City of Gangsters news & patch notes

• Added a button to the save screen that copies the seed to clipboard, making for easier sahring.
• Added an option in settings to hide what kinds of delivery notifications you recieve.
• Made it so that 0$ entries in the total money mouseover are no longer displayed
• If a rival outfit enlists in you a joint war, their relationship with you will now take a hit if you do not act aggressively towards the target before the end date.

• Fixed a bug where the "Destroy Production" button was available for inventory expansion.
• Fixed a bug where office tickers and law tickers were erroneously panning the camera to the player boss.
• Fixed a bug where office the jailbird scheme could get stuck calling the feds on a defeated outfit in some cases.
• Fixed a bug where rival outfits were asking for joint wars against troublemakers, rather than other outfits.
• Fixed a rare bug where the election day popup would flip the vote totals of some candidates, leading to misleading display.
• Fixed a rare bug where a politicians vote total went negative, causing the election day popup to break.

City of Gangsters: Shadow Government and five Outfit content packs are now available! Conquer The Big Apple by manipulating those you helped reach political office, all the while selling a small taste of home to your neighbors. In our new expansion pack City of Gangsters: Shadow Government you’ll be welcomed into the biggest map yet, New York. Home to some of the most famous city halls, the city is bustling with politicians. Use seed money from your businesses to nominate a council member of your choosing and then plan out events with your new ‘friend’. If they win the precinct vote, then it’s time for a little compensation. With the purchase of Shadow Government you unlock politics in every city. Every two in-game years the opportunity arises to get a puppet into office. This takes place over four stages: Nominations: Visit your local political office and take your pick. Will you support the nobody trying to break out onto the scene for a few bucks, or flash your cash and get last year's winner in your pocket? Campaigning: Your nominee is going to need a lot of backing to win the vote. Swing by their home to discuss a battle plan and use your finite budget to ensure the public falls for your puppet. Election day: The big day. Have you backed a winner, watch the votes come in and see who now holds the political power. Legislation: With your nominee in office, you are able to get your say. Enact, or repeal, laws to further grow your business into a powerhouse. What will be your first decree? {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38625768/497efad0e6f5da444ba54ac501d1a911bc2adb5a.png Our five Outfit content packs are also releasing today. While each is a little different, they all allow you to bring a slice of home to the west. Produce Cigarettes when playing as an English Outfit. Utilize your armored car while playing as Italians. Or even celebrate a Volksfest as Germans. Every Outfit content pack comes with a new UI design flourish, new production module, new legacy goal and more! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38625768/671b25ff2a28e6116981d03d0b22d1c47b2a4c0e.jpg Alongside these new DLC packs, we’re also releasing a free quality of life update which will allow you to dismantle your operations after they’ve been built and includes a couple of new options for diplomacy with rivals. We can’t wait to see you pull the strings and take over New York! Don’t forget to join us over in the official City of Gangsters Twitter and Discord too. Hope to see you there! Matt & Rob SomaSim

Operations can now be removed from controlled buildings Rival gang adjustments:

• Rival gangs will grow beyond the previous crew limit
• Rival gangs will grow into larger territories
• Agreements now available between player/rival outfits to:
• Not expand near player/rival territory
• Stop attacking player/rival fronts
• Join a rival/player in a conflict with another outfit

Other:

• Adjust rewards from troublemakers/corner hooligans to be more likely to offer useful booze
• Increase frequency of missions for basic inputs (apple juice, grape concentrate, malt syrup, neutral alcohol)
• Various stability fixes, minor bugs and typos addressed

More details in our Steam announcement: https://steamcommunity.com/games/1386780/announcements/detail/3222900587035955358 Note: this update is not backward compatible! Please start new save files. If you want to play old files, you can do so by switching to branch "archive-1.3.3" on Steam.

