LA Lawless

1993

Joseph Miranda

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Players

2-2

Weight

1.8

Playtime

120 min

⚙️ Game Mechanics

How this game works - core systems and player actions

Area Movement Dice Rolling Movement Points Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game Simulation Variable Set-up

📂 Categories

Modern Warfare Political Wargame

🎨 Artists

Brian Blume

🏢 Publishers

Decision Games (I)

📖 About This Game

LA Lawless is a simple board-wargame depicting the Los Angeles Riots of April 1992. The units represents groups of varying sizes (up to several thousand people) and each turn equals a half a day. Published by Decision Games in Moves magazine issue #75. The purpose of the game is to give players a chance to use different game strategies to simulate the confrontation between police and rioters. There are two players in the game: Authority (representing the city government, law enforcement agencies, and the general forces of law and order); and the Rioters (representing the people conducting the disturbances.)