# Mercado

Mercado is a board game for 2–4 players. It plays in 30 minutes and is meant for ages 10 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 4. It is rated 6 out of 10 by 1 Ludoya reviewers.

- **Players:** 2–4 (best with 4)
- **Playing time:** 30 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 10+
- **Complexity:** 1.9 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2018
- **Categories:** Economic, Renaissance
- **Mechanics:** Race, Auction / Bidding, End Game Bonuses, Deck, Bag, and Pool Building, Action Retrieval, Market
- **Ludoya rating:** 6 out of 10, from 1 reviews
- **Owned by:** 7 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 7
- **Unique players:** 13

**Designers:** Rüdiger Dorn

**Artists:** Fiore GmbH

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Spielezar | 27.9 Fr. | https://www.spielezar.ch/brettspiele/mercado |
| Games Empire | 49.99 $ | https://gamesempire.com.au/products/mercado |
| TLAMA games | 799 Kč | https://www.tlamagames.com/deskove-hry/mercado/ |

## Expansions

- [Brettspiel Adventskalender 2018](https://www.ludoya.com/games/brettspiel-adventskalender-2018)
- [Mercado: The Cutpurse](https://www.ludoya.com/games/mercado-the-cutpurse)

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## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/mercado)
- [Mercado in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/mercado)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244794)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-18. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._