Sons Of Anarchy

16 Pages·2014·5.63 MB·English

SONS ANARCHY: MEN MAYHEM
OF OF
“On the fringe, blood and bullets In Sons of Anarchy: Men of Mayhem, territories to yield. Negotiate, threaten
are the rule of law, and if you’re a players control rival Gangs, competing and ally with rival Gangs when it
man with convictions, violence is to be the most successful outlaw serves your needs, but be wary of the
inevitable.” – John Teller club. Each turn, players choose what inevitable knife in the back. The Gang
Founding Member SAMCRO Sites of interest to fight for and what with the most cash at the end wins.
GAME CONTENTS
Clubhouse Cards & Blinds Heat Tracker
Game Includes Each Gang has a Clubhouse Card Every Clubhouse Card
4 Clubhouse Cards that serves as their base of operations has a Heat Tracker on
4 Player Blinds and details all the Set Up and special the right hand side.
24 Site Tiles rules for the Gang. Each Gang also As you play the game
36 Anarchy Cards has a matching screen to stash their and commit crimes,
4 Hardcore Anarchy Cards Cash, Contraband and Guns behind. you’ll inevitably draw
1 Reaper Patch the attention of law
4 Dice enforcement. The Heat
Tracker marks how
much police attention
you’ve got. Place your Heat Tracker
first Heat Token on the “1st Heat” spot
of your Heat Tracker. As you gain
more Heat, your Heat rises up your
SAMCRO’s Unleaded Clubhouse Card
card.
Each Clubhouse Card is two sided.
One side is “Unleaded”: all the Gangs’ Starting Amounts
Unleaded sides are the same. On the The bottom of each Clubhouse Card
back is the “High Octane” side. Each lists the amounts of Cash, Guns,
Gang’s High Octane side has different Contraband, Heat, Gang Members
starting assets, unique rules and and Prospects you’ll begin the game
abilities. with. Each Gang’s Unleaded versions
are the same. They vary on the High
SAMCRO
Octane sides.
CLUB ORDER ma y
As your turn, you may Issue an Order to: not
SPEND 4TH HEAT tra ffic
MAX 1 limit High Octane Special Rules
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3 2ND HEAT Clubhouse Card has two special rules
limit
BASE ORDERS 3 that are unique to that Gang. For
HIGH OCTANE 1ST HEAT
ASTSSAERTTSING 5 3 0 1 2 3 no heat no limit full details on playing with the High
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SAMCRO’s High Octane Side Octane Rules, see pg. 3.
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Site Tiles Dudes
There are two types of Site Tiles: The game includes two
Starting Sites and Random Sites. types of Dudes for each
Starting Sites are used in every Gang: Members, on Mayan Dudes
game and always begin on the table. motorcycles, and Prospects, on foot.
Starting Sites are printed the same, When only one Gang has Dudes on a
front and back. Site, they have Control of that Site.
Random Sites are
Anarchy Cards
placed face down
The Anarchy Deck
during Set Up and
is a mix of four
will vary from game
types of cards:
to game. Random
Obstacles, Hassles,
Sites have a
Opportunities and
Reaper symbol on
Last Calls. Together,
the back. Random Site Back Reaper Patch
these represent the
The Reaper Patch determines turn
unforeseen hazards
Starting Sites order. The player holding the Reaper
and situations
The five Starting Anarchy Card Back Patch goes first and play passes to
the Gangs may
Sites are always their left. The Gang with the Patch
encounter.
set up at the wins ties in a fight. If you beat the

beginning of every Patch Holder in a fight, you’ll claim the
game. The five Patch from them.
Starting Sites are
the Charming
Starting Site Police Station, St.
Thomas Hospital,
Emergency Room, Cut & Bag Op
and Gun Factory.
Guns are Prohibited at two
Starting Sites, the Hospital
and Police Station. Guns
may not be used at these
Site.