Hello everyone! We’re excited to reveal our brand new DLC City of Gangsters: Shadow Government as well as 5 new Outfit Packs! Discover New York, our biggest map yet, control city politicians, manipulate laws and explore the unique abilities of the English, Irish, German, Italian and Polish outfits! These new DLC packs will be available June 15th and we can’t wait to share more info with you soon! Take a sneak peek below at some of the stuff you can expect to see. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38625768/d7b507aeeeecc9b8fe92e794864f51f3152bdabf.png In our new expansion pack City of Gangsters: Shadow Government you’ll be able to use your profitable booze operations to finance successful election campaigns. Use your control over large swaths of the city to ensure high turnout of voters who know exactly which ballots to cast. Once the local city council members are your puppets, you can pull on their strings to get them to enact – or repeal – various city laws that can help your outfit or hurt your opponents. Who knows? Maybe one day you’ll even get to pick the mayor of the whole city… This expansion pack also includes a new map: New York City! It’s an ideal spot to get into politics with your outfit’s ill-gotten gains as you expand across Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, and Manhattan. This is our biggest map yet, full of great opportunity and even greater competition. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38625768/e29450bc1cbb8c9119509d69ddde3f487533c07d.png Our new Outfit content packs will introduce flair to some of the larger ethnicities represented in each of the city maps, with visual updates and new game mechanics available in our English, Irish, German, Italian and Polish outfits. New portraits, legacy goals, quest lines, levelups and even more bootlegging opportunities await! Alongside these new DLC packs, we’ll also be releasing a free update which includes improvements to rival relations.. You’ll be able to explore new options for diplomacy with rivals, such as convincing them to stay away from your territory. There will also be a quality of life update which will allow you to dismantle your operations after they’ve been built, (a sought-after change in the City of Gangsters community!) {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38625768/bb9fa07d6e30fed339496186c058491bfd9458c1.png We can’t wait to share some more info with you all soon and we look forward to seeing your growing empires in New York city on June 15th! Don’t forget to join us over in the official City of Gangsters Twitter and Discord too. Hope to see you there! Matt & Rob SomaSim

Hi everybody, This build includes a few fixes for recent bug reports:

• Some starting businesses in Cincinnati were provding the wrong moonshine recipe at startup.
• The fireplace memento quest was being offered to players with the Skyscraper Office.
• The fireplace memento quest was not granting the fireplace memento.
• Crew member dying during a scheme caused turns to keep passing without end.
• Minimizing a resource category in the resource overlay caused the selection boxes to disappear.
• Some operations like Supper Clubs were being calculated to have 0 value towards a players net worth.

Good luck on the mean streets of Chicago! :) --- PS. If you haven't yet, we'd appreciate your review! We're a tiny team making indie games, so every review matters a lot!

Added Role Icons before crew names in crew management UI. Expanded range for the Lookout scheme. Fixed a bug where receiving an office item on startup would cause the save file to be unloadable. Fixed a bug where Lookout scheme could place a front in Canada on the Detroit map. Fixed a bug where Lookout scheme could leave you with no cars in Canada on the Detroit map. Fixed a bug where in Detroit, the Closer scheme would break the game by picking a target in Canada. Fixed a bug where the Precinct UI would break in locations without a cop assigned.

• Character information for a new game is now saved temporarily after a new game is started, and prefilled if you attempt to make another new game in that same session. This should make seed searching easier with a set character description.

• Decreased the rate at which AI gangs make gambling dens.
• Bug fix: Check for quest completion was happening too infrequently in the quest "Casino Construction"
• Bug fix: The name of Custom Cities were not appearing in the Crew Info UI.
• Bug fix: In train stations, seasonal opportunities in passenger stations would rarely cancel each other out after availability periods changed

• Fixed various typos

Hello everyone! City of Gangsters: Criminal Record is now available! Discover and profit from expanded Roles and Schemes as you take on new challenges in historic Philadelphia! On the streets of Philadelphia, you’ll discover countless banks and jewelry stores ripe for the taking, along with homemade brandy, a new type of booze to make and sell. On top of all of that, we’ve added a unique starting condition which gets you a Captain on your crew from the get go. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38625768/7aa47ea7c6bb6b835b6c7a089e47c4c2b707b2d0.jpg You’ll also have 5 new Roles to explore for your crew, each with their own requirements and capabilities: Enforcer Captain requirements: Attack and take over rival territory Role bonus: Fronts will become cheaper Jailbird Captain requirements: Fight and kill rival gang members, and get arrested Role bonus: Excels at non-firearm weapons Lookout Captain requirements: Discover corners and drive around the map Role bonus: Drive 50% further Mouthpiece Captain requirements: Establish fronts and bribe cops Role bonus: Bribing cops will become cheaper Closer Captain requirements: Complete business deals with corner hooligans, trade in favors and attend events Role bonus: Taking over buildings becomes cheaper Each of these Roles includes a unique Scheme. Want to organize a bank heist with an Enforcer? Blackmail businesses around town with a Mouthpiece? Set up a new front across town? It’s up to you decide which of your Captains’ ideas you’ll agree to and which you decide are just too risky. You’ll also have a new way to show off what you and your outfit have accomplished during Prohibition! As your wealth grows, the time will come to set up Your Office. You’ll have to decide between a secluded woodland lodge or glitzy penthouse where you’ll stash trophies and rewards from your criminal escapades. We can’t wait to see how your criminal empire grows in Philadelphia! Come chat with us and other crew members over on Twitter and Discord once your new operations are up and running! Until then! Matt & Rob SomaSim

