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Patch Notes 5/9/20:

Reduced the costs of Protection Racket and Tommy Guns to 18 Favors (from 20)

Patch Notes 5/7/20:

Renamed Hired Muscle (+1 to all shakedown totals) to Protection Racket
Added two new Advantages (Tight-Knit Crew and Hired Muscle) that grant shakedown bonuses with a small family
Reworded Lincoln Continentals slightly to clarify that it can be trumped by Lucky Luciano's boss power
Added four new Contracts: Muscle In, Lying in Wait, Going to the Mattresses, and Hostile Takeover
Default game log setting from Account Options should now be applied when joining a new game

Patch Notes 4/28/20:

Reduced the reward for Cover the City (have a mobster at each storefront) to $5000
A Break From the Lifestyle (control no mobsters) is no longer a valid contract for two player games
Cleaned up the Recent Completed Games page and color coded the winning player names to their bosses

Patch Notes 4/24/20:

Mobsters with active combat bonuses now look slightly different and can be moused over to see the value of the bonus
Fixed a bug preventing the completed contract flag from showing up for personal contracts
Policy Game cost increased to 10 favors from 8
Elite Squad cost reduced to 10 favors from 12 and burn effect reduced to $3000 per combat from $4000
Lone Wolves cost increased to 12 favors from 10 and burn effect increased to $4000 per combat from $3000

Patch Notes 4/21/20:

Player colors are now determined based on the family's boss rather than the seat
Fixed a bug that prevented changing the game log default setting in Account Options

Patch Notes 4/19/20:

Combat update results are now sorted by number of successes for each individual combat

Patch Notes 4/14/20:

First implementation of rudimentary bots (needs further optimization still!)
Fixed the issue where the titles of the login and register pages weren't displaying correctly
Updated the boss player mat images to reflect the latest terminology and timings

Patch Notes 4/11/20:

Cleaned up the look of the tables in the update popups and fixed a scaling whitespace bug in the combat update
Available contracts will now scroll if there are enough of them to start disrupting the overall layout

Patch Notes 4/8/20:

Decreased the reward for the Leave Your Mark, Rubbing Out the Opposition, Sending a Message, Show Them You Mean Business, and Total Domination contracts to $5000
Added functionality to skip Movement Events and individual parts of the Advantage phase if you have no valid plays
Reduced the burn effect for Lone Wolves to $3000 per combat win (from $4000)
Renamed Turns to Rounds to distinguish between a player's turn and an overall Round consisting of everyone playing through each phase
Added a Round Phases reference tooltip near the Phase tracker
Players who fight combats at both Speakeasies or both Car Dealerships in the same turn will no longer incorrectly roll the corresponding die twice
Viewing completed games that you didn't participate in should now be much more functional
Burned Advantages will no longer be discarded if the game is over for spectator purposes

Patch Notes 4/7/20:

Using an Event to move another player's mobsters will no longer erroneously count towards their completion of movement Contracts
Fixed a bug that caused the tracking of combat wins and double successes to be reset after every individual combat
Chat messages with quotes in them will no longer cause a SQL error
Added a rudimentary player summary at the end of combat updates
Added a message to the end of the income update when the game has ended
Added a Beginner Mode option for creating games where players are just automatically dealt cards at the start of the game
Cleaned up player profiles and made the Win/Loss stats section functional
Should no longer get an email about the end of the game if you were the one who triggered it

Patch Notes 4/5/20:

Advantage: Me contract now specifies that it requires playing an Advantage rather than just already having three
Boss's Birthday now specifies that it only checks at the end of the Movement phase (and therefore no longer has the can't be first turn restriction)
Fixed a bug preventing players from targeting their own HQ with Uprising

Patch Notes 4/1/20:

Added a double border around Tiffany & Co to represent the double move required to enter or leave it

Patch Notes 4/1/20:

Added a verbose mode toggle for the game log as well as an account option for setting a preferred default for future games
Reduced the reward for Greed is Good (have a shakedown level at four different storefronts) to $5000 and it now checks only at the end of the Shakedown phase
Reduced the reward for Advantage: Me (have three Advantages in play) to $5000
Fixed a few Advantages that weren't functioning correctly

Patch Notes 3/30/20:

Added an update that sums up how much income each player received that turn and from what sources
Implemented the correct starting Favors calculation for the various player counts

Patch Notes 3/29/20:

Contracts that require Shakedown Level 3 at a storefront now only check after a shakedown attempt (and therefore won't complete immediately when the contract shows up)
Combat updates have been converted to a table layout that's similar to the ones used for shakedown and upgrade attempts

Patch Notes 3/28/20:

Cards are now drawn in the Recruit phase instead of the Collection phase, and are drawn by the player at start of game instead of automatically
Word of Mouth (recruit a mobster whenever you win a combat) now costs 12 Favors, up from 10
Expanding the Family (recruit an extra mobster every turn) now costs 10 Favors, down from 12
Numbers Racket (collect $1000 whenever you roll at least one success on a die) now costs 18 Favors, down from 20
Policy Game now gives $2000 whenever you roll at least two successes on a die, up from $1000
Rebalanced, tweaked, or redesigned many of the burn effects of the Advantages
Perfect Efficiency contract (have exactly zero Favors) and Power of the Mob (have twelve mobsters) now only reward $5000, down from $10000
Fixed a bug with Model Ts that made them not properly increase Transportation
Added feedback for both Model Ts and Underboss so that you can see your rolls and how much your stat has increased

Patch Notes 3/23/20:

Events, Advantages, and Boss Powers no longer show up in the game log but now always show up in the update popups

Patch Notes 3/22/20:

Trim the Fat - an Advantage that you lets you sacrifice a mobster during your Collection phase for cash each turn - added to the game
The burn effect of No Holds Barred (payout for kills) has been fixed and should now function correctly
Uploaded new images for the already played versions of each of the Advantages without Favor costs and other minor improvements
Fixed a bug preventing single and no mobster shakedown bonuses from functioning

Patch Notes 3/20/20:

Fixed a bug that caused the Feign Weakness contract to never properly trigger
Untouchable now grants 2 Favors when played (up from 1)
Calling a Sit-Down now prevents mobsters from being moved by Events as well
Tip Off the Feds no longer resets shakedown levels in addition to moving mobsters away from the storefront
For any cards played from now on, your own Event and Advantage plays will now show up when you Review Updates
Fixed a bug that was preventing bonus favors from being given out each turn in two and three player games
Hopefully fixed the issues with the initiative message in the game log not displaying the correct order once and for all
The game will now skip your Advantage phase without requiring you to login if you have no valid card or boss power plays

Patch Notes 3/17/20:

Fixed a bug that caused all die rolls for shakedown attempts to be treated as double successes
Added some logic for handling the case where a family has Useful Connections with one or more stats maxed out

Patch Notes 2/14/20:

Displayed die rolls in the update popups now flip rapidly between die faces for a little while to visually simulate an actual die roll
Cleaned up the display of the phase headers and horizontal rules in the update popups
Added a link to the main game view to allow players to inspect their die faces
Tooltips for cards mentioned in the update popups now work properly
Hopefully fixed a bug where the Lady Luck contract wasn't being tracked correctly

Patch Notes 2/8/20:

Fixed an error that prevented tooltips for completed contracts in the game log from working
Collapsed the game board to be simpler, take up less space, and be easier to visually parse
You can now click on the name of any of the bosses in the family info to see their player mat
Added phase headers to the update popups to make them easier to follow
Added the ability to review updates from past turns

Patch Notes 11/28/19:

Cash needed for victory has been increased to $80,000 (from $75,000)

Patch Notes 11/24/19:

Charles Luciano's boss power (avoiding combat) must now be used at the start of the Movement phase rather than Advantage phase
Al Capone's boss power now gives 3 bonus successes when shaking down a chosen storefront that turn
Reorganized the home page
New contracts will no longer be dealt at the end of the round if the game is already over

Patch Notes 11/16/19:

Fixed a bug where the combat updates would incorrectly report that a large number of mobsters had been killed
Fixed an issue preventing the icons from displaying when the shakedown.interestingchoices.com URL was used
Fixed the issue with initiative being out of order in the start of turn messages in the game log
Cleaned up the graphical representation of the recent completed games
Added more robust movement tracking and correctly implemented the Last Minute Sale contract
Fixed a bug where Digging for Favor would always report only gaining one favor in the log

