Dredd to Thieftakers
Action cards
These cards are played on other players or gor jourcown benefit. I went through the dredd cards and tried to think of a goods 18th century replacements. For example the barney cards send judges around the board. I thought the magistrates make a good equivalent 
The magistrates send your finals off on useless missions based on real events. For example John Howard was a prison reformer who inspected prisons. The shire halls Court room collapsed in 1724 sending people plummeting into the cellar. Denisons Mill was often attacked by mobs when people used it as a sanctuary. The scaffold on gallows Hill used for executions was in deed stolen. Magistrates often did petty sessions in coffee shops and pubs. Kitty Hudson used to chew pins until they started popping out of her skin in odd parts of her body.
These are all characters who can assist in taking down a criminal. In the dredd game they are usually judges. The Bow Street runners were an early breed of police who operated out of London and would dome times travel to other parts of the country tracking down fugitives. Dragoons posted in a town were often deployed furing riots and on one occasion pelted with shit. Gaoler Bonington was in the position for over 20 years before his son took over. He received a pay rise for long and good service. Armed citizens would take the law into their own hands especially when defending themselves from robbers
Some movement based cards
Some equipment to help or hinder
Some real life characters pop op in these cards. Lanky dobbs and bouncing Bella were members of the coney gang. Matthew Lindley was water boarded in the market square by the mob after refusing to sell them gunpowder after hours. They wanted to burn an effigy of Thomas paint the political agitator who demanded democracy urgh. Shelford Tommy used to throw his voice fooling people into thinking a amsll child was in the good or a fish on a plate was alive. Please don't cut my head off a kitchen made swore the fish said.
Some combat related cards 
A leap frogger ended up jumping over his mate znd ended up at the bottom of a well so I got the idea of that card.
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