Hi everyone! Ready to expand your criminal empire with a whole new host of abilities and activities? Then good news - our latest FREE 1.3 Update “Roles & Schemes” - is now available! As your Captains work to grow your empire, they’ll pick up their own, unique experiences. You can now use that experience to elevate them to a new Role in your crew. Once they’re in a role, they’ll be able to start their own Schemes - ongoing activities that will give you an opportunity to make some big scores. You’ll use the new organization chart to see each crew member and Captain and their progress toward a Role. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38625768/a96590ba104f699d9a9b391f849a7298b0447a0a.png Each Role also comes with unique abilities. For example, Intimidators can help you discover what rival gangs are storing in their hideouts, while Accountants will help you purchase buildings at cheaper rates. All Captains are eligible for promotion into a Role and you can have several of the same Role. Based on their experience and Role, your promoted Captains will have some ideas of their own that they’ll want to pitch to you as the Boss. Once you agree to one of their cunning Schemes - and after some investment on your part - they’ll get down to business. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38625768/2ceceb4d969bcc0804599600857c91f56319d7fc.png Schemes come with risks as well as a variety of rewards, each depending on what you choose to have your Captain do, so choose carefully. Get it right and the rewards will be worth the risk. Get it wrong and all your investment will go down the drain, or worse - your Captain could get arrested or killed. We’d love to know how you’re enjoying the latest update, so as always you can find us over on Twitter and Discord. Hope to see you there! Matt & Rob SomaSim

Major update that includes new specialization roles for captain-level crew members, new schemes for them to start up, organizational UI to inspect your outfit and individual crew members, and more. More details in our Steam announcement: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1386780/view/3133947359567721593 Note: this build is not backward compatible! Please start new save files.

Hello everyone! Our free update 1.3 “Roles & Schemes” & new ‘Criminal Record’ DLC will be available to play from March 15th! The team has been working hard on these new systems & mechanics and we can’t wait for everyone to get stuck in! In our free 1.3 update “Roles & Schemes” you’ll be able to:

• specialize your captains into specific roles
• access new abilities & actions
• inspect your outfit in a new organization chart

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38625768/a96590ba104f699d9a9b391f849a7298b0447a0a.png Alongside our update, we’re also launching our City of Gangsters: Criminal Record DLC! Kicking off in a new Philadelphia map, you’ll be able to expand on these new mechanics with even more roles and schemes available to you and your crew. You’ll also get access to a novel starting condition and a brand new feature, “Your Office”, where you can collect various mementos from your criminal escapades. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38625768/2956aa7dc339694a7e175c2e11051557587df35f.jpg Now’s your chance to develop your crew into a highly specialized criminal machine! With just one week to go, we’re also holding a competition over on Twitter where we’re giving away 3 copies of the City of Gangsters: Criminal Record DLC! Good luck and we’ll see you next week!

Hey everyone, since our last post we’ve been hard at work on some new mechanics and content for City of Gangsters, and today we’re announcing the impending arrival of Roles and Schemes in the main game! These new systems will be released in free update 1.3, arriving in early March. You will be able to specialize your captains into specific roles, gain access to a variety of new abilities and actions, which we’re calling schemes, and inspect your entire outfit in a new organization chart. Along with version 1.3, we will be launching a new DLC which extends these new mechanics! Unfolding in the streets of Philadelphia, City of Gangsters: Criminal Record will not only add more roles and schemes, but also provide a new city map, with a fascinating novel starting condition, and a brand new view of “Your Office” where you will collect mementos of your various criminal deeds and exploits. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38625768/5f1f74b34187eddbb85750d5492c5b6ca7175268.png The times have changed Captain roles let you specialize your crew further. Your new and improved outfits will be more diverse and adaptable with their own distinct hierarchy and feel. Once a crew member gains enough experience and ascends to captain level, they’ll have the opportunity to work towards an advanced role such as:

