Apparently I'm on a crime games kick. This one's a bit more approachable, though, I hope.

What I'm looking for is pretty much what it says on the tin, a game of Prohibition-era gangsters running bootleg booze, laundering dirty money, and leaning out of suicide doors with Chicago Typewriters. Classic mob movie stuff. Overall, I'm thinking something a little more involved than a kick-in-the-door shoot-em-up with three piece suits and weird slang. Something that requires some thought, planning, and a long-term goal: Taking your little gang of nobodies and turning them into the most powerful mob in history.

System-wise, I'm not 100% sure. I'm most familiar with d20 and Cortex, but I really don't think d20 would properly reflect the feel I'm after. Cortex is still certainly an option, but I'm willing to learn something else to do this right. I'm passingly familiar with the old Gangbusters system, but no idea if anyone still runs the thing.

Thoughts and suggestions are just as welcome as GMs willing to run.

Anyone interested might want to take a look at this:

http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/.../Bootleggers?src=sub

GURPS Action! could handle it very well.  Especially if combined with the Social Engineering rules.

Intriguing idea !!  I am looking at a Savage worlds / Thrilling Tales pulps companion setting.  Unfortunately brand to new to SW / the Horror companion / Realms of Cthulhu books.  Big Al lets the smaller groups wipe each other out.

As it happens, I am planning a game similar to the one you suggest, but I'm fully gamed up at present and it will have to wait until something gives.

The game will happen, players permitting, but probably not in 2014.

I haven't decided on a system yet, but I tend to go for rules-lite. I don't even look at systems with a page count approaching three figures. My games are sandbox storytelling with rolls to decide uncertainties.

If this sounds like your style and you haven't scratched your crime itch by the time I start up, I can perhaps rmail you?

Sure, email me