Cover art for Brides & Bribes

Brides & Bribes

2017 · BGG
Avg rating
7.03
Bayes rating
5.63
Weight
3.17 (Medium Heavy)
Players
2-5
Playtime
1 hr 30 min
Ratings count
254

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Description

In Brides and Bribes, a strategy game played over six rounds, each player takes the role of a powerful family of Genoa. Carefully employing your family members, each of whom has a unique ability, is the key to your success. Each round, you plan send your family members to the Genoese boroughs to hire new employees, get new workers, and convince the local lord that your family is worth a marriage with his beautiful daughter. If you want to succeed, you have to send the right person in the right place. Hire the most skilled people, intermarry with the most powerful families, poison your enemies, and increase your commercial empire!

Play mode

Competitive

How it plays

Area control & tactical conflict Card play & hand management Deck, bag & pool building
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Deduction & hidden information Tile, map & route building

Game type

Campaign / legacy game Board game

What it’s about

Fantasy & myth History, politics & real-world conflict

Publishers

Spaceballoon Games

Designers

Andrea Gallazzi Elisa Lenardi Pietro Navarotto