• Enforcer
• Intimidator
• Jailbird
• Lookout
• Mouthpiece
• Closer
• Accountant

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38625768/a96590ba104f699d9a9b391f849a7298b0447a0a.png Attaining a specialized role requires very specific experience and expertise, which differs from role to role. For example, to become an enforcer, a candidate must have been successful at a number of combat and enforcement operations in the past, in addition to attaining the rank of a captain. And remember, a captain can only have one role, so choose wisely! The less I say the more my work gets done These roles in turn unlock role-specific abilities. As your gang moves through the 1920s, you will discover that your new captains will develop ideas for their own personal schemes. Maybe they will want to stage a bank robbery or blackmail a local crooked cop, based on their prior experience. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38625768/2ceceb4d969bcc0804599600857c91f56319d7fc.png Schemes are elaborate illicit activities that unfold over a number of stages, and each stage has a number of different options and potential consequences. Will you be able to leverage the scheme to your long-term advantage? Or will your captain fall prey to their own ambitions, the law, or your rivals? {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38625768/02bf977d1187765ec0907a0b29d8b2aa82c259ec.png Philadelphia freedom Beyond update 1.3, the Criminal Record DLC will bring extra roles and schemes into the game, along with some new content. It also unlocks the city of Philadelphia, with a unique starting condition that is sure to be incredibly profitable. And no matter which city you pick, you will now be able to set up an office, in a country lodge or in a downtown penthouse, and it will fill up over time with spoils of victory and mementos of your escapades. Shine the light We can’t wait for you to dig into these new mechanics, and develop your crew into a highly specialized criminal machine! We’ll be back soon with another update to break down the new systems and discuss the additions in City of Gangsters: Criminal Record, so take care of yourselves until then! Matt & Rob SomaSim

• Improved Backroom Distillery can now produce neutral alcohol from industrial alcohol in addition to corn syrup
• Added a conversation option with your gambling house manager about healing your crew member (when hurt)
• Added production details to controlled business mouseovers
• Detroit: buildings with npcs that are relevant to your interests in Canada will now display a special marker

• Bug fix: Rarely, territory expansion would stop working in the late game due to a smaller bug interrupting expansion
• Bug fix: Player controlled garages would only appear as options for automation after interacting with the npc
• Bug fix: Gambling feature mouseover for Rake games should no longer erroneously display that "nobody won this turn"

Added experimental support for Japanese and Korean font rendering Showing boss's relationship arrows no longer pauses the game A few missing business icons were updated Slight UI tweaks Bug fix: ambient vehicles glitching at very low framerates Bug fix: zoomed-out markers showed out-of-date favor icons even when favor was not available

New vehicle! Very fast sport car, which can only be gained by extorting gamblers who are deep in debt Automated delivery drivers have an updated marker that shows they're automated Added ambient vehicle traffic around the city (can be turned off in settings) Graphics: Updated/improved background images for gambling house and casino features Bug fix: after you unassign a casino manager, conversations with debtors used to be broken

Encyclopedia update - added all the skills, resources, weapons and gambling features to the in-game encyclopedia Bug fix: This time the speakeasy, supper club and venue icons should match Fixed various typos

Hi everyone, we wanted to give one last update for the year, and talk a bit about what’s coming up in 2022! Prohibition encyclopedia update The in-game Prohibition encyclopedia is a great tool for learning all about the systems, resources, operations and skills that you’ll discover while running your outfit. We’ve now expanded it further to include: Weapons - A full list of the weapons that you can acquire including stats and costs. Region specific resources & operations - You can now learn more about bootlegging opportunities specific to each of the city maps. Crew skills - An updated list of all the crew skills that can be learned in the game, including those that relate to gambling houses and their associated activities. Gambling houses - A breakdown of the possible gambling house operations that you can set up, including Atlantic City’s casinos. Operation expansions and gambling features - An overview of possible expansions and gambling house features, so you can plan in advance how to improve your operations. Looking ahead Since the Gambling & Debt update released last month, we’ve been working on the next major feature, and it’s progressing very nicely. Not to spoil too much, but we’ve been noticing that a lot of you, our players, have been asking about better crew organization: how it would be interesting for your crew to progress beyond captain status, and gain access to some new criminal schemes as you take over the city. Well, if you were asking about some of those things, we’ll have some good news for you in the new year! But - that’s all we can say right at this very moment. Stay tuned for this and a couple of other surprises in the next major update, planned for early 2022! :) Also - if you haven’t joined us on Discord, everyone is invited! If you’ve got questions about gameplay, found a bug, have a suggestion for a future update, want to talk strategy or just hang out with some fellow players, we’ve got a great, active community over there. So with that, we’d like to thank you all for your support of City of Gangsters during its first year - from betas to demos to release day and beyond. Without your feedback from your many (and for some very many) hours of play, the game would not have become what it is now and we would not have the inspiration to carry it to even greater heights in the coming year. Truly, sincerely, thank you. Happy Holidays all, and see you in the New Year! Matt & Rob SomaSim

