# Bruges

Bruges is a board game for 2–4 players. It plays in 60 minutes and is meant for ages 13 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 3. It is rated 5.7 out of 10 by 33 Ludoya reviewers.

- **Players:** 2–4 (best with 3)
- **Playing time:** 60 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 13+
- **Complexity:** 2.8 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2013
- **Categories:** Card Game, Economic, City Building, Renaissance
- **Mechanics:** Multi-Use Cards, Hand Management, Dice Rolling
- **Ludoya rating:** 5.7 out of 10, from 33 reviews
- **Owned by:** 34 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 194
- **Unique players:** 124

**Designers:** Stefan Feld

**Artists:** Michael Menzel

**Publishers:** Hans im Glück

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ludifolie | 37.9 € | https://www.ludifolie.com/1625-bruges.html |

## Expansions

- [Bruges: The City on the Zwin](https://www.ludoya.com/games/bruges-the-city-on-the-zwin)
- [Brügge: Die Haustiere](https://www.ludoya.com/games/brugge-die-haustiere)

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## Rules questions

### If one of the draw piles runs out during Phase 1, do we reshuffle the discard or what happens — does the game end?

When a draw pile runs out it is immediately replaced with the extra draw pile set aside at setup, and play continues; if the other pile later runs out you split the remaining pile in half so there are always two piles to draw from — the round in which the extra pile enters is the final round (page 4).

### Do we all get Threat markers for every die that shows a 5 or 6, including the start player?

Yes — for each die that shows a 5 or a 6, every player (including the start player) receives one Threat marker of that die's color and places it face up in front of them; receiving a third marker of a color immediately triggers that color's penalty (page 5, page 12).

### When I play a card for guilders, how many guilders do I take?

Play one card into the discard to take a number of guilders equal to the value shown on the die of the same color as the played card (so 1–6 guilders depending on that color's die) (page 6).

### When building a canal, does the played card need to match the canal space color and do I have to pay the cost on the space?

Yes — to build you must play a card matching the color of the canal space you wish to build on and pay the guilder cost shown on that space before placing a Canal token (page 7).

### When can I activate people I recruited — immediately, during my turn, or only at the end?

People with the arrow icon activate once immediately after being played; those with a worker icon can be activated during your turn (once per round by paying the shown worker) and some infinity-loop cards either activate once per round or trigger automatically when their situation occurs; laurel-icon people only activate during final scoring (pages 8–9).

### How do Majority markers work — can more than one player score the same majority and how many points are they worth?

A player may flip a Majority marker colored-side up only if she has a clear majority in that category at the end-of-round check; once flipped it stays colored-side for the rest of the game, and more than one player can score the same majority if they each held the majority at some point (page 10); each flipped Majority marker is worth 4 points at final scoring (page 11).

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/bruges)
- [Bruges in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/bruges)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/136888)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-19. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._