Patch Notes 11/8/19:

Fixed Uprising not triggering contracts that care about having a certain number of mobsters at a storefront

Patch Notes 11/7/19:

Updates from the final turn can now be reviewed after a game has ended

Patch Notes 11/3/19:

The free favors in 2P and 3P are now given out in the Collection phase rather than the Recuit phase
The board will now reflect the effects of income increasing Advantages that the player currently has active
Update popups will also reflect shakedown income accurately (taking all active bonuses into account)
All deploy events will now specify the number of mobsters recruited in the game log
Added a warning if a player starts to play a recruit event when at the mobster cap
Players are no longer given draws if the game end has been triggered unless they have a burned Advantage that rewards cards in hand
Fixed a bug where winning a combat with the lethality Advantage versus a single mobster would cause no mobsters to be killed
Fixed a bug where the combat popup wouldn't realize when mobsters have been saved by invulnerability (and would say that they had died)

Patch Notes 10/26/19:

Reworked the popups to include rolls from all players as well as details on all combats even if the player didn't participate
Speakeasy now uses a cocktail icon instead of the old poker chip from the previous name
Added text search functionality to the Full Card List found in the Rules and References section
Digging for Favors and conditional recruitment Events now list their results in the game log
Digging for Favors and Working Overtime now have popup detailing their rolls and the results to the player who played them
Added a link for reviewing the updates that popped up earler in the turn

Patch Notes 10/22/19:

Added a start of game popup that describes your boss and starting position
Hopefully fixed a bug that caused reminder emails to be sent when you hadn't yet had a chance to take your turn
Digging For Favor and the conditional recruit Events will now report their effects in the log
Replaced the Consligliere and Transportation icons in the family info section
Reworked and extended the tooltips in the family info section further
You can now mouseover a player's name in the family info section to see their active Advantages
First attempt at a graphical representation of the board state for the recent completed games

Patch Notes 10/15/19:

Added a die faces reference to the Rules and References page
Fleshed out some of the tooltips in the family info section
Fixed a bug where the combat die would be rerolled for different combats within the same turn rather than being reused
Shakedown bonuses that you're currently receiving will now be highlighted in your color
The info bar now has a border with your player color when it's your turn to take an action

Patch Notes 10/5/19:

Some contracts will now only be included in the deck in games with three or more players

Patch Notes 9/28/19:

Advantages can now be burned when they're played, which means they'll grant an additional effect but only last for the rest of that turn

The trash can icon means that the bonus effect will trigger when the Advantage is discarded at end of turn

Losing a combat at a storefront now reduces your shakedown level by one
Added a notification for when an opponent uses their boss power

Patch Notes 9/24/19:

Lincoln Continentals now grants last initiative permanently rather than only during the Movement phase
Calling In Markers now costs 5 Favors and grants 3 per Collection phase (down from 10 and 4)
Expanding the Family no longer recruits a mobster immediately and now costs 12 Favors (down from 15)
Untouchable no longer provides immunity to being moved by Events
Armed Escort now hands out 2 Favors (up from 1)
New Event (replacing Mobilization): Calling a Sit-Down, which prevents other mobsters from moving away from you that turn

Patch Notes 9/10/19:

Increased the mobster cap to 12 from 10
Renamed "deploy" to "recruit"
Reduced the Lady Luck contract payout to $5000 from $10000
Added two new Movement Events that recruit mobsters: Sweetening the Deal and Appeal to Honor

Patch Notes 8/8/19:

The Feign Weakness contract should now be functional
The Greasing the Wheels advantage should now be functional
Fixed a bug where successive combats on the same turn could lead to all families erroneously losing

Patch Notes 8/6/19:

Hopefully fixed a bug where combats at upgrade locations would fail to correctly declare a winner
Email notifications should now be functional

Patch Notes 8/5/19:

Fixed a bug where you could click to discard cards when you still had pending draws
Fixed the Put the Squeeze On advantage to actually generate extra cash

Patch Notes 5/24/19:

Recruitment Drive now gives out three Favors, up from two
Adjusted the costs of many Advantages
Redid the wording on many Events and Advantages for consistent terminology
New Event (replacing Protection Offer) called Made Men that deploys a mobster for each family
Personal Agenda is now an Advantage Event rather than a Movement Event