• Change icons in barrel producing operations to reflect barrel production and not bottled resources
• Greater opreation icon variety for corner speakeasies, small speakeasies, supper clubs, dance halls, jazz clubs and fine dining restaurants

• Bug fix: Industrial Filters expansion was not available for one of the upgraded moonshine production operations
• Bug fix: Hooligans shouldn't offer to beat up dead people
• Bug fix: Fronts should be able to expand territory to include highway roads, not just regular roads
• Bug fix: Raw material skills sometimes not being recognized for construction and upgrades
• Bug fix: Some icons for supper clubs and speakeasys were displaying incorrectly in the crew assignment dialog.
• Bug fix: Luxury hotels in Atlantic City and Cincinnati should count for tied house legacy goal.
• Fixed various typos

Hey everybody, it’s been a few weeks since Update 1.2 - Gambling & Debt dropped and we’ve had a great time hearing your stories about how you’ve been squeezing debtors and leveraging gambling houses to your advantage! We’ve got another update for you today and this time we’re focusing on adding some new details that help improve the game’s overall atmosphere and ambiance. Weather effects We’ve created three weather states, snowy, rainy, and clear, each with their own individual particle effects. These will appear in-game occasionally, at random intervals, to add an extra level of detail to the game world. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38625768/fb7a90e5901ab96c1e212322b6537efc6e90b31e.gif {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38625768/99ee5a4d8369f510fcf8b9d8359bfb209bd66fef.gif The city that you’re playing in will also have an impact on how often you’ll see individual weather effects, so for example, snow will be more common in Chicago, but Atlantic City will get more rain and later onset of winter. Finally, if you pull the camera back to its widest angle you’ll now see clouds passing by, which gives the city a much better sense of scale overall. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38625768/05a98dff98065939c2a81c6d3c805e44181aca28.jpg We’ve got one more update planned before the Christmas break, which will be ready in a couple of weeks - we’ll be back with another post then! Matt & Rob SomaSim

• Graphics: weather effects (e.g. snow) depending on city, season, and time of day.
• Graphics: clouds on highest zoomout level. All weather can be turned off in settings.

• Expand availability of Speaking Easy skill
• Skills to make raw materials (grape concentrate, apple juice, malt syrup, neutral alcohol) now also available based on posession of relevant tier two production skills
• Some operation expansion copy rewritten for additional clarity
• Selection dialogs now appropriately show backroom icons rather than front business icons, where appropriate.

• Bug fix: Mission to make Canadian whiskey available in Atlantic City was repeating unneccessarily
• Bug fix: Conversations with business owners involving acquiring imported booze sometimes had the crew member saying business owner dialogue
• Bug fix: Some rewards for imported booze were not displaying when relationship level was at exact reward thresholds
• Bug fix: Option to extend credit was appearing even after hitting the maximum debt level.

In Atlantic City, only allow one mission to increase favors with providers of imported booze at any given time Split the mouseover for gambling features into two mouseovers, and added display for every modifiable value Added gambling houses to potential cash pickup/dropoff locations in deliveries Graphics: Added more variety and updated buildings along the boardwalks in Atlantic City Graphics: Fixed character portrait generator to show new portraits for Atlantic City DLC Bug fix: Canadian whiskey mission in Atlantic City sometimes failed to display a reward Bug fix: Some supper clubs and large venues were falling out of the upgrade track in Cincinnati and Detroit Bug fix: Putting on the Ritz achievement wasn't properly triggering on all variants of supper clubs. Fixed various typos

• Added much clearer warning when trying to load a save file from an incompatible old version.

