Medici

1995 · Renaissance

Medici

Rival merchant families compete to assemble valuable cargoes of commodities in 15th-century Florence. Players bid using their limited bidding chips on sets of revealed commodity cards each turn; the highest bidder takes the revealed cards and adds them to their ships. Rounds end when every player’s ships are full or the commodity deck runs out, and scoring awards points for majority control of each commodity type and for the most valuable overall cargo. The game plays in three scoring rounds and supports varying player counts through its straightforward auction mechanics.

Players
2–6 best 5
Playing time
60 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2.2 / 5
5.8 on Ludoyafrom $33.99Victory Points as a ResourceAuction: Once AroundPush Your Luck

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Full stats in Ludoya
99
Plays logged
202
Players
51m 48s
Average play
35
In collections
13
On wishlists

5.8/10

from 24 Ludoya reviews

  • Fun10.0
  • Interaction10.0
  • Replayability6.0
  • Uniqueness6.0
  • Looks6.0
  • Accessibility8.0
  • Garfield3.0

    Sosolala auction game where luck is a big component. If you're lucky you get stuff for 1 gold, where others pay 10... [c] Theme: :star::star::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Little --> Gameplay: :star::nostar::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Bidding, that's it --> Interaction: :star::star::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Outbid others --> Artwork: :star::nostar::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Color choices are horrible, hardly distinguishable areas --> Luck: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Card drawing --> Strategy: :star::star::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Little --> Components: :star::star::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Nothing special --> Play duration: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Ok --> Easy to teach: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Ok --> Rules quality: <!-- size 7]Not yet read --> Setup time: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Ok --> No downtime: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Almost no downtime --> Replay value: :star::star::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Different cards --> [/c]

  • Mestremuten5.0

    Rating: 3/5 Production value: 2/4 Is the game in my collection/Love to have?: 0/1

  • Rubén Pérez Fraile8.1

    Excelente juego de subastas. Tres rondas, con dos puntuaciones en cada una. Mucha interacción. Hay que explicarlo bien para que nadie se quede descolgado

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