Designer eric lang known for his quotdudes on a mapquot games describes the godfather corleone39s empire mdash a standalone big box board game with high quality miniatures mdash as quotthugs on a mapquot in short the game is a streamlined confrontational worker placement game filled with murder and intrigue in long you play as competing mafia families who are vying for economic control of the organized crime networks of new york city deploying your thugs your don your wife and your