THE NEW CARD

Thanks to a phone call from Shannon, I was given the heads up that Mayfair Games had finally put the finishing touches on redressing Family Business. The game is essentially the same, but the cards have been dressed up. Each mobster card now sports an actual drawing/ picture of the mobster, and the playing cards have all be redesigned. A few mobsters have also been added or subtracted.

But the real news is the addition of a new card. It is called the "Turncoat" card. It allows you to kill one mobster from the team with the most mobsters at that time (your choice in the case of ties), AND to resurrect a dead mobster from the RIP pile from the team with the least amount of mobsters at that time (again, your choice in the case of a tie). The only catch is that you may not bring a human player back into the game using this card. My initial thought is that saving this card until the end of the game (like I usually do with the Vendetta) could be huge.

My friends and I in Ohio have not yet played with the redressed version and the new card, but should this weekend. I'm looking forward to it. The "Turncoat" definitely seems like it can be a game-changing card. Nice work, Mayfair Games.