I recently played with this game with 6 players and found it to be a huge amount of fun.

Lets my start with the CONS:
* Luck does play a part in this game, so die hard strategy fans might find it less enjoyable. Personally, I enjoy a bit of randomness, so this really is a con for me.
* After playing it once, it seems that some of the cards might be stronger than others, and could potentially swing a games outcome. This might not be as much of an issue after several plays, as players would understand the relative strength of the cards and could plan accordingly.

Now the PROs:
* Theme is unique and fun. Having trucks and running 'shine....that has fun all over it.
* The deal making and posturing of players is absolutely the highlight of this game.
* The components very nice, but not up to the Fantasy Flight Games\Days Of Wonder level. A few improvements could be made.
* The game has very good mechanics which are balanced and provide players with a variety of options every turn.
* Another plus is that fact that there is very little downtime between turns for players. Even playing with 6 players, there was not huge amounts of time spent waiting for other players to complete their turn.

Conclusion:
If you can get past the fact that luck can and will impact the game and you enjoy games that players can directly effect other players (many designer games don't allow as much direct interaction between players), this game is a blast.

One thing I can't stand about a game is when there is "THE" stratagy that always gives you the best chance to win. Bootleggers really offers a nice variety of stratagy options.

Players select (via a brilliant Muscle Card bidding process) either a truck for shipping or various types of action cards. You can focus on mass production and sell what you can't ship to other players. You can hog up all the trucks and force players to sell to you. You can get into blood feuds with other players over the most lucrative establishments. Or, you can fly under the radar and focus on the less profitable speakeasies to avoid multiple rivals. I have not seen a game that warrents this much player negotiation since Settlers of Catan. There is a nice mechanism that give a little reinforcements to whoever is in last place. The game encourages you to make promises to deals to players and also gives you a pat on the back to double crossing other players, wich really gets your heart pumping when you make a deal. YOU CAN'T TRUST ANYONE!!!! Very exciting an replayable.

This game has definatly increased my optimism in the direction that Eagle Games is heading. (EURO mechanics oozing with american theme)

After getting mt copy from Funagain, my friends and I immediatley opend it up and played through a game. WE CAN'T WAIT TO PLAY AGAIN! What great theme, components, and well laid out rules that are full of examples to ease the learning of this fine game. There is a slight luck factor which we think is perfect and does not take the place of careful planning. The luck/strategy blend is perfect. A nice element is that there are no finger-bleeding, plastic figure-harvesting from the moulding frames. Just a few cardboard cut-outs that take seconds to remove. Great game!