# Messina 1347

Messina 1347 is a board game for 1–4 players. It plays in 60–140 minutes and is meant for ages 14 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 3. It is rated 7.8 out of 10 by 43 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $28.72 (United States).

- **Players:** 1–4 (best with 3)
- **Playing time:** 60–140 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 14+
- **Complexity:** 3.6 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2021
- **Categories:** Medieval, Economic, Medical
- **Mechanics:** Track Movement, Worker Placement, Variable Set-up, Income, Grid Movement, Solo / Solitaire Game, Variable Player Powers, Modular Board
- **Ludoya rating:** 7.8 out of 10, from 43 reviews
- **Owned by:** 107 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 222
- **Unique players:** 232

**Designers:** Vladimír Suchý, Raúl Fernández Aparicio

**Artists:** Michal Peichl

**Publishers:** Delicious Games

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Miniature Market | 53.99 $ | https://www.miniaturemarket.com/rio613.html |
| Board Game Bliss | 67.95 $ | https://www.boardgamebliss.com/products/messina-1347 |
| Svet deskovych her | 880 Kč | https://www.svet-deskovych-her.cz/produkty/9904/messina-1347-en |
| Milan Spiele | 39.9 € | https://www.milan-spiele.de/messina-1347-engl-p-30645.html |
| Magia de Tinta | 39.95 € | https://www.magiadetinta.com/es/juegos/7747-messina-1347-8421005001564.html |
| Zatu Games | 39.99 £ | https://zatu.com/products/messina-1347 |
| Spelexperten | 539 kr | https://www.spelexperten.com/sallskapsspel/strategispel/messina-1347.html |
| TLAMA games | 1189 Kč | https://www.tlamagames.com/deskove-hry/messina-1347-cz/ |
| Good Games | 82.04 $ | https://www.goodgames.com.au/products/messina-1347 |
| Games Empire | 84.99 $ | https://gamesempire.com.au/products/messina-1347 |
| Fantasiapelit | 55.6 € | https://www.fantasiapelit.com/index.php?main=ai&kat=single&mista=indeksi&etsittava=_237603 |
| Spielezar | 54.9 Fr. | https://www.spielezar.ch/brettspiele/messina-1347 |

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## Rules questions

### If I rescue a citizen from a plagued hex and then remove the plague on the same turn, can I place that citizen in my sector instead of quarantine?

No — a citizen rescued from a hex that has a plague cube must be placed in quarantine immediately, even if you remove the plague later that same turn (p. 8).

### Can I use citizens who are in quarantine or who are working in a workshop to repopulate a neighborhood?

Citizens in quarantine cannot be used to repopulate Messina (they stay in quarantine for two rounds) (p. 13), but a citizen that is in a workshop can be sent to repopulate a neighborhood (p. 12–13).

### When do I gain rat tokens, and what do they do at the end of the game?

You gain rats if plague cubes remain after you spend fire tokens on a hex and also whenever a plague cube is added to a neighborhood you repopulated (p. 8, p. 13). At game end each rat moves you back on the popularity register and then you lose points according to the rat-penalty table (p. 17).

### If I upgrade an overseer, does the upgraded overseer’s extra activation work immediately when it next advances — including if I upgrade-and-advance in the same effect?

An upgraded overseer provides extra activations when it advances; if an effect both upgrades and then advances that overseer (for example a church-register space), the upgraded ability applies during that advance (p. 11, p. 14).

### If I use a major fire token on a boat, can I also remove a plague cube from an adjacent hex?

No — the plague cube on a boat is not considered adjacent to any hex, dock, or other boat, so a major fire token used on a boat cannot reach an additional adjacent cube (though you may use a major fire token as a regular fire token) (p. 9).

### If I advance on the city register, can I take the action shown on a hex even if a standing lieutenant blocks that hex?

Yes — when you advance to the indicated city-register space you may take the action depicted on any hex in Messina even if that hex is blocked by a standing figure, but this permission does not apply to docks (p. 14).

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/messina-1347)
- [Messina 1347 in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/messina-1347)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/238799)

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