New York mafia board game

A method of playing a board game, said method comprising the steps of:

• providing at least two players, wherein each said player is given a predetermined amount of play money and starts as at a nobody rank;
• one of said at least two players is designated as a commission representative;
• providing a plurality of dice;
• providing a game board having a plurality of playing spaces arranged around the outside of five connected islands representing the five boroughs of new york city,
• wherein each said playing space is a business that has an ownership status that is either owned or available,
• wherein at each said borough has at least one marker playing space and when said player lands on said marker playing space, said player takes a marker card and performs the instructions on said marker card;
• performing at least one alternating player turn, each said at least one alternating player turn comprising the steps of:
• rolling said plurality of dice;
• moving said player around said playing spaces in a number corresponding to the roll;
• determining said ownership status of said playing space,
• wherein said playing space is owned said player must pay said owner if the owner of said space is of a higher rank or said owner may also offer said playing space for sale for a price;
• wherein said playing space is owned said player pays nothing if said owner is of the same or less rank;
• wherein said playing space has an available ownership status, said player may purchase said property for a predetermined price;
• assigning a higher rank to said player upon said player purchasing a predetermined number of properties, wherein said ranks are in the order of nobody, associate, soldier, capo, underboss and godfather;
• and
• assigning a winner as the first player to become a godfather.