Cover art for Medici

Medici

1995 · BGG
Avg rating
7.18
Bayes rating
6.83
Weight
2.22 (Medium Light)
Players
2-6
Playtime
1 hr
Ratings count
8,511

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Description

Another Reiner Knizia standby, this game plays very well with varying numbers of people. The object is to accrue the most points during three rounds, which you do by spending your points to bid on sets of cards. Each turn the current player turns up one to three cards for all the players to bid on, with the highest bid taking all cards. The cards denote a commodity type and quantity/value. The round ends when each player's ships are full, or the commodity card deck is exhausted. After each round, points are awarded to each player having the most of a given commodity, and to the one with the most valuable total "cargo load". Part of the Knizia auction trilogy. One of the Knizia Florentine auction games. Related Games: Medici vs Strozzi (two-player version) Strozzi Mercator, included in Neue Spiele im alten Rom (ancestor to Medici).

Play mode

Competitive

How it plays

Auction & bidding Push your luck Resource & economic management
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Set collection & pattern building

Game type

Board game

What it’s about

History, politics & real-world conflict

Publishers

ABACUSSPIELE AMIGO Asmodee Devil Dice Games Grail Games Group SNE Lui-même PaperGames (III) Rio Grande Games Steamforged Games Ltd.

Designers

Reiner Knizia