Random Sites
The game includes
20 Random Sites,
6 of which are
used in each game.
Each Site has a
A Selling Boost
special rule or two
that may be Exploited if you Control
the Site. Some Random Sites have a
“Boost”: an additional action you can
SAMCRO
take when you Control the Site.
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GAME SET UP
Starting Amounts
All players receive the amount of
Cash, Guns, Contraband, Members,
Prospects and Heat pictured along the
bottom edge of their Clubhouse Card.
Note: Unused Members and
Prospects should be set aside for
now. They form the Recruit Pool of
Dudes you may add to your Gang
later.
Hidden Assets
Hide your Cash, Guns and
Contraband from the other players
behind your stand-up Blind. Keeping
your Cash, Guns and Contraband
hidden from the other players is
important; you don’t want them to
know how much you’re holding.
Play Area Unleaded Vs. High Octane
Public Info
Set up the play area by placing the As a group, decide whether you’re
Your Clubhouse Card should be
5 Starting Sites. Next, shuffle the playing an Unleaded or High Octane
fully visible to all the other players.
Random Sites and place 6 face down game. In Unleaded games, you
Members and Prospects in your Gang
on the table. The Random Sites will must use the Unleaded side of your
are placed on your Clubhouse Card.
be revealed as the game progresses. Clubhouse, without special rules. In
Place the Heat Tokens you start with
The remaining Sites are set aside. High Octane games, you may choose
on your Heat Tracker, starting at the
either side of your Clubhouse.
bottom of the Tracker. Later, Order
Anarchy Deck
Note: Unleaded games are best for
Tokens will also be placed in front
Remove the red-striped Hardcore
new players!
of your Clubhouse Card. How many
Anarchy Cards from the deck. Shuffle
Dudes, Heat and Orders you have are
the Anarchy Deck and place 15 Cards Choosing Gangs
always Public Info!
face down in a pile on the table. Set To start the game, each player rolls
the remaining Anarchy Cards aside; a dice. The player with the highest
they won’t be used this game. The 15 result picks which Gang they want to
cards serve as a game timer: when play and takes their Clubhouse Card. You are now ready to begin!
you reveal the last 3 Anarchy Cards, it Proceeding to their left, the other
means it’s the last turn of the game. players each pick a Clubhouse Card.
The last player to pick also receives
Note: For details on Hardcore
the Reaper Patch and will start play
options, see pg. 14
the first Round.
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KEY GAME CONCEPTS
The Reaper Patch Heat Members are the core of
Holding the Patch means your Gang Heat is an indication of your Gang: protect them
has a tactical advantage over your how much attention your and make sure you always
rivals. The player currently holding Gang has drawn from have at least 1 Member available,
the Reaper Patch is called the Patch law enforcement. The should you need a scapegoat!
Holder and has two advantages: more Heat you have, the harder it is
to conduct business. Gain too much Art of the Deal
The Edge Heat and one of your Gang Members You may trade Cash, Guns and
The Patch Holder’s Gang wins ties will be arrested, Taking the Fall for Contraband with other players at
in Throwdowns (for full details on your Gang. any time for any reason. Trying to
Throwdowns, see pg. 11). manipulate the other Gangs for your
Taking the Fall
personal advantage is part of the
At the end of the game, if the Patch Any Gang that exceeds 4 Heat
game. Be warned! Talk is cheap; no
Holder is tied for victory, the Patch Tokens must immediately have one
deals are binding. Just because a rival
Holder wins (for full details on winning of their Members Take the Fall: return
said they would do something doesn’t
the game, see pg. 10). a Member to their Recruit Pool and
mean they are required to stick to
discard all but 1 Heat Token. You may
their word. Let the player beware…
Patch Order choose a Member in the Emergency
The Patch Holder goes first in every Room to Take the Fall. Note: Orders, Heat and Dudes may
Game Round. Play then passes to not be traded to other players
Note: Taking the Fall always drops
their left.
your Heat down to 1, regardless of
Sportsmanship
Patch Order also applies in other how much Heat you gained with
Don’t be an ass. We play games to
situations, such as certain Anarchy your lawless action.
have a good time. If you’re being an
Cards and Calling for Backup during
Right to Remain Silent ass, your friends aren’t having fun.
