How would you run a 1980s Miami mafia (eg. Scarface) campaign, Veeky Forums?

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Does the new Delta Green cover only modern times?

The 80s were big. Big everything. Big prosperity, big poverty, big hope, big despair, big crime, big government, big hair, big shoulder pads. It was the apex of American consumerism. It wasn't the first time any of these things happened, but a renewal - big Megacorps were back for the first time since Roosevelts trust busting. Organized crime was back and strong in a big way it hadn't been since the 1920s. People were beginning to feel the negative side effects of bombastic consumption and the ennui of the suburbs. The Hollywood blockbuster ruled theatres, star wars was new.

Scar Face is unironically a good example of the 80s zeitgeist, corruption and vice and wild prosperity running smack face first into reality, and a growing public awareness of crime.

Want to feel the 80s (legally)? Shot gun an monster or two, put on some leg warmers and blast 'push it to the limit', through some headphones. That's the 80s, including (especially) the headache and post buzz crash

If one of the players wants to for god-knows-what reason play a black PC, how would you handle that? How was racism in the 1980s, did blacks go to the same clubs as whites for example?

They did, though obviously racism was still a thing. Most of it was endemic to government and law enforcement, this was the era of the Miami Riots for instance, when 4 white cops beat a black motorist to death and then tampered with the evidence. It was the biggest deal until the Rhodney King riots in the 90s, and happened in 1980. Lots of people got killed In those riots, so there would be a lot of tension and casual racism in the air. So, black guys may go to the same clubs, but depending on the environment a fucking brawl could break out. Your more upscale places didn't care long as you had.money. listen to the old stand up of Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor to get an idea of race relations back then.

World of darkness mafia. Most underrated book of the line, after all, everyone rates wraith highly and doesn't play it.
Plus I made the combat a LOT faster.

Racism died in the late 90's, so it's not fully dead yet. Around that time their were even racist bands, like No Remorse.

>Racism died in the late 90's,
Lmao

>Racism died in the late 90's
What country do you live in where this is true, user? It sounds nice.

NY, if you poke some you get 5 years, if you racist you get 15 years.

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A setting book maybe?

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>1980s Miami
So watch your scarface stuff and maybe Soprano's to get ideas of how the mafia should work and feel.

To get an idea of how the idea of Miami back in the 80's should feel watch Miami Vice - the TV series, not the movie.

>How would you run a 1980s Miami mafia (eg. Scarface) campaign, Veeky Forums?

I certainly wouldn't get advice from people whose only understanding of the period is through millennial memeshit like Kung Fury.

>How would you run a 1980s Miami mafia (eg. Scarface) campaign, Veeky Forums?

Not the best suited for campaigns and not traditional, but lately? Fiasco. If I am going to go 80s gangster I want to play dudes aiming high and how all that ambition and cocaine turns into a dumpster fire full of bullets.

Unironically Cypher System. You want something that rewards cool over prep, and has pacing/cliche mechanics over simulating physics. The 80s had a streak of movie archetypes where in order to overcome and thrive the protagonist must be themselves rather than embrace or change. Rambo is victorious when he's the man he was trained to be (regardless of the moral implications). Karate Kid is all about the truth of one kid's warrior spirit. Nobody can kill your spirit if you can truthfully yell "Wolverines!" The journey is about unlocking inner potential, not correcting flaws or seeing tragic downfalls. You even see it in the Breakfast Club. Scarface is sort of an anomaly in that regard.
For a true-to-era upbeat tale, have the PCs defeat circumstance to be themselves. For a truly Scarface experience, have their self-expressive consumption hollow them out.