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    MAFIA
    - La Cosa Nostra

    The mafia is a basic part of American life, deniance or not. Every generation has had its underworld kings. Unforgettable personalities that commit unspeakable crimes. We call them names like Al "Scarface" Capone, "Lucky" Luciano or "the Dapper Don".

    The mafia is a business. It turns over more money than America's ten largest industrial corporations. It saw its break through during the prohibition era and came out as the leading crime fraction in New York City. Most importantly, it won control over the Brooklyn docks during this time. After the prohibition, the NYC mafia was organized into five families - the Bonanno family, the Colombo Family, the Gambino family, the Genovese family, and the Lucchese family. The mafia expanded into different forms of crime, to prostitution, gambling and racketeering.

    Mafia power peaked in the United States in the mid 20th century, until a series of FBI investigations in the 1970s and 1980s somewhat curtailed the Mafia's influence. Despite the decline, the Mafia and its reputation have become entrenched in American popular culture, portrayed in movies, TV shows, and even product commercials.

    This is the story of the Italian mafia's rise and fall in New York City.
    CIVILIZATIONS:
    1. Bonanno Family
    2. Colombo Family
    3. Gambino Family
    4. Genovese Family
    5. Lucchese Family

    6. New York City (AI)
    7. NYPD (AI)

    (8. Criminals – barbarian civ, consisting of various unorganized crime fractions)

    PS: See to README before playing. Some ver significant pointers are given there.

    DOWNLOAD:
    Mafia Main Files

    DOWNLOAD:
    Mafia Sounds

    Enjoy!

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    INFO:

    MOBSPEAK:
    Don't think that it is my English there's something wrong with when reading the pop up windows. I've done my best to translate all the text files to mobspeak, to add some flavour to the scen.


    BE CAREFUL:
    Be extremely careful with attacking police officers of any kind, as they will immediately call on the FBI for assistance. Also, killing civilians is not a very good idea. By killing other ethnic gangsters, you will only encourage them to rise up against you, so bear this in mind before playing. But then again, it's your job to keep unorganized bullies away from your neighborhoods to protect your interests and the people living there.


    TERRAIN INFO:
    Irrigation, Farmland and Mining have been renamed Bars, Restaurants and Hotels. It has most of the same effects as in vanilla civ, but do take a look at the terrain section in civilopedia for a more detailed description. All terrains have their own distinct feature.

    Don't bother building roads, as the effect of roads have been disabled.

    Also, the terrain transformation time has been drastically reduced, in order to encourage the players to go into the construction business, which has a history of mafia relation in NYC.

    Here's what they transform to:

    Non Habitated ---> Low Dense Res.
    Low Dense Res. ---> Residential
    Residential ---> Upper Class Res.
    Upper Class Res ---> Commercial

    Docks ---> Industrial
    Commercial ---> Industrial
    Industrial ---> Estates
    Park ---> Estates
    Estates ---> Commercial


    So, don't hesitate to transform terrain. It will only take you 5 turns. Irrigation etc 4.


    ADDITIONAL INFO:
    Cars are in reality naval units and the roads are ocean with pollution as an overlaying terrain. Global warming has been removed from the scenario, and no roads lead into the Hudson river or any other NY water surrondings.

    To keep up with the AI tech race you should prioritize trade.


    MAFIA DICTIONARY:
    If you come over a word in this scenario you don't understand, you can see to this dictionary for explanations.

    * Buttlegging: bootlegging untaxed cigarettes.
    * Borgata: an organized crime Family.
    * Capo: the Family member who leads a crew; short for capodecina.
    * Cazzis: see Stugots.
    * Che bruta: How ugly you are.
    * Goomah: slang for girlfriend or mistress. No self-respecting wiseguy is without one.
    * Consigliere: a trusted Family advisor, who is always consulted before decisions are made. See Tom Hagen in The Godfather.
    * Don: the head of the Family
    * Facia bruta: ugly face, something you call someone you don't like.
    * Fanook: a derogatory term for homsexual or gay, i.e., people that wiseguys feel nervous around. A "mezzofinook" is half gay, sissy, bi.
    * Golden Age: The days before RICO.
    * Jamook: idiot, loser, lamebrained, you know, a jamook.
    * Made guy: an indoctrinated member of the Family. Essentially, you pledge your allegiance to the boss and the family for life. To even qualify, your mother has to be Italian.
    * Madonn': Madonna, common expression meaning holy smoke, holy cow, holy ****.
    * Mannagge: going to war with a rival clan or family.
    * The Mob: a single organized crime family; OR all organized crime families together.
    * Mortadella: derived from the Italian sausage, meaning a loser. As in "Guy's a ****in' mortadella."
    * Mulignan (literal translation): eggplant. Another word for African-Americans. Also called "mooleys.
    * Omertá: the much-vaunted Mafia vow of silence. In other words, don't rat on your friends. Transgression is punishable by death.
    * Paying tribute: giving the boss a cut of the deal.
    * Piacere: "Pleasure to meet you."
    * Pump and dump: standard practice for unethical stockbrokers. First drive up the price of a small stock by "encouraging" investors to buy it ("pump") and then sell you own shares ("dump") for a tidy profit.
    * Puttana: whore.
    * Rat: one who snitches or squeals after having been pinched.
    * Schifosa: ugly woman.
    * Shakedown: to blackmail or try to get money from someone; also to give someone a scare.
    * Shylock business: the business of loansharking.
    * Soldier: the bottom-level member of an organized crime Family, as in "foot soldiers."
    * Strunz: strunzo — piece of ****.
    * Stugots: from stu cazzo or u' cazzu, the testicles.
    * This thing of ours: a mob family, or the entire mob.
    * Underboss: the second in command to the boss.
    * Va fa napole: "Go to Naples" (i.e., "Go to hell.").
    * Whack: to murder; also clip, hit, pop, burn, put a contract out.
    * Wiseguy: a made guy.
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    Last edited by Eivind IV; June 9, 2005, 19:18.
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  • #2
    Awesome, this one is going in the collection.