Throwdowns. Anytime the order of
If you must Take the Fall but have zero Remember, it’s only a game. Blood
play is important, Patch Order applies.
Members in your Gang, there’s no feuds end when the game does!
Having first turn advantage in a critical one left to blame, your Gang has been
moment, or the Edge in Throwdowns, disbanded, you’re out of the Game.
can make all the difference.

Claiming the Patch
The Reaper Patch can change
hands in two ways:
• If you Control and Exploit the
Charming Police Station Site,
claim the Patch.
• If you defeat the current Patch
Holder in a Throwdown, claim
the Patch.
Chibs, Bobby and Jax Roll Out
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GAME RULES
Each game of Sons of Anarchy: Men Place your Order Tokens in front of
of Mayhem is divided into six Game your Clubhouse Card, in full view of
Rounds. Each Round has six steps. the other players. It’s important that
At the beginning of every Round, everyone is able to easily see how
each player receives a number of many Orders their rivals have left.
ROUND SUMMARY Order Tokens equal to the number
Note: “Dudes” refers to all the
of Members in their Gang, plus the
people in your Gang. “Members”
number of Base Orders provided by
are on bikes, “Prospects” are on
1: Claim Order Tokens their Clubhouse. Prospects do not add
foot. Only Members contribute to
Orders to your total.
Each player takes their Order
your Orders.
Tokens for the turn.
When playing with the
2: Reveal New Cards
High Octane sides of
Flip over 2 more Random Sites, if
the Clubhouse Cards,
necessary. Reveal new Anarchy
everyone starts with 5 Orders
Cards.
on the first turn, but Gangs have
3: Issue Orders
Base Orders are Listed on the Clubhouse different numbers of Base Orders.
In Patch Order, players take turns
The Mayans have the lowest Base
Example: John is playing as
choosing and Issuing an Order,
Orders but start with the biggest
SAMCRO, with 3 Base Orders. At the
until all the players have Issued all
Gang. The Lin Syndicate has the
start of a new Game Round, John
their Orders.
highest Base Orders, but only
has 3 Members. Adding the number
4: Black Market starts the game with 1 Member.
of Members to his Base Orders, he
Simultaneously, players reveal the
then takes 6 Orders and lines them up
amount of Contraband they’d like
above his Clubhouse Card.
to move in the Black Market
5: Last Calls
Resolve any “Last Call” Anarchy
Cards.
6: Clean Up
Prepare for the next turn: clear
Order Tokens off Locations and
discard the face up Anarchy
Cards. Roll to see if Injured Dudes
in the Emergency Room live or die.
Orders are Placed in Front of the Clubhouse
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New Turf
First, reveal two face down Random
Sites, if there are any face down Sites
remaining.
Escalation
At the start of the first Round reveal
1 Anarchy Card. At the start of the
second Round reveal 2 Anarchy
Cards. For the third Round, and every
Round after that, reveal 3 Anarchy
Cards.
Anarchy Cards affect play in a variety
of ways, both positive and negative.
There are 4 types of Anarchy Cards:
Obstacle
Obstacles affect
all players. They
represent conditions
and occurrences
that can have
wide ranging
consequences SAMCRO and the One-Niners Cut a Deal
for all Gangs.
Obstacles are one-time events
Opportunity Last Calls
that take effect immediately when
Opportunities are Last Calls resolve
revealed.
temporary Locations at the end of the
Gangs may try to Round, after Black
Hassle
seize. They function Market. You have the
Hassles introduce
like ordinary Sites entire Game Round
new, persistent
except that they to attempt to avoid,
rules that affect the
will be discarded or capitalize on, the
entire Game Round.
at the end of the effects of Last Calls.
