Dredd to Thieftakers

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The Victorian Edition of Thieftakers

March 21, 2024

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Time to give some youths a damn good thrashing. After the fun experience of researching and putting together my Georgian Nottingham version of the Judge Dredd board game I thought I'd move on to the Victorian age. Just like the Georgian period its rather a long period of history and law and order changed dramatically during the 19th century. One of the things we teach kids at my place of work is the difference between the Georgian and Victorian way of doing things. In the 1830s we have a lot of reform in the judicial system as we remove the bloody code which saw the death sentence for over 200 crimes. Transportation and public execution continue until the 1860s but prison takes over as the major punishment. Nottingham becomes a city by the end of the century and industry shapes many of the crimes so less highway robbery and more stealing from places of business. We also have a police force rather than thieftakers. So what I need to do for this version is change the list of crimes to best suite the period and find enough Victorian criminals (which shouldn't be a problem) and some funny events for the action cards based on real incidents.