Policy Shop Faro Parlor | Pit Boss 1 House Manager 3 Mechanically Minded 3 |
| 333 | Lincoln Park | $3500 | Slot Machines Policy Shop Bookmaking Card Tables Dice Games Small Bar Card Parlor | House Manager 3 Mechanically Minded 2 |
| 354 | Westloop | $5000 | Slot Machines Policy Shop Card Tables Bookmaking Small Bar Sports Betting Faro Parlor | House Manager 1 Mechanically Minded 1 |
3x Large Gambling House
| Walk-ins | Location | Required | Features | Manager Experience |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1160 | Westloop | $6500 | Slot Machines Card Tables Policy Shop Faro Parlor Sports Betting Blackjack Tables Small Bar Slot Machines Imported Furniture Card Parlor | Pit Boss 2 House Manager 3 Mechanically Minded 3 |
| 625 | Westloop | $5750 | Card Tables Slot Machines Policy Shop Bookmaking Sports Betting Small Bar Dice Games Uniformed Attendants Card Parlor Faro Parlor | Pit Boss 2 House Manager 4 Mechanically Minded 2 |
| 336 | Lincoln Park | $3500 | Slot Machines Policy Shop Bookmaking Card Tables Dice Games Card Parlor Small Bar Space available x3 | House Manager 3 Mechanically Minded 2 |
The final turn the net profit from all of them combined was $3763.72, which is … better than the turn before ($2152.13), when I gave a bunch of credit extensions. I don’t want to take cars off people, I can buy a new two-seater for like $84 from a dealership!
Legacy goals
Unsurprisingly, I didn’t manage to stay away from any vendettas in Chicago either. 😆 I got all the other ones, though!
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| Category | Legacy goal name | Achieved | Needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fame | Grasping the Gilded Age | #1 of 9 | #1 of 9 |
| Fame | Enburdened by Destiny | 100% | 30% |
| Fame | Coarse and Cunning | 27 | 7 |
| Connections | Collector of Favors | 285 | 15 |
| Connections | Player with Railroads | 1 | 1 |
| Connections | Nation’s Freight Handler | 2 | 1 |
| Connections | Friends in High Places | 1 | 1 |
| Economy | Producer of Alcohols | #1 of 9 | #1 of 9 |
| Economy | Distributor to the People | #1 of 9 | #1 of 9 |
| Economy | Supplier to the Stars | 9 | 1 |
| Competitors | Obliterated Competition | 75% | 50% |
| Competitors | Neutralized Hooligans | 99% | 50% |
| 6 | 0 | ||
| Competitors | Finders Keepers | 2953 | 500 |
Rival Outfits
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| Name | Corners | Location | Crew | Opinion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Keller Outfit | 77 | Southloop | 5 | +15, hostile, truce in effect |
| The Randall Outfit | 60 | Back of the Yards | 4 | +0 |
| The Kowalczyk Outfit | – | Southloop | – | Eliminated |
| The Larsen Outfit | – | Westloop | – | Eliminated |
| The Moore Outfit | – | ? | – | Eliminated |
| The Russell Outfit | – | Southloop | – | Eliminated |
| The Sorokin Outfit | – | ? | – | Eliminated |
| The Sullivan Outfit | – | Lincoln Park | – | Eliminated |
I may have left two outfits. Didn’t have enough time left before the end of Prohibition to be able to expand into their territory anyway. If I continue playing I might decide to wipe ’em out, though …
The Larsen Outfit was, for most of the game, The Capone Outfit, run by Bottles’ father, Giorgio. For the most part we were on really good terms, and then they suddenly started getting sore about something, and at that point there was no longer a reason to not make a move.
Territory
Westloop
This is such a big part of the map, it feels as if the part to the right (north) should have its own name? Like, Northloop? I’ve just called both areas Westloop.
Controlled Buildings
The Corner Speak next to the cider op on the left is a 5000 ft³ building.
Downtown/Southloop
Controlled Buildings
Lincoln Park/Goose Island
Controlled Buildings
I currently have no backroom operations in this area at all, only a few gambling joints. I was still getting buildings together. Near the topmost diagonal street, on the left, is a 5000 ft³ building. My Accountant was trying to get it, but the building inspector wouldn’t take bribes, so I had to pay $123.4k to get my Accountant out of jail. Because I was hoping to get that building so I could use it as a speak, I was holding off on doing anything with the others. And, well, here we are. No 5k building and no other ops.
The rest of Chicago
The bits I haven’t decided to take over … yet. 😁
Back of the Yards/Southloop
Will I continue playing this game? I might, yes, once I’ve progressed the other maps more. I want to build operations in Lincoln Park, for instance, and see how much money I can make.
But on the other hand, I could just start it again from scratch and make sure to expand sooner to give myself more time to accrue buildings. Now that I know how to set up routes, where the buildings are, and how to best upgrade managers, and so on.