Hassles may limit
Round. Any Dudes on an Opportunity
Note: Some Obstacle and Last Call
your ability to buy or
when it’s discarded at the end of the
Cards affect Gangs with the most,
sell items, change
Game Round are returned to their
or least of something, often Heat. If
how Heat works
Clubhouse.
more than one Gang is tied for the
that Round or other effects.
highest/lowest/etc of something,
the card affects all the tied Gangs.
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In Patch Order, players take turns
Issuing a single Order. There are six
things a player may Issue an Order to
do.
If a player has no Order Tokens in
front of their Clubhouse and no other
action to take, their turn is skipped,
and play passes to their left. Once
skipped, a player may not Issue any
further Orders. Play continues in this
fashion until everyone has Issued all
their Orders.
Note: Remember the “Art of the
Deal” (pg 4): you can talk, bribe or
threaten your rivals while Issuing
Orders. EXPLOIT Note: To Control a Site, you must

be the only Gang to have Dudes at
To avoid confusion, place
Issue an Exploit Order to take the Site. If there are no Dudes at a
your spent Order Tokens
advantage of a Location you Control. Site it is Uncontrolled. If more than
in the box’s bin, unless
Place your Order Token in the one Gang has Dudes at a Site, it is
you’re Exploiting a Site.
upper right corner of the Site you’re Contested.
RIDE Exploiting to mark the Site as used.
Sites may only be Exploited once per Boost a Site
Issue a Ride Order to move any Game Round. Some Sites have
number of your Dudes from one an additional ability
Location to one other Location. You you may opt to use.
may not move your Dudes to or from These are called
multiple Locations with a single Ride Boosts. In addition to
Order. You may not move your Dudes using the main ability A Boost’s
to a rival Gang’s Clubhouse. of a Site, you may Activation Cost
Example: Liz chooses to Issue a Ride also use the Boost by discarding an
Order, so she places an Order Token additional Order Token.
in the bin, then moves 3 of her 4 Example: As his turn, Pete Exploits
Dudes from a Site to an Opportunity a Site which has a Boost Action and
An Exploited Site
Card, leaving 1 Prospect behind to decides he also wants to the use
Contest the Site. When you Exploit a Site, you the Boost. He spends another Order
may immediately use any rules Token to use the Boost’s ability too.
Note: A Location is any place
or Transactions on that Site.
to which you can move Dudes. Note: You may choose to Exploit a
Transactions include SELL, SPEND,
Opportunity, Site and Clubhouse Site and not use the main rule, in
SWAP, STEAL, SKIM, GAIN and
Cards are all considered Locations. order to access the Boost. You still
DROP (for full details on Transactions,
The Emergency Room is not a have to pay the cost to Boost the
see pg. 13).
Location, you may not move there. Site.
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PATCH IN
“Hot” Locations Winning a Throwdown
Exploiting some Sites and Opportunity The winning Gang in a Throwdown
Cards will increase your Heat. If benefits from the following Issue a Patch In Order
there is a Heat Token pictured above advantages. to promote a Prospect
the Location’s rules, your Heat 1 to full Member status. Spend 1 Cash
immediately increases when you The losing rival Gang’s Dudes and 1 Gun, in addition to your Order
Exploit that Site, by the number of in the Throwdown are sent back Token. Return one of your Prospects
Heat Tokens pictured on the card. to their Clubhouse, clearing the to your Recruit Pool and replace that
Location. Prospect with a new Member. You
may not have more than 5 Members
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If you Ordered the Throwdown in your Gang at one time.
on your turn and the Location
SIT TIGHT
has not been Exploited yet
this Round, you may Exploit it
Issue a Sit Tight Order to do nothing.
immediately. Spend an additional
You must still spend an Order Token.
Order Token as normal.
