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Making Crime Pay in Modern RPGs

Tue. February 28, 2006 

This article on the recent Tonbridge heist (a bank robbery worth millions of pounds) offers a fascinating look at what smart criminals do with stolen money — and in the process provides you with loads of tips for handling heists in a modern RPG. “It’s not the robbery that separates the amateur from the professional. It’s the way you deal with the money afterwards.”

Update: The site linked above has now made the article pay-only. Sorry about that — I won’t link to them again.

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4 Responses to “Making Crime Pay in Modern RPGs”

  1. ScottM on February 28th, 2006 10:15 am

    Fascinating article– thanks for linking to it.

  2. Martin on February 28th, 2006 10:53 am

    I was really surprised at all the details that they provided — it went way beyond what I think most news reports would have covered.

  3. Matt on March 1st, 2006 6:58 am

    Sadly, it appears to be a pay-only article now. Do you know of any sites mirroring the content.

  4. Martin on March 1st, 2006 7:21 am

    Bugger! No, I can’t find anywhere that mirrors it — and it’s not in Google’s cache yet, either. I hate it when papers do that with their online articles.