History
The first edition of Gangbusters (ISBN 978-0-394-52597-6), published in 1982, used the boxed game format typical for TSR Hobbies games in the 1980s. In addition to the 64-page rule book, the box contained a 16-page adventure, a game map (representing several blocks of Lakefront City), a sheet of cardboard counters (representing characters and vehicles), and two dice. (Rolston 1983)
Between 1982 and 1984, TSR published five adventure modules for Gangbusters. In order, they were:
- Trouble Brewing by Tom Moldvay (ISBN 978-0-935696-84-4)
- Murder in Harmony by Mark Acres (ISBN 978-0-935696-85-1)
- Death on the Docks by Mark Acres (ISBN 978-0-88038-013-3)
- The Vanishing Investigator by Tracy Hickman (ISBN 978-0-88038-045-4)
- Death in Spades by Tracy Hickman (ISBN 978-0-39454-014-6)
Three packs of Gangbusters miniatures were also produced by TSR.
In 1990, TSR, Inc. released a second edition of the Gangbusters rules, but mislabeled it as a "New 3rd Edition" (ISBN 978-0-88038-975-4). The 3rd Edition (as it came to be known) is a 128-page softcover book combining the text of the first edition rule book with information taken from the adventures Trouble Brewing and Murder in Harmony. Except for minor edits, the 3rd Edition Gangbusters game mechanics are indistinguishable from those of the original edition.
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