Exploiting this Site Gives you 1 Heat Sometimes you may want to wait and
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see what the other Gangs are going
THROW DOWN If you defeat the Patch Holder in
to do.
a Throwdown, claim the Patch.
Issue a Throw Down Order to fight a
rival Gang for Control of a Location. RECRUIT Club Orders
The more Dudes and Guns you Some Gangs have Club Orders on the
commit to a Throwdown, the more Issue a Recruit Order to add a High Octane side of their Clubhouse
likely you are to seize Control of the Prospect to your Gang. Take Card. These are additional Orders you
Contested Location. a Prospect from your Recruit may Issue, instead of choosing one of
Pool and place the new Prospect in the six standard Orders.
You may Throw Down at any Location
that contains at least 1 of your your Clubhouse. You may not have Note: Like any other Order, you
Members and at least 1 of a rival more than 5 Prospects in your Gang may choose to Issue a Club Order
Gang’s Dudes. You may not Throw at one time. multiple times in a Game Round.
Down at a Location where you only
have Prospects.
Note: You must have a Member at
a Location to initiate a Throwdown!
Prospects haven’t earned their
Patch.
Resolving a Throwdown
There are three steps to resolving
a Throwdown: Call for Backup, Pull
Guns, then Get Bloody.
For the complete rules of resolving a
Throwdown, see pg. 11.
Tig, Man of Mayhem
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Supply and Demand
The more Contraband Trafficked, the
lower the street value. Secretly place
After everyone has finished Issuing the Contraband you’re Trafficking in
After the Black Market is over and
all their Orders, all Gangs have the your fist, then extend your fist over
everyone has stashed their ill-gotten
opportunity to Traffic Contraband the tabletop to indicate you’ve made
Cash behind their Blinds, resolve any
on the Black Market. How much your decision. Once everyone’s fist
Last Call Anarchy Cards. Last Calls
Contraband you are able to Traffic is extended over the table, reveal the
may have either a positive or negative
is limited by how much Heat you’ve amount of Contraband simultaneously.
effect.
gained, as indicated by the numbers
The selling price for every player’s
Some Last Call Cards affect the Gang
on the right on your Heat Track.
Contraband is determined by the total
with the most (or least) of something,
amount of Contraband Trafficked in
often Heat. If more than one Gang
the Round and varies depending on
is tied for the highest/lowest of
the number of players.
something, the card affects all the tied
Gangs.
Black Market Prices for a 4 player game.
In a 3 player game, use the other side.
Once the street value is determined,
players receive the appropriate
amount of Cash and all the Trafficked
Contraband is returned to the box.
Example: John has 3 Heat, so can Example, continued: Sally has a pile
only Traffic 1 Contraband. Liz and of 6 Contraband behind her Blind and
Example: The Last Call Card Arrest
Pete both have 2 Heat, so can Traffic can Traffic as much Contraband as
Warrant above is in play. It states,
2 Contraband. With zero Heat, Sally is she’d like. However, she doesn’t want
“The Gang with the most Heat must
running Legit, so has no limits on how to push the total amount Trafficked
Take the Fall”. When it’s time to
much Contraband she can Traffic. above 8. Looking at everyone else’s
resolve the card, Pete and Liz are tied
Clubhouse Cards, Sally calculates 5
Players Trafficking any Contraband at 3 Heat, John has 2 Heat and Sally
Contraband is the most her combined
Gain 1 Heat at the end of Black has 1 Heat. Pete and Liz would both
rivals could Traffic. She decides
Market. You only ever gain 1 Heat, no have to take the fall, losing a Member
to play it safe and only places 3
matter how much Contraband you’ve from their Gang. If Arrest Warrant
Contraband in her hand, to insure that
Trafficked. Add the Heat Token to the came up when everyone has zero
her Contraband will sell for at least 2
Heat Track on your Clubhouse Card. Heat, everyone would have to Take
Cash each.
See page 4 for full details on Heat. the Fall.
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