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    • #3
      Looks very interesting.

      I hope that is an old screen shot. Otherwise alumni of Columbia Univ may put out a contract on you.
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      • #4
        Looks really great, DLing now.

        Just a note: Grand Central station is right, but Central station should be Penn Station.

        Also I'm guessing Bulls Ferry is the condo complex? I live in Bergen County and I don't remember a town named Bulls Ferry unless the mob knows something I don't

        Wow, it really gets me everytime seeing those skyscrapers; it's really great how you figure out how to get them
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        • #5
          Originally posted by The ANZAC

          Wow, it really gets me everytime seeing those skyscrapers; it's really great how you figure out how to get them
          Amen to that
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          • #6
            Thanks everyone, hope you enjoy it as much as I did making it!

            @AGRICOLA:
            That is indeed and old screenshot, but according to one of my many source NYC maps (see attachment) the Colombian University is pretty accurately placed.

            @The ANZAC:
            The same goes here. According to another map (see attachment), Bulls Ferry is located just north of Guttenberg. Maps however, may be wrong, and if they are, I guess this is liveable bugs

            About the Skyscrapers, smiley is the big brain behind it. I won't take credit for that at all. All I did was chose a simpler sollution than he suggested in game. But the initial idea was his and the drawing is his as well. Salute to smiley!

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            • #7
              Heck, I don't have a clue as to where Columbia University is located in NYC. However, I do know that it is called Columbia U, not Colombia U.

              P.S. I understand that Colombia U is a small institution of higher learning, located somewhere in Cali, Colombia. It offers specialized education in heroin chemistry, drug running and money laundering.
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              Money can buy happiness, just raise the luxury rate to 50%.
              Money is not the root of all evil, it is the root of great empires.

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              • #8
                Tony Soprano's daughter, Meadow, attends ColUmbia, so that would make sense

                And yes, I misunderstood, I now see that it is a typo.
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                • #9
                  You are a god of scenario design, Eivind IV.

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                  • #10
                    Overall this is a very good scenario. The first turn to forever since I got to see barbarian (Hoodlum gangsters) moves and attacks. The police went nuts going after the ethnic gangsters and lost a lot of officers during the first turn but managed to occupy several ethnic neighborhoods. The ethnic counterattack was fierce. One police station was actually overrun. The police really aren't a threat after loosing so many men on the first turn. I really hope the recoup their losses because now taking over a police station isn’t that hard.

                    The other crime families actually lost some territory because they left only a car guarding their bases. Why does the AI do this? Anyways this scenario is good but the main problem lies with the AI police and ethnic gangsters being way too aggressive and not defensive enough.

                    Edit: Oh and the Constable unit (Cop with a baton) is able to do drive by shootings. Doesn't seem right to me.

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                    • #11
                      Columbia U is derisively called Harlem U by people in New Jersey. The other Ivy League college in the state of NY, Cornell U, is known as Suicide U due to a famous gorge where people jump into.

                      Edit: Oh and the Constable unit (Cop with a baton) is able to do drive by shootings. Doesn't seem right to me.
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                      • #12
                        There must be some way from preventing criminals from taking over police stations. I mean mobsters taking over a police station would've been insane and stupid for any time period.

                        Maybe you could add some police unit (Police garrison?) that has 0 move, 99 defense, and not buildabe for every station?

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                        • #13
                          I'd make it hard but not impossible to take over a precinct, after all, there were some corrupt police also.
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                          • #14
                            You Talkin To Me?

                            Eivind, you did it again, what a cool scenario.
                            I do have to keep the sound low at times, I have some sensitive ears around LOL.
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                            • #15
                              I don't know if I'll get time to play this much, but this is the most innovative scenario I've seen all year. Well done.
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