# Coimbra

Coimbra is a board game for 2–4 players. It plays in 60–90 minutes and is meant for ages 14 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 3. It is rated 7.2 out of 10 by 95 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $57.00 (United States).

- **Players:** 2–4 (best with 3)
- **Playing time:** 60–90 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 14+
- **Complexity:** 3.2 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2018
- **Categories:** Dice, Renaissance
- **Mechanics:** Action Drafting, Tech Trees / Tech Tracks, Auction / Bidding, Income, Point to Point Movement, End Game Bonuses, Open Drafting, Worker Placement with Dice Workers, Dice Rolling, Set Collection, Variable Set-up, Turn Order: Stat-Based
- **Ludoya rating:** 7.2 out of 10, from 95 reviews
- **Owned by:** 132 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 418
- **Unique players:** 491

**Designers:** Virginio Gigli, Flaminia Brasini

**Artists:** Chris Quilliams

**Publishers:** eggertspiele

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ludifolie | 39.9 € | https://www.ludifolie.com/6565-coimbra.html |
| Spelexperten | 479 kr | https://www.spelexperten.com/sallskapsspel/strategispel/coimbra.html |

## Expansions

- [Coimbra: Royal Treatment](https://www.ludoya.com/games/coimbra-royal-treatment)

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## Rules questions

### When do we retrieve the dice and in what order are the actions resolved?

Dice are retrieved in Phase C when the four city locations are evaluated from top (castle) to bottom; within each location dice are resolved left-to-right so the current leftmost die’s owner takes the location action and then retrieves that die to a shutter space. (page 7)

### How must I place dice in the castle versus the other city locations?

When placing a die in the castle all dice there must form a row of ascending values left-to-right (1→6); in the upper/central/lower city locations all dice must form a row of descending values left-to-right (6→1), and placement affects which favor tile or character-card position you can later claim. (page 6)

### What happens when a die token is the leftmost die in games with fewer than four players?

When a die token is triggered, remove the character card with the highest influence value from the adjacent row (leftmost of tied cards) to the discard pile, flip that die token face down and continue triggering the new leftmost die; after the location is finished flip face-down tokens face up again. (page 8)

### How are influence-track majorities scored at the end of the game and how are ties handled?

At game end each influence track awards points for first/second (and third only in 4‑player) according to the scoring tile; if disks share a space the disk that arrived first (is lower in the stack) counts as being farther up, 3‑player games award only first and second, and in 2‑player games second place is awarded only if the second player is within 3 spaces. (page 10)

### When can I invest in a voyage, how do I pay, and how do voyages score?

In Phase F each player may invest in one voyage by immediately paying its shown cost in guards or coins and placing a disk on that voyage (you may invest in each voyage only once); voyages are scored at game end according to their tasks (see page 16 for each voyage’s scoring rules). (pages 9, 16)

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/coimbra)
- [Coimbra in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/coimbra)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/245638)

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