• Bug fix: duplicate skills were showing up in conversation and learnable skill UI
• Bug fix: conversation bugs when trying to ban a gambler when there was no crew at that corner
• Bug fix: Polish Spirit Stills sometimes showed up when building upgraded brick wine production
• Bug fix: Bar amenity availability was missing in small gambling house
• Bug fix: incorrect number of movement point cost were sometimes displayed over bridges and highways
• Bug fix: even after loading an incompatible save file, have the gambling UI at least show up
• Fixed various typos

Missions to access some feature upgrades should only be available once with a given business owner Bug fix: UI bug where effects of "mechanically minded" managers were applied, but not shown to player Bug fix: "Pit boss" and "House manager" experience buffs were applied inconsistently Bug fix: Some gambling features were locked by incorrect crew skills Bug fix: Some imported alcohol missions in Atlantic City were missing rewards

Added unique soundtrack elements for Atlantic City More sound effects when viewing combat results, interacting with abandoned cars/safehouses Ticker when AI is planning to attack your front is now persistent and clickable Adjusted gambler win chance on large jackpot slot machines Some graphics updates for some gambling feature backgrounds Bug fix: Favor to get Irish whisky sometimes failed to deliver the goods to safehouse(s) Fixed various typos

Hi everyone! Get ready to go all in with our brand new illicit gambling operations, as today we released our next free update, called version 1.2: Gambling & Debt! Update 1.2: Gambling & Debt In today’s base game update, we’re adding the ability to run gambling operations. You’ll be able to take over new buildings, install attractive games of chance or skill, and deck them out with amenities to keep your marks playing longer and spending more money. And also, keep an eye on your gamblers, because if their luck runs dry and they can no longer pay off their line of credit, you’ll be able to visit them at home, and use your forceful argumentation style to parlay their debt into new opportunities for you. Your diversification into gambling starts with territory. After gaining control of your 10th corner, you will be notified that an opportunity to set up a gambling house has opened up. You’ll need to go and start a conversation with one of your front owners, and you’ll be able to redeem a favor to gain access to gambling opportunities. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38625768/626fb8e1b1fa60c2482c456fc3438bd62cf640b2.jpg The front owner will show you nearby residential buildings that they know about, quiet places with pliable landlords, where you will be able to start a new gambling operation. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38625768/f62ca34d948294edc83e0ef04c8b244df98a0160.png Each location varies in how many walk-in customers it attracts from the area, which determines how busy your house will get, so choose well to maximize the number of customers visiting the establishment. But you’ll also need to consider carefully the new operation’s position relative to your other illicit businesses, because gambling operations will raise heat and draw the attention of cops and rivals. Managing your gambling house Once you’ve paid startup costs, you’ll gain access to an empty gambling house. To avoid police attention, there can only be one in each precinct. You’ll immediately see that operating a gambling establishment is pretty different from the alcohol-related operations that you’ve been running. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38625768/65d86b4923a9f14e097af106ffa9a79e2fdc26db.jpg To get things going, you’ll need to hire a manager to run the joint and drop off some cash to fund the house. This cash will be used to support your gambling features. Each type of gambling house supports a different number of slots where you can add games and improvements. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38625768/6a3e454850c45497bac104a6cabb3901779be6f6.png As is the case with backroom operations, you’ll need the right crew skills and prerequisites to be able to install each feature and to upgrade the gambling house itself. Features come in three varieties: Low-stakes games (Slot machines, policy shops, bookmaking, etc.) Draw in many walk-in players from nearby houses to place occasional bets. These have small minimum/maximum bets, with infrequent payouts and longer odds (e.g. 2% chance 25:1 payout). High stakes games (Blackjack tables, roulette wheels, poker tables, etc.) Attract nearby regulars to take a seat and play for a while. They have large minimum/maximum bets, with more frequent payouts and shorter odds (e.g. 10% of a 3:1 payout). Regular players and the debt that they accrue will become an important source of opportunity. Improvements (Small bar, imported furnishings, employee uniforms, etc.) Improve the performance and profitability of other features. Once you’ve installed a few features you can keep track of how your gambling houses are doing in the finances menu. In some games, gamblers play against each other and you just skim off the top. But in others, they play against the house, and you will need to be prepared with enough cash on hand to pay out if they win big. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38625768/0322b23051e8d6eaacd0ebc3824893ac037eee11.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38625768/62469607c27ffe39bdedd9bae18464858b3c3a88.png Debt management & risk It goes without saying that running a gambling operation is not without risks, and the fortunes of your gambling houses may change. Regulars who play at your high-stakes games might win big and you need to be ready for that - but they’re actually more likely to run out of cash, draw up a line of credit, and then proceed to gamble it away, at which point they will find themselves in debt to you. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38625768/c2b8cebf30781972f413cdccd57ff8cdd162b4c8.jpg Once they get in over their heads - such as $500 in the red - they will not be able to draw more credit without your permission. At this point, you’ll get a notification and map pin to go pay them a visit at home. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38625768/77818e69ecd47c5e96cfbeb722165722926a9ae3.png When you talk to a debtor you’ll have some choices. You can: Demand immediate payment - Tell them that they have to pay you back immediately. They will attempt to scrounge up the cash they owe you in the next few weeks. But sometimes they won’t have enough, so then it’ll be up to you to decide how benevolent you’re feeling when that day comes, and how their friends and family will react to your decision. Blackmail - Ask them for payment in kind. That could mean the keys to a new vehicle, access to a building, a delivery of rare resources, an introduction to someone useful or… Well, who knows what else they might try to sell you on to wriggle out of debt? They’ll have a few weeks to secure what they promised, so you’ll need to return later to collect. IMPORTANT: The options and rewards offered change, as the person gets further and further in debt. So you can leverage this to your advantage to gain ever more valuable opportunities. Extend credit - Grant them additional credit. This can be extended to $1000 and then finally to $2000 if they get into debt again. Of course, they’ll try to press their luck and win back the debt that they owe. But honestly, they’ll just be digging the hole even deeper. Your biggest risk with debt collection is that a debtor might panic and decide to skip town with everything they have including the money that they owe you - and the likelihood of this happening increases the further into your debt they fall! So consider how far you want to push someone and weigh the potential rewards that you might gain. And finally, don’t forget about the cops - because they certainly won’t be forgetting about you. Like with your bootlegging and protection rackets, gambling will increase heat and when it becomes too high, the cops will raid your gambling house, confiscate the cash stored there, and smash up one of its features for good measure. So make sure that the local cop is paid off if you want to avoid this expensive inconvenience. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38625768/09c0de22010310022fcb84997dc8b6cd4189c54d.jpg That’s all for today, but we’d love to hear what you think about update 1.2 now that it's live. As always you can find us on Twitter and Discord so hope to see you there! Until next time, Matt & Rob SomaSim

Welcome to Atlantic City! Where a whole new world of bootlegging and illegal gambling is waiting for you. Our Atlantic City map has been designed to showcase our new gambling and debt mechanic, along with exclusive additional content and opportunities you won’t find in any other city. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38625768/c222923ff77f0cf957f47f772bddc2c70ebdde7b.jpg This coastal vacation town was a mecca for entertainment and booze smuggling in equal measure during the Prohibition. Which is why we’ve introduced unique gambling operations and features, including ritzy casinos and high-stakes games which are bound to ensure that your wealthy clientele continues to part ways with their cash! We’ve given players more freedom in Atlantic City to explore the gambling and debt mechanics by removing the one gambling house per precinct limit and by making expansion into gambling available much earlier in the game. However it won’t all be plain sailing, as the map will provide some interesting geographical challenges to overcome, so make sure to expand your relationship network wisely! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38625768/068b97da3216c8bef71586de77b1ac1145d9b225.png Through your debtors and other contacts you’ll also be able to get your hands on lucrative new alcohol resources. These rare types of booze can be acquired by establishing firm connections among the city’s various nationalities. From Canadian whiskey to Caribbean rum, business will be booming in no time! City of Gangsters: Atlantic City exclusive content includes:

• Atlantic City map
• Expanded gambling opportunities
• Unique gambling operations and features

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38625768/6993331a66d715e3ec1996251904f2721f2715be.jpg New operations: Atlantic City gambling den Small Casino Medium Casino Luxury Casino Features: High stakes slot machines Off-track betting parlors High-rollers parlors Gambling den poker tables Baccarat salons Telegraph machines Valet parking High tech lighting & chandeliers New alcohol resources: Canadian whiskey Scotch whisky Caribbean rum Irish whisky English gin German schnapps

• Atlantic City themed buildings
• New vehicle types

Town car - A medium capacity vehicle that sits somewhere between a car and pickup truck. Cargo van - A high capacity vehicle that can transport very large loads more efficiently around the vast Atlantic City map. New character portrait items Unique victory condition - To meet based on the profitability and size of your Atlantic City casinos. We can’t wait to see you make Atlantic City your own. Share your journey over on our Twitter and come say hello in our secret Discord speakeasy.